Lesson 1. LEARNERS

These learners are age 7-8.

• The learners explain the difference between guessing and deducing meaning.

• The learners give one another their homework for proofreading.

• The learners use pictures to talk about their favourite sport.

These learners are mainly kinaesthetic.

• The learners in groups tell a story based on a series of pictures they look at.

• The learners go round the class reading posters made by the other groups.

• The learners listen to a recording about an athlete and fill in a table.

These learners have a short attention span.

• The learners spend the lesson doing lots of different choral drills.

• The learners spend the lesson reading an article on the computer about a favourite topic.

• The learners read a story, then discuss it, then draw pictures describing it.

These learners have not yet developed their abstract thinking skills.

• The learners read a story, then underline all the verbs ending in -ed.

• The learners watch a DVD about healthy eating then discuss their opinions of it.

• The learners describe their house to one another.

These learners don't like taking risks.

• The learners write stories, practise reading first silently then aloud, and then tell them to their partners.

• The learners look at pictures of a story and then tell their partner their story.

• The learners each make up a story then tell it to their partner.

These learners should be given lots of thinking time to answer questions. What type of learner are they?

• reflective

• kinaesthetic

• impulsive

• auditory

These learners enjoy looking at sentences containing the second conditional and working out how to form this tense. What type of learner are they?

• autonomous

• reflective

• individual

• analytic

This activity requires learners to imagine a scene and describe it to their classmates. It is suitable for ............................ learners.

• autonomous

• impulsive

• visual

• auditory

Which type of learner enjoys doing a role-play activity? You can choose more than one answer.

• group

• kinaesthetic

• reflective

• auditory

The teacher asks the learners to decide on their own homework. Which learner type enjoys this?

• individual

• autonomous

• reflective

• impulsive