Practical teacher end of course quiz

Which of these is not a criteria for adapting materials?

• Localising

• Energising

• Personalising

• Modernising

Answer explanation

Energizing is not included as a criteria but I think it could be

In a reading lesson, which of these question types would typically involve a higher order thinking skill?

• Content questions, e.g., how many countries does the Oz bus visit?

• Language questions, e.g., what tense is used in the advert?

• Evaluative questions, e.g., why do you think the Oz bus company went bust?

• Personal response questions, e.g., would you like to go on the Oz bus?

Answer explanation

Evaluative questions typically involve higher order thinking skills as learners are encouraged to make judgements or justify their ideas

Getting students to drill an utterance from the last word to the first is known as

• back-shifting

• back-chanelling

• back-chaining

• backdrilling

Answer explanation

Back-channeling is when a listener responds to a speaker to show they are listening

Back-shifting is when a tense goes a step back, as sometimes done in recorded speech

Which of these places was not found in Glenn Cambell's song?

• Phoenix

• Albuquerque

• Trenton

• Oklahoma

Answer explanation

Trenton was the place in your verses

Guided discovery is an example of what type of approach? Deductive or inductive?

Answer explanation

Inductive approaches encourage learners to work things out for themselves. Deductive approaches involve the teacher explaining

Giving students choices and the freedom to make their own decisions about learning is known as.....

Answer explanation

Agency refers to the sense of control and ownership students have about their learning

What fact was not included in the bear story?

• The bear was vegetarian

• The bear was a young male

• The bear wanted our sandwiches

• The park ranger had never seen a bear

Which of these stages is not an aspect of the lexical approach?

• Activities should draw learners attention to

  chunks

• Learners need to produce language in meaningful contexts

• Words should be studied in lists or lexical sets

• chunks come before grammar

Answer explanation

The lexical approach would suggest that lexis is better if noticed in texts, so there is no overt focus on word lists or lexical sets (e.g., colours, types of job, character adjectives)

Constantly looking at bad news on your phone is known as

Answer explanation

I haven't slept for days. I'm up all night doomscrolling!!

Draw a picture of Danny. Pictures will be scored out of 5.