Improving Lesson Pace

What will help your pace?

• Take a whole lesson for homework check

• Elicit words using images or realia

• Interrupt tasks by welcoming latecomers

• Get all answers one-by-one from students

Which will not help your lesson pace?

• Monitor activities fully

• Give answer keys

• Paircheck every activity, even for very simple questions

• Give visual instructions

Pre-teaching __________ can take a long time if you do it properly - so make sure you only pick the most suitable words.

What would be a suitable word to pre-teach to a pre-intermediate class?

• Paris

• Go

• Acquiescence

• Opportunity

Which TDC member might be found sailing a yacht and winning cups?

• Perihan

• James

• Şebnem

• Fatma

Try showing the answer key on the screen when going over weekend __________. This ought to only take about 10-15 minutes.

If you __________ your students properly while they complete a task, you can see when most of them have finished the work.

What is an efficient way to instruct a task?

• Show an example

• Repeat yourself

• Use cleft sentences

• Give a handout before giving instructions

If you waste time asking students "do you all agree?" they will usually say "_________"

When is the best time to end a controlled practice activity?

• When all students have finished

• When most students have finished

• When the fastest student has finished

• After 5 minutes