Didactics

A teacher must work on abilities and attitudes... what does that mean?

• It means teachers can learn to mime, organise, act, etc. Furthermore, teachers need to be realistic about classroom management (treat pupils equally)

• It means teachers need to learn how to do things inside the classroom. In addition, teachers have to identify diversity and treat them differently.

Helping pupils to feel secure...

• -Improvise lessons

  -To possess a decisive personality inside the classroom

  -Focus on mistakes

  -Routines aren't positive

  -It's early to give pupils responsibility

  -Prizes are always necessary

• -To anticipate what's going to happen

  -To possess a flexible personality inside the classroom

  -Accept feedback from pupils even if you don't agree. Self-reflection is necessary.

  -Establish routines

  -Give responsibility

  -Give prizes isn't necessary

Physical objects in the classroom are important for pupils

• TRUE

• FALSE

Pairwork is not useful for classroom activities as it requires more time to address a topic.

• FALSE: It is a useful and efficient way of working language and the management of the classroom.

• TRUE: teachers also don't learn the pupils' names

Language acquisition is a...

• Conscious process

• Subconscious process

Learning is a...

• Conscious process

• Subconscious process

Stephen Krashen developed the theory of the...

• Input Hypothesis

• Output Hypothesis

Many teaching methods focused more on...

• acquisition

• learning

Which are the four main teaching methods?

• Audiolingual

• Grammar-translation

• Monolingual

• Communicative approach

• Task-based learning

A classroom teaching technique in which instructors deliver lessons in distinct segments, providing less and less support as students master new concepts or material.