Didactica

1.

Based on the text from Subject 1 ( Heart of Darkness ), devise a pre-reading activity. ( 12 points) - Specify the objectives - Specify the estimated time - Indicate the level and the age of your students - Describe the stages of the activity

Objectives : Listening for gist Developing listening skills Developing reading skills

Level : advanced, teenagers and young adults, 17-18 years old

Stages : a. Warm-up activity : 5 b. The absents are written down T corrects HW The topic of the lesson is announced : Heart of darkness

Pre-reading : 15 Ss listen to the tape with the text T asks comprehensible questions T gives hand-outs with exercises : fill in the gaps; true/ false T corrects the exercises

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Reading : 5 Ss read the text and underline the unknown words

d.

Post- reading : 20 T explains the unknown words T makes sentences with the new words Ss make sentences with the new words Ss make exercises : match the word with its definition; fill in the gaps

e.

Feed- back : 5 T corrects the exercises The topic of the lesson is reminded

2.

You are teaching the present perfect simple to young learners of English. Devise an activity for introducing the new grammar structure. ( 12 points ) - Specify the aims - Specify the estimated time - Describe the stages of the activity

Aims : Ss will learn the present perfect simple tense Ss will make the distinction between Present perfect simple and past tense

Stages : a. Warm-up : 5

The absents are written down T corrects HW

b. Presentation : 5 Ss read a text where Present perfect appears T makes a revision of past tense simple The topic of lesson is announced : present perfect simple

c. Explanation : 10 T extracts from the text some sentences where Present perfect appears T explains the tense : affirmative, negative, interrogative, use, present perfect simple vs. past tense simple

d. Accurate reproduction : 2 T makes sentences where present perfect is used

e. Personalization : 3 Ss make their own sentences using present perfect

f. Consolidation : 20 T gives hand-outs with exercises: rephrase, multiple choice, put the vb into correct tense

g. Feed-back : 5 T corrects the exercises T makes a short revision of the lesson

3. Teachers spend a lot of time testing and assessing students. Describe three types of testing, according to the purpose of the tests. ( 6 points)

a. Initial test : at the beginning of the year This type of test shows what a student knows and does not know

b. Formative test: during the course of instruction This type of test shows to the teacher and to students what are the weak and strength points of Ss knowledge. After this test teacher knows where she should insist on.

c. Summative test : at the end of the unit, at the end of the year or cycle This type of test shows the ability of understanding, writing and reading of the students. It shows if the objective have been reached.