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Kultur Dokumente
Agouza, Cairo
2016
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SECTION A-GRAMMAR
The following sentences contain errors in the use of the verb tenses which are often made
by learners. Correct the errors. Give the name of the correct tense and a brief explanation
of how it’s being used in this context.
4. I can't come to your house tonight, because I'll have dinner with my family.
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correction:
correct tense name:
use:
SECTION C: METHODOLOGY
1) The following1 are examples of lengthy instructions which a teacher might give in class.
How would you change them to make them easier for elementary level (with limited English)
students to understand?
Example: Now actually I would really like it if you could now stand up yes everyone please.
Simplified: Stand up (or just a gesture)
a. “If I were to ask you for your opinion on smoking what do you think you might say to me?”
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b. “Would you like to tell everyone the answer you were thinking of again, because I don’t
think they heard it when you spoke so quietly and I’m sure we’d all be interested in hearing it
again if you could please?”
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c. “Well that wasn’t really what I was hoping you’d say when I asked that question. I was
actually looking for the name of the verb tense not an example sentence but what you gave
me was fine only does anyone I wonder have the answer I’m looking for?”
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2) You plan to use a newspaper text in your class for reading practice. Here are some of the
activities you have planned for the text. Decide what order you would do them. Explain your
rationale for the order.
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SECTION D: PRONUNCIATION
Mark the main stress on the word below by underlining the vowel of the stressed syllable.
Example: hospital / understand
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We call these labels (i.e. ‘inviting’, ‘accepting an invitation’) FUNCTIONS. It is simply a way of
categorising the speaker’s intention. Look at the short dialogue below and label the function of each
utterance. Put your answer in the column on the right.
B: Yeah? ………………………………
This dialogue is clearly a very informal one between two speakers who know each other. Write a
similar dialogue in the space below on the same topic – using the same functions – between two
people who don’t know each other.
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Please write about 150 words (no bullet points) for the following task:
1. Think of two different learning experiences in your life, one of which was successful and
one which was not. Highlight the three main factors in each case which made the
experience successful or unsuccessful.
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Please remember that you may be asked to deal with the points discussed in this task at greater
depth in the interview.
We hope that having done this task you have a clearer idea of the three factors involved in being an
effective language teacher:
- successful management of people
- a clear understanding of the language you are teaching
- the ability to put this understanding to practical use in the classroom.
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