SKILLS

Speaking

Test type:             “PRE-READING TESTS”

1.      These photograps are from films by the American film director, Steven Spielberg. Do you know them?

Aims:

*By warm up questions providing students to have an idea about the text that will be studied on.

*To make them speak.

*To have an idea about their cultural knowledge and use it as a motivating subject via attracting their attentions on the subject that they are interested in.

References:see also;

                        Unit 2 Skills 1b

                        Unit 3 Skills 1,2

                        Unit 7 Skills 4

                        Unit 8 Skills 1b

                        Unit 11 Skills 1a

                        Unit 12 Skills 1a

REVIEW

Writing and speaking

Test type:             “GAMES”

3.Choose one of the BİNGO boards.

a)      Make questions.

b)      Go around the class and find people who can answer your questions. Write the names in the squares. When you have completed a line (across, down or diagonally) shout bingo!

Aims:

*To assess the learners’ vocabulary knowledge and writing and speaking skill.

*To create a different atmosphere by not sticking on  usual fill in the blanks questions.

  References: See also;

                        Unit 8 review 3

 FOCUS ON GRAMMAR

 Reading and Listening

 Test type:             “READ AND LISTEN”

 1.      Look at the pictures.Read and listen to the story.

 Aims:

*Via integrated skills, making students understand better.

*To make the learners study the both skills at the same time.

*To present students the pronunciation of the written text.

*To increase their understanding by means of the sounds that aid comprehending what is going on. 

 References:see also;

Unit 1 Skills 1            

Unit 9 Focus on Grammar 1a

                        Unit 12 Focus on Grammar 1, 2d

            Workbook

                        Unit 2; 5a

                        Unit 4; 12a

                        Unit 6; 3a

                        Unit 7; 6a

                        Unit 9; 11a

                        Unit 10; 3a

                        Unit 12;17a

 SKILLS

 Reading and writing

Test type:                         “RECOGNITION”

2.e) Read the story again. Find the Past Simple of the irregular verbs in the box.

 Aims:

*to assess the learners’ linguistic knowledge.

*To see whether they can spot on the item asked for by recalling the previously studied knowledge.

*To see whether they can recognize the item/s asked for.

References: see also;

                        People Doing Things            1a       

            Unit 2 Focus on Grammar 1c

                        Unit 3 Focus on Grammar 2c, Skills 4b

                        Unit 5 Skills 2e

                        Unit 9 Skills 1c                      

                       Unit 11 Skills 2b

SOCIAL ENGLISH

Listening

Test type:             “LISTENING COMPREHENSION”

1.      b) It is Saturday afternoon. Lynne wants to visit three places in Bath. Listen to Joanna’s instructions. Where does Lynne want to go? Find the places on the map.

Aims:

*To assess if the students can understand what they hear in the target language.

*To make out whether they can follow what goes on in English.

*To discover their ability to comprehend the listened item and convert it to another type at the same time.

References: So as to see more examples of this type of questions see also;

            Unit1 Skills 2a

            Unit 3 Focus on Vocabulary 3a

Unit 4 Skills 4a

Unit 5 Social English 1b

Unit 6 Focus on Vocabulary 3b

Focus on Grammar 2e

Unit 7 Focus on Grammar 5b

Social English 2b

Unit 9 Focus on Vocabulary 2a

           Social English 1a

Unit 10 Focus on Vocabulary 2d, 5a

           Skills 1b, 2c

Unit 11 focus on Vocabulary 3a

           Focus on Grammar 4a, 4b

 FOCUS ON VOCABULARY

 Speaking

 Test type:             “GROUP DISCUSSIONS”

 2.      Work in groups. Use the adjectives in the box to talk about the leisure activities in the photographs. Examples:

I think swimming is boring. I’m interested in tennis.

Aims:

*To estimate the students’ speaking skill, to make out if they areprogressing in speaking or not.

*To provide students with opportunities to talk about their interests, thoughts,etc.

 References: See also;

            Check your English 3d

            Hellos and Goodbyes      2c

            Talking about People 3d

            Unit 3 Skills 3c

            Unit 4 Focus on Vocabulary 5c

                        Focus on Grammar 1d

                        Skills 3d

            Unit 5 Skills 4c

            Unit 6 Focus on Vocabulary 4b

            Unit 8 Review 2

            Unit 10 Focus on Vocabulary 5c

            Unit 11 Focus on Vocabulary 2b

            Unit 12 Focus on Vocabulary 5c

                        Skills  1f, 1g

                        Review 2

FOCUS ON GRAMMAR

 Reading and writing

  Test type:       “ MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST  ITEMS”

 1.      Look at the history quiz below.

c)Work with a partner. Ask and answer the questions in the quiz.

Aims:

*To measure the learners’ knowledge.

*By applying facts making students to focus on the lesson better.

*Via objective knowledge assessing the learners.

*Through alternatives, discovering how the learners distinguish the knowledge and choose the right one.

References: See also;

            Unit 4 Skills 4b

            Unit 5 Focus on Grammar 1a,Skills 4b

            Unit 7 Skills 1f, 1g

            Unit 11 Focus on Vocabulary 1a ,Skills 2c                

            Practise…(units 4-6); 2

            Practise…(units 7-9); 3b, 3c

      Workbook

            Check Your English 20

SKILLS

 Reading

Sub-skill: Vocabulary

 Test type:             “DEFINITION”

 2.In English an adverb or preposition often follows a verb. They are called ‘phrasal verbs’ (or ‘multiword verbs’)

       grow up v.adv. to become a man or woman

       look after v.adv to take care of someone or something, to keep safe

 Aims:

*To make out whether the students define the words/ people/etc.

*To give knowledge.

 References: see also;

            Unit 1 Skills 3c

            Unit 2Focus on Grammar 1b, 1d

            Unit 4 Skills 3c

            Unit 3 Skills 2b

            Unit 6 Skills 1g

            Unit 7 Skills 1c

            Unit 10 Skills 1e

            Unit 12 Focus on Grammar 2a

Workbook

            Unit 8; 12

            Unit 9; 7

           Unit 10; 10

 Reading and Writing

Sub-skill: Vocabulary

 Test type:             “SETS OF ASSOCIATED WORDS”

 4.Vocabulary

Make four lists of the words in the box:

1 Clothes;

2 Adjectives to describe a person;

3 places in towns;

4 leisure activities.

 Aims:

*Through semantic relationship between the words, making students learn the words that are used generally together; in the same context.

*To see whether the students can classify the words which are bound up to the same area or not.

*To assess the students’ vocabulary knowledge.

 References: see also;

            Unit 2 Skills 2

            Unit 3 Social English 3c

            Unit 8 Skills 3a

            Unit 10 Review 2

            …(units 1-3) and Check 4

            …(units 7-9) and Check 4 a

            …(units 10-12) and Check 4 a, 4b

Workbook

                        Unit 3; 13

                        Unit 8; 10

            Unit 7, 9

                        Unit 10 , 11