TEFL Language Skills: Reading and Writing

Question 1

What is 'scanning' as a reading strategy?

Accepted Answer

Moving the eyes quickly over a text to locate specific information such as a name, date, or keyword

Answer

Scanning is a fast, targeted strategy used to find specific details without reading the entire text.

Question 2

What is 'skimming' as a reading strategy?

Accepted Answer

Reading quickly to get the gist or main idea without attending to every word

Answer

Skimming involves rapid reading to grasp the overall meaning or structure of a text, rather than understanding every detail.

Question 3

What is 'intensive reading' in TEFL?

Accepted Answer

Careful, close reading of a short text to understand language, meaning, and details fully

Answer

Intensive reading involves detailed attention to a text's language and meaning, often with tasks that require precise comprehension.

Question 4

In writing instruction, what is 'process writing'?

Accepted Answer

An approach that focuses on stages: brainstorming, drafting, revising, and editing rather than just the final product

Answer

Process writing treats writing as recursive — planning, drafting, peer feedback, revising, and editing — mirroring how skilled writers actually work.

Question 5

What is a 'genre approach' to writing in TEFL?

Accepted Answer

Teaching students to understand and reproduce the conventions, structure, and language of specific text types

Answer

The genre approach teaches the social purpose and typical features of text types (e.g., formal email, report, narrative) so students can write appropriately in context.

TEFL Certification Teaching English as a Foreign Language Practice Test

TEFL Certification Teaching English as a Foreign Language Practice Test

TEFL Language Skills: Reading and Writing