Classroom Management Flashcards
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What is 'eliciting' in TEFL teaching practice?
Answer: Drawing out language or ideas from students rather than providing them directly
Eliciting engages students actively by encouraging them to produce language or ideas before the teacher supplies the answer.
What does 'monitor' mean when a TEFL teacher 'monitors' during a communicative activity?
Answer: Circulates around the classroom to observe, support, and note student language use
Monitoring involves moving around and listening unobtrusively to assess student performance and gather data for delayed feedback.
What is 'delayed error correction' and why is it used?
Answer: Noting errors during fluency activities and addressing them after the task ends, not during
Delayed correction preserves fluency during communicative tasks; the teacher notes errors and deals with them after the activity ends.
A teacher uses 'peer correction' in class. What does this involve?
Answer: One student correcting another student's error
Peer correction encourages students to notice and repair each other's errors, building metalinguistic awareness and reducing teacher-dependency.
What is 'wait time' in classroom questioning technique?
Answer: The pause a teacher gives after asking a question before accepting or requiring a response
Research shows that allowing 3–5 seconds of wait time after a question leads to longer, more thoughtful student responses.
Which strategy best manages a class where students frequently use their L1 instead of English?
Answer: Set clear English-only norms for activities while allowing L1 for complex task instructions
A balanced approach sets communicative activities as English-only zones while judiciously using L1 for complex instructions reduces anxiety and confusion.