Module teaching and integrating language skills lesson 1

Key answers:
Answer 1
Your answer : First decide on the type of materials she’ll look for: grammar explanations, practice exercises or a video/listening activity to introduce the topic.
Correct. It is unlikely that Natasha will use the Internet in every stage of her lesson on the present perfect tense (actually this wouldn’t be a good idea). She should first decide when she will use the Internet during the lesson e.g. to introduce the topic, to provide a grammar description or as further practice exercises.


Answer 2
Your answer : Use YouTube to search for present perfect.
Correct: YouTube contains a vast selection of video clips. This is a good place to search if you’re looking for something in video format. Natasha makes a quick selection of two clips then watches each clip carefully to check the quality and ensure no advertising is present.


Answer 3
Your answer : Draw up instructions for three research projects, distribute these to pairs of learners, give them free access to the computers for 40 minutes and then telling them that they will report back to the whole group on what they discovered.
Correct: Natasha includes information on how to use search engines in the instructions, even though most of these learners are very familiar with Google and Yahoo! The prospect of the feedback session focuses attention on the task at hand. Surprisingly varied selections of results are produced during the feedback session and Natasha decides to continue with the activity the following week.


Answer 4
Your answer : Explain how to use a search engine such as Google to check usage examples and ask them to use this technique with the ten verbs.
Correct: For example, in Google, using the search term define: "bring up" will produce a list of dictionary like definitions. Simply searching for bring up will produce a list of web pages containing the phrasal verb. Seeing the verb in context can highlight its various meanings (it can be more effective to add the verb in the past tense). A word of warning – it is a good idea to restrict this activity to adult classes – some of the links listed may not be suitable for young/teenage learners


Answer 5
Your answer : Do a short lesson on evaluating websites with her students.
Correct: Students should be given as much help with web literacy as possible.