TKT Module 2 Revision: Consulting reference resources to help in lesson preparation
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Consulting reference resources to help in lesson preparation |
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Explain the difference between prescriptive and descriptive
grammars. |
Prescriptive
grammars try to say what is
right or wrong
grammar.
Descriptive grammars describe what native speakers actually say and write. |
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Identify two different sorts of dictionaries and their
main characteristics? |
Mono-lingual dictionaries
designed for native
speakers such as the Chambers, Webster's and
Oxford dictionaries. These tend to be
more complicated but also
more inclusive and accurate
Mono-lingual dictionaries designed for learners from elementary to advanced. These are accurate but do not always give enough information. They often contain helpful diagrams and pictures. Translating dictionaries which will help with meaning but are less useful for examples. Electronic dictionaries. These give only one-to-one translations of words and are not helpful with examples or idiomatic use. On-line dictionaries are intended for general rather than learner-specific use so are not always helpful with examples and idiomatic language use. |
| Where
would you go to get help with a difficult grammar point? |
A
grammar
for teachers or a reference grammar
A colleague or manager who is an expert |
| Where
would you go to get help with explaining a difficult
grammar point to your learners? |
The teacher's book
A grammar for learners Asking a colleague: How do you explain this? |
| Where
would you go to get help with a subskill you have not
taught before? |
A reference book which focuses on the main skill
A supplementary book or resource which covers the subskill A colleague who teaches the subskill regularly |
| Where
would you go to get help with explaining and
modelling the lexis in your planned lesson? |
A dictionary designed for native speakers
A dictionary designed for learners at this level which will have a simple explanation and definition as well as a real example and give you the phonemic transcription A CD or website that is linked to the dictionary A specialised pronouncing dictionary on CD Go to Google and enter the word you want to hear plus 'define' |
| Where
would you go to get help with finding natural
collocations? |
An
online
concordance programme such as the British National
Corpus
A good learner's dictionary Search for the word online putting it in inverted commas to get examples of its use |
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