Unit 23 Using Reference Resources For Lesson Planning
Unit 23 Using Reference Resources For Lesson Planning
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TKT Module 2: Using reference resources for lesson planning –
Participant’s Worksheet 1
Exercise 1
Match the reference resources in the box with the reasons for using them below.
1. A teacher wants to do some work with her learners on / and and wants to find a minimal pair
exercise.
2. A teacher wants to know the common problems learners of a particular nationality have, so that he
can anticipate difficulties they might have with a structure.
3. A teacher wants to know how to make the best use of the coursebook she has been given to use
with her class.
4. A teacher wants to check the spelling of a word.
5. A teacher wants an extra grammar exercise, so that his students can do another exercise on the
present continuous.
6. A teacher wants to improve her own understanding of how language works to improve her
language awareness and her awareness of how to teach language.
7. A teacher is having difficulties controlling a rather lively and noisy class and wants some ideas for
strategies she can use.
8. A teacher wants to check on the form and use of the present perfect simple with ‘yet’ and ‘already’.
9. A teacher wants to find some stories for her class of young learners.
10. A teacher wants to check the pronunciation of a word.
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Exercise 2
Discuss these questions in your group:
a) Which resources have you used as a teacher?
b) Which have you used as a learner?
c) Which did you find the most useful?
d) What are the differences between grammar books for teachers and grammar books for
learners?
e) What are the differences between a learner dictionary, a bilingual dictionary and a
monolingual dictionary?
f) Which do you find the most useful?
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TKT Module 2: Using reference resources for lesson planning – Sample
Task
For questions 1–8, read the dictionary entry. Match the extracts from the dictionary entry with the
information they provide A–I.
Mark the correct letter (A-I) on your answer sheet.
There is one extra option which you do not need to use.
Scowl 1 v [I] to look at someone in an angry way; frown: Patrick scowled, but he did as he
was told. [+ at] Mum scowled at him and refused to say anything.
Scowl 2 n [C] an angry or disapproving expression on someone’s face; frown: She looked at me with
a scowl on her face.
Adapted from: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman 2003
Extracts Information
A headword
1 [+ at]
B definition
2 n
C register
3 to look at someone in an angry way
D synonym
4 scowl
G part of speech
7 frown
H dependent preposition
8 [I]
I example sentences
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