Lesson 12 Topic: Avoiding test anxiety and test taking Time: 80min Lesson Outline

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Ask students what kind of problems can be made during or before the exam. Have a short discussion. Distribute Handout 1 (cut into 10 parts), give each student one part. If there are more than 10 students give one part to two students. Give a couple of minutes to read the information. As soon as students finish, they’ll need to retell the information to the class. Show each problem on PPP.

3. 
   Preparing for exams
   

Divide students into groups, ask them to brainstorm ways/techniques of preparing for exams. Give each team a poster and markers. Tell that students have 10 minutes to prepare their posters. When students finish, ask one representative from each group to come out and present their ideas. After the presentations draw students’ attention to the PPT with some additional ideas.

4. 
   In the exam
   

Divide students into groups of four. Give each student a part of the Handout 2. Give
some time to read. When they finish, tell students to exchange the information within the
groups.

5. 
   Types of test questions and strategies for answering them
   

Ask students what kinds of questions can be used in the test. After a short discussion tell that there are different types of test questions and ways of answering them. Use PPT to introduce the information.

6. 
   Self-check
   

Finally give students Handout 3 (Exam Strategy). Tell that during an exam, they can check how well students are doing in the test using this self-evaluation.

7. 
   Ask students if they feel stressed before or during exams. Distribute Handout 4 (Spot the signs). Ask students to answer the questions. Tell students that if most of the questions have positive answer, students suffer from stress.
   

Distribute Handout 5 (Managing stress). Give student 2-3 minutes to fill in the diagram with tips and advice how to fight stress. Tell that students should divide their ideas into 5 groups. When students finish collects ideas from different groups and show last slides of PPT. compare students’ ideas with the information given in the slides.

Handout 1