Year students Group: Gained score / points for each task Student name

Midterm assessment on ICTFL
Midterm Exam paper
Integrated Course of Teaching Foreign Languages
(Chet tili o’qitishning integrallashgan kursi)

Year 4 students

Group: ___________ Gained score_____/ 5 points for each task
Student name: ________________________________________________________________

Task 1. Write answers to the following questions.

1. 
   What is drilling? What are its types? What language skills or subskills are practiced with drills? Provide examples for each type. (100-150 words).
   
2. 
   What is an authentic activity? Why is it important? How can teachers make classroom activities authentic? (100-150 words).
   

Task 2. Read the following challenges of language teachers. Write your opinions to help them improve their lessons. Justify your comments. (minimum 100 words for each).

1. 
   “It is very difficult to bring interaction and acquisition into my classes – I have more than 30 students in each class and very few resources”
   

(What can the teacher do to use more interactive activities in these classes? What type of pair work or group work activities do you recommend? How can she improve the language acquisition of students with few resources?)

2. 
   “I am teaching General English in the language center. I think learning by heart the words is an old-fashioned way of teaching vocabulary. I don’t know how to teach new words each lesson using different techniques)
   

(Recommend some techniques for vocabulary teaching with examples. Write the names of websites where the teacher can find resources for lessons)
Task 3. Explain the roles of an EFL teacher in a specific teaching situation. Write short answers.

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  Class of 15 primary school children who are energetic and loud.
  
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  Group of adult learners with various professions whose age is above 40.
  
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  Group of learners with memory problems.