Course Feedback – English Speaking & Listening
prepared by Thor May
Below is a list of some of the activities you might do in the class for English speaking and listening with the foreign teacher.
Please give your opinion on how useful you think these activities are for learning English. Here we are not asking what you "like", but what you think is useful.
Put a circle around the number of your choice. We do not need your name.
0 = not useful 3 = OK, but not wonderful 5 = very useful
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1. A weekly listening test + finishing the sentences in your own words
1 2 3 4 5
2. A dialogue the teacher makes up every week, using the text book Theme.
1 2 3 4 5
3. Standing in pairs to speak and learn the dialogue
1 2 3 4 5
4. Dictation from the teacher
1 2 3 4 5
5. Dictation from another student
1 2 3 4 5
6. Practicing intonation by speaking after the teacher
1 2 3 4 5
7. Practicing intonation with short phrases in musical patterns; (e.g. I THINK that he 'MIGHT)
1 2 3 4 5
8. A weekly assignment to make up a dialogue out of class, then perform it in class.
1 2 3 4 5
9. Formal debates in teams where each side must argue for or against an idea
1 2 3 4 5
10. Learning grammar by listening to the teacher speak a paragraph, then exactly answering questions; (e.g. Mr Jones is a business man. Every day he gets the newspaper. At the moment he is in his office => What does Mr Jones do? ...... etc.)
1 2 3 4 5
11. Correcting student grammar mistakes on the whiteboard for everyone
1 2 3 4 5
12. Practicing English by looking at pictures which tell a story, then speaking.
1 2 3 4 5
13. Students act out tasks and "teach" the class, following instructions in pictures (e.g. show how to give first aid)
1 2 3 4 5
14. Practicing and learning poems
1 2 3 4 5
15. Practicing and learning songs
1 2 3 4 5
16. Writing down numbers and measurements which the teacher speaks.
1 2 3 4 5
17. a) Listen to the teacher tell a story; b) you re-tell the story to a partner; c) you write the story.
1 2 3 4 5
18. Students in pairs practice interpreting and⁄or translating
1 2 3 4 5
19. "Chinese whispers" game : students pass a spoken message around the class.
1 2 3 4 5
20. Using THEMES from the Tapestry text book chapters each week to organize our study topics
1 2 3 4 5
21. Doing fill-in-a-blank-space exercises from the Tapestry text book.
1 2 3 4 5
22. Doing discussion exercises from the Tapestry text book.
1 2 3 4 5
23. Listening to recordings from the Tapestry textbook, then answering comprehension questions.
1 2 3 4 5
24. Filling in missing information in your Tapestry textbook while you listen to a Tapestry recording of an interview
1 2 3 4 5
25. Listening to the teacher explain things in the Tapestry text book.
1 2 3 4 5
26. Giving spoken summaries from the Tapestry text book
1 2 3 4 5
27. Taking notes while the teacher speaks something from the Tapestry text book.
1 2 3 4 5
28. Vocabulary from the Tapestry text book
1 2 3 4 5
29. Extra vocabulary which the teacher gives you each week (e.g. for the dialogues)
1 2 3 4 5
30. Using a "memory skeleton" of letters to help remember English (e.g. This helps you remember what I say => t-h-y-r-w-i-s )
1 2 3 4 5
31. Using a mind⁄memory map to organize ideas, remember, and help you speak
1 2 3 4 5
32. Mini-lectures which the teacher gives about Australia, or working life, or other things.
1 2 3 4 5
33. Information which the teacher gives about how to study better.
1 2 3 4 5
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34. The classes are a) too hard, or b) too easy, or c) about right
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35. What is the BEST activity in the foreign teacher's English class?
36. What is the WORST activity in the foreign teacher's English class?
37. What should the foreign teacher do differently?
38. What other things would you like to do in the foreign teacher's English class?