TEFL Classroom Management 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What is 'eliciting' in TEFL teaching practice?
- Correcting student errors on the whiteboard
- Drawing out language or ideas from students rather than providing them directly (Correct answer)
- Giving a vocabulary list to copy
- Translating target language into L1
Correct answer: Drawing out language or ideas from students rather than providing them directly
Eliciting engages students actively by encouraging them to produce language or ideas before the teacher supplies the answer.
Question 2: What does 'monitor' mean when a TEFL teacher 'monitors' during a communicative activity?
- Uses a computer screen to show slides
- Circulates around the classroom to observe, support, and note student language use (Correct answer)
- Calls on students one by one
- Records grades during the activity
Correct answer: Circulates around the classroom to observe, support, and note student language use
Monitoring involves moving around and listening unobtrusively to assess student performance and gather data for delayed feedback.
Question 3: What is 'delayed error correction' and why is it used?
- Correcting errors in writing after a week
- Noting errors during fluency activities and addressing them after the task ends, not during (Correct answer)
- Ignoring errors permanently
- Correcting only grammar, not pronunciation
Correct answer: Noting errors during fluency activities and addressing them after the task ends, not during
Delayed correction preserves fluency during communicative tasks; the teacher notes errors and deals with them after the activity ends.
Question 4: A teacher uses 'peer correction' in class. What does this involve?
- One student correcting another student's error (Correct answer)
- The teacher correcting through indirect gestures
- Self-correction by the student who made the error
- Written correction using a red pen
Correct answer: One student correcting another student's error
Peer correction encourages students to notice and repair each other's errors, building metalinguistic awareness and reducing teacher-dependency.
Question 5: What is 'wait time' in classroom questioning technique?
- The time a teacher waits for a late student
- The pause a teacher gives after asking a question before accepting or requiring a response (Correct answer)
- The gap between two speaking activities
- The delay before handing out a test
Correct answer: The pause a teacher gives after asking a question before accepting or requiring a response
Research shows that allowing 3–5 seconds of wait time after a question leads to longer, more thoughtful student responses.
Question 6: Which strategy best manages a class where students frequently use their L1 instead of English?
- Ban all L1 use with punishments
- Set clear English-only norms for activities while allowing L1 for complex task instructions (Correct answer)
- Ignore L1 use completely
- Separate L1 speakers from each other
Correct answer: Set clear English-only norms for activities while allowing L1 for complex task instructions
A balanced approach sets communicative activities as English-only zones while judiciously using L1 for complex instructions reduces anxiety and confusion.
TEFL Classroom Management 2
What is 'eliciting' in TEFL teaching practice?