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Module 3 Extended AssignmentTeaching Exam Classes
Appendices
Robert William McCaul
Centre Name: The Distance Delta
Centre Number: 00367
Candidate Number: 332
December 2013
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Contents of AppendicesAppendix 5Needs Analysis Blank
Questionnaire ................................
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Appendix 6completed diagnostic tests & writing samples
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Appendix 7Course materials, worksheets 1-8
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Appendix 8: Formative Evaluation Tools
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Appendix 9: Summative Evaluation Tools
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Appendix 10: Speaking & Writing Assessment Criteria
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Appendix 6
completed diagnostic tests & writing samplesListening:
Completed test: Hung
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Writing Samples: Hung
Task 1: (IELTS Trainer P. 133 CUP 2011)
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Sample of writing test: Hung
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Writing Samples: Hung
Task 2:
(http://ielts-simon.com/ielts-help-and-english-pr/2012/08/ielts-writing-task-2-advantages-
and-disadvantages.html)
In many countries nowadays, young single people no longer stay
with their parents until they are
married, but leave to study or work somewhere else.
Do you think this trend has more advantages or
disadvantages?
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Speaking Diagnostic:
Part 1: Introduction and interview (4/5 minutes)
Good m orn in g/af ternoo n. My name is _____________. Can you
te l l me your fu l l name
please? Thank you.
Can I see your identification, please? Thank you, thats fine
First of all, wed like to know something about you.
(Now, choose 1 compulsory frame and 2 optional frames)
(Compulsory Frames)
Lets talk about your home town or village
Do you l ive in a hou se or an apar tmen t?
What kind of place is it?
Would you ever like to move house?
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Lets talk about what you do. Do you work or are you a
student?
(Work)
Whats your job? Why did you choose that kind of work?
How long have you been doing it?
Are there things your job that you dont like? What are they?
(Study)
What subjects are you studying?
Why did you choose those subjects?
How long have you been studying them?
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_________________________________________________________________________________
(Writing)
Do you enjoy writing?
Do you write by hand or on computer?
What do you often write about?
Do you think this will change in the future?
_________________________________________________________________________________
(Being a student)
What do you like most about student life?
What kind of school did you go to as a child?
What was your favourite subject as a child?
Who was your favourite teacher?
What is the education system like in your country?
Do you think your country has an effective education system?
_________________________________________________________________________________
(Museums)
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Where do most Vietnamese people get their news?
Do you think people will continue to read print newspapers in
the future?
What's your favourite magazine or journal?
What products are advertised a lot in newspapers or
magazines?
How can we protect ourselves from getting false or misleading
information?
Which is a more reliable source of information: internet,
newspaper, TV or radio? Why?
_________________________________________________________________________________
(Happiness)
What is happiness according to your definition?
WWhat do you think makes people happy?
What do you do to remain happy?
What will you do in future to be happier?
Part 2: Individual long turn (3/4 minutes)
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Describe a teacher you liked at school. You should say:
Who they are
Why you like them
What they taught you
Describe a teacher you didn't like at school. You should
say:
Who they are
Why you didn't like them
What effect they had on your learning
and say if this person was a good teacher or not.
Describe a library you use. You should say:
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What it looks like
Why it's perfect to you
How it would make you learn better
and say if you think you will have a classroom like this in the
future.
_______________________________________________________________________________
Describe a teacher who has had an important influence on your
education. You should say:
Where they taught you
What subject they taught
What you liked about their teaching
and explain in what way this teacher influenced you
_________________________________________________________________________________
Describe a skill you learnt successfully. You should say:
What skill you learnt
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Education & Changes
How are education priorities today different from those in the
past?
What is your opinion on the way languages are taught in
schools?
How can the type of school you go to affect career success?
What changes do you think will happen in the classroom in the
near future?
Education & Dress Codes
Some schools require pupils to wear a school uniform to school.
Do you think this is a good idea?
Do you think wearing a school uniform will become more or less
popular in the future?
Education & Teachers
Why do you think some people choose to become teachers?
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How can schools encourage students to work better in teams?
Education & Leisure activities
Do you think that schools should focus more or less on sports in
schools?
Some schools encourage students to create clubs and societies
and participate in them outside of
school time. What do you think are the benefits of this?
If you could recommend a club or society be created for your
school or university, what would you
recommend be started?
Education & Getting older
"You are never to old to learn" is an English proverb. Do you
agree with this?
What do you think is the best age to start school and how long
to you think we should study for?
Do you think the government has the right to require us to
study?
Education & Money
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Which countries do you think will be popular for studying in, in
the future? Why?
( 'Thank yo u. That is the end of th e speaking test. ')
Speaking Diagnostic: Hung: Full transcript with comments:
Diagnostic Examiner:Now, in this first part of the test we would
like to know something about
you. So first of all do you live in a house or an apartment?
Hung:Yes, I live in a house. Mmm
DE: Can you describe your house please?
H: Okay, it is a smallsmall house, in Vietnam its just a normal
house, kind of the standard house,
but my house have a garden, usually some of Vietnamese people
really like their house to have a
garden so they can.. Grow some trees in there or some animal
such as chickens, pigs, thats part of
our traditional.
DE: Would you ever like to move house?
H: If I can, I would like to move my house into the center of
our province. In the next 20 years, I think
that I would like to choose Binh Duong new city is the place
that I will move my house to.
DE: Why Binh Duong New City?
Comentario [MCWR1]: Hung is abl
maintain the flow of speech here but us
repetition, self-correction and/or slowspeech to
keep going. Some dis-fluency can beattributed to nerves at the
start of the t
Comentario [MCWR2]: Here Hung
a wide enough vocabulary to discusstopics at
length and make meaning clear in spite
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H: In the last few years, many people dont eat (pause) eat less
3 meals per day, they also forget
about the breakfast at the morning because they are too busy and
they just eat 2 meals per day and
its not good for their health. The reason is that our
workismmmm..they have lots of work to do
its kindof.(pause) they love to eat something fast.and that very
unhealthy for their health.
Diagnostic TestGrammar and Lexis:
Common Grammar Mistakes Of IELTS Students
Former IELTS students have kindly made these mistakes, so you
dont have to.
Can you find whats wrong in each of these sentences?
1. The percentage of people who was dissatisfied decreased.
2. Nowadays technology develops at an exponential rate.
Comentario [MCWR17]: Again L1interference means that
stress-timing h
very limited success.
Comentario [MCWR18]: Hung has
lack of repair strategies again for dealin
with breakdowns in systems knowledgThis causes strain for the
listener and
makes it difficult to follow his train of
thought.
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9. Shopping has become a essential part of our lives.
10. There are a lot of kind of shopping.
11. The money is gone but the goods are not come.
12. In recent decades the standard of living is rising
quickly.
13. The total net sales of Apple products was still risen.
14. The percentage of satisfied customer with air travel
increased.
15. Nowadays, students have often had meals at school.
16. The proportion of customers satisfied with particular
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22. The parental contribution and grants percentages went
down.
23. Particularly the figures show a sharp increase in iPod
sales.
24. The chart illustrates the changes took place during the
decade from 1989 to 1999.
25. Especially, there was a high rate of increase in 2009.
26. One of the most important benefit of shopping is that you
have such a wide choice of things
to buy.
27. Almost customers were satisfied in 2005.
28. It is certainly true when people can benefit from learning
practical skills.
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35. We are always hurry to answer the phone.
36. If a customer want to buy a computer, they can buy it
online.
37. These days, very little is done to solve this problem.
38. Food factories are used lots of chemicals.
39. We can see that buy goods at online shops is not safe.
40. Students will definitely study less productive if they skip
their main meals.
41. There was a downward trend in the contributions from
students grants. They went down by
24% which from 38%.
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48. The three lowest percentages of selling belonged to
Microsoft, Dell and Acer.
49. If you use it to great extent, your brain will be
harmed.
50. The chart shows the number of apple sell in 2008 and
2009.
51. The percentage of customers satisfied with the politeness of
check-in attendants was a
decline.
52. In the European Union unemployment has occurred more and
more.
53. Online shopping is a safety way to buy suitable
products.
54. Macbooks accounted the highest percentage in net sales.
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Completed Grammar Diagnostic- Duyen
Results
Check your results and find out which areas of grammar you need
to work on.
Question Numbers Tot
al
Plural or Singular 1 5 6 10 18 19 26 36 45 47 /10
Tenses 2 11 12 15 20 32 37 51 52 /9
Passive 13 21 33 38 46 55 /6
Noun Phrases 14 22 48 50 39 60 /6
Word Order 4 23 25 30 42 56 /6
Articles 3 7 9 49 57 /5Word Forms 16 29 31 34 40 53 58 /7
Relative Clauses 24 28 41 43 44 /5
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Appendix 7Course materials, worksheets 1-8
Worksheet 1:
Prompt: 1
Board Plan 1
1. Who? 2. Why didnt you like them?
Describe a teacher you didnt like at school. You should say:
Who they are (1)
Why you didnt like them (2)
What effect they had on your learning (3)
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3. What effect learning?
More legible
study skills(c.n.)
work ethic(c.n.)
the importance of
ownership(idm.)
4. Good teacher or not?
In spite of+ gerund/the fact
that/pronoun
3rd
Cond. If I hadnt had, I would
(not) have + pp
Model Answer:
The person that I would like to speak about is Mrs.Brown. She
was my
French teacher in secondary school. She was actually quite
scary: she had a reallystern look all the time and was extremely
strict. She was very demanding when it
came to our written and spoken work- I suppose you could say
that she was a very
hard taskmaster.
The reason why I didnt like her at first was that she singled me
out all the time.
Many of the students were not living up to her very high
standards but she seemed
to love to pick on me in particular. I also think that she used
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d) (Hard) taskmaster (n) 4) to choose one person from a group
for special attention
e) To single someone out 5) strongly limiting someone's freedom
to behave as theywish
f) (High) standards 6) severe, showing disapproval
g) Legible (adj) 7) valuing hard labour
h) Work ethic 8) needing a lot of time, attention, or energy
i) Take ownership of 9) someone who gives others a lot of work
to do
Something
B: Collocation
Find the collocates of the words below:
1. High _________
2. Extremely ____________
3. Hard _____________
4. Mountains of___________
5. Brilliant_____________
6. Successful______________7. To make a huge _____________
C: Grammar
Without looking back at the script, try to match the sentence
halves:
1) In spite of the fact that
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E: Complete for the rules for the 3rd
conditional
If + had (not) + past participle, subject +_________ (not)
+___________ + __________.
Complete the sentence:
If I hadnt had such a good
teacher,________________________________________________.
Now write 3 more sentences in the 3rdconditional.
Pronunication Box:
F: Now, try to find the sentence and tonic stress in these
sentences and then try to mimic your
teacher saying the sentences:
In English we tend to give more emphasis to words which carry
the most meaning in a
sentence. We also give tonic stress to one single syllable in
each utterance (chunk of
language). Look at the following excerpt from the model answer.
Tonic stress is in bold
and sentence stress is underlined. Listen to your teacher saying
the sentence then
practice saying the sentence with your partner.
She was my French teacher in secondary school. She was actually
quite scary: she had a
really stern look all the time and was extremely strict.
Notice how any of the vowels unstressed syllables are // or
/I/.
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e) Legible 5) /strkt/
f) Ownership 6) /stn/I: Prompt 2
WORKSHEET 2 a
I: Interlocuter L:LucyI: What was the most important moment in
the history of the
Describe your perfect classroom. You should say:
-What it looks like
-Why its perfect for you
-How it would make you learn better
And say if you think you will have a classroom like
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What was the most important moment of the 20th Century?
(From Transcript)
What I mean is
Kind of +noun/adjective
Like + noun/adjective
Well, If you ask me
You know.
Sorry, Im not sure what you mean.
I dont (really) understand
Examiner: What makes a good museum? Student: IWhat makes a good
museum ?
Can you say that again, please?
(Extra Phrases)
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Examiner: What makes a
good museum?Student: Iwhat makes agood museum?...
WORKSHEET 2 d
EDUCATION DISCUSSION
1. What comes to mind when you hear the word education?2. How
important do you think education is?3. Do you think you had a good
education?4. Was there a high standard of education at your
schools?5. Do you think the quality of education is getting
worse?6. What do you think of the idea of all education being
online?7. What kind of education did you have in your home?8. What
would the world be like if everyone had access to a good
education?9. Does your government really care about education?
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7. Do you always study the terms of employment carefully before
you accept a
job offer?8. Have you ever had your employment terminated?9. Are
there any conditions of employment you insist on?10. Are working
conditions in your country better than those in other countries?11.
What do you understand by the term full employment?12. Is
unemployment a problem in your country?13. Is there equal
opportunities in employment in your country?14. Do you ever take
any notice of employment statistics?15. Would you like to be
self-employed?
16. Do you think young people care enough about their employment
prospects?17. Have you ever tried to change details on your
employment contract?18. What rules should there be regarding
children and employment?19. Which countries and companies do you
think offer the best employment
opportunities?20. What help should a government give those
looking for employment?
ENTERTAINMENT DISCUSSION1. What is entertainment?2. What do you
do for entertainment?3. How often do you do things for
entertainment?4. What home entertainment equipment do you have?5.
Do you like entertaining friends at home?6. Who is the most
entertaining person you know?7. Do you spend a lot of money on
entertainment?8. What is your favourite form of entertainment?
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9. Napoleon Bonaparte said History is a set of lies agreed upon.
Do you agree
with this?10. Half of writing history is hiding the truth. What
do you think of this quote in
relation to what was in your school history books?11. Why do
people like history?12. What do you know about your family
history?13. Is there a history of illness in your family?14. Would
you like to be a historian?15. In his book 1984, George Orwell
says: He who controls the past, controls the
future; and he who controls the present, controls the past. Do
you agree?
Does this apply to countries today?16. Which people in the world
have a troubled history?17. Do you think history comes back to
haunt us?18. Does your country have a proud or violent history?19.
How would the world change if schools stopped teaching history to
children
and all history books were destroyed?20.Sir Winston Churchill
said: Those that fail to learn from history, are doomed
to repeat it. Do you agree with him?
HOLIDAYS DISCUSSION1. Do you like holidays?2. What holidays do
you celebrate?3. What holidays do you really look forward to?4. Are
there holidays in other countries or religions that you wish were
also
celebrated in your country?
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2. How do you think language first started?
3. How much of a barrier do you think language is?4. How is our
language different from animal language?5. Do you think that one
day there will be just one language in the world? Would
the world be a better place?6. Have you ever had a language
exchange?7. Does language make the personalities of each
nationality different?8. Do you think body language is universal?9.
Would you like to learn sign language?10. What languages do you
like or dislike the sound of?
11. What are your feelings towards your own language?12. How
would you compare your own language with English?13. How do you
think the world would be different if there was only one
language?14. What are the good and bad things about your
language?15. Is there a lot of bad / foul language in your mother
tongue?16. Why do you think there are so many different languages
in the world?17. What do you think of languages that are dying? Do
you think they should be
preserved?18. What three languages would you really like to
speak, and why?19. What is the most confusing language in the
world?20. Do you think English should become an official language
in your country?
MUSIC DISCUSSION
1. What images spring to mind when you hear the word music?2.
What does music mean to you?3. What would life be like without
music?
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4. Do you prefer paperbacks or hardbacks?
5. If you wrote a book, what would you write about?6. If you
could only have one book for the rest of your life, what would it
be and
why?7. Do you think the Internet will make books disappear?8.
What do you think of the idea of E-books?9. What book would you
recommend for children?10. How many books have you read in
English?11. Who is your favorite author?12.What do you think of
Googles idea to put all the worlds books on the Internet,
accessible for free?13.Why doesnt everybody enjoy reading?14. Do
you prefer to keep the books you read?15.Whats the most number of
times you have read the same book?16. Which is better, the book or
the movie?17. Do you prefer fiction or non-fiction?18. Do you spend
a long time browsing in bookshops?19. Do you ever read the last
page of a book before you start reading it?20. How often do you
want the story in a book to never end?
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CRIME DISCUSSION
1. Have you ever been a victim of crime?2. Are you afraid of
becoming a victim of crime?3. Is crime a problem where you live?4.
Does your government talk a lot about combating crime?5. Do you
worry about Internet crime?6. Is anyone capable of turning to
crime?7. Who are the worlds biggest war criminals?8. Have you ever
thought of fighting crime by becoming a police officer?9. Do you
think the punishment always fits the crime?
10. Do you have any crime prevention tips?11. Have you ever
committed a petty crime?12. Have you ever witnessed a serious
crime?13. How can governments reduce crime?14. Is violent crime a
big problem in your country?15. Do you think crime pays?16. Is
juvenile crime on the increase in your country?17. Is organized
crime a big problem in your country?18. What is hate crime?19.When
can you say, Its a crime to do nothing?20. Have you ever reported a
crime?
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Worksheet 3
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The threat of nuclear weapons maintains world peace. Nuclear
powerprovides cheap and clean energy.
The benefits of nuclear technology far outweigh the
disadvantages.
B: The threat of nuclear weapons maintains world peace. Nuclear
power provides
cheap and clean energy. The benefits of nuclear technology far
outweigh the
disadvantages.
To what extent do you agree or disagree?
A: Every year several languages die out. Some people think that
this is not
important as life will be easier if there are fewer languages in
the world. To what
extent do you agree or disagree with this argument?
(Cambridge IELTS 9 Test 4. P102)
1. Business between countries will be promoted if there are
fewer languages
barriers
2. Unique Cultures will lose their voice in the world if smaller
languages die out.3. Smaller languages are dying out due to the
domination of English
4. Everyone should learn a second language at school
5. Many wars could have been avoided if the leaders of the
countries involved
hadnt had to face so many language barriers.
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Worksheet 4
For the Writing Task 2 question below, write five ideas in note
form.Write one or two ideas which are not directly relevant to the
question.
C: Some people say that the best way to improve public health is
by increasing the
number of sports facilities. Others, however, say that this
would have little effect
on public health and that other measures are required.
Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.
(Cambridge IELTS 9 Test 3. P77)
1. If people eat fast food they will get heart disease
2. Sports facilities would generate income for the
government
3. Greater access to sports facilities will mean that more
people will exercise
more regularly
4. Physical activity could be encouraged in other cheaper ways,
for example by
having exercise equipment in parks.
5. Higher taxes could be imposed on foods that are high in
cholesterol and in
saturated fats.
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Spain and UK = hols abroad popularFrance least popular Graph
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Worksheet 6
Writing Correction Code
PS Plural/singular
WW Wrong word
WO Word order
T Tense
WF Word form
SV Subject verb agreement
MW Missing word
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WRITING INTRODUCTIONS Example: The graph shows life expectancy
for males and females in the
UK from 1901 to 2025. The line graph gives average lengths of
life for men and women in GreatBritain between 1901 and 2025.
1. The chart shows the incidence of low birth weight in a number
of regions of the world
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2. The table shows percentage attendance figures for 7 types of
cultural events in Great Britain
between 1986-7 and 2001-2.
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3. The chart shows the number of underweight children aged 5 or
below in seven regions of the
world.
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4. The chart shows UK citizens' spending on three types of
reading materials
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9. The table gives information on consumer spending on different
items in five different countries in
2012.
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10. The flow chart shows the chocolate production process.
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POSSIBLE ANSWERS
ONE of these answers has a significant problem. Find it and
rewrite it.
1. The chart gives information about the number of babies who
were born underweight in different
parts of the world.
2. The data shows how many people went to different types of
cultural events in the UK over two
years - 1986-7 and 2001-2.
3. The graphs depict the number of children aged 5 of below
weighing less than normal for their age
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Some people prefer to spend thei r l ives doing the
same thing s and avoiding change. Others, how ever,
th ink that change is always a goo d thing . Discuss
both these views and give your ow n opinion .
Popular hobbies and interests change over
time and are more a reflection of trendsand fashions than an
indication of what
individuals really want to do in their
spare time. To what extent do you agree
or disagree with this statement?
Marriages are bigger and more expensivenowadays than in the
past. Why is this
the case? Is it a positive or negative
development?
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Appendix 8: Formative Evaluation Tools
Formative test 1:
Future Plans
Why are you taking the IELTS test?
What are you planning to do in the next five years?
What are you planning to do in the next ten years?
What is the first thing you will do when you arrive at the new
place?
Music
Do you like music?
What kind of music do you like?
When do you usually listen to music?
What kind of music did you like when you were younger?
What kind of music is popular in your country?
Do you play any musical instruments?
Do you wish you could play any musical instruments?
Which is your favourite instrument?
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What kind of place is it?
What's the most interesting part of your home area?What kind of
jobs do the people in your town/village do?
Is your home town changing?
Would you say it is a good place to live? Why?
What changes would you like to make to your home town?
What's your favourite part of your house?
What would you like to change in your house?
Sports
Do you play any sports?
Which sports do you play? Why?
Which sports do people most like to watch in your country?
Why?
Is this the same for men and women? Why/why not?
The Sea
Have you ever made a journey by boat?
Is the seaside a popular destination for people in your
country?
What do you think should be done to prevent pollution of the
oceans?
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Sports
What kind of sports do you enjoy playing. Why?
What are some sports you have never played? Why?
Do you prefer team sports or individual sports. Why?
Why do you think people play sports?
What is the most popular sport in your country? Why do people
like this sport?
Telecommunications
Which do you use more often - a mobile phone or telephone?
Why? Are international phone calls expensive in your country?
What is the best way to
keep in touch with friends abroad?
Weather and Seasons
What seasons do you have in your country? Which season do most
people go away on
holiday in your country? Why?
Which season do you like the most? Why?
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Do you like to work by yourself or with others? Why?
When you work alone does it help you or hinder you in your work?
Why?
Hometown
Where are you from?
Can you describe your hometown?
Is your hometown famous for any think?
What are your local industries?
What important changes have taken place recently in your
town?
You and Your Family
Describe yourself.
Describe your family?Do you have a large or small family?
How much time do you spend with your family?
What do you like to do together as a family?
Do you get along well with your family?
Are people in your country generally close to their
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What was your favourite subject as a child?
Who was your favourite teacher?What is the education system like
in your country?
Do you think your country has an effective education system?
Studying
What are you studying now?
What is your area of specialization?
Hometown
Describe your hometown.
What's special about it?
Where is your hometown located?Is it easy to travel around your
hometown?
What is it known for?
What do people in your town do?
What are the main industries in your hometown?
What problems face your hometown?
What languages are spoken in your hometown?
What are the advantages of living in your hometown?
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Describe your home.
What kind of building do you live in?How long have you lived
there?
Weddings
Have you ever been to a wedding?
Whose wedding was it?
Where was it held?
What clothes do people wear?
Describe the wedding ceremony.
What sort if gifts do people buy for the bridal couple?
What kind of clothes did the bride and groom wear?
Travel
Do you like to travel?
What kind of places have you visited in your life?
Which place would you really like to visit? Why?
What's the best place you've ever visited?
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Do you send and receive email regularly?
Who do you usually communicate with?How often do you check your
email?
Do you think writing email has strengthened or weakened people's
writing skills?
What are some disadvantages of email?
Friends
Describe a friend.
How long have you known each other?
What do usually do together?
What do you like the most about him / her?
How often do you see each other?
Places
Describe a place you like to go. Why is this place special to
you?
When did you first visit this place?
Where is this place located?
What language is spoken here? Do you speak this language?
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Do you have any hobbies?
What are some of your hobbies?When did you first develop this
hobby?
What are some of the advantages of having a hobby?
How much time do you spend on your hobby?
Movies
Do you enjoy watching movies?
What's your favourite film?
Who are your favourite actors?
How often do you watch films?
Shopping
Do you enjoy shopping?
How do you feel about shopping?
Do you like shopping on the Internet?
Do you have any favourite stores?
What don't you like about shopping?
Which is the most popular place to shop in your hometown?
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Festivals
What's the most important festival in your country?
How do people celebrate this festival?
What special food is associated with this festival?
What special activities are associated with this festival?
What do you enjoy most about this festival?
Do you think festivals are important for a society?
Television
Do you watch television a lot?
What do you usually watch on television?
How many hours of television do you usually watch?
What are the most popular shows in your country?What kind of
shows do you like to watch?
What are some advantages of television?
What are someof the disadvantages of television?
What did you last watch on television?
Why do you think certain TV shows are so popular?
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Your Country
Which country are you from?
Where is this country located?
Which part of the country do most people live in?
What are the main industries in your country?
Is it easy to travel around your country?
Clothes
What type of clothes do you like to wear?
What kind of clothes do people in your country usually wear?
How important is fashion to you?
What kind of clothes do you dislike?
Do you think people behave differently in different kinds of
clothes?
What kind of clothes do people wear to work in your country?
Are clothes expensive in your country?
Going Out
Do you like going out or staying at home?
What do you like to do when you go out?
H ft d t?
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Do you have a favourite colour?
What are your country's colours?Do you think colours affect our
moods?
Can you learn anything about a person from the colours he / she
likes?
Do you like the same colours now as you did when you were a
child?
Swimming
Can you swim?
Are there many places to swim near your home?
Do you think everyone should learn to swim?
Leisure Time
What do you like to do in your free time?Have your leisure
activities changed since you were a child?
Do you prefer to spend your free time alone or with other
people?
Trains
Do you like to travel by train?
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Art Galleries
Are there many art galleries where you live?
Did you like to go to art galleries when you were a child?
Should people have to pay to go to art galleries?
Reading Habits
Do you read a daily newspaper?What kind of books do you like to
read?
How often do you use a library?
How many hours a week do you spend reading?
Is there anything you find hard to read?
About Reading
What kind of books did you read as a child?
What's the last thing you read and enjoyed?
Have you ever kept a diary?
What's the most popular newspaper in your country?
Would you ever write your own autobiography?
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23. Do you think you had a good education?24. Was there a high
standard of education at your schools?
25. Do you think the quality of education is getting worse?26.
What do you think of the idea of all education being online?27.
What kind of education did you have in your home?28. What would the
world be like if everyone had access to a good education?29. Does
your government really care about education?30. In which country do
you think you can receive the best education?31. What is a good
education?32. Is the level of education in your country good?33.
What would you like to change about the education system of your
country?34. Would you like to work in education?
35. Do you think theres a lot of money to be made in education?
36. What kind of experience and qualifications do you think a
governments educationminister/secretary needs?
37. When does education begin?38. What do you think Mark Twain
meant when he said, never let school interfere with your
education?39. What do you think of single-sex education?40. What
do you think of the idea of lifelong education?
EMPLOYMENT DISCUSSION21. Do you have good employment
prospects?
22. What is your employment track record?23. Have you ever
visited an online employment agency?24. Do you ever look at the
employment pages in newspapers?25. Do you think companies should
offer employees lifetime employment?26. Have you ever worked
somewhere that had bad employment conditions?27. Do you always
study the terms of employment carefully before you accept a job
offer?28. Have you ever had your employment terminated?29. Are
there any conditions of employment you insist on?30. Are working
conditions in your country better than those in other countries?31.
What do you understand by the term full employment?
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36. What do you know about corporate entertainment?37. What
forms of entertainment have been with us for centuries?
38. What new forms of entertainment have emerged in recent
years?39. Do you follow entertainment news on the TV or
Internet?40. Which country do you think has the worlds best
entertainment?
HISTORY DISCUSSION21. Is history important to you?22. Did you
like studying history at school?23. What period of history
interests you most?24. What do you think of the recent history of
your countrythe past fifty years?25. What do you know about the
early history of your country
26. What do you think of the overall history of your country?27.
Do you think history repeats itself?28. What period of history
would you like to go back and live in?29. Napoleon Bonaparte said
History is a set of lies agreed upon. Do you agree with this?30.
Half of writing history is hiding the truth. What do you think of
this quote in relation to what
was in your school history books?31. Why do people like
history?32. What do you know about your family history?33. Is there
a history of illness in your family?34. Would you like to be a
historian?35. In his book 1984, George Orwell says: He who controls
the past, controls the future; and he
who controls the present, controls the past. Do you agree? Does
this apply to countriestoday?
36. Which people in the world have a troubled history?37. Do you
think history comes back to haunt us?38. Does your country have a
proud or violent history?39. How would the world change if schools
stopped teaching history to children and all history
books were destroyed?40. Sir Winston Churchill said: Those that
fail to learn from history, are doomed to repeat it. Do
you agree with him?
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21. What do you think about language?22. How do you think
language first started?
23. How much of a barrier do you think language is?24. How is
our language different from animal language?25. Do you think that
one day there will be just one language in the world? Would the
world be a
better place?26. Have you ever had a language exchange?27. Does
language make the personalities of each nationality different?28.
Do you think body language is universal?29. Would you like to learn
sign language?30. What languages do you like or dislike the sound
of?31. What are your feelings towards your own language?
32. How would you compare your own language with English?33. How
do you think the world would be different if there was only one
language?34. What are the good and bad things about your
language?35. Is there a lot of bad / foul language in your mother
tongue?36. Why do you think there are so many different languages
in the world?37. What do you think of languages that are dying? Do
you think they should be preserved?38. What three languages would
you really like to speak, and why?39. What is the most confusing
language in the world?40. Do you think English should become an
official language in your country?
MUSIC DISCUSSION
21. What images spring to mind when you hear the word music? 22.
What does music mean to you?23. What would life be like without
music?24. Which is more important to you, music or TV?25. What kind
of music do you like?26. How have your musical tastes changed since
when you were a kid?27. What music can change the way you feel?28.
Whats the best time and place to listen to music?29. Where does the
best music come from, the USA, UK or other?
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33. Why doesnt everybody enjoy reading?34. Do you prefer to keep
the books you read?
35. Whats the most number of times you have read the same
book?36. Which is better, the book or the movie?37. Do you prefer
fiction or non-fiction?38. Do you spend a long time browsing in
bookshops?39. Do you ever read the last page of a book before you
start reading it?40. How often do you want the story in a book to
never end?
TOURISM DISCUSSION
21. What images spring to mind when you hear the word tourism?
22. How important is tourism to your country?23. Would you like to
work in tourism?24. What are the good and bad things about
tourism?25. What do you think tourism will be like in the
future?
26. What are the major tourist attractions in your country?27.
What do you think of the idea of space tourism?28. How does tourism
change lives?29. What is eco-tourism? Do you think its a good
idea?30. Is there a difference between a tourist and a
backpacker?31. Do you think tourism helps people in the world
understand each other?32. Is tourism something that only rich
people take part in?33. What do you think of tourism in general? Do
you think itll ever disappear?34. What factors affect tourism?35.
Do tourists really get to see the real countries they visit?
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Increasing the pr ice of petrol is the best way to so lve growin
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traff ic and pollut ion p roblems .
To what extent do yo u agree or disagree?
What other measures do you th ink m ight be ef fect ive?
Formative Test 7:
P.101 Cambridge IELTS practice tests 8 (Test 4)
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items in five different countries in
2012.__________________________________________________________________________________
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10. The flow chart shows the chocolate production process.
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Appendix 9: Summative Evaluation Tools
Summative Test 1 Speaking:
Part 1: Introduction and interview (4/5 minutes)
Good m orn in g/af ternoo n. My name is _____________. Can you
te l l me your fu l l name
please? Thank you.
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(Optional Frames, Introduce each frame by saying: 'Let's talk
about ______ (topic) now.')
Keeping Fit
What do you do to stay healthy?
Is it easy to keep fit where you live?
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(Food & Drink)
Can you tell me something about food in your country?
What kinds of food do you particularly like?
Is there any food you dont like?
What kinds of food are most popular in your country?
Do you like cooking?
(Going Out)
Do you like going out or staying at home?
What do you like to do when you go out?
How often do you go out?
Do people in your country go our a lot?
How and where do people in your country usually socialize?
What kind of entertainment is popular in your country?
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(Eating Out)
Do you prefer to eat at home or in restaurants?
Do you often eat with your family?
Do you think its important for people to eat with their
family?
Do you often go to restaurants to eat?
What kind of restaurants do you like?
(Television)
Do you watch television a lot?
What do you usually watch on television?
How many hours of television do you usually watch?
What are the most popular shows in your country?
Wh ki d f h d lik h?
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(Introduce this part by saying: Now Im going to give you a topic
and Id like you to talk about itfo r one to two minu tes . Befo re
you ta lk , you wi l l have one minu te to th ink abou t wha t you
are
go ing to say and you can make some no tes i f you wish . Do you
unders tand?
Here is som e paper and a penci l , and here is you r top ic. I
'd l ike you to ( top ic c ard prom pt) ____
e .g . descr ibe someth ing tha t you do fo r your h eal th.
(Give the student 1 minute (exactly) preparation time.)
Al r igh t? Remember you have one to two minu tes fo r th is ,
so don ' t wor ry i f I s top you . Can you
star t speaking now please? (Give them two minutes exactly)
Describe a traditional meal in your Country. You should
mention:
What the meal is
How it is prepared
When it is usually eaten
What, if any, is the significance or importance of the meal.
And say if you enjoy this food.
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Describe some things which cause you stress. You should say:
When you get stressed
Why certain things cause you stress
How you feel when you are stressed
and explain what you do to deal with the problem
Describe a sport you haven't tried but would like to try. You
should say:
What it is
Why you want to try it
How to play it
and explain why it's good for your health
Describe a type of food you like. You should say:
What is it
Where it comes from
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and explain why you think doing this is healthy.
Describe something you do for your health. You should say:
What it consists of
Why you do that thing
How you heard about it and first started doing it
and say what kinds of people you would recommend it for and
why.
Describe an illness or disease that is common in your country.
You should say:
What it is
How people develop it
How it can be cured and/or prevented
and say whether it will common more or less dangerous in the
future.
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Health & Nutrition
What role do fast food and junk food play in your country?
Do you think all children should learn to cook at school?
What do you think about the recent advances in food production
technology (gm farming, organic
food, factory farming)?
Should the government do more to encourage people to lead
healthy lives? How?
Health & Healthcare
What are the common diseases in your country? Why do you think
this is?
Do you think this problem will get worse in the future?
How should the government deal with this problem?
Is healthcare expensive in your country?
Some people think that healthcare should be free to all people.
What do you think?
( 'Thank yo u. That is the end of th e speaking test. ')
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