UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO ESPRITO SANTOCCHN / DLLLET06189 - Lngua Inglesa: Traduo Histria Terica e PrticaLANGUAGE WORK

Concept Questions/ Concept CheckingConcept questions are used in order to check the meaning of vocabulary and/or structure, usually during the presentation stage of a lesson. It is importante to note that concept questions need to be asked only after the students have been in touch with the language item (vocabular or gramar) in its context of use. Many teachers may think asking do you understand is enough to checkstudentsunderstanding. However, students may say yes either because they are embarrassed to say they havent understood, or because they may think they have understood when its not the case.

Examples of good concept questions:

Shemanagedto pass at the end.Did she pass? Was it easy?Hes been to Italy / Hes gone to Italy.Is he there now? Has he returned?

Examples of ineffective concept questions (Do not ask these questions):Did she manage?Did you understand manage?

IMPORTANT: KISS: keep it short and simple; Only use languagestsknow; Dont use the new vocab/structure in the question; Repeat it throughout the lesson; Plan your concept questions in advance, but improve your practice so you can ask them in unpredictable situations

Practice: Write concept questions to check the understanding of meaning of the following underlined structures/vocabulary:Ihad the car washed.Sheslooking forward toher holiday.Hedidnt need to doit. Heneednt have doneit.Icantputup withthat noise any longer.Heused to playfootball.Pink reallysuitsyou.Shestopped to lookat the picture. Shestopped lookingat the pcture.Shes a veryreliableperson.Im playingtennis with John on Saturday.Theres a very goodlibrarydowntown.