L2_Repeat_sentence_PTEA_Lessons_Strategies

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1、PTEAcademicLessonPlanIdeas:TestTakingStrategiesLesson2RepeatsentenceTimeallocated:60minutesStep1:IntroducetheItemTypeThisisashort-answeritemtypethatintegrateslisteningandspeakingskills,andrequirestesttakerstounderstandandrememberasentence,andrepeatitusingthesamewordingandp

2、ronunciation.Youwillhearasentence.Pleaserepeatthesentenceexactlyasyouhearit.Youwillhearthesentenceonlyonce.Status:Beginningin3seconds.VolumeRecordedAnswerCurrentStatus:Beginningin10seconds.Step2:PresenttheItemTypeStrategiesTrytomemorizethesentence.Todoso,youneedtotrainyour

3、short-termmemoryorStrategy1workingmemory.Payattentiontothesentencestructure,e.g.,ifthesentencestartswiththereortheimpersonalStrategy2it,oriftheverbisinactiveorpassivevoice.Knowledgeofthewordorderofthemainsentencestructureswillhelpyoureconstructthesentencecorrectlywithoutom

4、ittingwordsorsubstitutingwiththewrongwords.Pronounceallconsonantsandvowelsclearly,andplacewordandsentencestresscorrectly.Strategy3RememberthatinEnglishthesentencestressisusuallyonthelastcontentwordorimportantwords.Step3:ExplainandPracticeEachStrategyStrategy1Explaintoyours

5、tudentsthatshort-termmemoryisaveryimportantcognitiveskillthathelpsusinourdailyactivities.Thisskillisalsoessentialforspokenlanguagelearningandcommunication.Whentesttakerstryto1©PearsonEducationLtd2011Lesson2:RepeatsentencePTEAcademicLessonPlanIdeas:TestTakingStrategiesrecal

6、lthesentencethattheyheardafewsecondsearlier,theyareactuallycallingontheirshort-termorworkingmemory.Thatiswhyitisimportantforstudentstotraintheirworkingmemory.Explainthatutteranceswillvaryinlength,andthebestwaytomemorizelongersentencesistobreakthemintomanageablechunksoflang

7、uage.Studentsshouldalsounderstandthespeaker’sintendedmeaning.Thistaskshouldnotbetreatedasamechanicalrepetitionofwordswithoutmeaning.Topracticethisstrategy,askyourclasstodothefollowingactivitiesinpairs:•Askyourstudentstoreadsentencestoeachotherbeginningwithshortonesandgradu

8、allyincreasingthelength,complexityandform.Forexample,Staffmakenotesavailable.Teachingstaf