The importance of evaluation and testing of the students, initially to establish their entry level - placement testing then a diagnostic test to determine the students strengths and weaknesses and identify any gaps...
Unit 17 Equipment's and Teaching Aids- In this unit I've learnt the many benefits of teaching aids include helping learners improve reading comprehension skills, illustrating or reinforcing a skill or concept, differentiating instruction and relieving anxiety or boredom by presenting information in a new and exciting way...
This unit covered teaching special groups such as beginners, young and old learners, monolingual and multilingual classes, and business English classes...
I thoroughly enjoyed this unit on teaching special groups because it helped to take away some of my nerves and reassure me about the teaching job I will be going into after completing this course...
Unit 3 encourages the student to understand the main topics around course development, such as the types of tests, assessments and evaluations we should be aware of (level tests, needs analysis, placement, progress, among others)...