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What is a 'concept question'?
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Re: CCQ's
They're questions used by teachers to check whether learners have understood the underlying idea/meaning/concept of something- if you don't know that yesterday refers to the past, you haven't fully grasped the concept.
They're questions used by teachers to check whether learners have understood the underlying idea/meaning/concept of something- if you don't know that yesterday refers to the past, you haven't fully grasped the concept.
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I have moved your post to a new thread.
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Re: CCQ's
See if my example is correct when referring to the word yesterday.
- How do you say the day before today? (perhaps this is a stupid example
) Is this an example of 'concept question'?
Thanks
See if my example is correct when referring to the word yesterday.
- How do you say the day before today? (perhaps this is a stupid example
) Is this an example of 'concept question'?Thanks
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Re: CCQ's
A CCQ for 'yesterday' might be, "Today is Monday.; and yesterday ...?". If the response is 'Sunday' then the teacher knows that the concept of 'yesterday' is clear - for the moment, at least.
Not really. It's testing knowledge of the word 'yesterday'.See if my example is correct when referring to the word yesterday.
- How do you say the day before today? (perhaps this is a stupid example
A CCQ for 'yesterday' might be, "Today is Monday.; and yesterday ...?". If the response is 'Sunday' then the teacher knows that the concept of 'yesterday' is clear - for the moment, at least.
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Re: CCQ's
:up: They check whether a student has understood a concept, rather than simply trotting out a dictionary definition or a grammar book's 'explanation' - which, however good, may not have been understood.
Here's another example:
S: What does 'manage' mean?
T: In what context?
S: "I managed to open the window."
T: Demonstrates trying and finally succeeding then asks these context questions: Did I try to open the window.
S: Yes
T: Was it easy?
S: No.
T: Did I succeed in the end?
S: Yes.
Some teachers try to cut corners and just provide a definition: 'When you manage to do something, you try, find it difficult, and succeed in the end.' This is tempting and much easier. But it may slip over the S's head; the S may have been day-dreaming for the crucial few seconds during which the T imparted his/her words of wisdom. ;-)
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:up: They check whether a student has understood a concept, rather than simply trotting out a dictionary definition or a grammar book's 'explanation' - which, however good, may not have been understood.
Here's another example:
S: What does 'manage' mean?
T: In what context?
S: "I managed to open the window."
T: Demonstrates trying and finally succeeding then asks these context questions: Did I try to open the window.
S: Yes
T: Was it easy?
S: No.
T: Did I succeed in the end?
S: Yes.
Some teachers try to cut corners and just provide a definition: 'When you manage to do something, you try, find it difficult, and succeed in the end.' This is tempting and much easier. But it may slip over the S's head; the S may have been day-dreaming for the crucial few seconds during which the T imparted his/her words of wisdom. ;-)
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