The importance of home assignment

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Limitations
Involvement
Motivation and Variability
Design
Relevance
Feedback

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LIMITATIONS
Word Limit
• Prevents students from telling rubbish
• The teacher does not have to check a lot
Grammatical boarders
• Prevent students from using inappropriate grammar
• Help to focus on a particular grammatical pattern
Time limit
• Home assignment should not be burdensome
• Longer does not mean better

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Write a recipe of your favourite dish
You should say
• How the dish is called
• Where it is from
• What it is made of
• How it tastes
And why you like it.
*write no more than 100 words
*use Present Simple only

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INVOLVEMENT
• Students are not to be checked separately by
the teacher all over the time

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• What do we use to boil water?
A) kettle
B) saucepan
C) bowl
• What do we use to cut meat?
A) knife
B) spoon
C) fork
• What do we use to bake cakes?
A) oven
B) sink
C) teapot
• What do we drink tea from?
A) glass
B) can
C) cup
• What do we do with soup?
A) cook
B) stew
C) bake

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MOTIVATION AND VARIABILITY
• Get benefit from students’ interests
• Try to find links between things they find
inspirational and the subject of your lessons

9.

Create
your
own
recipe
for
1) A romantic
evening
2) A dinner with the
President
3) A family gettogether
4) Someone who is
experiencing
problems with
digestion
5) Your favourite
superhero

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DESIGN
• Make special papers for students of whatever
age
• Despite all your creativity home assignment
has to be standardized

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RELEVANCE
• Knowledge has to be practical
• If information is thought to be irrelevant – it
will be neglected

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FEEDBACK
• Praise your students
• Show your disapproval if the task was done
badly

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My hometown
My hometown is very beautiful city. It have
lots of museums, cinemas and theatres. I like go for
a walk in Kirov park. I like to go shopping to Muztau,
who is the bigger mall in our city. I really love me
hometown and I am proud to born here.