Teaching Strategies

1. CCQs
Prepared by: Salah Al Hasni, RS.
1 16 December 2022

2. CCQs & ICQs
- What are CCQ and ICQs?
- Why do we need to use them?
-When and how to be used?
- Practice
- Tips for CCQs and ICQs.
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3. - Watching video (It’s too heavy for me to carry!)
- Discussion
3 16 December 2022

4. -Do you understand?
-Have you understood?
-Is this clear?
-OK?
So, how can teachers check
students’ understanding?!
4 16 December 2022

5. *What are CCQs?
- Concept Checking Questions; Closed
questions that are easy to answer
and prove that students have
understood.
*When to be used?
- They are used after teaching vocabulary
and grammar (structure) in particular.
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6. Why do we need to use them?
1. To check students’ understanding of what
have been taught.
2. To increase students’ participation.(STT)
3. To increase comprehension of vocabulary,
grammar, instructions, and content.
4. To allow teachers and students assessing
comprehension quickly.
5. To encourage both; teacher & students
keeping using L2 and avoid L1.
6. To keep students focused.
6 16 December 2022

7. How should CCQs be done?
OR
How can Ts be good CCQrs?
• By asking simple questions; yes/no, either/or &
simple “wh” questions.
• By avoiding using of target language.
• By using pictures, through dictionary definition
(vocabulary) or (Grammar Reference)
synonyms and antonyms.
• By preparing CCQs in advance.
7 16 December 2022

8. Let’s practise “vocab”
Target language: circus
Definition: a travelling company of acrobats,
clowns and other entertainers which gives
performance, typically in a large tent, in a series of
different places.
Context: picture
CCQS:
1- Can you see many people there? Yes.
2. Who works there? A clown.
3. Does it happen in a big tent? Yes
8 16 December 2022

9. Let’s practise “Grammar”
Target l “Look! They’re painting the wall.”
Grammar Reference:
Present continuous tense is for something that is
happening at the moment of speaking.
CCQs:
1- Is it happening now? Yes.
2. Can you see it? Yes.
3. Is the painting finished? No.
4. Is this past, present or future? Present.(timeline)
9 16 December 2022

10. Target language:
“Naughty” (adj) (elementary-level)
Definition:
A naughty child behaves badly and doesn’t do
what you ask them to do.
Context:
Yesterday, my son was really bad. He made a big mess
in his room and when I asked him to clean up, he said
‘No’. He was really naughty.
CCQs
1. Is this a good or bad thing? (bad)
2. Did the child listen to his dad and mom? (No)
More practice! “vocab”
10 16 December 2022

11. More practice! “grammar”
Target language:
“I used to live in Salalah.”
Grammar Reference:
We use “used to do” form when we are talking about
something that happened regularly in the past but
doesn’t happen any more.
CCQs:
1- Did that happen in the past? Yes.
2. It happened one time only OR many times? Many
times.
3. Do I live in Salalah right now? No.
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12. Dos & Don’ts
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• Use a grammar book or student
dictionary to help you understand the
meaning.
• Prepare your CCQs in advance and put
them in your lesson plan with answers.
• Use simpler language than the target
language.
• Use yes/no questions or questions with
one word answers.
• Decide what answers you expect.
• Make sure you are checking the target
language only in your example
sentence.
• Stop asking this question;
‘‘What does it mean?’’
• Don’t forget to use CCQs in
your lesson when teaching
new grammar and vocabulary.
• Don’t over-do it or have too
many questions.
• Don’t repeat the target
language in the CCQ.

13. Discussion!
How many words shall
teacher teach per lesson?
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15. Thank you
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17. ICQs
Instructions Checking Questions, e.g Instructions to exercise ,
tasks and games.
Why do we do it?
- To make sure that the students know what to do before
they start.
- To check things that the students are likely to do wrong.
- To allow students a chance to process the instructions.
- To check understanding of all relevant aspects of the task.
17 16 December 2022

18. How to do ICQs?
- Draw attention of the whole class. This is very
important. (where to stand?)
- Use simple language and avoid complicated
one.
- Slow down your speech.
- Use body language.
• What if students still don’t get to the
point? What’s the best solution?
18 16 December 2022

19. Let’s ICQ
Reading Race
19 16 December 2022