interview questions 1a

Question 1

Q: Why did you choose this material for your learners?

Answer 1

asylum seekers and refugee speaking to housing officials about vocabulary—rooms and furniture.

Question 2

What factors influenced your decision to create this material?

Answer 2

elementrary level
monolingual background
need to use housing vocabulary in real life.
helps with spot the difference speaking activity.

Question 3

Why was this material appropriate for this specific group?

Answer 3

real life language
role play practical situations
develop speaking listening and pronounciation

Question 4

Was the material suitable for a monolingual class? Why or why not?

Answer 4

Visual support and repetition reduced translation and allowed all learners to engage using English

Question 5

Do you think the material was suited to the learners’ level?

Answer 5

elementary level material
using simple vocabulary and present simple questions
images helped with understanding
repetition

Question 6

What was the linguistic aim of the material?

Answer 6

present simple questions and vocabulary related to rooms and furniture
describe and ask about household items fluently and accurately.

Question 7

How did this activity fit into your lesson structure?

Answer 7

final stage
first introduced to the vocabulary in control excersise
pari work free production - free speaking practice.

Question 8

What groupings did you use and why?

Answer 8

pair work
openly speak to each other
peer support
build confidence

Question 9

What challenges did you anticipate and how did you address them?

Answer 9

question formation
example question on board
specified how many questions to ask each other

Question 10

How did you know the material was effective?

Answer 10

students were able to ask and asnwer questions based on vocabulary.
shared infomation about thier own homes

Question 11

How could the material be improved?

Answer 11

written instructions on worksheet
included numbers on worksheet
images bigger
One of the rooms could have made it more colourful

Question 12

Did you design or adapt the material?

Answer 12

i designed it
i added necesary images of rooms and furniture learnt in the lesson.

Question 13

How did this material support learners’ language development

Answer 13

Improved vocabulary retention
pronunciation, and question formation.
Language in a real-life context, increasing communicative confidence.