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This document provides 5 examples of instructions for language learning exercises. The summaries evaluate how clear or unclear the instructions are: 1. The first instruction lacks clarity around what question words or auxiliaries should be used to complete the questions. 2. The second instruction clearly explains a matching exercise between words and definitions related to media. 3. The third instruction is deemed clear and understandable as it provides the correct particles to complete phrasal verbs. 4. The fourth instruction is considered too short as it does not provide enough information on how students should complete the sample sentences. 5. The fifth instruction is also evaluated as too long and complex, as it consists of two main questions for a matching
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- 3. EXAMPLE 2 Match the words and definitions. commentator critic editor freelance journalist newsreader paparazzi /"p&p@"r&tsi/ presenter press photographer reporter ..photographers who follow famous people around to get good photos of them to sell to a newspaper a person who writes about the good / bad qualities of books, concerts, plays, films, etc. . a person who describes a sports event while its happening on TV or radio .. a person who collects and reports news for newspapers, radio, or TV a person in charge of a newspaper or magazine, or part of one, who decides what should be in it ..a person who introduces the different sections of a radio or TV programme ..a person who writes articles for different papers and is not employed by a single newspaper a person who reads the news on TV or radio ..a person who takes photos for a newspaper I think that the instruction include some general information about the activity. For instance, this activity consists of words related to media.
- 4. EXAMPLE 3 FILE 1 Complete the phrasal verbs from File 1 with the correct particle. back down (x2) up (x3) 1 My brother and his girlfriend broke. last month. 2 I cant talk now, Im driving. Ill call you. in fifteen minutes. 3 This club isnt a very good place to chat. girls. The music is too loud. 4 The doctor said that I had to cut to one cup of coffee a day. 5 Dont give. . If you keep trying, Im sure find a good job soon. 6 Slow.. ! There are speed cameras on this road. I think this instruction is enough for students. It is clear and understandble.
- 5. EXAMPLE 4 Sentence race.Try to complete all the sentences in two minutes. 1The customer took the shoes back to the store to 2 Even though I was really late, my boss 3 She applied for a job with a company in London so that 4 He got promoted to branch manager despite 5 Most of the staff dont like the new MD, although 6 He left the company he used to work for in order to 7 Although Jim was the hardest worker in the company, 8 In spite of a huge marketing campaign, 9 I went to our head office in New York for 10 I think the advertising of cigarettes and alcohol should be banned, so as not to This instructions is too short. There is no information how students complete the sentences.
- 6. EXAMPLE 5 English has borrowed many words and phrases from other languages. In pairs, try to match the words with the languages they come from. Do you use any of these words (or very similar ones) in your language? Shampoo French Yogurt Turkish This instruction is a bit long. And it consists of two main questions . Thus ; this situation makes it complex and difficult.