How to elicit in teaching English at middle school

Warmer :
Q1 : What happened in Europe in 1939?
A1 : THE SECOND WORLD WAR STARTED
Q2 : Which was the first country to have TV?
A2 : BRITAIN
Q3 : What did Marconi invent in 1901?
A3 : THE RADIO
Q4 : What languages do Swiss people speak ?
A4 : GERMAN, FRENCH, ITALIAN & ROMANSCH
The key word is :
ELICITING
ELICITING
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Reasons for eliciting :
We find out what our students know and don’t know, what they have learnt or not learnt (reviewing)
We find out what they already know
We find out what our students need
We involve our students by getting them to answer different types of questions so they are active and not passive
It is more learner-centred
It helps students work out rules for themselves
3 steps for elicting :
Teachers convey clear ideas to students, perhaps by using pictures, gestures, or questions...
Students then supply the appropriate language, information, ideas...
Teachers give them feedback
Things to remember :
Teachers can elicit : ideas, feelings, meanings, context, memories...
Teachers can’t elicit : what students don’t know

Prompts to help teachers elicit :
visuals, realia, mime, explanation, synonyms and antonyms, translation, situation
Eliciting questions : What’s this?, What do you say this in Vietnamese?, What is/are he/they doing?, What am I doing?, What is the opposite of ...?, What is another word for...?, ...
An example for eliciting in teaching new vocab
(Tieng Anh 11 – NC) :
Teaching the word : competition (n)  competitor (n), competitive (a) (in Unit 5 – Reading)
Show 3 pictures and ask some eliciting questions :
Picture 1 :
Picture 2 :
Picture 3 :
1. Is it a beauty contest ?
2. Is it a TV programme (game show) ?
3. Is it a music contest ?
4. What is another word for “contest” ?
5. What do we call a person who take part in a competition ?
6. Tell me an adjective from the noun “competition” ?
Questions can be graded from easy-to-answer to more-difficult-to-answer. This easiest type of question is a .............. question. This type of question is even easier to answer if the students can ......... the answer in the picture or the text.
Graded questions for eliciting :
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Yes/No
The more difficult type of question is a ......... question. It is even more difficult if the students must ............ the answer.
When teachers ask eliciting questions, they should start with easy questions to build up students’ ..................... then move on to more difficult questions.
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