Clandfield Lindsay, Hughes John. ETpedia Exams: 500 Ideas for Preparing Students for EFL Exams

Pavilion Publishing and Media Ltd, 2017. — 184 p. — ISBN: 978-1-911028-62-8.ETpedia Exams offers both new and experienced teachers the support you need to help prepare your students for a wide range of English exams while ensuring their general levels of English do not suffer in the process. It covers basic exam skills, with section on grammar, reading, listening, speaking and more. It looks at the main exams at a glance, and offers advice on writing your own exams. It also includes a useful appendix with photocopiable materials. ETpedia Exams is divided into 50 units of 10 tips, making it easy-to-use and accessible, whether you want to dip in as needed or are looking for more comprehensive plans.Contents
Introduction
10 reasons for using this resource
10 ways to use this resource
10 facts about the authors
Writing materials for the first time
Unit 1: 10 reasons why English language teachers start writing materials
Unit 2: 10 skills and qualities of an ELT materials writer
Unit 3: 10 key terms and categories in ELT materials writing
Unit 4: 10 types of language materials that teachers often start writing
Writing language exercises and different types of questions
Unit 5: 10 ways to present new language
Unit 6: 10 types of grammar exercise
Unit 7: 10 types of vocabulary exercise
Unit 8: 10 types of pronunciation exercise
Unit 9: 10 tips for writing a controlled practice exercise
Unit 10: 10 types of gap-fill questions in sentences
Unit 11: 10 types of gap-fill questions in texts
Unit 12: 10 types of multiple-choice questions
Unit 13: 10 types of re-ordering exercises
Unit 14: 10 types of categorisation exercise
Unit 15: 10 sentence transformation questions
Unit 16: 10 types of error correction exercises
Writing materials for reading, listening, speaking and writing
Unit 17: 10 criteria for selecting a reading text
Unit 18: 10 tips on adapting the level of a text
Unit 19: 10 types of reading comprehension questions
Unit 20: 10 types of listening text
Unit 21: 10 tips on writing and recording your listening dialogues
Unit 22: 10 types of listening comprehension exercise
Unit 23: 10 types of speaking exercise
Unit 24: 10 tips for writing role plays
Unit 25: 10 types of writing exercises
Unit 26: 10 exercises for practising writing subskills
Writing complete lessons and worksheets
Unit 27: 10 tips on writing complete lessons and worksheets
Unit 28: 10 starting points for planning your lesson material
Unit 29: 10 common types of rubrics
Unit 30: 10 tips on writing effective rubrics
Unit 31: 10 types of lead-in exercise
Unit 32: 10 tips on using images in lesson materials
Writing supplementary materials
Unit 33: 10 types of supplementary material
Unit 34: 10 tips for creating board games
Unit 35: 10 other kinds of game to create
Unit 36: 10 variations of questionnaire
Unit 37: 10 ideas for song lesson materials
Unit 38: 10 tips and ideas for writing video lesson materials
Unit 39: 10 tips on test writing
Unit 40: 10 tips on writing language reference material
Writing materials for other teachers
Unit 41: 10 features of teacher’s notes
Unit 42: 10 tips on writing teacher’s notes
Unit 43: 10 ways to share your materials with other teachers
Developing your materials writing skills
Unit 44: 10 ways to edit and improve your materials
Unit 45: 10 key terms for digital and online materials writing
Unit 46: 10 really useful keyboard shortcuts for materials writing
Unit 47: 10 questions on copyright and permissions for materials writers
Unit 48: 10 features of a materials writing brief
Unit 49: 10 ways of developing yourself as a materials writer
Unit 50: 10 publishers that specialise in ELT material
Appendix