Beyond the Gap Fill
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Have a quick think about the reflective questions below in order to get the most out of the workshop:
1. What do you think are the limitations of a gap fill task?
2. Do students find gap fills useful?
3. Can you share any ways that you have adapted a typical gap fill?1.
-There might be more than one correct answer.
-What is being measured is hard to define when it comes to testing the students.
-It is not always the case bu,it may take longer for students to complete.
-Scoring may be harder and the task is not communicative.
2.-From my experience, they find them useful when we initially used them as part of a formal test in which the score will decide the level and the group they will be places.
3-Apart form what is prescribed in the the textbook, I tend to choose my own gap filling activities using and adapting materials related to grammar, vocabulary topic we happen to be working at time. I have used visual/audio dialogues, adverts, songs and newspaper headlines to make the lessons more dynamic and to engage students in a more participative manner.There might be more than one correct answer.
-What is being measured is hard to define when it comes to testing the students.
-It is not always the case but,it may take longer for students to complete.
-Scoring may be harder and the task is not communicative.
2.-From my experience, they find them useful when we initially use them as part of a formal test in which the score they achieve will indicate the level and the group they will be placed to work with during the course.
3-Apart form what is prescribed in the textbook, I tend to choose my own gap filling activities using and adapting materials related to grammar/vocabulary topic we happen to be working at the time. I have used visual/audio dialogues, adverts, songs and newspaper headlines to make the lessons more dynamic and to engage students in a more participative manner.A link to a website that allows you to create half a crossword tasks:
https://vocab.today/worksheets/half-a-crossword/It’s very simple to use: type the words you want your students to focus on in the word box on the left and you’ll see the crosswords being generated simultaneously. You can print the crosswords, however, there is no option to save them. You can take a screenshot and save the crosswords though.
Half a crossword can be used as a controlled practice task or to revise vocabulary in pairs. However, this type of task can be used with only one student in one to one teaching between the teacher and the student too.
Have you ever used half a crossword in you class? What is your experience? Do you like it? What about your students?
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