AJEC 2008 Test
Section 1: Questions
Part A – Warm up questions
Directions:
Please ask your student FIVE questions from the following list. Speak slowly and clearly. Please ask, "What is your name?" first and then any other FOUR questions. These are warm up questions so please ask questions that your student is comfortable with.
Introductory sentence:
"Section 1, Part A, I will ask you five easy questions, OK?"
1. What is your name?
| 2. How is the weather today? 3. What day of the week is it today? 4. What is your favorite sport? 5. What is the name of your school? 6. Who is your English teacher? 7. What is your favorite season of the year? 8. What food do you like? 9. Do you like baseball? 10. When is it your birthday? 11. What time is it now? |
12. Do you have a brother? 13. What is the date today? 14. How tall are you? 15. Where do you live? 16. What is your favorite hobby? 17. Do you have a pet? 18. What music do you like? 19. What color do you like? 20. What month of the year is it now? |
Part B – Questions about a picture
Directions:
Remove the page entitled "Section 1 Part B Picture - Students Copy." Give this page to your student. Ask your student the following three questions about the picture.
Introductory sentence:
"Section 1, Part B. Please look at this picture (give the picture to the student). I will ask you three questions about it...OK?" (ask the questions)
Questions:
- How is the weather?
- What is he doing? (point to the boy in the pond)
- How many houses can you see?
Directions:
NOW, your student must ask you three (3) questions about the picture. (Please answer the questions for them.)
Introductory sentence:
"NOW, Please will you ask me three questions about the picture"
Section 2: Text Comprehension
Directions:
- Remove the page called “Section 2 Text: Students copy,” and give it to your student.
- He/She has 3 minutes to read it silently.
- Then, ask your student to read the text aloud.
- Then, please ask the five (5) questions below.
- Please do not help your student with the meaning of the words in the text. The students may refer to the text for their answers. Please speak slowly and clearly, and you may ask each question TWICE.
Questions:
- Where do pandas usually live?
- Are pandas ears white?
- Can pandas swim?
- Do pandas eat rice?
- Who lives in Ueno zoo?
Introductory sentence:
"Section 2. Please read the text silently for three minutes."
(After three minutes)
"Now, please read the text aloud."
(When the student is finished reading aloud)
"Now I will ask you five questions about the text."
Repeat the questions if necessary.
Ling Ling
Pandas usually live in a few bamboo forests in China. They have white fur but their legs, eyes and ears are black.
Pandas can't stand up on their back legs, but they can swim well. They usually eat bamboo but they also eat honey, eggs, fish, oranges and bananas.
There is a panda in Ueno zoo in Tokyo. His name is Ling Ling and he has a Japanese passport.
Section 3: Twenty Questions
Directions:
- Listed below are three things:
a person,
a place,
a thing. - Choose one and tell your student which category you chose (person/place/thing).
- Have your student ask Yes/No questions to try and guess what-who-where you are.
- You are also allowed to answer “Maybe” or “Sometimes” but no other hints.
- If you don’t know the answer, say “I don’t know” and the question is NOT counted as one of the twenty.
- Please use a pen and paper to keep count of the number of questions asked, and keep track of time, for a maximum of 5 minutes.
- If the student gets the answer before questions/time is up, they should continue asking questions until the time has elapsed.
Step 1. Please choose from one of the options below:
| Category | Answer |
|---|---|
| PERSON | Johnny Depp |
| PLACE | Mt. Fuji |
| THING | Textbook |
Step 2. Introductory sentence.
"Section 3. We have five minutes. This section is twenty questions. I am a … (your choice of category.)… Please ask me Yes/No questions to find out (who/what/where) I am. Are you ready? Great, let’s start…"
Note: Remember if your student gets the answer before using all twenty questions encourage them to keep on asking.
Section 4: Listening Comprehension
Directions:
After reading out the four questions clearly and naturally to your student, please read the text twice with a small pause between each reading. They then have to answer the questions.
(Note: the students may make notes if they want to so make sure you give them this option.)
Step 1. Introductory sentence
“Section 4. Listening. You can use this paper and pen to make notes if you want to. There are four questions. First I will read the questions then I will read the text two times. After that I will read the questions again and I want you to answer them. Do you understand? No? Well, just try, OK?”
Step 2. The Questions.
“OK, let’s start. Here are the questions………”
- “Question 1. What day is it?”
- “Question 2. Who makes John's breakfast?”
- “Question 3. How does John go to school?”
- “Question 4. Can John play baseball after school?”
Step 3. The Text
“Now I will read the text…”
It is Friday morning. John is in the bathroom. He is very sleepy but he washes his face and brushes his teeth. His mother makes his breakfast downstairs. He eats his toast and drinks his cup of tea then goes to school by bus.
At school John meets his math teacher. She asks him for his homework but he does not have it. So she says, "you can not play baseball after school today!"
Step 4. Repeat the text.
“Now I will read the text again. OK?...”
Step 5. Question and answer:
“Now, please answer the questions…”
Question…(Student’s answer), Question…(Student’s answer)…, etc.
Section 5: Comic Strip Description
Directions:
- Please remove the page titled “Section 5 Comic Strip, Student’s Copy” and give it to your student.
- They have three minutes to look at it and then they have to tell you anything they can about it. They have a maximum of four minutes to describe the comic strip.
- They are allowed to make notes if they want to.
- You may want to tell the students that they have to tell you about the comic strip (what is going on, what story is happening/occurring, etc. …), not to memorize it.
Introductory Sentence:
"Section 5 is the comic strip description. (give the comic strip to the student)
Please look at this comic strip for three minutes, You can use this pen and paper to make notes if you want to."
(After three minutes)
"Now, please tell me about the comic strip."
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