What is an English quiz ? Many of us can answer that this is a special event, which is organized in an educational institution of any level (university or school). This event allows with a high degree of efficiency to increase the stock of students in the field of the studied subject.
Let us consider in more detail the question of how to conduct and competently organize this quiz.
The essence of the quiz
Quiz is a learning method, which, on the one hand, proceeds from the need to organize the game activities of students, and on the other hand, involves studying the material at a higher level of complexity.
The quiz in English provides students with rich opportunities: it is the improvement of oral speaking skills, and the translation of words, and an attempt to solve complex grammatical forms of the language.
At its core, quizzes are an educational tool, and it is difficult to directly use them for training. Usually they are used in extracurricular activities - during the KVN, at informatics evenings or other similar events. The quiz is based on a set of questions or tasks. Quizzes, crosswords in educational activities, unfortunately, are used extremely rarely. Working with quizzes with competent setting allows not only to develop, but also to educate schoolchildren.
Quiz typology
Any event of this kind, including a quiz in the English language, has its own characteristics.
The simplest is the typology of the presentation method, since it is based on the method of submitting questions: verbal quizzes are spoken out, written ones are presented on tangible media (paper, cardboard, interactive whiteboard).
It is for written quizzes that typography for design is used. If the questions are given in the form of drawings, then this is a graphical quiz, if only letters and other symbols are present, then it is a text quiz, and if there are quiz and letters and figures in the task, it refers to the text-graphic type.
The typology of the tools used is as follows. If during the quiz any material objects are used (for example, to demonstrate or clarify questions), then it refers to the type of quiz with material objects, otherwise it is a quiz with abstract concepts.
The fourth feature is quite simple: a typology in the subject area: depending on the content (content of the questions), it can be mathematical or physical quizzes, nature quizzes.
According to the typology of the specifics of the questions, if these questions are posed traditionally, then the quiz is considered standard. In entertaining quizzes, non-standard questions are applied, or the quiz is a narration or a complex image to which indirect questions are asked.
Why is an English quiz useful?
The usefulness of these training sessions is obvious. Firstly, they are positively perceived by students as elementary grades, as well as middle and senior students. Secondly, it is with the help of such events that the teacher can form in his students a love for his subject and interest in activities.
Methodical material for the event
What questions can be offered for the quiz? They can be very diverse. As a rule, these events use either some kind of literary work that children studied in English, for example, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, or tells about some region of Great Britain.
There are quizzes that are designed to expand students' knowledge about the history of England, its royal house and more.
Thus, we see that the questions for the quiz are compiled based on the age of the children, the level of language proficiency and personal preferences of the teacher.
To summarize
Therefore, we can conclude that the inclusion of additional material in the lessons of a foreign language is pedagogically advisable. The organization of quizzes as one of the ways to maintain the interest of students in the subjects studied is very useful. Nevertheless, the teacher is required preliminary preparation, or rather, the selection of additional material for each subject separately (texts of a regional geographical character, links to Internet sources and printed literature). The selection of material should be based on questions and tasks that are included in the quiz. An example of this is the regional geographic quiz in English.
At the same time, it is very important to track the understanding of the additional material read by each student, since in some cases the presentation style may not correspond to the age characteristics and the level of language training of individual students. In preparation for the quiz, organization and consultation are necessary.
It’s important to remember that the UK quiz is a great way to help children learn a lot about the country they are learning.