5. Questions and Answers
Asking questions and answering them in small groups of students is probably the most commonly known way of learning for centuries. An intensive exchange of questions and answers between the teacher and the student serves the objective of mastering linguistic habits. The student gains automaticity of answers thanks to the imitation of full phrases and sentences.
Questions and answers in the first stages of learning are pre-defined and neither the teacher, nor the student should diverge from the pattern. The student practises the exact words and grammar structures which are incorporated into the questions and answers. In further stages of learning, elements of independent creation by the student are introduced, and the student can create more and more independent answers.
In all our coursebooks we use a large number of interesting questions using natural, contemporary language. Hence, the students can better remember new vocabulary and use it in more numerous contexts (various applications, grammar structures, collocations). As a result, they can use a foreign language in a more creative way rather than just mechanically memorizing single sentences.