Celta assignment 3
CELTA
December 2013
Assignment 3: Skills Related
The receptive skill chosen for this assignment is reading, and the authentic material used for the purpose of developing this skill is an article entitled, Greenwich is packed full of London's most popular attractions [1], which will be related to the productive skill of writing.
The learners reside in London and come from EU countries (mostly Italy), and motives for learning the English language vary. The age factor of the students may suggest different needs and cognitive skills, however all the students are competent to a pre-intermediate level of the English language.
The authentic text chosen is an article from the Metro newspaper online website, (metro.co.uk). The text is about attractions in Greenwich and I believe that this text will interest learners because it gives information on how to explore London in new ways they may have not been aware of, as well as further demographic exposure of their surroundings.
This text will also provide students the opportunity to get together and practise their English as most of the text has proper names of places, which will help students identify the capitalization of Proper Nouns for a writing task for example.
Receptive Skills
The aims of this lesson are:
- Detailed reading - or intensive reading, as Jim Scrivener (Learning Teaching, p.264) states, 'reading texts closely and carefully with the intention of gaining understanding of as much detail as possible.' 1
- Gist reading - skimming the written text 'to get a general idea of what it is about' 2, as Jeremy Harmer states (How to Teach English, p.101).
Task Summary
Setting the context:
The topic for the lesson is London attractions in Greenwich. As a lead in, to get the students interested in the material, I would ask them to look at the title of the text, 'Greenwich is packed full of London's most popular attractions', and in groups write down what these popular attractions may
December 2013
Assignment 3: Skills Related
The receptive skill chosen for this assignment is reading, and the authentic material used for the purpose of developing this skill is an article entitled, Greenwich is packed full of London's most popular attractions [1], which will be related to the productive skill of writing.
The learners reside in London and come from EU countries (mostly Italy), and motives for learning the English language vary. The age factor of the students may suggest different needs and cognitive skills, however all the students are competent to a pre-intermediate level of the English language.
The authentic text chosen is an article from the Metro newspaper online website, (metro.co.uk). The text is about attractions in Greenwich and I believe that this text will interest learners because it gives information on how to explore London in new ways they may have not been aware of, as well as further demographic exposure of their surroundings.
This text will also provide students the opportunity to get together and practise their English as most of the text has proper names of places, which will help students identify the capitalization of Proper Nouns for a writing task for example.
Receptive Skills
The aims of this lesson are:
- Detailed reading - or intensive reading, as Jim Scrivener (Learning Teaching, p.264) states, 'reading texts closely and carefully with the intention of gaining understanding of as much detail as possible.' 1
- Gist reading - skimming the written text 'to get a general idea of what it is about' 2, as Jeremy Harmer states (How to Teach English, p.101).
Task Summary
Setting the context:
The topic for the lesson is London attractions in Greenwich. As a lead in, to get the students interested in the material, I would ask them to look at the title of the text, 'Greenwich is packed full of London's most popular attractions', and in groups write down what these popular attractions may
Bibliography: Books 1 Jim Scrivener, Learning Teaching: The Essential Guide to English Language Teaching, MacMillan, 2010 2 Jeremy Harmer, How to teach English: New Edition, Pearson Education Limited, 2007 Online [1]. http://metro.co.uk/2012/09/07/greenwich-is-packed-full-of-londons-most-popular-attractions-567671/, November 30, 2013 [online] Available at: Greenwich is packed full of London’s most popular attractions If those clouds are looking a bit ominous, back towards the action you’ll find La Fleur (18 Royal Hill, Tel; 020 8305 1772). Part plant shop, part café, it’s essentially a café in a greenhouse.