Celta Pre-Course Task Answers
CELTA Pre-course task
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Task 1 1. Monolingual, adult group classes, part time, mixed gender, similar ability, day, teachers with English speaking backgrounds 2. After the course finishes I will be teaching the same.
Task 2 1. I decided to teach adults because I like to listen to the various life experiences the adults have, I also like the adults hunger and willingness to learn. Adults are usually very motivated and make for an interesting class. 2. I find I’m well suited to teaching adults, as I’m a curious person by nature and I like to find out as much about my students as possible. I’m also able to empathise with them to them overcome any anxieties about learning they may have. I’m also open to sharing my own experiences with them. I like to find out there motivations and goals for learning English, with this key knowledge I can tailor my lesson plans accordingly. I’m patient and adaptable to the various personalities and levels of my adult students. I have ability to relate to various different people and build lasting relationships, which inspires confidence in my students. Sometimes adults have also developed bad habits in there learning, perhaps words or phrases that they learnt long ago and have been using, which may be more difficult to overcome. Adults can also be unconfident about learning again, as they are not used to this environment and are now more suited to the work environment. Stepping into a classroom again may be daunting to some, but easy for others. 3. Motivated, life experience, goal orientated learners, varied personalities and levels, various confidence levels, various backgrounds and professions, development of bad learning habits, etc.
Task 3 1. I would want to find out firstly their reasons for learning English, I would find out about what they think they need to improve about their language skills, I would also like to find out about their career and what specifically they are going to use
Section 1
Task 1 1. Monolingual, adult group classes, part time, mixed gender, similar ability, day, teachers with English speaking backgrounds 2. After the course finishes I will be teaching the same.
Task 2 1. I decided to teach adults because I like to listen to the various life experiences the adults have, I also like the adults hunger and willingness to learn. Adults are usually very motivated and make for an interesting class. 2. I find I’m well suited to teaching adults, as I’m a curious person by nature and I like to find out as much about my students as possible. I’m also able to empathise with them to them overcome any anxieties about learning they may have. I’m also open to sharing my own experiences with them. I like to find out there motivations and goals for learning English, with this key knowledge I can tailor my lesson plans accordingly. I’m patient and adaptable to the various personalities and levels of my adult students. I have ability to relate to various different people and build lasting relationships, which inspires confidence in my students. Sometimes adults have also developed bad habits in there learning, perhaps words or phrases that they learnt long ago and have been using, which may be more difficult to overcome. Adults can also be unconfident about learning again, as they are not used to this environment and are now more suited to the work environment. Stepping into a classroom again may be daunting to some, but easy for others. 3. Motivated, life experience, goal orientated learners, varied personalities and levels, various confidence levels, various backgrounds and professions, development of bad learning habits, etc.
Task 3 1. I would want to find out firstly their reasons for learning English, I would find out about what they think they need to improve about their language skills, I would also like to find out about their career and what specifically they are going to use