CELTA Assignment 1: Lessons from the classroom A. I think my main strength is that I like interacting with people. In my career thus far I have worked in multi-disciplinary teams‚ made daily presentations and managed teams so working with people is natural and comfortable for me. I’m friendly‚ inclusive and approachable. I think this is an asset that will carry me far as a teacher. I have experienced teachers who were intimidating and I found it detrimental to my learning. I want my students
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College of Education Department of Mathematics Major 17. Instrumentation in Mathematics Themes from Observation Framework Analysis 1. There is a High Degree of Student Engagement a) Students are engaged in their learning b) Students engage in a challenging curriculum c) Students engage in meaningful learning experiences 2. The Teacher Designs and Delivers Effective Instruction a) Teacher selects concepts that maximize student learning b) Teacher creates opportunities for high levels
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Spanish verbs irregular in the present tense! ! Stem-Changing Verbs Ending in -ar and -er! ! e → ie -ar o → ue -er pensar - to think! querer - to want/! acertar - to guess right/ ! love/wish! hit the mark! ascender - to ! apretar - to tighten/! ascend/promote! squeeze/be tight! defender - to ! atravesar - to cross! defend! cerrar - to close! descender - to ! comenzar - to begin/! descend! commence! encender - to light/! confesar - to confess! ignite! despertar(se)
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(I had to resubmit this because I did not give enough detail for 2 of my weaknesses - if I can figure out how I will add the resubmission for which I got good feedback) Observation I have learned from observing my peers and experienced teachers how important it is to use a variety of teaching methods and styles. Within the same lesson I have witnessed teachers organising their students so that they worked alone‚ in pairs‚ in pods‚ and in teams. The students were encouraged to move around
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publishing. PREVIOUS LANGUAGE EXPERIENCES She had been studying English since she was 14. She was taught the basics of the English language. She had been studying English by herself and had taken different language courses intensively. She joined the CELTA English classes at AVO-Bell School of English in Sofia on the 9th March‚ 2012 for first time. She attended all the classes‚ joining her 10 classmates five times a week. Krasi said: "_Each of the previous language experiences gave me some sort of knowledge
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Ezekiel Amarh Celta Assignment 2: Focus on the Learner For this assignment‚ I interviewed Ibrahim A Rabie‚ a 46-year-old Sudanese student from my intermediate class. Ibrahim works night shifts as a security guard in west London and spends most of the day recovering from the long twelve hour shifts. Ibrahim’s first language is Arabic which he speaks at home with his wife. He came to England to live with her in 2007 and has been studying English on and off for the last year and a half. Ibrahim
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1. Use verbs that agree with a subject‚ not with a noun that is part of a modifying phrase or clause between verb and subject: “The pot of eggs is boiling on the stove.” 2. Use singular or plural verbs that agree with the subject‚ not with the complement of the subject: “My favorite type of movie is comedies‚” but “Comedies are my favorite type of movie.” 3. Use singular verbs with singular indefinite pronouns — each‚ the “-bodies‚” “-ones‚” and “-things” (anybody‚ everyone‚ nothing)‚ and the
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English Sentence 2. Transformation 3. ABC of Preposition Linking Verbs: appear‚ become‚ be‚ feel‚ seem‚ look‚ smell‚ stay‚ sound‚ taste‚ remain‚ grow‚ keep‚ get‚ prove‚ etc.] Syntax: A very little girl entered into the class. + + + + + + + Det. Adv. Adj. noun verb prep. Det. Noun Noun Phrase Verb Phrase Prepositional Phrase
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CELTA-June 2013 Assignment 3: Skills-Related Part1: Justification of material choice For this Skills-related assignment‚ my choice of authentic reading material is “Few Places with Better Stories”. from Asian Geographic magazine (no 78 issue 1/2011‚ pages 30 and 35). As this magazine is widely read and it is also a popular TV channel‚ the students will be able to relate to it easily. I decided to use this article as I think it is appropriate for English Language learners at the Intermediate level
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Assignment 2 – Focus on the learner LEARNER’S PROFILE Sonia Meirelles is a 27-year old Brazilian student‚ in the Intermediate English class‚ who has been studying English for 13 months (since August‚ 2011). Sonia has a degree in Biology and used to work as a biology teacher in a regular school‚ however she is currently unemployed. She then decided to start taking English lessons‚ so she could have more chances when trying to find a job. She enjoys the English classes as she believes
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