Assignment 3 – Language Skills Due Date: 29th March 2011 CELTA Trainee: The purpose of this assignment is to firstly identify the receptive language skills and / or sub-skills that could be practised using authentic text‚ and secondly to identify productive language skills that could be practised in relation to that text. In addition‚ the assignment brief specified that tasks in relation to the text should be designed‚ with a rationale for their choice. I have chosen an authentic text entitled
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Language Skills Assignment Section 1: Choice of authentic text The authentic text chosen is “Eight ways to work out at work”. It was published by our local Star newspaper on 8 April’13. It is also available online (please refer to Appendix 1‚ page 2 for the text). The choice of the authentic text was based on the following: From a learner perspective: 1. Connection to own life/situation: The text is of an interesting subject matter which learners can connect to as many of them use computers
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TASK[1] This assignment involves analysing language. On the next page is a typical text that you might use in class. Look at the items taken from the text in the table on the following pages and for all 3 grammatical structures (1-3) and all 3 lexical items (a-c)‚ underlined and in bold in the text: Analyse the meaning (in this context) of the target item Analyse the form and pronunciation of the item as you would on the whiteboard Identify any problems students may have with meaning‚ form
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1. She’s meeting Fred at 3 o’clock Name: Present continuous Form: Subject + form of the verb to be + present participle Function: A planned event to take place in the future (pre arranged plan) The phonological features: She’s meeting. Sh:iz is the contracted form of she is. May have problems pronouncing He’s /z/– She’s pronounced / / of the clock – o’clock pronounced / / weak forms: at – pronounced / / Intonation: falling at the end of the sentence. Sentence stress: “Fred”….. Difficulties:
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CELTA (Cambridge Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults) COURSE INFORMATION AND APPLICATION FORM 2014/2015 Ealing‚ Hammersmith and West London College is an authorised centre for courses preparing trainees for the Cambridge Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults (CELTA). These courses provide initial training in English Language teaching and are intended for those who have no previous experience in this field‚ or whose experience is insufficient to qualify them to enter
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Focus on the Learner – Assignment 1 1. Group Profile It’s a mixed group with a very mixed cultural background as only three students are actually from Germany. Four of the students were born in another country e.g. Lithuania‚ Turkey‚ France and Romania. They all moved to Germany as adults and all share German as a common language. The group is heterogeneous concerning the age they started learning English. Two students started learning as adults while the others started learning at school
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ASSIGNMENT 2 FOCUS ON THE LEARNER Background - Life and learning styles Initially when I started observing the students in our Elementary class‚ I had a few choices but the one that stood out to me‚ I think‚ has such an interesting story to tell for her few years that she’s been on this earth. I interviewed Rine M.‚ a 23 year old Management from the DRC (Democratique Republic of Congo)‚ in the Elementary English Class. Rine‚ who has a degree in Marketing‚ has been in Durban for the past
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Assignment 4 – Lessons from the Classroom The woods are lovely‚ dark and deep‚ But I have promises to keep‚ And miles to go before I sleep‚ And miles to go before I sleep. I decided to take the CELTA because it seemed like a fairly easy way to make some money while I traveling. However‚ a mere month’s exposure to teaching has given me the confidence to pursue teaching English as a serious career alternative‚ should I ever get sick of political antics and swindlers’ conspiracies
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CAMBRIDGE CELTA Assignment 3 Receptive Skill Krishna Bahadur Bohora 1/7/2014 Assignment 3 I have selected a news article from an online entry of Telegraph Media Group Limited for ’Authentic Material for Reading’. The title of the text is ’Cyclist trapped under car for 30 minutes escapes with just cuts and bruises’. The text is selected for the learners of mid-intermediate level. The learners of this level have some knowledge of complex sentence structures and vocabulary
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Assignment 3: Skills Related Task Course: Celta By: Syed Ahmed Submission date:15/08/2011 Rationale for lesson The reason why radio advertisement has been chosen is due to the following: • I would expect students listen to the radio everyday. They are exposed to radio advertisement whether it is in English or in their native language. It is a useful area to explore as students will pick up a few words used in advertisements and hence generate interest in learning the language.
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