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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Cambridge CELTA Written Assignment Two Skills –related tasks Word count: 1082 I acknowledge that this paper is my own work. Trainee: Mileva Genadieva Signature: Date: 18.02.2013 Receptive skills: According to J. Harmer in his book The Practice of English Language Teaching‚ “receptive skills are the ways in which people extract the meaning from the discourse they see or hear”. In the following text “Playing with your food” the main skill that is being
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Written Assignment Three: Skills Related Tasks Candidate name: Date: Assessment criteria: a correctly using terminology that relates to language skills and sub-skills b relating task design to language skills practice c accessing reference materials and referencing information about language skills to an appropriate source d using written language that is clear‚ accurate and appropriate to the task Tutor comments: Pass Resubmit
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PERSON AND AS A LANGUAGE LEARNER THE STUDENT ’S BACKGROUND The student I chose to observe and interview is Krasimira. She lives and works in Sofia. Krasi is 50‚ and has Master Degree in "Radio and Television". She used to work in BNT as Head of the Technical Department. Nowadays‚ she works in her own company of advertising‚ marketing and 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
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CELTA WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT 1 LANGUAGE RELATED TASKS Look at the sentences below and identify the following: the verb form and structure the meaning (contrast the vocabulary items in number 4) possible student difficulties (in terms of form‚ meaning and phonology) a likely context through which you could teach the language (who says this sentence to whom and why?) check questions you might ask to check understanding (think about this in relation to your answer for b)‚ your analysis of the function/meaning)
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Skills Related Task The majority of students in my class have enrolled because they recently moved to Boston or are attempting to. Many of them are very interested in learning more about American culture. It can be a hurdle for them to find reading at their level that still gives the amount of incite into the American life that they are looking for. For my skills related lesson I’ve chosen to do a reading and speaking fluency lesson. The text I’ve chosen is the first paragraph from page one of
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CELTA Language Related Assignment Adrian Nicholas Crouch Date: 01.01.2011 Word Count:1‚740 PASS 1. The plane leaves at 10.00 tomorrow. Form Present tense referring to the future + time marker. definite article + subject + verb in the present simple tense + preposition + time marker Function/meaning Statement of fact/future action set by timetable or schedule. Context Someone who has arranged a holiday abroad and is confirming travel arrangements for the following day with a family member
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Language Skills Related Tasks’ Assignment 1. Suitability of text for use with TP class ‘Does tourism ruin everything that it touches?’ – The text given to us as the assignment material‚ an article about the effects of mass tourism‚ can be responsibly chosen as a helpful‚ interesting and relevant element of a reading lesson plan for my Upper-Intermediate group. It’s not too long and consists of a reasonable amount of tricky and useful words. Ss will most likely find the author’s approach to
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CELTA ASSIGNMENT 1 LANGUAGE-RELATED TASK 1st pair of sentences: 1a) She’s lived there for years. 1b) She lived there for years. Form: 1a)’s conventional grammar term is ‘present perfect’‚ and its constituent parts are: subject + auxiliary verb has (conjugated here for ‘She’ i.e. has) + _____ed (i.e. past participle) 1b)’s conventional grammar term is ‘past simple’‚ and its constituent parts are: subject + ______ ed (i.e. past tense) The meaning of 1a) is that ‘she’ lived
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too complicated. 2. Receptive skill to practice: reading. Since this is a text‚ reading is the most appropriate skill to practice in this case. Sub-skills to focus on would be a) reading for gist and b) reading for specific information. Before starting the discussion about the text‚ I would show the students the picture from the article (without the title and the text itself visible). I would ask them to try to guess what the text might be about. a. Task 1: Reading for gist. Before distributing
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