Name: Assignment: Focus on the Learner Word count: 1006 PART 1 The students attending the pre-intermediate course are mostly Czech nationals (except one Polish student) and are in their early thirties to sixties. They all have a good level of motivation and their reasons for learning English include personal development‚ relocating to an English speaking country‚ obtaining a better job‚ travelling‚ teaching English at a higher level‚ and communicating with native speakers or family
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FOCUS ON THE LEARNER ASSIGNMENT Part One Anjou was born in Italy and speaks Italian. She has one brother and one sister. She enjoyed growing up there as she had a good social life. She spent a lot of doing physical activities. As a young child she regularly went swimming and played volleyball. She loves listening to music and enjoys long strolls in the park and riding her bike. Anjou likes the life in London; she feels it has a lot to offer. She really enjoys the multi cultural side of
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Assignment One Focus on the Learner Submission date: July 16‚ 2013 Word count: 875 words Learner profile In order to complete this assignment I decided to observe one of the students from the elementary group. Her name is Diana. She is 21 years old. Her background is as follows: * Diana’s first language is Kazakh‚ but you can say that Russian is her first language as well‚ since at home she uses the first one‚ and for education – the second. She is fluent in both languages. * Diana
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CELTA ASSIGNMENT 1 – FOCUS ON THE LEARNER Part One Background The first part of the assignment focuses on the general overview of Entry 1 group who are majority females of South-Asian origin; also a Chinese‚ African & Arab learners are also enrolled in class. Learners of this group are housewives with little or no previous education background. They would have learnt Urdu or Gujarati in their country. The ages range between 24 and 45. The majority of learner’s first language speaks
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Teresa McGuinness CELTA: Assignment 1- Learner on the Focus Part 1 Overview The International House Intermediate class is a mixed genre class‚ with student ranging in age from 25 to 50+ years old. It contains a combination of abilities and levels from lower intermediate to higher imediate. Class Profile The first language of the students varies; covering such native languages as France‚ Spanish‚ Italian‚ Mexican‚ Arabic‚ Somalia‚ Portuguese and Russian. The students have a wide knowledge
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Alexandra Smit Focus on the Learner The students attending the pre-intermediate English language course at International House are mostly Italian1. The age range is quite varied (early twenties to late sixties) and they are all very highly motivated and passionate about learning the language2. Most of the students come from a strong cultural background and have a scholastic knowledge of English‚ having learnt the language at school as part of the compulsory curriculum. Those who don’t‚ have at least
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CELTA – Assignment 3 Learner Profile I interviewed ******** an Iranian 31 year old female student in the Level I class. ****’s native language is Persian (Farsi). **** came to England a year ago to join her Iranian husband who has been living and working in England for the past 5 years. At present they have no children. She has only been attending class at college for a few weeks where she is also taking a class in mathematics in order to learn the correct English terminology. **** is an
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Written Assignment (Focus on Learner) Background The learner I have chosen for my focus assignment is a woman of Nepalese origin‚ she is in her early 30’s and she came to this country over 2 years ago as an economic migrant. She lives with her with family in London and is currently studying ESOL a Greenwich Community College. Educational Background The learner I have chosen has a general level of education from her native country‚ having attended nursery‚ primary and secondary schools. In
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ASSIGNMENT 2 - FOCUS ON THE LEARNER. Background The learner is a 35 year old female from France. She is married with two children‚ and has lived in Oman for five years. The learner ’s first language is French. It is also the language that is spoken at home. Learner ’s profile The learner ’s level of English is between pre-intermediate to intermediate. She did not finish high school‚ and after grade 10‚ at the age of 16‚ she completed a certificate in disability studies. The learner studied English
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ASSIGNMENT ONE FOCUS ON THE LEARNER 750-1000 words For this assignment you are going to write a report on a student in the TP class you are teaching now. As a practicing teacher‚ you will at times have to write reports on students for various reasons‚ e.g. passing on information to a colleague‚ providing information for a student’s employer‚ etc. The report should be based on the following: 1. Refer to the observation tasks which have helped you focus on various concrete
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