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 very often either at home‚ work place or college. Furthermore‚ the helpful pointers shared in this text may even provide them with practical exercise tips for them to use in real life. 2. Manageable: In terms of language complexity and text length‚ it is suitable for intermediate level learners as to “make sure
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CELTA December 2013 Assignment 3: Skills Related The receptive skill chosen for this assignment is reading‚ and the authentic material used for the purpose of developing this skill is an article entitled‚ Greenwich is packed full of London’s most popular attractions [1]‚ which will be related to the productive skill of writing. The learners reside in London and come from EU countries (mostly Italy)‚ and motives for learning the English language vary. The age factor of the students may suggest
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Race Pendleton 4/29/13 Italian Immigration 1880-1920 Many people have emigrated from Italy to America over the past few centuries. During the time period of 1880-1920‚ the largest number of Italians arrived in America as nearly four million Italian immigrants came to the states. Most came from either Sicily or southern Italy and were mostly comprised of lower income people. A majority of the immigrants were known as the "birds of passage". Life was often hard for Italians in America as they were
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poverty‚ a series of natural disasters‚ civil war and oppression from Northern Italy the Southern Italians started coming to America in flocks between 1876 and 1976. The most concentrated migrations of Italians happened between 1880 and 1920. Italians came to America not to escape these hardships‚ but to work and send money home to Italy in order to get their families out of poverty. Seventy percent of Italian immigrants were men and less than ten percent of them worked in agriculture‚ a sign that their
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Italian Unification The Italian unification also called the Italian Risorgimento is the series of political and military events that led to a united Italian Peninsula under the Kingdom of Italy in 1861. The Italian Unification can be separated into five (5) stages. There was the Pre-Revolutionary‚ Revolutionary‚ Cavour’s Policy and the Role of Sardinia‚ Garibaldi’s Campaign in Southern Italy‚ and the creation of the Italian Kingdom. Before 1850 Italy was divided politically and was a battle ground
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Italian Immigrants During the time period from 1880 to 1920‚ millions of people from around the world made the decision to immigrate to America. Specifically the Italian that immigrated to the United States came from Southern Italy. Roughly 5 million immigrates arrived at Ellis Island during the time period of 1880 to 1920. The original homes of these Southern Italians was economically depressed and predominantly agricultural in comparison to the Northern Italian’s home‚ which were prosperous
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CELTA Pre-Interview task Language awareness (please make notes) 1a.What problems of meaning might the following words present to a learner of English? a library a paper nervous get 1b.What problems might a learner of English encounter with the following pairs of words? live/leave ship/sheep glass/class dog/dock 1c.What problems might a learner of English encounter when wanting to write the following words? beginning necessary receive
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CELTA WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT 1 LANGUAGE RELATED TASKS 1) The plane leaves at 10.00 tomorrow. a) Present simple; present form of the verb. b) Talking about a future event. ‘The present simple is used for ‘timetabled’ future events’ . c) Students may use the infinitive of the verb instead of the present. (F) Students may use ‘ing’ (present participle) form of verb. (F) Students may have difficulty understanding the use of the present simple to talk about the future. (M) Students may have difficulty
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than teaching listening in the classroom. My learners‚ who are living and studying in Australia‚ often view understanding the news as a major achievement in their listening development. It is an authentic text that they have free‚ repeated access to on a daily basis. However‚ lower level learners often view news reports as something that is above their level and totally incomprehensible. My aim is to develop my teaching of strategies to help learners become more successful in understanding news
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important? Do you think that it is easier to find a job if you are tall ? Etc. It is also very important to set the task before the activity so learners know what the purpose of each stage is. I chose the following exercises so the students can practise their receptive language skills - reading for gist ( skimming ) by accomplishing tasks which focus on meaning and general information of the text. Ex. 1
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