Focus on the Learners A. The Intermediate level students have different backgrounds‚ learning experiences‚ and learning styles‚ but they find some common ground in the learning styles preferred‚ the parts of speech to be corrected‚ and the skills to be developed. The class is composed of 11 students who fall within the age range of 17 to 43 years. The group diversity also extends to their nationalities: five Thais‚ two Sri Lankans‚ two Pakistanis‚ one Japanese‚ and one Korean. The students with
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First Essay: “Focus on this Learner” Rita Karen Law Trainer: Mr. Meza August 6‚ 2013 First Essay: “Focus on the Learner” A unique human ability is to be able to create and use language to communicate to each other. Humans learn their culture through communication using their linguistic competence and performance. In an article written by Elwyn C. Lapoint‚ “Cultural Content in Introductory Linguistics” he states that “This holistic view
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Focus on the learner 1. The learner’s background 1.1. The learner (will be also referred to as “the student”) comes from Paris‚ France. He is a twenty-five year old male and he came to Australia two weeks ago. Back in France the learner worked as a children’s educator‚ and his current aspirations are to learn English well enough to find a job in education sector in Australia. 1.2. The student learned English at school‚ where the approach was teacher-centered with a lot of grammar and few opportunities
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CELTA Assignment 1- Focus on the Learner Hannah Rose Submission date: 26/4/2015 Learner Profile For this assignment‚ I interviewed a 48 year old male from Poland named Zbigniew or Zybi for short. He is currently in the elementary class at Manchester Academy of English. He arrived in the UK early on in 2012 with his family. He has lived in 3 different countries; 20 years in Greece before he came to England‚ Russia‚ as well as his native Poland. Zybi feels that there is a definite need for him to
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Christopher Clayton CELTA Assignment 1 ISE Language LTD Centre No. 56108 Assignment 1: Focus on the learner Background For this assignment I chose Fernando; a 25 year old Spanish male from Seville. Fernando is an upper intermediate student‚ and is currently preparing to undertake his First Certificate examination. Fernando has been living in England for 6 months‚ since he graduated from university in Spain last year. He has been learning English since he was 11‚ but has only
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Assignment 2: Focus on the Learner Part 1: Background a) I have been teaching an upper intermediate group made up of 12 Hungarian learners. Their ages vary from mid-twenties to early eighties the majority being between forty and sixty. Their interests include swimming‚ various outdoor activities and the arts. The majority of the learners wish to improve their English for a commutative purpose in order to further their careers for the purpose of travel or keep to in touch with friends/family. Accordingly
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CELTA Pre-Interview task GOOD HOPE STUDIES Please complete the task below on a separate sheet. An interview can only be arranged on receipt of the task. We recommend that you consult a grammar book and a methodology book if possible. Recommended books: Grammar: Parrot‚ Martin – Grammar for English Language Teachers (Cambridge University Press) Swan‚ Michael – Practical English Usage (Oxford University Press) Methodology: Jim Scrivener – Learning Teaching (Macmillan) Jeremy Harmer – How
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CELTA P/T Karolina Szybinska Assignment 3: Skills Related Tasks -1I decided to use the “Metro” article on Big Brother for my skills related task. I think it is an appropriate text for English language learners‚ because the article was published in “Metro” – a free newspaper which students will immediately recognise (proven that they have lived in London for more than 2 weeks). I also think that the use of an “authentic” text could be hugely appreciated by the students; the ability to read and
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CELTA Application Form Training and work experience Do you have any formal training as a teacher? No Do you have any experience of teaching? No 1. English as a foreign language? No 2. Other subjects: No Please supply details What other work experience do you have? I have previously worked as an Area Marketing Manager where I hired and trained 100 employees. I was responsible for their orientation‚ sales and promotional training‚ and personal development within the
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both of my focus students were able to achieve the learning goal‚ a few of my students were not. My class average‚ after grading their worksheets‚ was between a 80% or 85%. For the students that did not grasp the concept‚ I would bring out a hundreds chart for them to use. These charts tend to help students because they are comfortable using them. I did not initially suggest using them because I do not want my students relying on them. During the gradual release‚ I would ask students to come back
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