“Waiting For Superman” is a eye-opening documentary of the short comings of the American public school system and the struggles in the lives of the students and their families. Featured are students from across America that have been negatively affected by the public school system. Each of these students and their families have great hardships to overcome yet have a strong will to succeed and a never give up attitude. The parent of these children do not like the way that their children are being
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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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Waiting for Godot Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot is a mid 20th century play belonging to the genre of the "Theatre of the Absurd"‚ and focusing on the senselessness of the human condition. The idea of the absurd is a major theme in Waiting for Godot and is embodied in its main characters. Estragon (Gogo) and Vladimir (Didi)‚ taken together‚ represent the universal man facing the world. Beckett uses each character to show the limitations and absurdity of different aspects of human existence. The
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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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Please address further enquiries to : CELTA Team When you come for the interview you will be asked to do a short language awareness test and a piece of writing. Pre-Interview Task Cambridge Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults (CELTA) Please note that much of the interview will be based on your responses to this task so come prepared to talk about it and any other areas you have researched in order to complete it. Please send this form with your application form
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Despite keeping this in mind I felt anxious about possibly choosing an authentic text that would be discouraging for our group of elementary-level students due to its complexity. I settled on a list of tips for saving energy published on the National Geographic Kids website (see Appendix 1). I chose this text because we have a diverse group ranging from housewives to businessmen to students with various reasons for learning English. However‚ the energy issue has two major points of interest‚ one
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TWO PERSONS I ADMIRE My aunts Sara and Stella are similar in many ways and I have great admiration for both of them. When I look back on my childhood they were always present and close to me. They were always present giving my mother a helping hand when needed. We were always going to the beach or on family outings together and having so much fun. They are both short in height‚ have long hair‚ are teachers and are somewhat strict yet gentle in nature. To date they are always right there when I
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Context Mary has a job interview tomorrow and she was feeling very nervous. The next day Mary woke up early to catch the 9am bus to her interview location. However she had forgotten that the interview was at 3pm. It was not necessary for Mary to get up so early. As a result she waited for several hours in a café. CCQs: Did Mary wake up early? (yes) What time was her interview at? (3pm) Was it necessary to get up early? (no) Tell me about a time when you were too early for something and
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The tragicomedy Waiting for Godot‚ written by the Irish playwright Samuel Beckett‚ is one of the pioneering pieces of literature which were a part of a new genre‚ called Theatre of the Absurd. Upon reading it‚ one can easily infer why this is the case- throughout the 2 acts the play consists of‚ there is virtually no plot. Two vagrants‚ Vladimir and Estragon‚ loitering around a rather vague setting- a country road next to a tree- with only a passer-by every now and then‚ wait for a certain Godot
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Summary of An Hour or Two Sacred to Sorrow In Richard Steele’s “An Hour or Two Sacred to Sorrow” he describes his belief that sorrow inevitably becomes a part of human existence that one should occasionally meet with a soft heart and tender soul. In regards to his father’s passing‚ Steele recollects the confusion and sorrow he felt as well as the overwhelming confusion and lack of understanding that rooted itself inside him. Steele explains that with this confusion‚ the only answer came from his
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