it in simple and clear ways‚ then it is obviously more useful to the students than when we explain at length‚ fail to pinpoint the essential components of meaning and use complex language. By asking concept question we can also establish whether students are clear about the meaning or not. For the above target language if we ask the concept questions- 1. Am I still waiting? Ans.– Yes. 2.When did I start waiting? Ans.– Before 20 minutes. But if they say ‘No’‚ that means the meaning
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Please address further enquiries to : CELTA Team celta@gspace.wlc.ac.uk 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
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assignment Language Assignment Pass (1st submission) Pass (2nd submission) Fail If necessary‚ please resubmit by: Assignment criteria For this assignment‚ candidates can demonstrate their learning by: a. Analysing language correctly for teaching purposes. b. Correctly using terminology relating to meaning‚ phonology and form when analysing language. c. Accessing reference materials and referencing information they have learned about language to an appropriate source. d. Using written language that
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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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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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the text might be about. a. Task 1: Reading for gist. Before distributing the text‚ I will tell students that they have one minute to read the text and decide what the article is about. After students read the article‚ they first share their opinion in pairs and then we have a short class discussion. Reading for gist teaches students to extract the main idea from the text in a short amount of time and allows them to practice reading skills. b. Task 2: Reading for specific information
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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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ELTA ASSIGNMENT: Language Related Task This assignment focuses on your ability to analyse language for teaching purposes and to devise ways of checking meaning with students. Analyse the following language items: NB Target language is underlined; where the examples are paired‚ you will need to contrast them. 1. I was going to phone you yesterday‚ but I forgot. 2. She must have gone home by now. 3. Lend us a fiver will you? Do you think you could see your way to lending
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Cambridge CELTA Pre-Interview Task Name ______________________________________________________________________ Complete this task carefully. It is an important factor in considering your application. CELTA is an intensive four-week course of study. Because of this‚ candidates need to be fully prepared for the demands of the course and show that they are able to research language structures‚ a skill required of ESL teachers. Keep in mind that we cover language analysis on the CELTA course‚ so
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Language Skills Assignment Section 1: Choice of authentic text The authentic text chosen is “Eight ways to work out at work”. It was published by our local Star newspaper on 8 April’13. It is also available online (please refer to Appendix 1‚ page 2 for the text). The choice of the authentic text was based on the 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
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