Section 1 Learner and Teachers and the Teaching and Learning Context Task 1 I will be doing the CELTA course as presently we have ESL students enrolling in TAFE for whom an ESL qualified teacher has to be brought in to assist with the student. Once I complete CELTA I will be able to handle all students without help from ESL teachers Task 2 Adult learners often bring * Reasons for learning * Specific goals * Expectations * Successful and unsuccessful past learning experiences
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Focus on the Learner Each teacher must deal with a class - a group of individuals with different needs often growing out of their different linguistic and cultural backgrounds. ESL students have widely different needs‚ because of differences in cultural background‚ age‚ and previous education. Even if the students in one class are all from the same language group‚ they inevitably have different learning styles and needs. It means‚ that the teacher needs to be aware of the difficulties involved in
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TASK 1: In what context will you be doing the CELTA course? As a candidate I will be attending a full time course‚ for which the gender maybe mixed‚ but at present I am only aware of the male candidates whom I met at the school interview. As a relatively small open group‚ our educational and employment backgrounds will be mixed but with all 12 candidates having met the schools requirements and received an acceptance letter. All candidates have the same interest to teach English as a foreign
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Focus on the Learner Shahid Adam Esat Word count: 1055 Learner Profile Gaby Kabengue is a 20 year old refugee from the Democratic Republic of Congo. He has been living in Johannesburg‚ South Africa for just over two months and attends the English language lessons offered at Language Lab. Gaby has a lively persona and a keen interest in learning the language‚ it is for these reason that I chose him for this assignment. Although Gaby holds no formal higher education qualifications he has had some
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Assignment 4 – Lessons from the Classroom The woods are lovely‚ dark and deep‚ But I have promises to keep‚ And miles to go before I sleep‚ And miles to go before I sleep. I decided to take the CELTA because it seemed like a fairly easy way to make some money while I traveling. However‚ a mere month’s exposure to teaching has given me the confidence to pursue teaching English as a serious career alternative‚ should I ever get sick of political antics and swindlers’ conspiracies
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References: (1) Swan‚ M. And Smith B.(2001) Learner english Cambridge University Press (2) AbiSamra N
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Language Analysis | February 26 2008 | Candidates should demonstrate an ability to analyse language for teaching purposes and show understanding of basic ELT terminology relating to form‚ meaning and language use. | Assignment 2 | He takes after his father Context: Students listen to a short dialogue (a married couple have just had a baby boy) A. Congratulations Julie! How are you? B. I’m fine thanks. I’m feeling much better now. A. So...where is he? Wow‚ look at his
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1. The plane leaves at 10.00 tomorrow. (a) the present simple + time marker subject + verb ‘to leave’ in the present simple tense + time marker (b) Talking about a future event with an externally scheduled timeframe. (c) Students may have some difficulty understanding the concept that the event being referred to is taking place in the future but the sentence is using the present tense. (F) Students may confuse the verb form ‘leaves’ with ‘leaves’‚ the noun form meaning plural of ‘leaf’. (M)
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SECTION 1 Learners and Teachers‚ and the Teaching and Learning Context A: TEACHING AND LEARNING CONTEXTS Task 1 1. In what context will you be doing the CELTA course? The context that I will be doing the CELTA course is as an already experienced teacher‚ having worked in most types of the teaching contexts listed in the task. I have worked‚ for the past eighteen years mainly with young learners‚ although I have gained some experience with adult learners during that time also. Having lived
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