Focus on the Learner – Assignment 1 1. Group Profile It’s a mixed group with a very mixed cultural background as only three students are actually from Germany. Four of the students were born in another country e.g. Lithuania‚ Turkey‚ France and Romania. They all moved to Germany as adults and all share German as a common language. The group is heterogeneous concerning the age they started learning English. Two students started learning as adults while the others started learning at school
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Assignment 1: Focus on the Learner Note: The student’s name has been changed for the purpose of this example assignment 1. Background For this assignment‚ I interviewed Suzie‚ a Japanese lady in the Upper-Intermediate English class. Suzie moved to Australia for her husband’s work and has been living here for about one year. Back in Japan‚ she worked in an office but is not currently working here. She would like to improve her English so she can make new friends here and more fully integrate into
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on the Learner Background: For the purpose of this assignment‚ I interviewed Cedrick a 23 year old French student from the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the intermediate class. Cedrick was born in Lubumbashi. He got his Matric in 2008 and attended university for 2 years before and he ’s learning English so that he can continue his studies in South Africa. “The reason I ’m learning English is that I am a french speaker and I wand to study in a english country‚” he writes. Learner style:
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Part 1: Background a) There was a reasonably wide range of ability in this intermediate level group‚ although the majority of students were able to form coherent sentences. Some students were more confident in answering questions aloud‚ while some needed to use their dictionaries regularly during lessons‚ and were less assured with speaking in front of the class. The age ranged anywhere between mid-20’s and late 50’s. The most common interests of the group were listening to music and watching
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Ezekiel Amarh Celta Assignment 2: Focus on the Learner For this assignment‚ I interviewed Ibrahim A Rabie‚ a 46-year-old Sudanese student from my intermediate class. Ibrahim works night shifts as a security guard in west London and spends most of the day recovering from the long twelve hour shifts. Ibrahim’s first language is Arabic which he speaks at home with his wife. He came to England to live with her in 2007 and has been studying English on and off for the last year and a half. Ibrahim
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The Honorable Ronald Reagan and the IB Learner Profile “The International Baccalaureate® (IB) learner profile describes a broad range of human capacities and responsibilities that go beyond academic success.” – International Baccalaureate The IB Learner Profile is a compiled list of ten crucial attributes that exist to guide a student to become highly successful in school as well as external environments such as workplaces and homes. These traits include inquirers‚ knowledgeable‚ thinkers‚ communicators
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Week 6 Discussion December 5‚ 2012 Differentiating According to Learning Profile and Multiple Learner Variances At the beginning of the school year‚ I suggested to the grade 6 teachers that we do a learning style inventory of the students we teach. They jumped at the opportunity to get to know their students better and to be able to provide their students with the best learning experience and the opportunity to be successful. We discovered many types of learning styles among the students
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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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