(I had to resubmit this because I did not give enough detail for 2 of my weaknesses - if I can figure out how I will add the resubmission for which I got good feedback) Observation I have learned from observing my peers and experienced teachers how important it is to use a variety of teaching methods and styles. Within the same lesson I have witnessed teachers organising their students so that they worked alone‚ in pairs‚ in pods‚ and in teams. The students were encouraged to move around
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CELTA WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT 1 LANGUAGE RELATED TASKS Look at the sentences below and identify the following: the verb form and structure the meaning (contrast the vocabulary items in number 4) possible student difficulties (in terms of form‚ meaning and phonology) a likely context through which you could teach the language (who says this sentence to whom and why?) check questions you might ask to check understanding (think about this in relation to your answer for b)‚ your analysis of the function/meaning)
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My assessment of my strengths and weaknesses I had been teaching workers in the children and young people’s workforce for a number of years when I started the CELTA course. I already had experience of planning lessons‚ staging‚ timing and classroom management. I knew nothing about setting appropriate language aims. One of my main weaknesses was anticipating problems that students would have with particular lessons and in incorporating activities to suit the stronger students. This is partly
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CELTA-June 2013 Assignment 3: Skills-Related Part1: Justification of material choice For this Skills-related assignment‚ my choice of authentic reading material is “Few Places with Better Stories”. from Asian Geographic magazine (no 78 issue 1/2011‚ pages 30 and 35). As this magazine is widely read and it is also a popular TV channel‚ the students will be able to relate to it easily. I decided to use this article as I think it is appropriate for English Language learners at the Intermediate level
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WHY DO YOU WANT TO APPLY FOR CELTA? EXPERIENCE As a teacher by profession‚ I have taught children of different age groups with different abilities from different backgrounds. It has been and is still is an amazing profession because you never stop learning new things and impacting lives and making a positive difference in the lives of children. I was losing my passion and joy for teaching but gained it back when I went to teach in Japan for 2 years. It was 2 years of rediscovering my joy for
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Introduction For this assignment I interviewed a Japanese student called Akiko. Akiko originates from North Tokyo and moved to England 3 and a half years ago with her husband and her son. Akiko has a very good level of education with a degree in Psychology which she obtained in Japan. She learnt English as a compulsory subject at school and has been learning to speak English for the past 10 years. Akiko would eventually like to teach English to children in Japan. As well as English‚ Akiko can
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Lead In/Prediction Harmer explains that the lead in stage is “where we engage students with the topic of the reading and we try to activate their schema” or “pre-existent knowledge of the world” (Harmer‚ 2007:271) Questions and pictures or visual prompts are two of the best ways to elicit interest and discussion at this stage. This particular reading uses a question as the heading; “Is beauty in the eye of the beholder?” and is also visually supported by two pictures. Hence I chose to combine the
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Assignment 1: Language Analysis Part A: Mary goes to work at 8.30. A) The name of the structure (if there is one) Present simple tense B) The form of the structure Subject + base form-es C) The function Describing habits and routines D) The phonological features Weak form: to > / ’tә / Sentence stress: Depends on the context. Intonation: Falling at the end. Pronunciation: Mary > / ’meɪrɪ / E) Possible student difficulties Conceptual difficulty:
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Manchester Academy Teacher Training (UK) Ltd. Pre-course grammar test NAME: ___________________________________ DATE: ____________ I confirm that I have completed this test alone and unaided. Signature: _______________________________________ A. Some of the following sentences contain typical mistakes made by native speakers of English. Find the mistakes and correct them. If the sentence is correct‚ put in a tick. 0. We was walking on the pavement. 1. You should drive slow here.
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Cambridge CELTA Course Assignment 3 Skills Related Task Selection of a reading or listening text with rationale‚ tasks and lesson plan design Trainee: Minoo Date: Feb 18‚ 2015 Appendix 1: Handouts Appendix 3: Answer key Appendix 2: Text Purpose: 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 the main skill which is going to be practiced
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