Cambridge TESOL CELTA 08/07/2013 Assignment 2.4: Lessons from the classroom Part One: Evaluation of my teaching practice: I am compiling this self-evaluation report after my third teaching practice in the classroom. My teaching time lasted 40 minutes each time‚ and my class size varied between 15 and 16 students (ss) at a time. Classes comprised a good mixture of foreign ss‚ representing various European and non-European nationalities and cultures. The feedback I received on all
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Learner Profile The Learner is a thirty-six year old Turkish lady who has permanently lived in the UK since 1995. She does not speak any other languages other than Turkish and English. She is a high school graduate with a healthy hunger to learn further. The Learner came to England because of her marriage as her husband‚ another Turkish national‚ has his own business set up in the UK. She is a housewife and mother to twin boys‚ age 14. At her arrival‚ she was not able to speak any English.
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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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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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What I have learnt from the observation of my peers and the experienced teachers about effective teaching. From observing my peers and experienced teachers‚ I have seen that effective teaching can be delivered in different ways yet still has certain key aspects. Perhaps the most important aspect of effective teaching is good planning. If it is well planned‚ the aims of the lesson will be clear to both the teacher and the students. A good example of this was a lesson by DL‚ which I observed on
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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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PROBLEM: The “R” sound In Portuguese‚ R at the beginning of words‚ at the end of words‚ or before a consonant is pronounced like H. Many Brazilian students carry this habit into English words‚ pronouncing “restaurant” as “hestaurant” and “far” as “fah.” It’s especially common when the English word and the Portuguese word are similar‚ such as in “restaurant” and “regular.” SOLUTION: First‚ I have my students work on pronouncing the English R sound by itself. I demonstrate the correct mouth position
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CELTA Assignment 1 – Language analysis Target statement: He can speak 5 different languages. Analysis a) Meaning To talk about present or ‘general’ ability. (Elementary) d) Anticipated problems Sts might confuse with permission b) Form statement: subj. + can + verb (bare infinitive) +… negative: subj. + can’t + verb (bare infinitive)+... question: Can + subj.+ verb (bare infinitive) +… Sts may use can for the future: I will can speak English Sts may add s when using the
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Assignment 2 – Focus 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
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3.but sooner or later we have to sleep (grammar) Meaning: ’Have to’...is a necessary action that will or should be done We use ’have to’ when there is an obligation to do something Context: The children look smart because they have to wear a uniform.. I have to collect the children from school at 3 ’0’clock. Concept Questions: 1. Do you have to wear a uniform at college? (no) 2. Why do the children wear a uniform (because they have to)
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