1. She’s meeting Fred at 3 o’clock Name: Present continuous Form: Subject + form of the verb to be + present participle Function: A planned event to take place in the future (pre arranged plan) The phonological features: She’s meeting. Sh:iz is the contracted form of she is. May have problems pronouncing He’s /z/– She’s pronounced / / of the clock – o’clock pronounced / / weak forms: at – pronounced / / Intonation: falling at the end of the sentence. Sentence stress: “Fred”….. Difficulties:
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and this class at Durban Language Centre was her way of getting to speak more English. She likes to learn English by speaking to her friends‚ writing and looking at pictures. With the help of a Learning styles questionnaire‚ (Borrowed from the DLC Celta course) and two letters which I received from her (responding to a letter I wrote to her)‚ I determined that she has very high interpersonal‚ linguistic (at times her pronunciation needed some help) and visual intelligence. This proved to me that
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I must admit that when there was too much TTT‚ I as a student would switch off. My TTT has improved compared to when I started the CELTA. It does help to know that the less I talk‚ the more students learn. I am therefore pleased with my overall progress in my teaching practice sessions. I do however need to revise my grammar rules and remember to always use the ’CELTA way’ like concept checking and maintaining a student centred class rather than a teacher centred class. I need to be more time conscious
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Introduction Italian is an Indo-European language‚ directly descended from Latin and closely related to Spanish‚ Portuguese and French. There is a wide variety of regional dialects‚ many of which are mutually unintelligible‚ and some of which have a literary tradition of their own. Most Italians are very conscious of their regional origins‚ and are quick to point out that they are Neapolitan‚ or Tuscan‚ or Sardinian‚ as well as Italian. Especially in the industrialised north‚ most educated
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CELTA WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT 1 LANGUAGE RELATED TASKS 1. The plane leaves at 10.00 tomorrow Form Present simple for future time The definite article + subject + verb in present simple tense + preposition + time marker Anticipated learner problems Students may add –ing to the verb as they may get confused by the fact that even though the verb is present simple‚ we are referring to a future event. Concept check questions Is he going today or is he going tomorrow? Is this about
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Cambridge CELTA Written Assignment: Language Related Task (LRT Part 2) Read all instructions carefully before you start this assignment. Checking Understanding Write concept questions for the underlined language items below (together with their expected answers)‚ which could be used in order to check students’ understanding. Draw pictures‚ diagrams or time-lines where appropriate and remember the basic principles outlined in the concept checking input session. All visuals should include a
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WHY I WISH TO BECOME AN ENGLISH TEACHER I wish to become an English teacher because English is my native language albeit with a New Zealand (Kiwi) accent and pronunciation and with the odd Maori word thrown in. I believe English to be the most common language used in the world and although it may not be the most common native language I believe it has become the default business language. The world is turning global with most of the borders and boundaries being merged into one very vibrant
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I love languages because‚ in my opinion‚ learning a language is like watching a new movie. While you are watching‚ every scene‚ every word of the characters give you some clues about the story and in every minute of that movie‚ you are looking for new clues to put them into suitable places in your mind‚ like doing a puzzle. Teaching a language makes you feel like you are acting in that movie as your favorite character. As a foreign language‚ English has been my passion since I was a child. After
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CELTA – Language Related Tasks 1. a vandal - (intermediate) a) ‘A vandal’ can be defined as ‘someone who destroys or damages buildings’. b) One way of eliciting ‘a vandal’ can be to show different pictures that focus on an individual damaging and breaking property. Ask the class the following question to draw the answer out of them: What do you call the man who is doing this? (while pointing at the person in the picture) c) The following concept check questions can be asked:
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Celta assignment 1 may use the infinitive oppose to the simple present for example tomorrow Students may fail to understand the reference to a future event because the use of a simple present. Students may struggle to pronounce the weak form in “the” and “at” Students The plane leaves at 10:00 tomorrow. A- Present simple + time marker Subject + verb in present simple tense + time marker B- Talking about a scheduled future event C- Students may find it difficult to use the present tense
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