17/05/10 Cambridge ESOL CELTA Written Assignment 1 Language Skills Assignment PART 1 For the purpose of English language teaching‚ teachers tend to refer to four particular skills- reading‚ writing‚ speaking and listening. (Harmer‚ 2007) Reading and listening are known as receptive skills. Both of these processes require meaning to be derived from material that is being listened to or read. Speaking and writing are known as productive skills. In the case of both of these processes language
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CELTA ASSIGNMENT 1 – FOCUS ON THE LEARNER Part One Background The first part of the assignment focuses on the general overview of Entry 1 group who are majority females of South-Asian origin; also a Chinese‚ African & Arab learners are also enrolled in class. Learners of this group are housewives with little or no previous education background. They would have learnt Urdu or Gujarati in their country. The ages range between 24 and 45. The majority of learner’s first language speaks
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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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I would like the opportunity to partake in the CELTA course at TBI‚ so I am able to increase my knowledge and experience‚ whilst simultaneously being able to assist students’ in their own understanding of the English language. By gaining the CELTA qualification at your institute‚ I will be equipped to continually encourage my students’ towards reaching their language goals by building on the foundation of knowledge they already have. My future aims and intentions are to train to be a teacher of
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Name: Assignment: Focus on the Learner Word count: 1006 PART 1 The students attending the pre-intermediate course are mostly Czech nationals (except one Polish student) and are in their early thirties to sixties. They all have a good level of motivation and their reasons for learning English include personal development‚ relocating to an English speaking country‚ obtaining a better job‚ travelling‚ teaching English at a higher level‚ and communicating with native speakers or family
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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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Celta Assignment 1: Language related task State in the simplest possible language what the underlined target language actually means. I’ve been waiting here for two hours. * I was waiting for two hours. * I am still waiting. * I am annoyed about it. State the form Subject + have/has + been+ verb+ing. Identify features of pronunciation * The ‘I’ and ‘have’ have been contracted to form ‘I’ve’. * The stressed syllable of pronunciation is I’ve been waiting.
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CELTA WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT 1 LANGUAGE RELATED TASKS 1) The plane leaves at 10.00 tomorrow. a) Present simple; present form of the verb. b) Talking about a future event. ‘The present simple is used for ‘timetabled’ future events’ . c) Students may use the infinitive of the verb instead of the present. (F) Students may use ‘ing’ (present participle) form of verb. (F) Students may have difficulty understanding the use of the present simple to talk about the future. (M) Students may have difficulty
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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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