the text might be about. a. Task 1: Reading for gist. Before distributing the text‚ I will tell students that they have one minute to read the text and decide what the article is about. After students read the article‚ they first share their opinion in pairs and then we have a short class discussion. Reading for gist teaches students to extract the main idea from the text in a short amount of time and allows them to practice reading skills. b. Task 2: Reading for specific information
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CAMBRIDGE CELTA COURSE 24 June – 19 July 2013 Dear Trainee‚ Welcome to British Side and the course! You are now trainees on the Cambridge CELTA Course and students at British Side. The former means that you are following a training course designed by the University of Cambridge ESOL. The syllabus and assessment criteria are laid down by this organisation‚ and the course will be inspected and moderated by an externally appointed assessor. You will not be assessed by this person (s/he will inspect
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CHAN HO CHING (09625481) ELT1111E Pre-course writing task Alarmingly‚ the globe is running out of resource. On the other hand‚ some countries are military ways to control our valuable resources on the world. Under the fact that Hong Kong has no natural energy resources and we relies much on importing those resource every year‚ in order to maintain Hong Kong’s competitiveness we have to use energy more efficiently. Recently‚ some households and offices are wasting energy due to their unsuitable
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The object of this task is to introduce you to some of the insights into language and teaching required by an English Language Teacher and to give you practice in researching language points. Please answer the questions BRIEFLY AND LEGIBLY. It is very important that you do this task without assistance from any other person as we want to see evidence of your research skills and your ability to think for yourself. You are required to use a grammar book to help you with the task. We suggest using one
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CELTA (Cambridge Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults) COURSE INFORMATION AND APPLICATION FORM 2014/2015 Ealing‚ Hammersmith and West London College is an authorised centre for courses preparing trainees for the Cambridge Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults (CELTA). These courses provide initial training in English Language teaching and are intended for those who have no previous experience in this field‚ or whose experience is insufficient to qualify them to enter
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Application essay to the teacher certification program My goal is to complete career transition from the financial services industry to education and teaching. My short and long term objectives are: a) To obtain the Type 29 transitional bilingual certificate during 2009 while pursuing the Teacher Certification program b) To obtain a teaching position as a Spanish teacher in 2009 c) A long term goal is to pursue a master’s degree in education once I have sufficient experience as a teacher The
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CELTA assignment 3 Lead-in: Discuss the General Topic A PPT showing the pictures of the ‘bad habits’ from the lesson‚ students work in pairs and discuss what the ‘bad habits’ are and who in their family do such things. After the pair work‚ check with the whole class and see if they have figured out all the vocabulary that they will need in the later parts of the lesson. By doing this activity‚ on the one hand‚ students have the first chance to get familiar with issues that will be mentioned
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CELTA ASSN 1 Part One: Grammar 1) You should go to the doctor: 1. Modal auxiliary verb. 2. Used in conjunction with main verb to express shades of time and mood. In this case‚ someone is suggesting/giving advice someone else to do or plan something in the future. 3. Subject +
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I’ve been waiting here for two hours. Meaning I started waiting here two hours ago. I am still waiting here now. Form Subject + have/has + past participle (been) + present perfect continuous Pronunciation Contraction of I and have – I’ve Been – weak /i/ Waiting - /wei/ Eliciting Show picture 1 of myself sat at a table with a knife and fork in my hands with a big clock in the background. The time on the clock is 7pm. I am happy. Ask: Am I waiting for food? Yes Show picture 2
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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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