She got up early but it wasn’t necessary. Context Mary has a job interview tomorrow and she was feeling very nervous. The next day Mary woke up early to catch the 9am bus to her interview location. However she had forgotten that the interview was at 3pm. It was not necessary for Mary to get up so early. As a result she waited for several hours in a café. CCQs: Did Mary wake up early? (yes) What time was her interview at? (3pm) Was it necessary to get up early? (no) Tell me about
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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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Alexandra Smit Focus on the Learner The students attending the pre-intermediate English language course at International House are mostly Italian1. The age range is quite varied (early twenties to late sixties) and they are all very highly motivated and passionate about learning the language2. Most of the students come from a strong cultural background and have a scholastic knowledge of English‚ having learnt the language at school as part of the compulsory curriculum. Those who don’t‚ have at least
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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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1. Background and education framework For this assignment I interviewed XXX‚ a 26 year old refugee from Eritrea. The political situation in his country is grave. It is a single-party presidential republic‚ where any kind of outspoken criticism is punished without trial. Back home the government recruited him to be a soldier and as he would not comply‚ he had to run. He fled to Slovenia with his wife‚ leaving three children in Eritrea to live with their grandparents until he and his wife find a
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height is very important? Do you think that it is easier to find a job if you are tall ? Etc. It is also very important to set the task before the activity so learners know what the purpose of each stage is. I chose the following exercises so the students can practise their receptive language skills - reading for gist ( skimming ) by accomplishing tasks which focus on meaning and general information of the text. Ex. 1
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1. Choosing the text Both Harmer and Scrivener are very direct with their advice for choosing texts for reading and listening: Grade the tasks‚ not the material. Despite keeping this in mind I felt anxious about possibly choosing an authentic text that would be discouraging for our group of elementary-level students due to its complexity. I settled on a list of tips for saving energy published on the National Geographic Kids website (see Appendix 1). I chose this text because we have
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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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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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