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-June 2013 Assignment 3: Skills-Related Part1: Justification of material choice For this Skills-related assignment‚ my choice of authentic reading material is “Few Places with Better Stories”. from Asian Geographic magazine (no 78 issue 1/2011‚ pages 30 and 35). As this magazine is widely read and it is also a popular TV channel‚ the students will be able to relate to it easily. I decided to use this article as I think it is appropriate for English Language learners at the Intermediate level
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Physical Activity Part A Summary Gap Fill Time Limit: 15 minutes Instructions • • • • • Complete the following summary using the information in the texts for this task. Skim and scan the texts to find the information required. Gaps may require 1‚ 2 or 3 words. Write your answers in the appropriate space in the column on the right hand side. Make sure your spelling is correct. Summary Answers 1. Promoting Physical Activity In Australia and many other (1) ____countries‚ lack of physical activity in a
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Section 1 – Learners and Teachers and the Teaching and Learning Context A Teaching and learning contexts Types of contexts Task 1 1. In what context will you be doing the CELTA course? I am doing the CELTA course as part of a multilingual group‚ some of who have non-English speaking backgrounds. There are twelve people in total‚ who are separated into two smaller groups of six each. The course delivery is one full day and one evening at college‚ with preparation
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Trainee: Jesus Ferrer 00651 Receptive skill 1: reading for gist Materials Article ‘Do not pass go‚ do not collect $151’Dargaville The Christchurch Press 11.03.2005 Aims In this activity the students are going to focus only on covering the overall theme to catch the main idea from the text. Rationale The common approach of lower level language learners is to focus on reading every word and understanding every word of a text. The reader analyses every
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that most of the vocabulary in reading text is familiar to your students‚ and the words that are unknown can either easily guessed or safely ignored” (quote from A Course in Language Teaching‚ P Ur in page 149. From my perspective as a teacher: 1. Easily exploited: This authentic text can be exploited as part of a reading lesson aim for students of an intermediate level in order to help “provide our students with the opportunities to do as much (successful) reading as possible‚ including a varied
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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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