ASSIGNMENT ONE FOCUS ON THE LEARNER 750-1000 words For this assignment you are going to write a report on a student in the TP class you are teaching now. As a practicing teacher‚ you will at times have to write reports on students for various reasons‚ e.g. passing on information to a colleague‚ providing information for a student’s employer‚ etc. The report should be based on the following: 1. Refer to the observation tasks which have helped you focus on various concrete
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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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It appears she really enjoys herself and progresses well in these types of lessons as opposed to lessons without visual elements in them. In terms of her use and command of the English language‚ I have noticed that generally she can comprehend the gist of what is said to her if the vocabulary is basic and the sentence structure is not too complicated (.i.e. if the language is graded). She can read and write English but with some difficulties (if materials are not graded). During my observations of
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or French). A number of them have attended English lessons at Akcent IH in the past‚ which they enjoyed because they were exposed to various accents of native speakers. They prefer lessons where only English is spoken and are very receptive to CELTA teaching strategies. Students are happy to work in pairs or groups‚ though some would like to be corrected more often and feel they learn more when talking to the teacher. They enjoy a mixture of speaking practice and grammar work‚ which most perceive
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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. 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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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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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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classroom. He said he likes to learn English by reading‚ writing‚ speaking‚ looking at pictures‚ working in pairs‚ and like talking with teachers. This shows that he learns best by reading‚ saying‚ hearing‚ seeing words‚ visualising‚ working with colours & pictures‚ sharing‚ relating with others etc. The only activity he said he doesn’t like is changing places in the classroom. He enjoys almost all other activities. PART B For his reading skills‚ he reads to understand every word he comes
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