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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inspired me‚ my mother is the first person that comes to mind. My mother has been the biggest inspiration in my life. Everything that I am today is a result of the influence and the life lessons that she has taught me. She has made so many opportunities available for me‚ without her I do not know where I would be. My mother is a very inspiring person; the reasons for this are countless. For example‚ when I decided to run for Student Council and I didn’t think I could make it‚ but my mother was my biggest
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English IV Tues. & Thur. Mothers Rain of Gold is a book written by Victor Villañseor who talks about two families that escape from the Mexican Revolution to safety in the United States with the help of their mothers. During the time of the Mexican Revolution families will leave because I want to be safe because during that time it was horrible time to be in soldiers will rape young girls and get them pregnant or something bad will happen to them. A mother will do anything to protect their family
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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 and extra study required to take place outside of these times. 2. Do you know what context you will be teaching in after you finish the course?
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Section 1 Learner and Teachers and the Teaching and Learning Context Task 1 I will be doing the CELTA course as presently we have ESL students enrolling in TAFE for whom an ESL qualified teacher has to be brought in to assist with the student. Once I complete CELTA I will be able to handle all students without help from ESL teachers Task 2 Adult learners often bring * Reasons for learning * Specific goals * Expectations * Successful and unsuccessful past learning experiences
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In each of the following sentences underline the verb or verbs and identify the form/tense used. E.g. I was living in Italy in 1998. I was living in Italy in 1998 – past continuous. We never go to the theatre these days. Form /Tense Simple Present We’re saving up to travel abroad. Form /Tense Present Continuous Root We’ve already been to Europe. Form /Tense Present Perfect We didn’t have enough money to go further. Form /Tense Simple Past Root
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CELTA pre-interview task A 1 We never go to the theatre these days. Present Simple 2 We’re saving up to travel abroad. Present Continuous 3 We’ve already been to Morocco. Present Perfect 4 We didn’t have enough money to go further. Past Simple 5 We had spent all our savings by the end of the summer. Past Perfect 6 We’d been sleeping rough for several weeks when the weather turned colder. Past perfect Continuous 7 This year‚ I’ve been awarded a travel scholarship. Present
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during her elementary school years her teachers heavily focused on writing while neglecting speaking. When she continued her learning process here in Jeddah‚ her high school teachers focused only on speaking but not at the level she was expecting. After completing high school her learning was interrupted and there was little or no opportunity to read or speak in English. Currently‚ she is attending an intermediate level English course which allows her to connect with other learners of the English
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in Oman for five years. The learner ’s first language is French. It is also the language that is spoken at home. Learner ’s profile The learner ’s level of English is between pre-intermediate to intermediate. She did not finish high school‚ and after grade 10‚ at the age of 16‚ she completed a certificate in disability studies. The learner studied English three times a week at a French speaking school as part of the school curriculum from grades 6 to 10. She describes her learning experience as
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MOTHER.THE PAIN OF LOSS.Now I can say with certainty that I had never understood others suffering from unbearable loss of a dear person. For my part it used to be pity‚ compassion. When this happened to me‚ when my dear mother died‚ I started to understand all those people who lost someone they loved. There are perhaps no proper words to describe this pain‚ at least none used on this planet. This intolerable pain which tears you apart‚ which is like a stone on your heart‚ and which make tears run
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