James Quinn Assignment 3 Reasons for choosing text Although a long piece of text‚ it contains an overall context of animal powers and is an interesting topic. Similar topics students have worked with include qualities of famous people and superheroes. It is an authentic text‚ containing a wide range of language items and so provides a challenge for intermediate students. The text could also be broken down into sections for specific tasks. Receptive language sub-skills that could be practised
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ASSIGNMENT TWO: LANGUAGE RELATED TASKS 1) I’M MOVING OUT OF MY APARTMENT. Look at the sentence and then tick the statements which have the same form and meaning as the part which is underlined. She’s having her hair cut at 3 o’clock this afternoon Abdullah’s working in Qatar at the moment We’re picking him up from the airport at 11pm. Josie’s always worrying about something. Tick the statements/ concept questions which apply to the part of the sentence underlined in (1) It’s talking about
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Assignment 2 Language related task Example 1: We can put off sleeping for a limited period. (Lexis) Meaning The lexis Put off means that we do not want to do it now. We will do it at a later time. Synonym Procrastinate Concept Questions: Do we want to do it now? No Will we do it later? Yes Form Base Verb + Adverb + Phrasal verb put off sleeping Put off is a phrasal verb used in everyday language by native English speakers Pronunciation can put off
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TASK 6 Make a list of associations you have with the word “grammar” (They may not all be negative!) • Intimidating • Frightening • Confusing • Diction • Fascinating TASK 7 Look at the following sentences and decide which are correct. Write a correct version of the examples that are incorrect. 1. We’ve been looking for you for ages: Correct. 2. I’ve been to the movies last night: Incorrect. Correction: I went to the movies last night
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CELTA Written Assignment 3 Language Skills Related Tasks Lucy Gudgeon-Brennand The authentic reading text I have chosen for Elementary students is a recipe page from a popular magazine and is approximately 150 words long‚ excluding ingredients. The reason I have chosen this text is because it is current‚ relevant to daily life‚ informative‚ visually appealing‚ and also based on a topic that people are naturally interested in – food. The universally familiar format this article takes; list‚ photographic
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Assignment 1: Language Analysis Part A: Mary goes to work at 8.30. A) The name of the structure (if there is one) Present simple tense B) The form of the structure Subject + base form-es C) The function Describing habits and routines D) The phonological features Weak form: to > / ’tә / Sentence stress: Depends on the context. Intonation: Falling at the end. Pronunciation: Mary > / ’meɪrɪ / E) Possible student difficulties Conceptual difficulty:
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Rights Movement‚ Toni Cade Bambara’s short story "The Lesson" tells the story of a young African-American girl named Sylvia and the important life lesson that she learns one day while on a trip to a toy store in New York. Her neighbor‚ Miss Moore‚ brings Sylvia and a group of her friends to F.A.O. Schwarz and while there‚ they come face to face with the injustices they face because of their backgrounds. Miss Moore does this to teach them a lesson‚ one that she feels that they need to learn in order
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Chapter 3 Discovering Self-Motivation Concept Choosing a meaningful purpose gives our lives a direction and creates inner motivation. Many students have not defined a personally meaningful purpose for being in college‚ let alone for being in a particular course. Unfocused‚ these students are more likely to drift from rather than to academic success. By offering them the opportunity to choose personally meaningful outcomes that they would like to achieve in college or in life‚ we assist students
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Rupp Eng 101 October 16‚ 2013 The story “The Lesson‚” by Toni Cade Bambara‚ is about a young girl named Sylvia who is accompanied by a group of her friends from her neighborhood and her elderly neighbor named Ms. Moore‚ who tries to teach all of them a lesson about life. “The Lesson” is a realistic story that takes place in the mid-20th century that exemplifies the true difference between upper and lower classes during that time period. Although Sylvia might come off as a mean and cocky little
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weaknesses I had been teaching workers in the children and young people’s workforce for a number of years when I started the CELTA course. I already had experience of planning lessons‚ staging‚ timing and classroom management. I knew nothing about setting appropriate language aims. One of my main weaknesses was anticipating problems that students would have with particular lessons and in incorporating activities to suit the stronger students. This is partly because I am not very sure about what a beginner
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