Introduction Italian is an Indo-European language‚ directly descended from Latin and closely related to Spanish‚ Portuguese and French. There is a wide variety of regional dialects‚ many of which are mutually unintelligible‚ and some of which have a literary tradition of their own. Most Italians are very conscious of their regional origins‚ and are quick to point out that they are Neapolitan‚ or Tuscan‚ or Sardinian‚ as well as Italian. Especially in the industrialised north‚ most educated
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CAMBRIDGE CELTA Assignment 3 Receptive Skill Krishna Bahadur Bohora 1/7/2014 Assignment 3 I have selected a news article from an online entry of Telegraph Media Group Limited for ’Authentic Material for Reading’. The title of the text is ’Cyclist trapped under car for 30 minutes escapes with just cuts and bruises’. The text is selected for the learners of mid-intermediate level. The learners of this level have some knowledge of complex sentence structures and vocabulary
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CELTA ASSIGNMENT 1 – FOCUS ON THE LEARNER Part One Background The first part of the assignment focuses on the general overview of Entry 1 group who are majority females of South-Asian origin; also a Chinese‚ African & Arab learners are also enrolled in class. Learners of this group are housewives with little or no previous education background. They would have learnt Urdu or Gujarati in their country. The ages range between 24 and 45. The majority of learner’s first language speaks
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SUNILA SOUTHGATE COLLEGE CELTA COURSE PRE- INTERVIEW TASK 1. In each of the following sentences underline the verb or verb and identify the form/ tense used. a) We never go to the theatre these days. Present Simple b) We are saving up to travel abroad Present Perfect Continuous c) We have already been to Europe. Past Perfect d) We didn’t have enough money to go further. Past Simple e) We had spent all our savings by the end of the summer. Past Perfect f) We had
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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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CELTA December 2013 Assignment 3: Skills Related The receptive skill chosen for this assignment is reading‚ and the authentic material used for the purpose of developing this skill is an article entitled‚ Greenwich is packed full of London’s most popular attractions [1]‚ which will be related to the productive skill of writing. The learners reside in London and come from EU countries (mostly Italy)‚ and motives for learning the English language vary. The age factor of the students may suggest
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CELTA – Assignment 3 Learner Profile I interviewed ******** an Iranian 31 year old female student in the Level I class. ****’s native language is Persian (Farsi). **** came to England a year ago to join her Iranian husband who has been living and working in England for the past 5 years. At present they have no children. She has only been attending class at college for a few weeks where she is also taking a class in mathematics in order to learn the correct English terminology. **** is an
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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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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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