Teaching and learning contexts Task 1 1. In what context will you be doing the CELTA course? The context of the CELTA course I believe will be: Monolingual Part-Time Open group Lessons in groups Mixed gender Same interest to teach English as a foreign language 2. Do you know what context you will be teaching in after you finish the course? If I get the job I have applied for I will endeavour to teach in the following context: Lessons in a group Monolingual
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ASSIGNMENT 2 - FOCUS ON THE LEARNER. Background The learner is a 35 year old female from France. She is married with two children‚ and has lived 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
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Cambridge ESOL CELTA lesson plan name date 4/7/13 tp lesson number 9 level Upper Intermediate teaching time 60 mins number of students learning aims (what do you want students to learn or get better at?) Sts will practice listening and speaking using the audio of a radio show and questions. Sts will also practice using quantifiers which are commonly used. N.B. include a separate vocabulary or grammar language analysis sheet if you are clarifying language timetable fit and
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applied for citizenship. Attaining proficiency in French was a mandatory component of the process‚ so his English studies were set aside for four years. Upon attaining citizenship‚ he resumed his English studies in an attempt to regain the level he had previously acquired. He took a course at a private language school in Lausanne and made noticeable progress due in part to an excellent trainer. Juan Carlos is a social person who enjoys participating in class. He is a determined student and chooses
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believes her strengths are in reading and listening. She says she understands most things she reads and hears but struggles when trying to express herself orally. She believes her vocabulary could be significantly improved; and from listening to her I believe her pronunciation could also be improved. Part of the reason for this is her lack of social interaction with native English speakers and also her lack of confidence as she believes this is her weakness. However the challenges of a Nepalese person
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Puzzle 1 Stephen was looking at a photo. Someone asked him‚ "Whose picture are you looking at?" He replied: "I don’t have any brother or sister‚ but this man’s father is my father’s son." So‚ whose picture was Stephen looking at? Puzzle 2 There was a robbery in which a lot of goods were stolen. The robber(s) left in a truck. It is known that : (1) Nobody else could have been involved other than A‚ B and C. (2) C never commits a crime without A’s participation. (3) B does not know how to drive
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CELTA assignment 1: LRST 1. TEXT AND RATIONALE: The text I am selecting is a description of a clown who works in a circus‚ and a description of his everyday life. I chose this text for the following reasons: -INTEREST: Recent research has indicated that how interesting a text is will affect students’ cognitive performance. This kind of "interestingness‚" or text-based interest‚ was the focus of the study […] a content analysis performed on the recall protocols showed that the interest-evoking
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tutorial session I asked the group I was working with if they would be interested. Carlos was enthusiastic about participating. So much so‚ I asked the group to think about it. Looking back I think I was slightly overwhelmed by the response. The following week‚ Carlos was again at tutoring. Since he was still very interested in taking part in the study‚ we set up times for the interviews. -4- Interviews with an ESL Learner Larry Bilokrely I have to say from a speaking perspective‚ I was impressed
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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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Analysis of the extract from “The fun they had” The story under the title "The Fun They Had" was written by a highly prolific American writer‚ one of the three grand masters of science fiction - Isaac Asimov. The key in this text is lyrical. The theme is probably "the influence of technology on the process of teaching." In this story the author uses colloquial speech and jargonized words‚ such as “gee‚ I guess‚ I betcha“ here‚ to show us that these children are rather ordinary‚ and looks similar
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