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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When reading non-fiction we have to think critically about what the writer is trying to convey in their piece. We look at formalist criticism and historical criticism‚ to see if there is anything that belong in either of those two categories. Writers also can also use different strategies in order to convey their thesis or themes. The non-fiction works that I have chosen are “Who Will Light the Incense When Mother’s Gone?” by Andrew Lam and “On Going Home” by Joan Didion. I will discuss their theme
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True War Story What Tim O’Brien is trying to tell the readers is that true stories‚ such as war stories‚ can make the reader feel emotion when reading‚ or listening about a soldier’s experience. In one of his stories “Where have you gone‚ Charming Billy”‚ he tells about a scared young man during his time in the war. He tells the readers that fear can make someone act faster before they can even think about knowing what they are doing. He also tells the readers that a war is filled with fear from
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CELTA WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT 1 LANGUAGE RELATED TASKS 1) The plane leaves at 10.00 tomorrow. a) Present simple; present form of the verb. b) Talking about a future event. ‘The present simple is used for ‘timetabled’ future events’ . c) Students may use the infinitive of the verb instead of the present. (F) Students may use ‘ing’ (present participle) form of verb. (F) Students may have difficulty understanding the use of the present simple to talk about the future. (M) Students may have difficulty
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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) Students may have difficulty pronouncing the weak form at the beginning of ‘tomorrow’. (Ph) (d) A personal assistant informs his
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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 big brown eyes. B. Yes‚ I know. He ________ _________ his father. A. How is he during the night? B. He is a heavy sleeper. I think he ________ _______ me. (Elicit: takes after) Concept questions: Did July have a baby boy? Does the baby’s father have brown eyes? Is Julie a light sleeper
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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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Celta Assignment 1: Language related task State in the simplest possible language what the underlined target language actually means. I’ve been waiting here for two hours. * I was waiting for two hours. * I am still waiting. * I am annoyed about it. State the form Subject + have/has + been+ verb+ing. Identify features of pronunciation * The ‘I’ and ‘have’ have been contracted to form ‘I’ve’. * The stressed syllable of pronunciation is I’ve been waiting.
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CELTA Assignment 1 I’ve been waiting here for two hours. 1. Meaning I was waiting here 2 hours ago. I am still waiting here. 2. Form Subject + have/has + past participle (been) + present participle 3. Pronunciation Contraction of I and have. Been has a short /i/. Stress on ‘/Wei/’ in waiting. 4. Eliciting Show picture 1 of a man standing with a clock above his head. The time is 12pm. Show picture 2 of the man still standing but the clock now says 2pm and he looks unhappy while
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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 extremely high standard‚ and once I have obtained
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