CELTA-June 2013 Assignment 3: Skills-Related Part1: Justification of material choice For this Skills-related assignment‚ my choice of authentic reading material is “Few Places with Better Stories”. from Asian Geographic magazine (no 78 issue 1/2011‚ pages 30 and 35). As this magazine is widely read and it is also a popular TV channel‚ the students will be able to relate to it easily. I decided to use this article as I think it is appropriate for English Language learners at the Intermediate level
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(I had to resubmit this because I did not give enough detail for 2 of my weaknesses - if I can figure out how I will add the resubmission for which I got good feedback) Observation I have learned from observing my peers and experienced teachers how important it is to use a variety of teaching methods and styles. Within the same lesson I have witnessed teachers organising their students so that they worked alone‚ in pairs‚ in pods‚ and in teams. The students were encouraged to move around
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contaminated with pesticides and other chemical fertilizers. This is not only affecting our health but it is also affecting our environment. We can benefit from organic foods. Since I have been in college I have been doing a lot of food shopping. Whenever I go to the supermarket I have noticed that fruits and vegetables are labeled as organic or conventional. The two of these look just the same but the only visual difference that I noticed was the price of the two. Organically grown products are as much as
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Suzan Oyewale Salvia College Writing 11 9 December 2011 You kill‚ you should be killed! Brutally murdered by a man no one would have suspected‚ an innocent twelve-year old girl was taken from her mother. Although‚ this poor girl ’s mother was stricken with grief and anger‚ she did not wish for this murderer to die for her own sake‚ but to protect other innocent girls like her own. She sat and watched‚ staring into the eyes of the man who had killed her daughter. She watched as they inserted
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Pokémon GO is one of the most popular game on the smartphone. It is became the phenomenon of the world‚ because It is make people to have a new experience to play the game outside. To introduce people to know each other and join to play together. The reason why people have to play this game outside because some creatures that they are called “Pokémon” has been outside‚ so they have to find about 151 of Pokémon to became the Pokémon master. Many reasons Pokémon GO became the famous game around the
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WHY DO YOU WANT TO APPLY FOR CELTA? EXPERIENCE As a teacher by profession‚ I have taught children of different age groups with different abilities from different backgrounds. It has been and is still is an amazing profession because you never stop learning new things and impacting lives and making a positive difference in the lives of children. I was losing my passion and joy for teaching but gained it back when I went to teach in Japan for 2 years. It was 2 years of rediscovering my joy for
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Why You Should Become an Organ Donor Almost everyone would want to be able to say “I have saved a life.” But by becoming an organ donor‚ you will be able to say “I WILL save a life.” Organ donation is a selfless way of giving back to others and being able to make a huge difference by giving another person a second chance at life. Unfortunately the number of patients waiting for organs far exceeds the number of people who have registered to become donors. Patients are forced to wait months‚ even
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text titled “How to be a good traveller” due to travel’s relevance to the students. All of our students are from another country‚ and many of them have expressed desires to visit other countries. A text that gives good advice for travelers to follow should prove both interesting and useful to the students. The receptive skills tasks I designed for this lesson will focus on reading for gist and reading for specific information. Students could also read for detail or attempt to make predictions. However
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War can be necessary to provide peace to the world. The conflicts between Vietnam and the United States marked today’s history. After World War 2 there were many obstacles to whether the United States should go to war in Vietnam.First of all‚ the United States got involved in the war with Vietnam to prevent the Domino theory. The United States thought that if they didn’t get involved communism would have increased; therefore‚ other countries would want to fight against the U.S. President Harry Truman
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In the article‚ "Should Everyone Go to College?" by Stephanie Owen and Isabel Sawhill‚ they clearly state that not everyone should go to college‚ and individuals who do go to college make more money. Both of the authors are part of The Center on Children and Families at Brookings Institution. Stephanie Owen is a senior research assistant while Isabel Sawhill is a senior in economic studies and co-director of the institution. This article was published May 18‚ 2013. The intended audience is the
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