1. Choosing the text Both Harmer and Scrivener are very direct with their advice for choosing texts for reading and listening: Grade the tasks‚ not the material. Despite keeping this in mind I felt anxious about possibly choosing an authentic text that would be discouraging for our group of elementary-level students due to its complexity. I settled on a list of tips for saving energy published on the National Geographic Kids website (see Appendix 1). I chose this text because we have
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Language Skills Assignment Section 1: Choice of authentic text The authentic text chosen is “Eight ways to work out at work”. It was published by our local Star newspaper on 8 April’13. It is also available online (please refer to Appendix 1‚ page 2 for the text). The choice of the authentic text was based on the following: From a learner perspective: 1. Connection to own life/situation: The text is of an interesting subject matter which learners can connect to as many of them use computers
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The purpose of this assignment is to examine and explain the reasons why I have chosen this specific article. According to what J. Scrivener says ‚ the usefulness and effectiveness of a text is related to how close to real-life the topic is. So I decided to pick an article that I spotted on a webpage a few days ago‚ it is a real news which reports the fact that young Chinese girls are literally queuing up to have their legs broken in order to be better able to find a rewarding job or a handsome
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| CELTA Lesson Plan | Teacher: | Kellie Cristhina dos Anjos | Level: | Real beginner | Date: | Mar 14th‚ 2013 | Lesson No.: | 3 | Length: | 45’ | Start time: | 9:00 | No. of Ss.: | 7 | | | Finish time: | 9:45 | MAIN AIM (language/skills): GRAMMAR | By the end of this lesson students will be able to give their e-mails‚ telephone and talk about their profession. | SUBSIDIARY AIMS: | 1. Students will review the greetings and professions presented in
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CELTA – Pre-course Task Section 1: Learners and Teachers‚ and the Teaching and Learning Context Task 1 1. Lessons in groups‚ multilingual groups‚ open groups‚ full time or part-time courses‚ learners with little or no previous formal education‚ mixed or similar ability groups‚ mixed gender groups‚ large or smaller classes‚ day or evening classes‚ teachers with English-speaking or non English-speaking background. 2. In any of the aforementioned in the pre-course task sheet contexts.
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CELTA Pre-Course Task – Pamela Thomason Task 1 1. My CELTA course will be within a multilingual group in a fairly small mixed gender class. Fellow students will all have some kind of formal education. 2. After finishing my CELTA I’ll probably teach both one-to-one lessons and lessons in monolingual groups. Task 2 1. I decided to teach adults partly because it will be easier to find employment in this context but I also like the idea of teaching to someone who voluntarily
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plans Selecting/adapting materials Using ICQs Pace & Timing Conveying meaning using a variety of ways Responding to feedback Monitoring students Evidence of language research & analysis Eliciting TL and using CCQs‚ timelines Anticipating problems with language & skills Pitching lessons at the right level Teaching language (mpf) and skills effectively Correcting errors Showing awareness of register Selecting and using a range of materials & resources Creative exploitation of the materials
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Section 1 Learner and Teachers and the Teaching and Learning Context Task 1 I will be doing the CELTA course as presently we have ESL students enrolling in TAFE for whom an ESL qualified teacher has to be brought in to assist with the student. Once I complete CELTA I will be able to handle all students without help from ESL teachers Task 2 Adult learners often bring * Reasons for learning * Specific goals * Expectations * Successful and unsuccessful past learning experiences
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Please fill in this form fully and carefully. Date of Application: __________ 1. Personal Details Family Name: ___________________________ First Name(s): ___________________________ Nationality: ___________________________ Mother tongue/1st language: _______________ Address: _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ Home Phone No: __________________ Work No: ______________
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TASK 1: In what context will you be doing the CELTA course? As a candidate I will be attending a full time course‚ for which the gender maybe mixed‚ but at present I am only aware of the male candidates whom I met at the school interview. As a relatively small open group‚ our educational and employment backgrounds will be mixed but with all 12 candidates having met the schools requirements and received an acceptance letter. All candidates have the same interest to teach English as a foreign
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