ASSIGNMENT 2 FOCUS ON THE LEARNER Background - Life and learning styles Initially when I started observing the students in our Elementary class‚ I had a few choices but the one that stood out to me‚ I think‚ has such an interesting story to tell for her few years that she’s been on this earth. I interviewed Rine M.‚ a 23 year old Management from the DRC (Democratique Republic of Congo)‚ in the Elementary English Class. Rine‚ who has a degree in Marketing‚ has been in Durban for the past
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Language Analysis | February 26 2008 | Candidates should demonstrate an ability to analyse language for teaching purposes and show understanding of basic ELT terminology relating to form‚ meaning and language use. | Assignment 2 | He takes after his father Context: Students listen to a 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
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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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1. She’s meeting Fred at 3 o’clock Name: Present continuous Form: Subject + form of the verb to be + present participle Function: A planned event to take place in the future (pre arranged plan) The phonological features: She’s meeting. Sh:iz is the contracted form of she is. May have problems pronouncing He’s /z/– She’s pronounced / / of the clock – o’clock pronounced / / weak forms: at – pronounced / / Intonation: falling at the end of the sentence. Sentence stress: “Fred”….. Difficulties:
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most likely‚ a newspaper article - the vocabulary is rather advanced and the style is quite formal. Lower-intermediate students would probably find this text too complicated. 2. Receptive skill to practice: reading. Since this is a text‚ reading is the most appropriate skill to practice in this case. Sub-skills to focus on would be a) reading for gist and b) reading for specific information. Before starting the discussion about the text‚ I would show the students the picture from the article
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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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TASK[1] This assignment involves analysing language. On the next page is a typical text that you might use in class. Look at the items taken from the text in the table on the following pages and for all 3 grammatical structures (1-3) and all 3 lexical items (a-c)‚ underlined and in bold in the text: Analyse the meaning (in this context) of the target item Analyse the form and pronunciation of the item as you would on the whiteboard Identify any problems students may have with meaning‚ form
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Assignment 4 – Lessons from the Classroom The woods are lovely‚ dark and deep‚ But I have promises to keep‚ And miles to go before I sleep‚ And miles to go before I sleep. I decided to take the CELTA because it seemed like a fairly easy way to make some money while I traveling. However‚ a mere month’s exposure to teaching has given me the confidence to pursue teaching English as a serious career alternative‚ should I ever get sick of political antics and swindlers’ conspiracies
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Language related tasks. 1. …everything that has happened to us during the day. (grammar) Meaning. The has happened in this grammar structure is an intransitive verb as there is no action attached to the verb. This is the present perfect tense it is used to describe actions or events that are complete‚ but have a connection with the present. (Swan‚ M. 2004:438). Concept questions (CQs): Are the events finished? Yes. Is there an action attached to the verb? No Is the day in the
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Cambridge CELTA assignment: Focus on the learner Part A My student’s name is Corrado‚ he’s 42 years old and his L1 is italian. He is an entrepreneur. In fact‚ he owns a bar where he works with two friends. However‚ he doesn’t need English at work as I thought. He loves to travel and that’s the main reason for him to learn English: he’s been to London many times and he would like to travel to the US as well and also he likes to organize his own trips so he needs English also to book hotels and
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