Effective reading strategies “Students‚ like the rest of us‚ need to be able to do a number of different things with a reading text". They need to be able to guess what the text is about before they decide to read it‚ they need to be able to skim a text to_’get a general idea of what it is about‚ and they should be able to scan the text for the particular bits of information that they need. Whether readers skim or scan texts is dependant on ‚ what they are reading‚ and why. Therefore‚ one
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Skills Related Task The majority of students in my class have enrolled because they recently moved to Boston or are attempting to. Many of them are very interested in learning more about American culture. It can be a hurdle for them to find reading at their level that still gives the amount of incite into the American life that they are looking for. For my skills related lesson I’ve chosen to do a reading and speaking fluency lesson. The text I’ve chosen is the first paragraph from page one of
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Cambridge CELTA Written Assignment Two Skills –related tasks Word count: 1082 I acknowledge that this paper is my own work. Trainee: Mileva Genadieva Signature: Date: 18.02.2013 Receptive skills: According to J. Harmer in his book The Practice of English Language Teaching‚ “receptive skills are the ways in which people extract the meaning from the discourse they see or hear”. In the following text “Playing with your food” the main skill that is being
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CELTA P/T Karolina Szybinska Assignment 3: Skills Related Tasks -1I decided to use the “Metro” article on Big Brother for my skills related task. I think it is an appropriate text for English language learners‚ because the article was published in “Metro” – a free newspaper which students will immediately recognise (proven that they have lived in London for more than 2 weeks). I also think that the use of an “authentic” text could be hugely appreciated by the students; the ability to read and
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is‚ 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 Application Form Training and work experience Do you have any formal training as a teacher? No Do you have any experience of teaching? No 1. English as a foreign language? No 2. Other subjects: No Please supply details What other work experience do you have? I have previously worked as an Area Marketing Manager where I hired and trained 100 employees. I was responsible for their orientation‚ sales and promotional training‚ and personal development within the
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CELTA Pre-Interview task GOOD HOPE STUDIES Please complete the task below on a separate sheet. An interview can only be arranged on receipt of the task. We recommend that you consult a grammar book and a methodology book if possible. Recommended books: Grammar: Parrot‚ Martin – Grammar for English Language Teachers (Cambridge University Press) Swan‚ Michael – Practical English Usage (Oxford University Press) Methodology: Jim Scrivener – Learning Teaching (Macmillan) Jeremy Harmer – How
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publishing. PREVIOUS LANGUAGE EXPERIENCES She had been studying English since she was 14. She was taught the basics of the English language. She had been studying English by herself and had taken different language courses intensively. She joined the CELTA English classes at AVO-Bell School of English in Sofia on the 9th March‚ 2012 for first time. She attended all the classes‚ joining her 10 classmates five times a week. Krasi said: "_Each of the previous language experiences gave me some sort of knowledge
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CELTA assignment 3 Lead-in: Discuss the General Topic A PPT showing the pictures of the ‘bad habits’ from the lesson‚ students work in pairs and discuss what the ‘bad habits’ are and who in their family do such things. After the pair work‚ check with the whole class and see if they have figured out all the vocabulary that they will need in the later parts of the lesson. By doing this activity‚ on the one hand‚ students have the first chance to get familiar with issues that will be mentioned
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Candidate’s name Ismail Eyamba ________ Focus on the Learner 800 – 1000 words Use the following check list to ensure you have included everything in this assignment. Use this page as your cover sheet. Check that you have: stated the level of the student provided an account of your learner’s language learning background and learning experiences included details of your learner’s motivations for learning English provided an account of your learner’s preferred
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