Cambridge CELTA Course Assignment 3
Cambridge CELTA Course Assignment 3
Skills Related Task
Selection of a reading or listening text with rationale, tasks and lesson plan design
Trainee: Minoo
Date: Feb 18, 2015
Appendix 1: Handouts Appendix 3: Answer key
Appendix 2: Text
Purpose:
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 the main skill which is going to be practiced is reading, the sub skills will be reading for gist and details, also using new vocabularies in the context. Enhancement of receptive skills will increase the rate at which students comprehend English language and allow students to practice new vocabulary in its context from the text.
Rationale for text choice:
This text is suitable for High Intermediate level. The class contains 19 students in the list from which usually at least 15 are present. The age range of the class is almost young and from different nationalities. The class is a mixture of male and female ( 11 men, 8 women) The text I have chosen is a piece of an article from a magazine from their course book, American English File 3B, page 83. The vocabulary is rather advanced and the style is formal. I think it is interesting in terms of theme to students, because they are interested in health matters and the topic is a bit shocking too! In contrast with general views about being active and being healthy!
Lead – in Task: (Appendix 1) I will show them two pictures, one coach potato and one athlete on the board; I will ask the class: “which one is healthier?” “Which one will live longer?” {They most probably will say the athlete!} “Which are you mostly similar to?” Then I will write the title on the board and ask students to discuss in pair how they will complete the sentence: “The secret to a long and happy life is … .”
Rationale: By doing this activity the students will engage in the topic. They will
Skills Related Task
Selection of a reading or listening text with rationale, tasks and lesson plan design
Trainee: Minoo
Date: Feb 18, 2015
Appendix 1: Handouts Appendix 3: Answer key
Appendix 2: Text
Purpose:
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 the main skill which is going to be practiced is reading, the sub skills will be reading for gist and details, also using new vocabularies in the context. Enhancement of receptive skills will increase the rate at which students comprehend English language and allow students to practice new vocabulary in its context from the text.
Rationale for text choice:
This text is suitable for High Intermediate level. The class contains 19 students in the list from which usually at least 15 are present. The age range of the class is almost young and from different nationalities. The class is a mixture of male and female ( 11 men, 8 women) The text I have chosen is a piece of an article from a magazine from their course book, American English File 3B, page 83. The vocabulary is rather advanced and the style is formal. I think it is interesting in terms of theme to students, because they are interested in health matters and the topic is a bit shocking too! In contrast with general views about being active and being healthy!
Lead – in Task: (Appendix 1) I will show them two pictures, one coach potato and one athlete on the board; I will ask the class: “which one is healthier?” “Which one will live longer?” {They most probably will say the athlete!} “Which are you mostly similar to?” Then I will write the title on the board and ask students to discuss in pair how they will complete the sentence: “The secret to a long and happy life is … .”
Rationale: By doing this activity the students will engage in the topic. They will
Bibliography: Jim Scrivener, Learning Teaching: The Essential Guide to English Language Teaching 3rd Edition (Oxford:MacMillan Books for Teachers, 2005). Jeremy Harmer.The Practise of English Language Teaching, 3rd Edition, Longman, 2001 Clive Ocxenden, Christina Latham-Koenig, American English File: 3B, Oxford, 1997