CELTA Assignment 1
CELTA – Language Related Tasks
1. a vandal - (intermediate)
a) ‘A vandal’ can be defined as ‘someone who destroys or damages buildings’.
b) One way of eliciting ‘a vandal’ can be to show different pictures that focus on an individual damaging and breaking property. Ask the class the following question to draw the answer out of them:
What do you call the man who is doing this? (while pointing at the person in the picture)
c) The following concept check questions can be asked:
Is a vandal doing something right or wrong? (Wrong)
Does a vandal destroy property? (Yes)
Is a vandal allowed to do what they’re doing? (No)
Will a vandal get in trouble if they’re caught? (Yes)
d) Van-dal is two syllables and the stress is on the first ‘a’.
2. stagger (the way of walking) - (upper-intermediate)
a) Stagger can be defined as ‘to walk with a bit of a limp’.
b) It can be elicited through miming by limping from one side of the room to the other and asking the students ‘What am I doing?’
Ask the students the following questions:
What’s called when you walk in a funny way but can’t control it?
What’s another word for sway?
c) The following concept check questions can be asked:
Does stagger mean to walk straight? (No)
Does it look like normal walking? (No)
When you stagger are you about to fall? (Yes)
Would someone stagger if their leg was hurt? (Yes)
d) Stag-ger is two syllables and the stress is on the ‘a’. The ‘r’ at the end is silent because the end of the word is pronounced ‘ga’ rather than ‘gar’.
3. reliable - (pre-intermediate)
a) This can be defined as ‘someone who is safe to trust’.
b) It can be elicited by asking the students the following questions:
What word can you call someone that you trust?
What do you call a person who can help you?
What’s another way to say someone is helpful?
c) The following concept check questions can be asked:
Can you trust and depend on someone reliable? (Yes)
1. a vandal - (intermediate)
a) ‘A vandal’ can be defined as ‘someone who destroys or damages buildings’.
b) One way of eliciting ‘a vandal’ can be to show different pictures that focus on an individual damaging and breaking property. Ask the class the following question to draw the answer out of them:
What do you call the man who is doing this? (while pointing at the person in the picture)
c) The following concept check questions can be asked:
Is a vandal doing something right or wrong? (Wrong)
Does a vandal destroy property? (Yes)
Is a vandal allowed to do what they’re doing? (No)
Will a vandal get in trouble if they’re caught? (Yes)
d) Van-dal is two syllables and the stress is on the first ‘a’.
2. stagger (the way of walking) - (upper-intermediate)
a) Stagger can be defined as ‘to walk with a bit of a limp’.
b) It can be elicited through miming by limping from one side of the room to the other and asking the students ‘What am I doing?’
Ask the students the following questions:
What’s called when you walk in a funny way but can’t control it?
What’s another word for sway?
c) The following concept check questions can be asked:
Does stagger mean to walk straight? (No)
Does it look like normal walking? (No)
When you stagger are you about to fall? (Yes)
Would someone stagger if their leg was hurt? (Yes)
d) Stag-ger is two syllables and the stress is on the ‘a’. The ‘r’ at the end is silent because the end of the word is pronounced ‘ga’ rather than ‘gar’.
3. reliable - (pre-intermediate)
a) This can be defined as ‘someone who is safe to trust’.
b) It can be elicited by asking the students the following questions:
What word can you call someone that you trust?
What do you call a person who can help you?
What’s another way to say someone is helpful?
c) The following concept check questions can be asked:
Can you trust and depend on someone reliable? (Yes)