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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Assignment 2: Language analysis sheet Name: Julia__________________________ Date: _Aug.9‚ 2014_____________ Context and analysis of meaning/use Anticipated problems CCQs If I were you‚ I’d go to the doctor. Target Language: If I were you‚ I’d do something Meaning To give advice. The 2nd conditional is used to introduce an imagined situation which is impossible. Context: In building up context‚ the idea of advice needs to be established‚ as well as the fact that it’s something
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TARGET SENTENCE 1I’m meeting Dave for lunch on Sunday – Elementary Level / Grammar ANALYSIS | D ANTICPATED PROBLEMS | A MEANING You have plans to eat with Dave on Sunday So it is…. A planned future event This is an event that will happen in the future. | SS think because is present tense of [to be]‚ that this event is now / in the present. SS may not think it is a definite arrangement‚ more of a plan. Confusion with “meat”? Unlikely in this case | B PRONUNCIATION
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1. My car was stolen. E-mails were written. 2. Used when: • we focus on the action in the past • it is not important who did the action but what happened to the subject in the sentence 3. i. I had a very bad day yesterday because I had an important meeting at work and I woke up late. I decided to go to work by car because I was in a hurry. I went outside my house but I couldn´t find my car. I looked everywhere and then I realized that my car was stolen. I don´t know who did it. ii
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1.….everything that has happened to us during the day ….. MEANING 1. “has happened” is a grammar structure used for actions which started in the past but continue up to now or to talk about actions that have a result now. Timeline: x (x)(x) has happened past present future CQs : Did it happen in the past? Yes. Is the day going on? Yes. Is it likely to happen some more events? Yes.
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1. Structure I’m living with my parents because... Analysis present continuous (progressive) Meaning: used to talk about a temporary action or state which began at some unknown point in the past‚ is currently in progress (or occurring repeatedly) and will be completed‚ or stopped at some point. The action has a limited duration and is usually taking place at the time of speaking‚ although sometimes it can refer to the future. Form: Present tense of verb ‘to be’ (am/are/is) + present
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CELTA Written Assignment 1: Focus on the Learner Candidate name: Morkvenaite Ioana Word Count Date: Grade: Part 1 Natalia is 28 years old. She is Russian and she lives in Russia. She works as a chief event manager and she often deals with different people from other countries. She learned English at school and at University
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Introduction For this assignment I interviewed a Japanese student called Akiko. Akiko originates from North Tokyo and moved to England 3 and a half years ago with her husband and her son. Akiko has a very good level of education with a degree in Psychology which she obtained in Japan. She learnt English as a compulsory subject at school and has been learning to speak English for the past 10 years. Akiko would eventually like to teach English to children in Japan. As well as English‚ Akiko can
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CELTA-June 2013 Assignment 3: Skills-Related Part1: Justification of material choice For this Skills-related assignment‚ my choice of authentic reading material is “Few Places with Better Stories”. from Asian Geographic magazine (no 78 issue 1/2011‚ pages 30 and 35). As this magazine is widely read and it is also a popular TV channel‚ the students will be able to relate to it easily. I decided to use this article as I think it is appropriate for English Language learners at the Intermediate level
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CELTA Written Assignment 3 Language Skills Related Tasks Lucy Gudgeon-Brennand The authentic reading text I have chosen for Elementary students is a recipe page from a popular magazine and is approximately 150 words long‚ excluding ingredients. The reason I have chosen this text is because it is current‚ relevant to daily life‚ informative‚ visually appealing‚ and also based on a topic that people are naturally interested in – food. The universally familiar format this article takes; list‚ photographic
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