Cambridge CELTA Pre-Interview Task Name ______________________________________________________________________ Complete this task carefully. It is an important factor in considering your application. CELTA is an intensive four-week course of study. Because of this‚ candidates need to be fully prepared for the demands of the course and show that they are able to research language structures‚ a skill required of ESL teachers. Keep in mind that we cover language analysis on the CELTA course‚ so
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CELTA Assignment 1 I’ve been waiting here for two hours. 1. Meaning I was waiting here 2 hours ago. I am still waiting here. 2. Form Subject + have/has + past participle (been) + present participle 3. Pronunciation Contraction of I and have. Been has a short /i/. Stress on ‘/Wei/’ in waiting. 4. Eliciting Show picture 1 of a man standing with a clock above his head. The time is 12pm. Show picture 2 of the man still standing but the clock now says 2pm and he looks unhappy while
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CELTA Syllabus and Assessment Guidelines Third Edition CELTA (Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) is accredited by Ofqual (the regulator of qualifications‚ examinations and assessments in England) at level 5 on the Qualifications and Credit Framework. University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations 1 Hills Road Cambridge CB1 2EU United Kingdom Email: ESOLhelpdesk@CambridgeESOL.org www.CambridgeESOL.org EMC|2254|0Y12 © UCLES 2010 CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH: CELTA SYLLABUS
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Meaning: Ambitious is an adjective form. The context describes my brother as very ambitious because he has a strong desire to be successful and rich. Context: My brother studies all day and night in college. Sometimes he works so hard he has no free time. His dream is to
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CELTA Pre-Interview task Language awareness (please make notes) 1a.What problems of meaning might the following words present to a learner of English? a library a paper nervous get 1b.What problems might a learner of English encounter with the following pairs of words? live/leave ship/sheep glass/class dog/dock 1c.What problems might a learner of English encounter when wanting to write the following words? beginning necessary receive
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1. Background and education framework For this assignment I interviewed XXX‚ a 26 year old refugee from Eritrea. The political situation in his country is grave. It is a single-party presidential republic‚ where any kind of outspoken criticism is punished without trial. Back home the government recruited him to be a soldier and as he would not comply‚ he had to run. He fled to Slovenia with his wife‚ leaving three children in Eritrea to live with their grandparents until he and his wife find a
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1. Choosing the text Both Harmer and Scrivener are very direct with their advice for choosing texts for reading and listening: Grade the tasks‚ not the material. Despite keeping this in mind I felt anxious about possibly choosing an authentic text that would be discouraging for our group of elementary-level students due to its complexity. I settled on a list of tips for saving energy published on the National Geographic Kids website (see Appendix 1). I chose this text because we have
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Language Skills Assignment Section 1: Choice of authentic text The authentic text chosen is “Eight ways to work out at work”. It was published by our local Star newspaper on 8 April’13. It is also available online (please refer to Appendix 1‚ page 2 for the text). The choice of the authentic text was based on the following: From a learner perspective: 1. Connection to own life/situation: The text is of an interesting subject matter which learners can connect to as many of them use computers
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The purpose of this assignment is to examine and explain the reasons why I have chosen this specific article. According to what J. Scrivener says ‚ the usefulness and effectiveness of a text is related to how close to real-life the topic is. So I decided to pick an article that I spotted on a webpage a few days ago‚ it is a real news which reports the fact that young Chinese girls are literally queuing up to have their legs broken in order to be better able to find a rewarding job or a handsome
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Please fill in this form fully and carefully. Date of Application: __________ 1. Personal Details Family Name: ___________________________ First Name(s): ___________________________ Nationality: ___________________________ Mother tongue/1st language: _______________ Address: _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ Home Phone No: __________________ Work No: ______________
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