English so that they can use it in their business and when they travel would be awesome and to my mind there are not many higher callings. I have served a tenure of 21 ½ years with the New Zealand Army where I attained the rank of Sergeant. Promotion through the ranks required me to be taught how to give both physical and classroom lessons. During my time I have had the privilege of working alongside a number of the different nations of the world. I spent a total of 4 ½ years in Singapore and my time
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collect those books and to read them. I started to listen to songs for children in English‚ that was my introduction to the English language. All these story books‚ cards and dictionaries full of colorful pictures were not as good as the ones that we have today‚ but they were enough to make ‘English’ my passion. Learning English gives you a great chance to meet new people from all over the world‚ to learn about their countries‚ to learn how they live‚ what they eat and how they eat‚ to decide which
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In the article “Where Have the Good Men Gone?‚” Kay Hymowitz has very good points. I agree with most of the things she has to say. Our generation is very different from every other generation. I feel like not only men but women are lazy too. We were all raised different and raised with very different morals. As stated in the article men used to have their things together by the age of 20. Already married with children and in college on their way to getting a good job‚ now they want to sit around
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Where Have All the Leaders Gone? What is each of us giving back to our country? Do we truly love democracy? Are we too fat and satisfied for our own good? Do we really care about our children’s futures? And who will save the middle class? These are all tough questions examined in Lee Iacocca’s Where Have All the Leaders Gone? A self-made man who many Americans once hoped would run for president‚ Iacocca saved the Chrysler Corporation from financial ruin‚ masterminded the creation of the minivan
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Assignment 4 – Lessons from the Classroom The woods are lovely‚ dark and deep‚ But I have promises to keep‚ And miles to go before I sleep‚ And miles to go before I sleep. I decided to take the CELTA because it seemed like a fairly easy way to make some money while I traveling. However‚ a mere month’s exposure to teaching has given me the confidence to pursue teaching English as a serious career alternative‚ should I ever get sick of political antics and swindlers’ conspiracies
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Celta assignment 1 may use the infinitive oppose to the simple present for example tomorrow Students may fail to understand the reference to a future event because the use of a simple present. Students may struggle to pronounce the weak form in “the” and “at” Students The plane leaves at 10:00 tomorrow. A- Present simple + time marker Subject + verb in present simple tense + time marker B- Talking about a scheduled future event C- Students may find it difficult to use the present tense
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(Riddell.D‚2003:p258) The text was chosen to increase awareness of employment situations in the UK and to deduce factual information from newspaper advertisements. The individuals in my previous teaching practice have a number of things in common with each other although there will be significant differences between them in terms of age and level. The few things that everyone has in common is that most learners are learning English to be able to live in an English-speaking
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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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CELTA pre-interview task A 1 We never go to the theatre these days. Present Simple 2 We’re saving up to travel abroad. Present Continuous 3 We’ve already been to Morocco. Present Perfect 4 We didn’t have enough money to go further. Past Simple 5 We had spent all our savings by the end of the summer. Past Perfect 6 We’d been sleeping rough for several weeks when the weather turned colder. Past perfect Continuous 7 This year‚ I’ve been awarded a travel scholarship. Present
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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:
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