CELTA, LANGUAGE SKILLS

You have 5 minutes to complete this test. Match the appropriate definition to the vocabulary.

1. Before you begin reading this section use a dictionary to define the following vocabulary:

Book Summary – Big Rain Coming is a lyrical story, told by Katrina Germein, set in an isolated Aboriginal community. It is a story about waiting for rain to come to their community and the tension that builds in the community as the rain clouds spread and darken. Whilst waiting for the rain, they wonder, when will the rain come? Author/Illustrator Bibliography – The author, Katrina Germein, was raised in Adelaide, South Australia. In the remote Aboriginal community of Minyerri, Northern Territory, she began teaching in 1997.

This essay written by Katherine Anne Porter, The Future Is Now, was written post World War II; however, the Cold War was brewing. At that time, people started having large families because they all believed in a brighter future for the next generation. Yet Katherine was about 60 years old at the time she wrote this essay, so she was aware of what was coming next. More war. This essay was organized well.

c. Fill out the boxes within the “Concept Map” utilizing the information analyzed from the discussions in Units 1, 3, 5, & 7.

c. Isolate and pronounce initial, medial vowel, and final sounds (phonemes) in spoken single‐syllable words.(1.RF.2.c)

The words in parenthesis are the base words. If a definition refers to the base word, you need to find the meaning of the base word in order to understand its meaning.

b. extremely monosyllabic: many syllables mean exactly the same thing, so it often confuses even Pohnpeians themselves.

Select four songs, finger plays, word games or poems that you can use to promote phonological awareness. Describe the strategies to promote phonological awareness among children whose home language is other than English.

2. Which of the following would be an appropriate way to add variety to your sentences?

I will determine whether [æ] and [eʌ] appear to be allophonic or contrastive by examining those target sounds in “Dataset B” and “Dataset A”. Both sounds are present in the datasets but they are never seen together in the same word. The environments of the sounds are determined in (i) and organized by sound to see if there are any patterns that arise.

7. In each of the following pairs of words, the bold italicized sounds differ by one or more phonetic properties (features). Give the IPA symbol for each italicized sound, state their differences and, in addition, state what properties they have in common. Example: phone—phonic The o in phone is mid, tense, round. The o in phonic is low, unround. Both are back vowels. bath bathe æ = Low, central, unrounded e = Mid, tense, unrounded reduce reduction ə = Low, lax, rounded v = Low, lax, unrounded cool cold u = High, tense, rounded a = Low, tense, unrounded wife wives e = Mid, tense, unrounded i = High, front, tense cats dogs æ = Low, central, unrounded o = Mid, back, rounded impolite indecent o = Front, lax, unrounded ɛ = Mid, lax, unrounded

c.     Try short hand for word – remember no one has to be able to read these notes but you so come up with short spelling for words that you will be able to read later.

The future is a time or a period of time in which we follow through from the moment of speaking or writing our intentions. It is a time that has yet still to come. The future is what we work for, to go through school and have a career, in order to have a better life. My parents have taught me to work hard for the things I want, and I wish to have a bright future. That is one of the reasons why I am here at CI, to get an education that will help me find a career with sufficient salary that will support me and my future family.

Talking about a future event. ‘The present simple is used for ‘timetabled’ future events’ .