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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…

Cambridge CELTA assignment: Focus on the learner Part A My student’s name is Corrado, he’s 42 years old and his L1 is italian. He is an entrepreneur. In fact, he owns a bar where he works with two friends. However, he doesn’t need English at work as I thought. He loves to travel and that’s the main reason for him to learn English: he’s been to London many times and he would like to travel to the US as well and also he likes to organize his own trips so he needs English also to book hotels and…

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:…

CELTA Assignment 1: Lessons from the classroom A. I think my main strength is that I like interacting with people. In my career thus far I have worked in multi-disciplinary teams, made daily presentations and managed teams so working with people is natural and comfortable for me. I’m friendly, inclusive and approachable. I think this is an asset that will carry me far as a teacher. I have experienced teachers who were intimidating and I found it detrimental to my learning. I want my students…

Assignment 1 : FOCUS ON THE LEARNER Learner Profile Juan Carlos is a 50 year old native Colombian student, currently residing in Switzerland. He has an intermediate level of English. He works as an Information Technology (IT) engineer and has acquired the necessary English vocabulary to function effectively within this sector. He would like to improve his everyday English fluency in order to interact more effectively with the Lausanne immigrant community, which uses English as the primary language…

Selma Pasanbegovic Assignment 1 – Focus on the Learner Task a: Learner’s Background For the purpose of this assignment I chose Feruza, an Eritrean high school graduate. She was born and raised in Eritrea and came to live in Jeddah only five years ago. She studied English in an elementary school in Eritrea and continued studying it in an Eritrean International High School. She is not happy at all with what she has learnt during those years. She explained that during her elementary school years…

CELTA Assignment 1 – Language analysis Target statement: He can speak 5 different languages. Analysis a) Meaning To talk about present or ‘general’ ability. (Elementary) d) Anticipated problems Sts might confuse with permission b) Form statement: subj. + can + verb (bare infinitive) +… negative: subj. + can’t + verb (bare infinitive)+... question: Can + subj.+ verb (bare infinitive) +… Sts may use can for the future: I will can speak English Sts may add s when using the…

Christopher Clayton CELTA Assignment 1 ISE Language LTD Centre No. 56108 Assignment 1: Focus on the learner Background For this assignment I chose Fernando; a 25 year old Spanish male from Seville. Fernando is an upper intermediate student, and is currently preparing to undertake his First Certificate examination. Fernando has been living in England for 6 months, since he graduated from university in Spain last year. He has been learning English since he was 11, but has only…

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.…

CELTA WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT 1 LANGUAGE RELATED TASKS Look at the sentences below and identify the following: the verb form and structure the meaning (contrast the vocabulary items in number 4) possible student difficulties (in terms of form, meaning and phonology) a likely context through which you could teach the language (who says this sentence to whom and why?) check questions you might ask to check understanding (think about this in relation to your answer for b), your analysis of the function/meaning)…