Cambridge CELTA Course

Language Related Tasks Assignment

Name:__Varsha Kashyap Date Submitted_08.10.2020______

Declaration: I hereby confirm that the work submitted here is wholly my own

___Varsha Kashyap________________________________________

Word Count: 800 (This must be between 750 and 1,000 words.)

The below marking grid is for tutor use only

Criteria for assessment Comments Met/Not yet

met

analyse language correctly for Continue to work your analysis, follow the in text Not yet met
teaching purposes instructions in red

correctly use terminology related Met

to meaning, form and phonology

access reference materials and Met

reference information you have
learned about language to an
appropriate source

use written language that is clear, Met

accurate and appropriate to the
task

Grade on first Submission: Resubmission Final Grade: Pass / Fail

Marked by: Imran Saifur Date: 19 Oct 2020

Double-marked by:______________________
This language related assignment demonstrates your ability to:

• research language items, their rules, and the terminology used to describe them
• analyse the meaning/use, form and phonology of vocabulary, functional
exponents, and grammar structures
• demonstrate how you would clarify meaning, form and phonology of target
language in class

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Assessment Criteria
To pass this assignment, you need to:
● analyse language correctly for teaching purposes
● correctly use terminology relating to meaning, form and phonology
● access reference materials and reference information you have learned about
language to an appropriate source
● use written language that is clear, accurate and appropriate to the task
●
Limit: 750 – 1000 words
Source: CELTA Syllabus and Assessment Guidelines

Using the text

While writing this assignment, you should always refer to language as it is used in the
article (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/28/spider-man-of-paris-climbs-four-storeys-to-rescue-
dangling-boy).

Writing the assignment

Use a separate language analysis sheet for each of the five language items highlighted in bold in the text.

• use the functional exponents analysis sheet for:

1. “Thank God, I saved the child.”

• use the grammar structures analysis sheet for:

1. “He explained to me that he had arrived from Mali a few months ago.”
2. The young man will next be honoured by French President Emmanuel Macron

• use the vocabulary analysis sheet for:

1. Footage
2. I could hardly

• write 125-165 words per language analysis sheet to stay within the word count
• include a source for each analysis sheet to show where you researched information about the language items
• for the clarification of meaning, form and pronunciation sections, you can take a photo of the whiteboard and copy
it into the document, or draw timelines / board work onto your printed assignment.
Research

Please consult:

Aitken, R. Teaching Tenses, Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd., 1992

Parrott, M. Grammar for English Language Teachers, Cambridge University Press, 2004
Swan, M. Practical English Usage, Oxford University Press, 2005
Workman, G. Concept Checking and Timelines, Chadburn Publishing, 2005
Collins Cobuild or Oxford English Dictionary

Common Reasons for Resubmission

• Language has not been analysed within the context of the text
• Concept checking questions do not effectively test students’ understanding of the
language
• Background reading (e.g. Swan, Parrott) has not been consulted or referenced in the assignment.
• Written language has not been proofread for accuracy and coherence.

Assignment designed by Arthur Laing, 2020

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 Language Analysis Sheet

Language Analysis Sheet for Functional Exponents

Write your target language here Write your context here

“Thank God, I saved the child” The speaker uses an expression – Thank God as a sign
of great relief when he realized that he had saved the
child from danger.
Analysis of Meaning Write your clarification here
The speaker was relieved as something terrible was avoided. CCQs –
He is expressing relief as he didn’t think that he would be Did the speaker get a relief after saving the child?
successful in doing a dangerous step. Was it a dangerous step?

Analysis of Form Write your clarification here

Semi-fixed expression + (Subject) + action verb + object We use independent clause after the expression –
1) Thank God, I saved the child. Thank God
2) Thank God, I passed the exam. It starts with a fixed expression followed by a subject
😊 and an action verb.

Write your analysis here Write your clarification here

Thank God, I saved the child Phonetics for thank god can be written as: /θæŋgɒːd/
There is elision that is happening – when we say Thank
 Thank God” is stressed to emphasize the feeling of God – The sound of K disappears (‘the sound of K’)
relief.
Phonetics - /θæŋgɒːd/

Language Analysis Sheet for Grammar Structures

What is your Target Language? In which Context is it used?

“He explained to me that he had arrived from Mali a In the text, the structure used by the writer is to talk about
few months ago.” actions that were completed before some point in the past.

Analysis of Meaning: Write your clarification here

In this sentence, “he had arrived” is used to refer to a
past action at a time earlier than a time in the past
already referred to.
😊

CCQs
CCQ1: Are we talking about the past?
CCQ2: How many actions are there in the past?
CCQ3: Did both actions happen at the same time? Which
happened first?
😊

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Analysis of Form Clarification of Form
He had arrived
subject + modal verb + had + past participle (V3) + He had arrived – Past participle
object He explained – Simple past
He explained to me that + he + had + arrived + from
Mali a few months ago. He went - Simple
The game had started – perfect clause
Sub + had + past participle ( perfect clause)
Sub + past form of word +….( simple past form) We can ask students to number the action in sequence
they occurred.
Analysis of Pronunciation Clarification of Pronunciation
The teacher clarifies contractions.
He explained to me that he had arrived from Mali a Whiteboard Analysis
few months ago. He had arrived – contracted form – he’d arrived
The modal verb is stressed here, and is contracted and Phonetics for arrived –
linked to the past participle. /hiːdərɑɪvd/
Phonetics for arrived –
/hiːdərɑɪvd/

Language Analysis Sheet for Grammar Structures

Write your target language here Write your context here

“The young man will next be honored by French
President Emmanuel Macron.
Write your analysis here
In this sentence, “will be honored” is used to refer to a
future development that the writer is 100% sure will
occur.
The passive structure is used to show that the focus of
the sentence is the young man.
Analysis of Form
subject + modal verb + be +V3 + object
The young man + will (next be) + honored + verbs in the sentence along with the modal verb.
by French President Emmanuel Macron (passive form)
show what the modal verb is followed by – (be + V3
form) of verb(Passive form)
In the text, the structure is used to describe an event that
is expected or planned to happen at a time of reference in
the future.
Write your clarification here
Marker sentences for future forms will be written on the
board, and students will be asked to match them to boxes
(“50% sure / 75% sure / 100% sure). Students should
draw an arrow from the marker sentence to the
corresponding box expressing level of certainty.
Whiteboard Analysis and CCQs
Who gave the honour?
Who is more important here?
CCQs-
Is it a future activity?
Is it 100% sure?
The passive structure shows us the relationship of the
doer and the subject.
Clarification of Form
Students will be asked to identify the correct form of
Whiteboard Analysis (Gap Filling activity)
The young man will be _____________(honor)
By French president Emmanuel Macron
In the above case the doer of the action is Macron and the
young man is focused as he is the receiver – Passive Form

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Analysis of Pronunciation Write your clarification here
“The young man will next be honored by French Will next be honored is a stressed syllable.
President Emmanuel Macron.”
The modal verb is stressed here and is linked with past Whiteboard Analysis -Phonetics
participle
There’s an intrusion here /bjɒnɜd/
Be + honored give intrusion - There is an intrusion /j/

Language Analysis Sheet for Vocabulary

Write your target language here Write your context here

Footage A clipping that shows Gassama is climbing to fourth

floor to save the child. It is a footage that is a part of the
cinema capturing sequence of events.

Analysis of Meaning and use Write your clarification here

Footage - part of a cinema or television film recording The teacher teaches the vocabulary and uses below
a particular event. CCQs:
😊 Is it a complete recording?
Is it a part of the program?

Analysis of Form Clarification of Form

Footage Footage is used as a noun here as it describes the
Uncountable Noun common action events taking place and is recorded.
We can give examples of different collocations
Movie Footage
Car Footage
Restaurant Footage

Analysis of Pronunciation Clarification of Pronunciation

Footage The teacher models the syllable stress using fingers, and
highlights syllable stress on the board.
Understanding the stress syllable
Whiteboard Analysis
Footage
/ˈfʊtɪd͡ʒ/
😊

Language Analysis Sheet for Vocabulary

Write your target language here Write your context here

I could hardly I could hardly click a picture – With despair the speaker
wants to say that barely he could manage to click a
photograph.

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Analysis of meaning and use Clarification of Meaning and Use
Barely / Almost zero chances of anything taking place.
I could hardly – Action is happening with great difficulty
Whiteboard Analysis
Take help with below CCQs
Was he able to stand up?
Was it difficult?

Analysis of Form Write your clarification here

I could hardly Whiteboard Analysis

We can ask the students to fill up the verb phrases to
Hardly - use of adverb combined with modal verb complete the sentences
(Could) I could hardly + ------ ( give examples of verb
I could hardly + verb phrase phrase)
E.g.:
I could hardly eat  I could hardly hear you
The speaker wants to hear but is unable to hear(showing
difficulty in hearing)

 I could hardly save the child

The speaker wants to save the child but is unable to save
the child.(Shows difficulty in saving the child)

Analysis of Pronunciation Clarification of Pronunciation

I could hardly – Stress syllable high on hardly with a Whiteboard Analysis

falling tone
I could hardly Phonetics-
aɪ kəd /ˈhɑːrdli/  I could hardly
aɪ kəd /ˈhɑːrdli/ 
😊

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