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1. Please describe one good learning experience and one negative learning experience that you have had. Please write at least
150 words and use full sentences and paragraphs.

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2- Please I · whY you would like to take the CELTA course? Please write at least 150 words and use full sentences and
ex Pam
paragraphs.

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The C~LTA course requires candidates to have an adequate level of En lish . .

teaching. These tasks are designed to help you think about th E 1· hgl , ability to research language items and an aptitude for
e ng is anguage and how it works. .

To complete th:se tas~, you are encouraged to refer to grammar reference books such .
• Practical Enghsh Usage,_by Michael swan (Oxford 2006, 2013 ) ' as.

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l. look at the following sentences and decide what function Is being used In each case. The first one has been done for you.

Sentence Function

We are going for a walk. Why don't you come along too? Invitation

He lost his Job? What a shame I

You could have fed the cat.

I must stop eating junk food.

Could you possibly do this on ,your way back?

let's go for a walk.

How annoying!

We are sorry about the delay in processing your c1aim.

Please wear your seatbelts and switch off your phones.

2. w_~~t..ether functions can you think ofthat haven't been expressed by the sentences above? Write them in the table in the spaces
provided.

Sentence Function

Can you help me with this project?

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Give examples of four other ways we could make this request. Write down two Increasingly formal ways of making the same request

and two less formal ways.

2. b. What factors are important in deciding which of these forms should be used?

.3. c. Which exponent of request would you choose to teach to a beginner class? Why?

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LANGUAGE TASKS

A. G@mmar
Look at the Incorrect sentences below and:
a) correct the verb;
b) name the tense;
c) comment briefly on the use of the correct tense.

example: I had learned to play chess In school..

Correction: I teamed to ploy chess in school.

Tense: Slmple post
Use: An action completed in the post

1. He Is checking the door every day before going to bed.

a) \\e. c:ho..ck., -\:Ma. doM- '!IIAiq\ be.§ort- !J'i~ low .

b)

2. I have been to London 2 years ago.

a) "I u.>eML Xe l..cM.d,.o,n jfoo wax.o Of'•

b)

3. By the time he is seventy, he will visited many countries.

a) B'a :::t::w, \:iro..a, ....\.,..c. 'l,.., o w ~ -; ko hull \om , t u t ' • ~ ~ ~-

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B. Meaning

f10'f' wq1M Y<?H e,xlll~.in. t9 a l\!~.rner of English, the difference in meaning betw~en the following sets of senten~es?

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He's been to Portugal.

A.
example: He's gone to Portugal.
B.
Means 'that he visited Portugal sometime in the past and only the experience is

Explanation A important now

8: Means 'he went to Portugal in the post and is still there at the present
Explanation B moment'.

Questions He stopped to call her back.

1. A
He stopped calling her back.
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If they work hard, they'll pass the exam.

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If they worked hard, they'd pass the exam.
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She needn't have completed all the work.

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She didn't have to complete all the work.

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D. Vocabulary

When we look up a word In the dictionary, we find Its literal (denotative) meaning and suggestive (connotative) meaning. Depending
on our associations, emotions and experiences, certain words can have a positive, negative, or neutral connotation.

Explain In simple terms, the difference In meaning between the following sets of words:

example: childish/youthful

'childish' has a negative connotation and refers to someone behaving in an immature

Explanation
way.
'youthful' has a positive connotation and refers to someone who seems young, lively and
energetic.

1 aggressive/assertive

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E. Phonology

Indicate the number of syllables and the main stress in the following words, using:

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a. e stressed syllable

b. O unstressed syllable

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3. probably

4. (a) project

5. (to) project

6. sentence

7. insurance

8. disintegrate

9. impossible

WRmNG TASKS - APPROACHES TO TEACHING AND LEARNING

. . carefully after you have completed this section.

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1· Think about your experlence(s) In learning a foreign language. What do you think makes an effective language lesson?
Please write at least 150 words and use full sentences and paragraphs.

2. The CELTA course requires a lot of teamwork. For example, you are required to work together on lesson planning as well
as give and receive feedback following teaching practice sessions. Imagine that a sensitive colleague has delivered a ·
weak lesson. How would you present feedback, keeping in mind the need to learn, as well as your colleague's feelings?
Please write at least 150 words and use full sentences and paragraphs.

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3. In some cultures, students are expected to speak only when spoken to by the teacher and to interact only with the
teacher. Do you think this is good practice? Justify your answer. Please write at least 150 words and use full sentences
and paragraphs.

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