Celta Pre-Course Essay

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Pre-Course Task Task1 1.Anticipated context: Lessons in groups Multilingual group Open group Part-time courses Learners with formal education Mixed ability group Mixed gender group Small classes Day and evening classes Native speakers and teachers with non-English-speaking backgrounds 2.Expected teaching context after finishing the course: Lessons in groups monolingual groups closed groups similar ability groups mixed gender groups day classes Task 2 1.Actually,I haven’t decided yet if I am going to teach adults. The matter is the previous several years I was teaching young learners. Hope ,I’ll have an opportunity to compare teaching English to different age groups. 2.Having passed numerous stages in studying foreign languages ( English and French) I can empathize with the learners who only start studying a new language. At my lessons aspire to be creative, friendly and patient. 3.Adult learners can be characterized as self-motivated, well organized and having good analytical skills. Task 3 1. I’d like to find out about their previous learning experience, aims and motivation for learning English. For further lesson planning some information about their hobbies and interests would be useful. 2. One can find out about learners personality through tests, questionnaires,interviews and various games ( guess Who). Task 4 I think the most challenging students are those who have a lack of motivation. Task 5 To my mind the learners’ top five could look like this: 1.gives clear information and feedback 2.have a good sense of humor 3.is enthusiastic and inspires enthusiasm 4.is patient 5.paces lessons to match the learners Task 6 List of associations with the word grammar: -structure -parts of speech -tenses -charts for memorization -the word itself is almost a palindrome) Grammar G Task 7

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