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CAMBRIDGE CELTA APPLICATIONFOR OFFICE USE

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Academic and Professional Qualifications

First language: ____________________________________

Other languages spoken: (Please list and evaluate your level using beginner/Pre-Intermediate/ Intermediate/Advanced) _____________________________________________

Academic & Professional qualifications: (please include dates & institutions in reverse order – attach a separate sheet if necessary)

English language teaching experience: (if applicable)

Other Work Experience

References: (Please include a professional and a personal reference). Give the name, contact details, and their relationship to you.

Reference 1 Reference 2



Written Tasks

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.

2. Please explain why you would like to take the CELTA course? Please write at least 150 words and use full sentences and paragraphs.



The CELTA course requires candidates to have an adequate level of English, ability to research language items and an aptitude for teaching. These tasks are designed to help you think about the English language and how it works.

To complete these tasks, you are encouraged to refer to grammar reference books, such as: Practical English Usage, by Michael Swan (Oxford 2006, 2013) Grammar for English Language Teachers, by Martin Parrott (Cambridge 2010)

LANGUAGE TASKS

A. GrammarLook 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 learned to play chess in school.Tense: Simple pastUse: An action completed in the past

1. He is checking the door every day before going to bed. a) _____________________________________________

b) _____________________________________________

c) _____________________________________________

2. I have been to London 2 years ago.a) _____________________________________________

b) _____________________________________________

c) _____________________________________________

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

b) _____________________________________________

c) _____________________________________________



http://www.amazon.com/Martin-Parrott/e/B001IZX36E/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1

B. Meaning

How would you explain to a learner of English, the difference in meaning between the following sets of sentences?

example: A. He’s been to Portugal.

B. He’s gone to Portugal.

Explanation A Means ‘that he visited Portugal sometime in the past and only the experience is important now

Explanation B B: Means ‘he went to Portugal in the past and is still there at the present moment’.

Questions

1. A He stopped to call her back. B He stopped calling her back.

Explanation A ____________________________________ Explanation B ____________________________________ 2. A If they work hard, they’ll pass the exam. B If they worked hard, they’d pass the exam. Explanation A ____________________________________

Explanation B ____________________________________

3. A She needn’t have completed all the work. B She didn’t have to complete all the work. Explanation A ____________________________________ Explanation B ____________________________________



C. Functions

1. Look at the following sentences and decide what function is being used in each case. The first one has been done for you.

Sentence FunctionWe are going for a walk. Why don’t you come along too? invitation

He lost his job? What a shame!

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 claim.

Please wear your seatbelts and switch off your phones.

2. What other functions can you think of that haven’t been expressed by the sentences above? Write them in the table in the spaces provided.

Sentence Function



3. a. Consider this request: Can you help me with this project?

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.

1. _____________________________________________

2. _____________________________________________

3. _____________________________________________

4. _____________________________________________

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?



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

Explanation ‘childish’ has a negative connotation and refers to someone behaving in an immature way.

‘youthful’ has a positive connotation and refers to someone who seems young, lively and energetic.

1 aggressive/assertive

Explanation Aggressive _____________________________________________

Assertive _____________________________________________

2 win/beat

Explanation Win _____________________________________________

Beat _____________________________________________

3 gourmet/glutton

Explanation Gourmet _____________________________________________

Glutton _____________________________________________



http://www.yourdictionary.com/denotative

http://www.yourdictionary.com/literal

E. Phonology

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

a. stressed syllable

b. O unstressed syllable

example: ability o o o furniture o o

Questions

1. procrastination _____________________________________________ 2. chairperson _____________________________________________ 3. probably _____________________________________________ 4. (a) project _____________________________________________ 5. (to) project _____________________________________________ 6. sentence _____________________________________________ 7. insurance _____________________________________________ 8. disintegrate _____________________________________________

9. impossible _____________________________________________



WRITING TASKS - APPROACHES TO TEACHING AND LEARNING

Please check your spelling and grammatical accuracy carefully after you have completed this section.

1. Think about your experience(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.



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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