CAMBRIDGE CELTA APPLICATION
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Academic and Professional Qualifications
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Other languages spoken: (Please list and evaluate your level using beginner/Pre-Intermediate/ Intermediate/Advanced)
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References: (Please include a professional and a personal reference). Give the name, contact details, and their relationship
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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.
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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:
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Practical English Usage, by Michael Swan (Oxford 2006, 2013)
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Grammar for English Language Teachers, by Martin Parrott (Cambridge 2010)
LANGUAGE TASKS
A.
Grammar
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:
Tense:
Use:
1.
I learned to play chess in school.
Simple past
An action completed in the past
He is checking the door every day before going to bed.
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b)
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c)
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3.
B.
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I have been to London 2 years ago.
a)
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b)
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c)
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By the time he is seventy, he will visited many countries.
a)
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b)
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c)
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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
Explanation B
Means ‘that he visited Portugal sometime in the past and only the
experience is important now
B: Means ‘he went to Portugal in the past and is still there at the
present moment’.
Questions
1.
A
B
Explanation A
Explanation B
He stopped to call her back.
He stopped calling her back.
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2.
A
B
If they work hard, they’ll pass the exam.
Explanation A
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Explanation B
3.
A
B
Explanation A
Explanation B
C.
If they worked hard, they’d pass the exam.
She needn’t have completed all the work.
She didn’t have to complete all the work.
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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
Function
We 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.
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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.
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D.
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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?
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
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‘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.
Explanation
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Explanation
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aggressive/assertive
Aggressive
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Assertive
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win/beat
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Explanation
Beat _____________________________________________
3
Explanation
gourmet/glutton
Gourmet _____________________________________________
Glutton
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Phonology
Indicate the number of syllables and the main stress in the following words, using:
a.
stressed syllable
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b.
O unstressed syllable
ability o
example:
oo
furniture
o o
Questions
1.
procrastination
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2.
chairperson
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3.
probably
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4.
(a) project
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(to) project
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sentence
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insurance
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disintegrate
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impossible
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WRITING TASKS - APPROACHES TO TEACHING AND LEARNING
Please check your spelling and grammatical accuracy carefully after you have completed this section.
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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.
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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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