Language Lab, International House Johannesburg
54 De Korte Street
4th Floor, Aspern House
Braamfontein
Johannesburg, 2001
Tel: (011) 339 1051
Fax: (011) 403 1759
Application form for the intensive four week Cambridge CELTA
(Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages)
*This form and the pre-interview task are to be handwritten.
*Please complete them carefully and return them, having kept a photocopy for your self.
Date of Application: ____________ Preferred course starting date: (Day) _______ (Month) _______ (Year) _____
1.
PERSONAL DETAILS
Surname: __________________________________________________________________________________
First Name(s): _______________________________________________________________________________
Date of Birth: _____________________________________ Age: _____________________________________
Nationality: _______________________________________ First Language: ____________________________
Present / Permanent Address: __________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________ Post Code: _______________________________
E-mail Address: _____________________________________________________________________________
Telephone Number where you can be reached: ____________________________________________________
Present Occupation: _________________________________________________________________________
Work Telephone Number: _____________________________________________________________________
Medical Conditions / Medications: ______________________________________________________________
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2.
EDUCATION Please state where you have studied and give dates
Secondary School Qualifications: ________________________________________________________________
Higher Education: ___________________________________________________________________________
Other relevant qualifications: ___________________________________________________________________
Which languages do you speak/read/write? _______________________________________________________
Please comment on your level of proficiency: ______________________________________________________
3.
TRAINING
3.1
Do you have any formal training as a teacher? (Please give details)
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3.2
Do you have any experience of teaching?
a)
English as a Foreign Language? (Please give dates, schools, and details of levels etc)
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b)
Other subjects?
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3.3
What other work experience or professional training do you have?
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4.
REASONS FOR APPLICATION
Please write about:
a)
why you want to follow the course
b)
why you think you would be suited to teaching English.
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5.
REFEREES
Please give the names, addresses and telephone numbers of two referees who would be prepared to give
relevant support to this application. Indicate in what context they know you.
1) Name: ________________________________________ 2) Name: _________________________________
Address: _______________________________________ Address: __________________________________
Telephone number: ______________________________ Telephone number: _________________________
Relationship to you: ______________________________ Relationship to you: _________________________
How did you hear about our courses? ____________________________________________________________
Signature ________________________________________ Date _____________________________________
IMPORTANT
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Please note that acceptance on a course does not mean a place has been reserved for you.
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A place cannot be reserved until a deposit has been paid.
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The balance of the full fees must be paid no later than two weeks before the start of the course.
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Deposits and fees are not transferable or refundable.
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Please do not send any money with this form.
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PRE-INTERVIEW TASK - Cambridge/RSA CELTA Candidates only
Please complete this task carefully as it is one of the factors we take into consideration when making a decision
about your application.
You may like to refer to a grammar book e.g. “Practical English Usage”, by M. Swan in preparing your answers.
NB Answers should be handwritten, not typed.
6.
THE TASK IS DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS
Part One
CORRECTING A STUDENT’S MISTAKES
Each of the exchanges below contains a mistake.
In each case:
a)
underline the mistake
b)
write the corrected version in the space provided
c)
write in simple terms, as if speaking to a learner of English, how you would make the correction
clear.
i)
a)
“I’d like some informations about your courses.”
“Certainly, here’s our brochure.”
b)
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c)
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ii)
a)
“Have you got any money?”
“Yes, I’ve been to the bank yesterday”
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c)
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iii)
a)
“Is John ill? He’s lost a lot of weight.”
“Yes, he is rather slender these days, isn’t he?”
b)
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c)
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iv)
a)
“Why didn’t you answer the telephone?”
“Because I had a bath.”
b)
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c)
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Part Two
APPROACHES TO TEACHING AND LEARNING
Imagine that you are teaching a multilingual group of 12 adult learners at beginner level.
i)
What problems might your students have in understanding the meaning of these sentences:
I’ve got
: a headache
: a sore throat
: a cough
Problems with meaning:
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ii)
What problems might they have in pronouncing them?
Problems with pronunciation:
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iii)
Outline some ideas on how you could teach these expressions.
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3.
You are teaching a class of beginner adult students in Johannesburg. They have just arrived in the city
and will be living there for six months.
Suggest three language areas that you would choose to teach them in the first week and say why this
language would be useful for them.
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