Application Form for Cambridge/RSA CELTA Course

Hamburg School of English Teacher Training Centre Application form for Cambridge ESOL CELTA course

Dates of CELTA course applied for: ......

PERSONAL INFORMATION

First name (s): ...... Family name: ......

Date of birth: ...... Nationality:...... (Date / Month / Year)

Native language(s):......

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GENERAL INFORMATION

1. How did you learn about this course? (if from internet, please give specific website addresses)

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2. Have you ever applied to take part in a CELTA course before? (YES / NO) ......

If YES at which institution? ......

3. Will you require accommodation during the course? (YES / NO) ......

4. Where are you hoping to work on completion of the course? ......

5. Interview: Type preferred (please tick): Telephone  On-Site in Hamburg 

Please state your availability for interview and preferred times:

Day (Monday – Friday) Times between 10:00 – 17:00hrs (Hamburg Time) 1st Choice 2nd Choice 3rd Choice

FOREIGN LANGUAGES

Language and level attained: ......

When and where learned: ......

Language and level attained: ......

When and where learned: ...... EDUCATION (from 16 years of age) Please add any extra information on a separate sheet.

CAMBRIDGE ESOL CELTA Hamburg School of English Teacher Training Centre Application form for Cambridge ESOL CELTA course

NAME OF QUALIFICATION DATES SUBJECTS INSTITUTION AWARDED

TEACHER TRAINING Have you received any formal training as a teacher (in EFL or other subjects)? Please give details.

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE Please give details of any English teaching you have been involved with including the levels of students you have taught (see overleaf).

DATES INSTITUTION POSITION FT/PT AGES LEVELS

NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING WORK EXPERIENCE (Please give brief details e.g. position, city) ......

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Current Employment: Please give details of any current employment (Company & position; full-time or part-time).

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REASONS FOR TAKING A CELTA COURSE

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CELTA Pre-interview Task

These tasks must be completed and submitted before an interview can proceed. Please keep a copy of this task for reference during the interview.

We would like you to complete the tasks in the following way: 1. Firstly, try to answer the questions using your own intuitions and ideas. 2. Then, if you wish, refer to dictionaries, grammar reference books or teaching methodology books to check your ideas. The following are required reading during the course and may be useful:

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English for Advanced Learners  An A-Z of English Grammar and Usage by Geoffrey Leech  The Practice of English Language Teaching by Jeremy Harmer (methodology)

NB. For many of the questions you will not find explicit statements in reference materials which provide you with neat answers. Don’t worry - use your common sense and don’t dismiss an idea because you think it seems too simple. The most obvious features of language can be easily over- looked but it is very important for a teacher to be aware of them. You may type or handwrite but please respect upper / lower case conventions.

PART A – LANGUAGE AWARENESS

1. Odd one out

Which of the items in each group is different from the others and in what way?

Example a) cat b) building c) man ship (c) is the odd one out because the other three form the plural with –s and man is irregular i. a) lake b) river c) pond d) sea

ii. a) to talk b) to play c) to bring d) to open

iii. a) He was interesting. b) He was smiling. c) He was smoking. d) He was reading.

iv. a) They cleaned their b) They had their c) They repainted their d) They tidied their living room. bathroom retiled. kitchen. bedroom.

2. Identifying and analysing learner errors

Below are several examples of learner mistakes. For each sentence do the following:

a) Correct the mistake. b) Identify the pattern in English grammar that the learner is overgeneralizing. c) Clarify why the pattern does not apply in this case.

Example: She buyed some new shoes. a) She bought some new shoes. b) The past tense of most verbs is formed by adding –ed to the base form (e.g. want – wanted). c) Buy is an irregular verb – the past forms of these verbs have no consistent endings and have to be learned individually.

i. I didn’t talked to Angela yesterday.

a) ______

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b) ______

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c) ______

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ii. This book is expensiver than the other one.

a) ______

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b) ______

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iii. I have seen the film Titanic ten years ago.

a) ______

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b) ______

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c) ______

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3. Language Functions

Read the following sentences. All contain the word ‘will’ but they have different functions. Match the sentences with the most likely function from the box.

offer promise request prediction

Example:  I’ll pay you back by Friday. ___promise______

i. Will you give me a hand? ______

ii. I’ll open the window. ______

iii. I won’t be late! ______

iv. I think she’ll take the job. ______

v. If you like I’ll give you a lift. ______

4. Word Stress

Underline the syllable that carries the main stress in the following words.

NB: The following abbreviations are used: noun = (n), verb = (vb), adjective (adj.), adverb (adv.)

Example: computer computer (n)

i. pleasure (n) ii. record (vb) iii. constituency (n) iv. television set (n)

v. Germany (n) vi. monotonously (adv.) vii. gregarious (adj.) viii. increase (n)

5. Pronunciation

What sort of pronunciation problems do you think learners may have with the following words and phrases? e.g. word stress, sounds, missing / adding sounds, intonation

Example photograph, photographer, photographic All these words have the same stem ‘photo’ but they are pronounced with different word stress. photograph, photographer, photographic

i. rough, though, through, cough ______

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ii. fish and chips, bread and butter, now and then (what problem do these have in common?) ______

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Part B: THINKING ABOUT TEACHING

Task: “A language teacher is like a …” Look at the following list of professions:

 Taxi driver  Driving instructor  Coach  Actor  Doctor  Detective

Choose two which you think relate in some way to being a language teacher and describe the relationship that you see.

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PART C – THINKING ABOUT LEARNING

Task: Now think about your own experiences as a learner. Think back to your time in school, or maybe you have been an adult learner. Please describe a specific successful learning experience you have had and state what made it so successful. Write about 400 words.

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