Home assignment
1. Do the Writing tasks of CAE examination.
PART 1
You must answer this question. Write your answer in 180-220 words in an appropriate style.
It is a tradition at the college where you study English to hold an end of year activity for all the students. The principal of the college has sent round an email asking students to write a proposal for this year's activity, in which they should explain why last year's activities were less successful, suggest new activities for this year and provide reasons for their recommendations. Using the extract from the principal's email and the advertisements for different activities on which you have made some notes, write your proposal.
Last year's activity was less successful than usual because it was held in the afternoon, did not include food and there was only one activity provided which not everyone enjoyed. Although the budget cannot be increased, I want this year's activity to be much more successful, and hope for some original proposals!
Write your proposal for the principal.
PART 2
Write an answer to one of the questions 2-4 in this part. Write your answer in 220-260 words in an appropriate style.
In class, you have been discussing ways in which tourism can have positive and negative effects on a town or country. Your teacher has asked you to write an essay based on your discussions, called 'Tourism, it's always a good thing'. Your essay should include the economy, environment and transport.
Write your essay.
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Topic 2.3 are you ready to go international? class 3
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2. Watch British educators teaching classes of international students. Discuss various aspects of the presentation including some – or all – of the following.
(1) The teachers’ skills.
(2) The students’ responses.
(3) The overall approach to teaching.
(4) The effect it might produce.
3. Read the description below. Get to know what you must have to be able to shine as an international educator.
CELTA
The acronym in the title comes from the Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults. Today, though, the name has been changed to the Certificate in teaching English to speakers of other languages. It is an internationally recognized professional credential for teachers of English as a foreign language. CELTA is a common requirement for those entering the field of English language teaching. It is a particularly popular credential among people who wish to travel and teach English around the world. However, it is also held by people who intend to teach only in the country where they trained, and do not intend to travel.
The full-time CELTA course runs for four to five weeks; it can also be taken part-time over several weeks or months. CELTA courses are run by many different institutions, whereas the courses are validated and certificates are issued by the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate, a part of the University of Cambridge.
The CELTA is awarded upon passing the course, which includes six hours of assessed teaching practice to real EFL classes at least two different levels of ability. The course grade is determined primarily by the performance of the candidates in this teaching practice; there are also four written assignments due throughout the course, which are graded on a pass/fail basis only. The grades awarded are Pass, Pass B and Pass A.
The full-time four-week course is very intensive. Even the part-time version of the course can take up more time than a full-time job for many candidates, especially those with no teaching background.
There are over 286 approved CELTA centers in 54 countries, providing almost 900 CELTA courses every year. In Belarus, CELTA courses are available at the Minsk-based International House teaching center. Any information you might need professionally is found online at http://www.ih.by/teacher-training/celta.html.
4. Test your grammar knowledge base. The following tasks below are taken from a sample CAE examination paper.
PART 1
For questions 1-12, read the text below and decide which answer (А, В, С or D) best fits each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0). In the exam you mark your answers on a separate answer sheet.
Example: 0 A amount В quantity С volume D extent