BOSTON 2015 C7 CELTA JULY 20 - AUGUST 14

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Comment by Matthew Noble on July 24, 2015 at 7:47pm

Here's the SRT example. This is clearly a pass on first submission.

ExampleSRT.pdf

Comment by Matthew Noble on July 24, 2015 at 7:59am

Congrats on (almost!) completing Week 1 (occasionally folks don't...!). Consider how much you've already learned, and we're gonna do it (and more) 3 times over :)

Enjoy the day

Comment by James Mulkern on July 22, 2015 at 6:22pm

Matthew,

Thank you for the link to the PDF!

Comment by Matthew Noble on July 22, 2015 at 5:35pm

Here's a PDF copy of 'Learner English' by Swan & Smith for your FOL assignment (not due until Thursday of Week 2...if nothing else, just find your chosen Ss' L1 chapter and make it your bedtime reading in preparation for analyzing their spoken and written speech samples once you get them).

Swan%20%26%20Smith%20-%20Learner%20English.pdf

Comment by N Gan on July 22, 2015 at 3:05am

Thank you! Well, what I meant by "just ask questions over and over" is that there is a form the question part, match the answers with the questions you just formed, and then ask your partner five of these questions. Besides it being about ID cards in an overarching sense, it is generating around the same topic in each step. So I figured I would try to apply to a more "realistic" setting (if you can call it that) and place them in a context situation. My intention was to use it at the end-ish section of class.

I've been creating some worksheets and cutouts and am just finishing up my Grammar Language Analysis. I'm ready for bed soon.~ ^-^

Comment by Matthew Noble on July 22, 2015 at 2:58am

Sounds like a "freer practice" task at the *end* of a grammar lesson (once the target language has been clarified and practiced in a controlled way) as per the grammar lesson staging frameworks on handbook p15.

...if that *is* where that would fit, sound like a workable approach. I doubt you were actually meant to "just ask questions over and over" anyway?

The direct answer to your question is a "in general, absolutely YES". But in a principled way of course.

The book is *not* there to dictate exactly what you should do, and is written and designed in order to provide adaptable, upgradable material for teachers - not a pre-fab final product signed, sealed, and delivered. The book doesn't know your students, classroom, etc...you do.

That said, you also *should* "trust the book" to a great degree, especially early on in this course, as a source of sound practice and quality material. No need to reinvent the wheel.

Hope that helps. :)

Back to bed with me! (Dontcha just hate it when you pop up awake at 3am for no reason?) ;P

Comment by N Gan on July 21, 2015 at 11:16pm

Are we allowed to deviate from the book a bit? I would really like to incorporate my idea for a role-play instead of just asking questions over and over again. I have it pretty thought out, would it be okay to add? It would be to support Grammar: Wh- questions and Yes/No Questions

Comment by Matthew Noble on July 21, 2015 at 7:14pm

BTW, here are links to the files of your book's audio. Downloadable to your computer, and your phone, etc. Perhaps more workable than a CD these days! An option, anyway.

For the Upper-Int level book:

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B4m_FqU4Oew3fkJfWGpuMHVlbV9...

For the Pre-Int (CD broken into two sets):

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B4m_FqU4Oew3Rlc3ejk1TWFoa2s...

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B4m_FqU4Oew3dERMd0xVVUQxdGM...

Comment by Matthew Noble on July 21, 2015 at 7:09pm

Good luck with TP2s, those of you who have them. If you have any burning questions, you can post them up here....I can't promise to answer them in time, but perhaps another trainee will have an idea, or simply asking the question will help nudge you towards an answer? The point is, here's a kind of 'after hours' CELTA chat room! Feel free to use it as such!

:)

Comment by Matthew Noble on July 19, 2015 at 9:54am

Hey everyone (well, 2 so far!) and congrats on being just about to start your CELTA adventure. As you probably found out, there's one or two 'extra clicks' that need to be clicked to actually make your way into this group. So, those of you who have made it - when and if you can help others get all the way here (finding the 'accept invite' button is really the key, and the thing many miss) once we get started. It's really helpful if folks get on here ASAP, especially in order to have access to the downloadable course forms.

Okay, back to the fun stuff! Tomorrow is take-off, I'm sure you're excited. Kimberly (this courses' MCT or Main Course Tutor) and I (ACT - yep, the A stands for assistant...but that doesn't mean 2nd fiddle, it's 50-50 in all except official business/paperwork etc) are looking forward to meeting you. Also, you'll meet Chris along the way during this course - he's our trainer-in-training! And he'll work with you some as well :)

Final thing, here's a link to a fun glimpse into a CELTA to get you pumped: www.celtadiaries.com. If that's not the URL, Google 'celta diaries'...it's a video made during a course in Belfast, and quite a nice entertaining intro to the CELTA experience!

Cheers

Matthew

PS - this is YOUR 'wall' so don't hesitate to post on it! Questions, comments, links. I'll keep an eye on it, but it's also a handy way to cooperate and collaborate with your peers/cohort! :)

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