Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 617 views

    CELTA Language Awareness Task FINAL

    Uploaded by

    Teddy Broughton
    This document provides an example language awareness task for applicants to the Cambridge CELTA (Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults) course at St Giles International in Brighton, UK. The task consists of 8 questions assessing verb forms and tenses, vocabulary, pronunciation, and language functions. Applicants are asked to provide examples and explanations for each question demonstrating their metalinguistic knowledge of the English language.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    CELTA Language Awareness Task FINAL

    Uploaded by

    Teddy Broughton
    617 views2 pages
    This document provides an example language awareness task for applicants to the Cambridge CELTA (Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults) course at St Giles International in Brighton, UK. The task consists of 8 questions assessing verb forms and tenses, vocabulary, pronunciation, and language functions. Applicants are asked to provide examples and explanations for each question demonstrating their metalinguistic knowledge of the English language.

    Original Description:

    CELTA Language Awareness

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    This document provides an example language awareness task for applicants to the Cambridge CELTA (Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults) course at St Giles International in Brighton, UK. The task consists of 8 questions assessing verb forms and tenses, vocabulary, pronunciation, and language functions. Applicants are asked to provide examples and explanations for each question demonstrating their metalinguistic knowledge of the English language.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as docx, pdf, or txt
    617 views2 pages

    CELTA Language Awareness Task FINAL

    Uploaded by

    Teddy Broughton
    This document provides an example language awareness task for applicants to the Cambridge CELTA (Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults) course at St Giles International in Brighton, UK. The task consists of 8 questions assessing verb forms and tenses, vocabulary, pronunciation, and language functions. Applicants are asked to provide examples and explanations for each question demonstrating their metalinguistic knowledge of the English language.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as docx, pdf, or txt
    You are on page 1of 2

    St Giles International, Brighton CELTA

    Educational Trust

    1 Marlborough Place, Brighton, Sussex BN1 1UB


    Tel: 01273 682747 Fax: 01273 689808 Email: ttraining.brighton@stgiles.co.uk

    Cambridge CELTA Courses


    PRE-INTERVIEW LANGUAGE AWARENESS TASK

    Name __Oscar Taylor__________________________________________

    If you would like to be considered for interview, please complete this task on a separate
    piece of paper and return the answers to us with your application form.

    The following books may be useful for reference for some questions:
    Practical English Usage Swan OUP
    Grammar for English Language Teachers Parrott CUP
    Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary OUP
    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Longman
    Macmillan English Dictionary for Advanced Learners Macmillan
    Teaching English Grammar Scrivener Macmillan

    1 Verb Forms
    Write an example sentence to illustrate each of the following verb forms and
    underline the relevant form
    Example: (Future Perfect) By the time he gets there, everyone will have left.
    a) Present Continuous
    b) Present Simple
    c) Past Simple
    d) Present Perfect Simple
    e) Past Continuous
    f) Present Perfect Continuous
    g) Past Perfect
    h) Future Simple
    I) Future Continuous

    2 Meaning and Use


    How would you explain the difference in meaning or use between the following pairs
    of sentences?
    a) He teaches English.
    b) He’s teaching in room 5.
    c) I’ve seen him this morning.
    d) I saw him this morning.
    e) He needn’t have gone to the police station.
    f) He didn’t need to go to the police station.
    3 Use of Modal Verbs
    Explain the different use of the modal verbs will, should, can and must in the
    following pairs of sentences.
    a) It will be dry, with sunny spells.
    b) I’ll get them for you.
    c) He should be back by lunch time.
    d) You should see a dentist.
    e) He can speak three languages.
    f) You can borrow it if you like.
    g) You must come to dinner next time you’re in town.
    h) That must be the postman now.

    4 Vocabulary
    Why shouldn’t the following pairs of words be taught as exact synonyms?
    a) large / great b) tall / high
    c) lazy / idle d) begin / start
    Please give examples to support your points.

    5 Language Function
    The following language forms are used to request others to perform an action:
    Do me a favour and pass that paper, will you?
    Could you possibly pass me that paper?
    You couldn’t pass me that paper, could you?
    a) Give examples of three further forms that might be used to make similar
    requests.
    b) What factors are relevant in deciding which of these forms to use in a given
    situation?
    6 Pronunciation - Syllable Stress
    Mark the syllable that carries the main stress in the following words:
    Example: advantage
    remember geology democrat
    understand geological democratic
    injure milkbottle demand
    7 Pronunciation - Sentence Stress
    Explain the difference in meaning between the following pairs of sentences. The first
    sentence is neutral and in the second sentence the word in capitals is heavily
    stressed:
    a) Have you met my wife before? c) Can you buy me a second copy?
    b) Have you met MY wife before? d) Can you BUY me a second copy?
    e) She has pretty hair.
    f) She has pretty HAIR.
    8 Pronunciation - Vowel Sounds
    From the following list, pair the words that have the same vowel sound:
    Example: sad - match
    seat heard love bread bin could dawn still put laugh meat
    cup heart four friend soup wash turn pool hot

    You might also like