Pre-Selection Tasks (EF CELTA, 2012-05) 03 new new 0303.doc

EF CELTA Course (Part-time) Pre-Selection Tasks Full name: __Monica (Meng Zhenhuan)___ Date of task submission (yy/mm/dd):12/08/19____ Section ( Learning and Teaching Task 1 For each of the following statements, decide how far you agree or disagree with that statement and mark your answer in an appropriate place along the cline on the right. People mostly learn by doing. Language learning is not very different from learning other subjects, for example at university. The teacher’s main role is to share knowledge with the students and to ensure they can recall that knowledge. The teacher’s main role is to set up activities in which students can learn for themselves. Games are essential to an engaging language classroom. Coursebooks need to be adapted to suit each particular group of students. Students should finish learning the alphabet before trying to learn words and phrases. It is just as important to develop students’ listening, speaking, reading and writing skills as it is to develop their lexis, grammar and pronunciation. It typically takes about 2 years to learn a language like a native speaker. Language learners eventually need to learn to speak as well as native speakers. Task 2 In 200-300 words, describe a learning situation that you can remember being in that involved someone else as your tutor, instructor or mentor (eg. a convenor at university; a language teacher; a colleague introducing you to a procedure or technique at work; a friend helping you with a new computer programme; etc). What are some techniques or steps that s/he took that you found beneficial? Was there anything s/he did that you find unhelpful or even possibly detrimental? Overall, how did you feel about the experience? Please remember not to write in an informal style. There was a teacher named Sue in my university who helped me with my English learning. When I was a freshman, I wasn’t especially enthusiastic about English and became tired o