Good Hope Studies, 11 Mariendahl Ave., Newlands, 7700 Cape Town, South Africa | Tel.: +27 - 21 - 683 1399 [email protected], www.ghs.co.za | Members: W. Graser / A. Kratochwil, Austrian | Graserkrat Studies CC, CK 88/28644/23 Pre-Interview task Please complete this form carefully and fully. Use extra sheets and attach as required. Consult reference books as you wish. Please note that this is a post-graduate course aimed at practising teachers. Cambridge recommend that candidates have around 1200 hours teaching experience, post-initial teaching qualification. When complete please send to: [email protected] EQUAL OPPORTUNITY POLICY All candidates for courses at Good Hope Studies Cape Town will be selected without regard to race, gender, religion, physical handicap, or sexual orientation and will be treated equally in all respects. Please attach two lesson plans for classes you have taught, stating level and aims. One plan should be for lexis or structure and the other to teach skills (reading, writing, speaking or listening). You should include cover sheets profiling the class and stating overall aims and anticipated problems and solutions. The procedure should set out how the lesson is taught and have aims, timings and interaction patterns for each stage. You need enough detail for a thinking teacher to be able to reconstruct the lesson. Attach a copy of any materials you used in the lesson. Please also send us your own written evaluation of the effectiveness of the lessons you have described, with particular reference to strengths and weaknesses in your planning and teaching. In total you will need 400-500 words for each lesson plan. Please also add a brief list of published materials you have used or are very familiar with (coursebooks, supplementary books and other materials).
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GoodHopeStudies,11MariendahlAve.,Newlands,7700CapeTown,SouthAfrica|Tel.:[email protected],www.ghs.co.za|Members:W.Graser/A.Kratochwil,Austrian|GraserkratStudiesCC,CK88/28644/23
Pre-InterviewtaskPleasecompletethisformcarefullyandfully.Useextrasheetsandattachasrequired.Consultreferencebooksasyouwish.Pleasenotethatthisisapost-graduatecourseaimedatpractisingteachers.Cambridgerecommendthatcandidateshavearound1200hoursteachingexperience,post-initialteachingqualification.Whencompletepleasesendto:morgan@ghs.co.zaEQUALOPPORTUNITYPOLICYAllcandidatesforcoursesatGoodHopeStudiesCapeTownwillbeselectedwithoutregardtorace,gender,religion,physicalhandicap,orsexualorientationandwillbetreatedequallyinallrespects.Pleaseattachtwolessonplansforclassesyouhavetaught,statinglevelandaims.Oneplanshouldbeforlexisorstructureandtheothertoteachskills(reading,writing,speakingorlistening).Youshouldincludecoversheetsprofilingtheclassandstatingoverallaimsandanticipatedproblemsandsolutions.Theprocedureshouldsetouthowthelessonistaughtandhaveaims,timingsandinteractionpatternsforeachstage.Youneedenoughdetailforathinkingteachertobeabletoreconstructthelesson.Attachacopyofanymaterialsyouusedinthelesson.Pleasealsosendusyourownwrittenevaluationoftheeffectivenessofthelessonsyouhavedescribed,withparticularreferencetostrengthsandweaknessesinyourplanningandteaching.Intotalyouwillneed400-500wordsforeachlessonplan.Pleasealsoaddabrieflistofpublishedmaterialsyouhaveusedorareveryfamiliarwith(coursebooks,supplementarybooksandothermaterials).
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Task1Lookattheverbsunderlinedinthefollowingincorrectsentences.Ineach,a)correctthetense/structure,b)namethecorrecttense/structure,andc)saywhatthemeaningofthecorrecttense/structureis.Thefirstoneisdoneforyou.1. Ireadabookatthemoment.a.I'mreadingabookatthemoment.b.PresentContinuous.c. Usedheretodescribeanactionhappeningnow,oraroundthistime.2.Howareyou?Ididn’tseeyouforagesa.b.c.3.A:There'sthephone!B:OK,I'mgoingtoanswerit.a.b.c.4.She'sbeentothebankyesterday.a.b.c.5.(reminiscingaboutchildhood)Iwouldhaveapetdog.a.b.c.
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Task2Lookatthefollowingstudenterrors.decidea)whattheproblemisb)thepossiblereasonsfortheerror.Thefirsthasbeendoneforyou.1. Hewaswalkingdowntheroadandhefelloffa) theverbchoiceiscorrectbuttheparticleiswrong-shouldbefalloverb) studentknowsthatitisa2-partverbbutdoesnotseemtoknowthecollocation,orthe
differenceinmeaningbetweenfalloffandfallover.It’spossiblethat2-partverbsdonotexistinthest’slanguage,ordifferentparticlesareused.2. Doyouhavegotanybrothers?a) problemwithform–studentrealisesthathe/sheneedstouseanauxiliaryverbbutb) seemstobeconfusing‘doyouhave’and‘haveyougot’–bothofwhichcanbeused.3. (toanacquaintance)Whatisyourweekendprogramme?4. (studenttoteacher)Givebackmyhomework!5. (talkingaboutalight)Pleaseturnonit.6. Hegavemesomegoodadvices.
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Task3Lookatthefollowingpiecesoflanguage.BrieflydescribehowyouwouldconveytheMEANINGofthewordorwordsunderlinedtoagroupofearlyintermediatestudents,andhowyouwouldCHECKTHEIRUNDERSTANDING.Shestumbledatthecurb.
Hedidn’tknowwhetherhewascomingorgoing.
Heshouldhavefinishedthisbynow.
Wedon’tgetonthatwell,butweputupwitheachother.
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Task4Pleaseanswerthefollowingquestionsbasedonyourownbeliefs,eitherinformedbyexperience,intuitionorresearch.Pleasewriteinprose,approximately1000wordsintotal.1. Whatdoyouconsidertobeyourmainstrengthsasateacher?
2. Whatdoyouconsidertobeyourmainweaknesses?
3. Howcouldyouhelpyourselfdeveloptheseareasofweakness?Thinkofatleast2practical
ways.
4. Considertheextenttowhichyouagreewithanyofthefollowingstatements:
• InordertoproperlymasterEnglish,alearnerhastoknowandunderstanditsgrammar.
• Itendtoteachfrommycoursebookandhavelittletimetocreatelessonsformylearners.
• IstillsticktomostoftheprinciplesIlearntinmyinitialtrainingcourse(CELTA,for
example);suchasincludinglotsofpairworkandkeepingteachertalkverylow.
• AllEnglishdialectsareofequalvaluetostudents.
• Youhavetoknowthemothertongueofyourlearnersinordertoreallyhelpthem–most
mistakestheymakearebecauseofL1(theirfirstlanguage).
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