CELTA – Language Skills Related Assignment

Read your centre’s rubric

carefully

What does this task ask you to

do?

Make your own materials

Real world task

Work for the teacher

Rewarding

Tailored to learners

Authentic materials

What??!NOT designed for

language learners

Newspaper articles

Magazine articles

Menus/ brochures

Song lyrics

Video clips

What aren’t authentic materials?

Three parts

1 2 3

Choose your materials

Devise and describe receptive skills tasks

Devise and describe productive skills tasks

some background reading

1

2

3..and..

Part 1Choose your text

Consider the group

One of the TP groups that you teach on the course?

Interests

Level

Length

Learners’ needs

Timetable fit

Don’t forget to include a copy of

the material!

Part 2Receptive tasks

Reading

Listening

Do some reading about receptive skills

A bottom up approachA top down approach SkimmingScanningLooking at text organisation/ genre Listening/ reading for gistListening/ reading for specific information

Sub-skills

Task type Short answerTrue/ FalseCloze/ Gap fillDetecting mistakesSummarizing

eg.

Be specific

Include your tasks as you would give them to the

learners

Part 3Productive tasks

Writing

Speaking

Do some reading about productive skills

Sub-skillsFluencyAccuracy Pronunciation Intonation and connected speechUsing different genres/ register Turn-taking skills Using discourse markers Text organisation – paragraphs/ topic sentences

Task type eg.Speaking

Discussion on issues arising from the text Role-play based on the scenario

Writing Using the article as a model Responding in writing

Again, be specific

Include your tasks as you would give them to the

learners

Using a text as a context for grammar and vocabulary work is a useful thing to do…

BUT …it is NOT what is asked for in this assignment

Remember

Background reading

Ur. Penny A course in language Teaching

Hedge, Tricia Teaching and Learning in the Language Classroom

Nuttall, Christine Teaching Reading Skills in a Foreign Language

White, G. Listening

Hedge, T. Writing

Grundy. P. Newspapers

Common reasons for resubmission

Text is not appropriate• Too difficult • Too easy• Too long • Content not

likely to appeal

Tasks designed for grammar or vocabulary NOT for skills practice

Specific tasks are not included

Lack of reference to background

reading

Go od

L u c k!

Thank you!

jo.gakonga@elt-training.com