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Recent professional development:

I decided to take the CELTA for two reasons. Foremost, I was absolutely convinced about the highly

ractical nature of the course that will add a great deal of strength to my rofessional rofile. !econdly, I

was attracted by its international reutation as a assort to an international career in English language

teaching. The course is challenging as it urorted to be and hard work is the only way to get through.

The inut sessions focused on the essentials of teaching methodology. The key areas I learnt from the

CELTA course include"

a# $nderstanding the learners and the teaching%learning conte&ts 'e.g. learning styles, motivating

factor, uroses for learning at etc.#

b# Analysing language for teaching uroses 'conte&tuali(ing language, focus on meaning, form and

ronunciation#

c# )eling the students develo their recetive and roductive skills

d# Teaching grammar and vocabulary in conte&t 'e.g. using timelines and Concet *checking

+uestions and etc.#

e# lanning lessons effectively for a smooth and efficient learning rocess 'e.g. drafting outcome

based lessons lans, describing rocedure in details, identifying interaction atterns, ordering

activities, anticiating roblems in the rocess of learning and etc.#

f# -anaging the rocess of learning and teaching 'e.g. giving clear instructions, using aroriate

aroaches, methods and techni+ues, using air%grou work, monitoring and giving feedback and

etc.#

g# eveloing teaching skills and rofessionalism from reflective ractices.

Assessed teaching ractice and lesson observations heled me to understand theory in ractice, thereby

taking our understanding of teaching methodology to a more rofound level.

Teaching Strengths:

Planning lessons and resources:

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/0our lesson lans are clear and detailed.1 'Li(#

/0ou use technical e+uiment cometently1 'Li(#

/ T two had a strong lan1 ' 2ichard, !tage 3ne rogress 2ecord#

A well thought a, structured lesson with a good logical flow1 'Li(, T 4#

/ 5ery detailed rocedure as usual1 'Li(, T 4#

/ well6structured%staged reading lesson and each stage was well signosted1 'Li(, T 4#

Material design

/0our materials are well adated and reared1 'Li(#

/ e&cellent materials1

Classroom teaching and management:

/ 0ou start off energetically, and energi(e the grou1 ' 2ichard, T 7#

Clarity of handling -F '2ichard, T7#

/ very good, clear setting u of tasks and grouing 8 signosting1

/0our language lesson was clearly resented1 ' Li(#

/The students were involved in a variety of ractice activities1 'Li(#

/The skills lesson was well6staged1 'Li(#

Classroom management skills have shown good develoment too. 'Li(#

/ Clear resentation of -F1 'Li(#

Developmental Needs:

Time Management:

/9e aware of how much time activities are taking and ace your lessons accordingly.1

/The lesson lost ace in the last :; minutes or so, you stretched out the ractice activity1

/0our timing was an issue in T 71

/ 0our timing was much better but you need to teach students not the lan1

/ The ace of the lesson was good

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Error correction:

=hen you monitor, notice selling errors.

/>ow you need to think about doing some delayed error correction1

/ 0ou had a missed oortunity to do some delayed error correction1

Learning to simplify:

Resisting TTT

mproving reflective practices