CELTA APPLICATION TASK

CELTA application task



CELTA application task

Task 1:

1.He's getting up at eight every morning

(i) He gets up at eight every morning

(ii) Present Indefinite Tense

(iii) Used for an action that happens everyday

2.I've been to France two years ago

(i) I had been to France two years ago

(ii) Past Perfect tense

(iii) Used for an action that has happened before



3.Can you come for a drink tonight?

Sorry, I'll play tennis with my sister.

(i) Sorry, I'll be playing tennis with my sister

(ii) Future Continuous Tense

(Iii). Used for an action that will happen laters.

4.At the station I realized I left the tickets at home.

(i) At the station I realized that I have left the tickets at home.

(ii) Present perfect Tense

(iii) Used for an action that has just happened

5. I'm in England since last week.

(i) I have been in England since last week.

(ii).Present Perfect Tense

(iii) Used for an action that has just happened

6. How would you help a foreign scholar with the difference in significance between these two examples? He's been to Paris/He's gone to Paris. His/her order of English is

Limited. (believe how you could demonstrate using visuals, the whiteboard and/or Mime rather than explanation.)



Answer: The foreign scholar can be helped in the regard to better understand the significance of the difference between two sentences through emphasis on the structure of the two different sentences as sense conveyed is totally different and can lead to misunderstanding in the communication. In this regard, even gestures can be used as a final resort and indeed they are very helpful in such situations as they occupy more than seventy percent in the communication process,

There is so much difference between these two sentences because the meaning of the word that he has been to England shows that there was a time when the person has gone to the England and visited it some times before. The meaning of the word that he has gone to England is that the person has just gone to the England.



PART TWO: VOCABULARY

Aforeign scholar at elementary level inquires you the distinction between the following pairs of words. How would you help her? recall, her order of English is limited.

2(a) scrounge / lend

Use loan' to express the proceed of giving cash or to another individual for a period of time before expecting repayment of the initial cash (plus interest if a commercial lend). For example:

Can you lend me $20 until tomorrow?

The bank lent her sufficient to buy a new car.

Important Note: You can furthermore loan' objects or things. In this case, the object is expected to be given back after a certain time span of time.

Verb types: Lend - loaned - loaned - Lending

Use scrounge' to express the act of taking cash from another person or organisation to pay back after a certain time span of time. For example:

Iscrounged $50 from a friend last week.

How much have you scrounged from the bank?

Important Note: You can furthermore scrounge' objects or ...