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Lucas Guirotane de Assuncao has applied for the CELTA course at International House Madrid starting October 1, 2019. He has completed the application form providing personal details like name, date of birth, address and languages spoken. He also answered questions about his education background, teaching experience and reasons for wanting to pursue CELTA certification. As part of the application process, Lucas completed a pre-interview task responding to prompts about learning, teaching, language awareness and conveying meaning without dictionaries. He outlined his future plans and reasons for wanting to gain the CELTA qualification in his extended written response.

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CELTA Application 2019T4

Lucas Guirotane de Assuncao has applied for the CELTA course at International House Madrid starting October 1, 2019. He has completed the application form providing personal details like name, date of birth, address and languages spoken. He also answered questions about his education background, teaching experience and reasons for wanting to pursue CELTA certification. As part of the application process, Lucas completed a pre-interview task responding to prompts about learning, teaching, language awareness and conveying meaning without dictionaries. He outlined his future plans and reasons for wanting to gain the CELTA qualification in his extended written response.

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CELTA APPLICATION International House Madrid

CELTA 2019_20
START HERE
Download this form, complete it, save it and return it to [email protected]

Course start date: October 01 - December 21, 2019 Blended Online Date of
application: 25/09/2019

PERSONAL DETAILS

First name(s): Lucas

Surname: Guirotane de Assuncao

Date of birth: 02/02/1996

Place of birth: Brazil

Nationality: Spanish

First language: Spanish

General health: Good

Address: Calle del Mármol, S/N, Urb La Paloma, Bloque 16, Bajo B, Manilva, Málaga

Post/Zip code: 29692

Phone: +34647149705

email: [email protected]

Present occupation: Teacher

GENERAL EDUCATION
Please supply details of secondary and further education, including dates and subjects.

Secondary:      

University/Higher:      

LANGUAGES
Please state what languages (including English) that you speak and the degree of proficiency.

     

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TRAINING / WORK EXPERIENCE
Do you have any formal training as a teacher? Yes No
If yes, please supply details.

     

Do you have any experience of teaching English as a foreign language? Yes No


If yes, please give details of dates, schools and levels.

     

Do you any experience of teaching other subjects? Yes No


If yes, please give details of dates, schools and levels.

     

What other work experience do you have?

     

Do you have any other professional training? Yes No


If yes, outline here:

     

Is there any other information that you think would be worth mentioning?

     

How did you hear about CELTA at International House Madrid?

     

Will you require help with accommodation? Yes No

IMPORTANT: Please note that acceptance on a course does not mean a place has been reserved for you.
To ensure a place after acceptance, a deposit of 400 Euros must be paid and the balance of the course fee
must be paid no later than one month before the start date.
FEES ARE NOT TRANSFERABLE OR REFUNDABLE.

I have read and accepted the above conditions.

Signed:      

Date:      

Please remember to complete the pre-interview task that follows.

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CELTA COURSE Pre-interview task

1. LEARNING
How would you characterise yourself as a learner?
     

2. TEACHING
Answer the following in 2 or 3 sentences:

How would you get students talking in class?

     

What are some of the reasons for and against teaching grammar rules?

     

How important is listening and reading when learning a foreign language?

     

What is a good way of teaching vocabulary?

     

What are the main reasons for and against correcting students’ mistakes?

     

3. THE TEACHER
Why do you think you are suited to language teaching?

     

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4. LANGUAGE AWARENESS

Which is the odd one out in each group and why? Consider both grammar and meaning.

a. The baby’s bottle.


The nation’s struggle.
The teacher’s absent.
The nurse’s pay.
The government’s defeat.

Why?      

b. The plane was hijacked by a woman.


The tourists were attacked by a gang.
The soldier was hit by a bullet.
The trains collided by a river.
Three hundred people were killed by the earthquake.

Why?      

c. She must have lost the address.


Alan must have been there too.
That must have been awful.
The thieves must have got in through the window.
I must have something to drink.

Why?      

Identify the mistakes in these sentences, explain the error and supply the corrected
version:

a. What did you say was your name?

     

b. I’ve been to China last year.

     

c. I would of liked to have seen that.

     

d. I regret to have damaged your book.

     

e. How long do you know Steven?

     

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Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it is as similar as possible in
meaning to the sentences printed before it. Start with the word given in bold.

a. You could be arrested for not giving a breath sample to the police.

Refusal …      

b. Philip’s inability to make decisions dates from his accident.

Ever …      

c. I really like her voice but not her choice of songs.

Much …      

d. He delayed writing the book until he had done a lot of research.

Only …      

5. TEACHING MEANING

How would you convey the meaning of the following words and phrases to a group of
language learners in the classroom? Do not use a dictionary definition. Assume a mixed
nationality class – so no translation is possible.

to switch (something on)

     

secretary

     

Congratulations!

     

reliable

     

manage to do something (as in ‘she managed to pass the exam’)

     

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6. EXTENDED WRITTEN TASK

Outline your reasons for wanting to do the CELTA course, what you hope to gain from it and
how it fits in with your plans for the future (350-400 words).

     

Please check your writing carefully for grammar, spelling and punctuation. We will use this
sample to determine if you have the level of written English required to follow the course.

Email your application to [email protected]


Important: if you are not using Microsoft Word, please save your file as a Word document or PDF
before attaching and sending.

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