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LANGUAGE AWARENESS TEST
Which languages do you speak / read / write? Please comment on your level of proficiency.
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Please note that the course date you now apply for, may be filled by the time your test has been marked and you have been informed of the result.
Write briefly about why you want to follow the course and why you think you would be suited to teaching English. *
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LANGUAGE AWARENESS AND METHODOLGY TASK

PLEASE WRITE ALL YOUR ANSWERS IN THE SPACE PROVIDED

PART ONE: LANGUAGE
A. Grammar
Look at the incorrect verb forms in the following sentences. In each:
a. correct the sentence
b. name the correct tense
c. say why this correct tense should be used in the example.
The first one is done for you.
1. I read a book at the moment.
a. I'm reading a book at the moment
b. Present continuous
c. Used for an action happening now *
2. He's getting up at eight every morning. *

3. I've been to France two years ago. *
4. Can you come for a drink tonight? Sorry, I'll play tennis with my sister. *
5. At the station I realised I left the tickets at home. *
6. I'm in England since last week. *
B. How would you help a foreign student with the difference in meaning between these two examples? He's been to Paris/He's gone to Paris. *
His/her command of English is limited. (Think how you could demonstrate using visuals, the whiteboard and/or mime rather than explanation.)
C. Vocabulary
A foreign student at elementary level asks you the difference between the following pairs of words. borrow / lend......
How would you help her?
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Remember, her command of English is limited.
skinny / slim..... *
win / beat






D. Pronunciation
Say the following words aloud (try them in a sentence) and then mark the syllable that takes the main stress: like this:
hospital O o o
understand o o O
allow *
prediction *
controversial *
prefer *
preference *
photograph *
photographic *
photographer *
record (noun) *
record (verb)



PART TWO: LANGUAGE IN CONTEXT

Look at the exchange below and the labels on the right

A. Would you like to come to the cinema tonight? INVITING

B. Yes, I'd love to. ACCEPTING AN INVITATION

We call these labels (e.g. 'Inviting' etc.) FUNCTIONS. It is another way of categorising language, this time thinking more about what the language is actually doing. Look at the dialogue below and label the function of each utterance. Put your answers in the boxes on the right. *



A: Hey Bob. *
B: Yeah? *
A: Help me with this case, could you?.... *
B: Sorry, but Jenny's waiting for me *
A: O.K. Never mind. *
This is clearly an informal conversation, between two friends. Imagine a similar dialogue with the same number of lines and using the same functions between two people who do not know each other.


PART THREE: APPROACHES TO TEACHING AND LEARNING *
a. You have a group of adult beginner students. You want to teach them "Would you like..." as in, "Would you like a cup of coffee?"
What would you do? *
b. Think of two different learning experiences in your life (not languages), one of which was successful and one of which was not. List three main factors which made the experience successful or unsuccessful. *
c. Now think of your own experience as a learner of languages at school or elsewhere. What conclusions would you draw as regards what makes a good language lesson? Write a minimum of 200 words. *
Please add here any other comments you would like to make about your application or the course *