Belfast Institute of Further and Higher Education

Email completed application form and pre-interview task to:

Belfast Metropolitan College

Centre for English Language Teaching

CELTA Application Form

ADMINISTRATION FEE – All applicants must pay a non-refundable administration fee of £20 at interview. Please tick the following box in order to show that you have accepted these terms and conditions:

PERSONAL DETAILS (Please insert photograph or bring with you on day of interview)

Name ______

Address ______

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Phone No: Work/Mobile______Home______

Email address ______

Date of Birth ______

Nationality ______

Mother Tongue ______

Present Occupation ______Full-Time/Part-Time______

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

School ______

Qualification ______Year ______Grade ______

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College or University______Year______

Qualification(s) ______

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Other Relevant Qualifications ______

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Knowledge of Other Languages ______

Level of Ability ______

EXPERIENCE IN TEACHING ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

(Previous experience is not a requirement for CELTA course)

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OTHER RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

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HOBBIES AND INTERESTS

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PERSONAL STATEMENT

(Please write on a separate sheet why you want to do the course and why you feel you would be a successful teacher of English as a Foreign Language)

REFEREES

Name: ______

Job Title: ______

Address: ______

Town: ______

Postcode: ______

Tel: ______

Email: ______

When do you want to do the course? ______

Which Celta Course

o Evening (part-time, 17 weeks)

o Intensive (4-week full-time)

o Online (17 weeks

When are you available for interview? ______

Where/how did you learn about the CELTA course at Belfast Met (please tick)?

Belfast Met Website:______Former CELTA trainee:______

Advertisement:______Cambridge Website:______

Other (please specify):______

A place will only be reserved after a first payment or full payment is made.

Reports and certificates will be retained by the centre until full payment of course fees has been made.

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PERSONAL STATEMENT

CELTA–Pre-Interview Task

Please complete the task below on a separate sheet and email it to the email address above. It is not a test so you may use a reference book if you wish.

Recommended grammar reference books:

Thomson & Martinet – A practical English Grammar (OUP)

Swan – Practical English Usage (OUP)

Murphy- English Grammar in Use (CUP)

1. Write a sentence giving an example of each of the following tenses.

e.g. Past Continuous: He was having a bath when the phone rang.

a.  Present Simple.

b.  Present Continuous.

c.  Present Perfect Simple.

b.  Present Perfect Continuous.

c.  Past Simple.

d.  Past Perfect Simple.

e.  Past Perfect Continuous.

f.  Future Simple.

g.  Future Continuous.

h.  Future Perfect Simple.

i.  Past Simple Passive.

j.  Present Perfect Simple Passive.

2. What would you say to a student who asked you the difference in meaning between these pair of sentences? Identify the verb form and explain the difference in meaning.

a. He’s always combing his hair.

He always combs his hair.

b. She speaks Spanish.

She’s speaking Spanish.

c. I had breakfast this morning.

I’ve had breakfast this morning.

d. She stopped to listen to the music.

She stopped listening to the music.

3. Look at the following words and decide which syllable carries the main stress.

Mark the words accordingly.

E.g. Photograph

a. Photographer d. Advertisement g. Practical

b. Photographic e. Objective h. Investment

c. Politics f. Advise i. Intoxication

4. The following modal verbs perform a specific language function (e.g. giving advice, making complaint, asking for permission etc.). State the use of the modal verbs underlined in the following sentences.

a. You must stay at home.

You must have left it at home.

You really must come round for a drink sometime.

b. I’ll (I will) help you with the washing up.

I’ll (I will) retire when I’m fifty.

I won’t tell anyone.

c. He should be on the train by now.

You should take an aspirin.

5. Think back upon your learning experience. Describe in not more than 150 words the teacher who made the best impression on you and why.

Pre Interview task originally designed by David and Marie Therese Swabey. Adapted by Andrea da Silva, Belfast Metropolitan College.