Diploma Course Pre-interview Task
Name:
Date of Course Applied for:
Please send, email this pre-interview task along with your completed application form.
1) In the space below we’d like you to write about a recent lesson where you incorporated a focus on phonology, such as the practice of English phonemes or the use of stress and intonation in sentences. Describe how this was done and comment on how successful you were in achieving your phonological aim(s).
2. Please attach separately a recent lesson plan for one of your regular classes. This can be brief and should contain:
· Overall aim and main teaching points
· Class profile
· Anticipated difficulties and assumed knowledge
· Materials used (please supply copies of any handouts if possible)
· Staged procedural notes
We will discuss this lesson further at interview.
3. Look at the following learner error and state:
Tom’s been to Paris. I expect he’ll be back next week.
a) The correct form
b) What is the rule that the learner doesn’t know
c) How you would correct the error
4. Your group of Intermediate learners have already studied the Present Perfect Simple and Progressive in separate lessons and now wish to present the two forms together by way of comparison and contrast.
a) Suggest a context that will allow you to present both of these forms to your learners.
b) Suggest further practice activities that will help your learners to use these two forms correctly.
5. Look at the following pairs of sentences and describe the difference in meaning between them. The first one has been done for you.
a) 1. Do you like coffee?
2. Would you like some coffee?
b) 1. You mustn’t drink it
2. You don’t have to drink it if you don’t like it
c) 1. He’s been in prison since 1989
2. He was in prison from 1989 to 1994
d) 1. I’ll see Nicola tomorrow
2. I’m going to see Nicola tomorrow
e) 1. I saw the policeman cross the street
2. I saw the policeman crossing the street
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