Please complete all pages. There are 7 in total; it might take you about at least one hour, but you can save your details by clicking at the bottom of the page, so that you don't have to complete the form all at once. The application form begins with personal details and continues with a pre-interview task with 6 questions relating to language, as well as ideas for language teaching.
We will contact you to organise an interview when we receive your application.
Before the interview candidates will be asked to complete two more short tasks to assess writing, spelling and punctuation. These will take a maximum of 30 minutes.
At the interview the course tutors will discuss your application and make sure that the course is suitable for you. There will be time for you to expand on your answers to tasks and to questions.
Please bring a photo or picture from a magazine or newspaper that you could use for presenting or practising new vocabulary or language in class. Be prepared to describe how you would use this visual with a group of adult learners.
Identify the part of speech of the underlined words in the following text.
Example:John has never been to Darwin before. to = preposition
When observing teaching 1) practice, trainers 2) should have a copy of 3) the trainee's lesson plan 4) and any materials 5) that accompany it. Most trainers 6) make notes 7) quickly while observing and will refer to 8) them when 9) writing up a teaching practice report. One way 10) of organising these notes is to have columns for strengths and points for development.
(Thornbury, S. 2007The CELTA Course , CUP)
In everyday interactions, people use language for a wide variety of social purposes e.g. to give advice, to make requests, to apologise, etc (‘communicative functions’ in the jargon of language teaching). For each underlined phrase in the following dialogue, choose a suitable functional label from the selection below.
LINDA: a. What can we do on Saturday, Pete?
PETE: Well... we could go to Vic Market..... or b.how about going to the beach?
LINDA: Mm ... c.I’d rather go to the beach, I think.
PETE: Yeah ... good idea. d. Would you like me to cook dinner on Saturday night?
LINDA: That'd be lovely.e. I’d make something quick and easy, though ... f. we might not be back till early evening.
Write in cApitals the main stressed syllable/ vowel sound in the following words – i.e. which syllable is emphasised most strongly when the word is pronounced correctly?
Example: f a n t A s t i c
1 acknowledge identify omit
2 beautiful auxiliary unilateral
3 budgerigar canary cockatoo
4 photography photograph photographic