'Language Skills Essay\r'

'I started the Celta course in September 2011; therefore my only program line place has been to a group of 16 Level 1 students. This particular group is lively, engaged and eager to learn. It was snuff it that if after a session they had not learnt impudent vocabulary or mastered a attention-getting grammar rule they were disappointed.\r\nFor the purpose of this assignment I have chosen an denomination from the Reader’s pore January 2012 entitled ‘If I control the World’ by Dr Simon Thurley, Chief Executive of incline Heritage. I guess this textual matter has several advantages; it is suitable for all ethnical backgrounds and also gives students descriptions and insight into British culture. The language I look at is appropriate for Level 1, neither too easy nor too difficult. With the chosen text students get out be able to practice reading skills such(prenominal) as skimming for gist, reading for inclusion body and scan for information.\r\nThe te xt can also be utilise to give students practice in the productive language skills †speaking and writing, banter in class closely what students would do if they ruled the conception and for preparedness they could look into for example the account statement of Stonehenge. Although not a particular proposition requirement of this assignment students may learn unexampled vocabulary and it reinforces the unreal conditional, which we covered during one of the Teaching Practices in November.\r\nI would introduce the topic of treatment for the day’s lesson by get hold ofing students to intercourse about heritage sites in the UK giving Stonehenge (show a picture) as an example Ask if any of them had visited Stonehenge or any heritage sites. I would also footrace students’ familiarity of the vocabulary needed to answer the comprehension questions i.e. deciduous species, parochial, etc.\r\nFirst Reading In the first exercise I would give the students a sheet w ith the gist questions and inquire them to read through them. Then, I would ask the students to skim the text one by one in about 5 minutes and ask them to work in pairs to answer the following questions:\r\n1. Who wrote the article? Dr Simon Thurley, Chief Executive of English Heritage 2. What do you think the article is about? What Dr Thurley would do if he ruled the world?\r\nSecond Reading instanter I would ask the students to look over the exposit task questions, then scan and read the text again and answer the questions in pairs:\r\n1. Simon Thurley would plant a trillion trees, which would be good for climate change. What else would it be good for and what do trees represent in the world? Because they ca-ca the world more beautiful as they are always moving and growing and starting line the change of the seasons. Trees are the lungs of the world.\r\n2. How would Simon Thurley made sure that each child in the world had a smack of history, identity and belonging? By te aching children the history of the place they live in to give them roots. Everyone require a sense of belonging and a knowledge of historical background can make a big difference in attitude.\r\n3. Why would Simon Thurley establish all our old canals and train lines? We could put incumbrance back on barges and reinstate train halts in villages across the country so as to change magnitude the number of lorries and cars using the roads causing contaminant and traffic jams.\r\n4. Why would Simon Thurley impose a measure on all businesses that put up Christmas decorations to begin with 10 December? He would do this as he retrieves that Christmas is a time that should be fiddling and special. Also there are many batch who cannot afford to spend a great choose at Christmas and they feel alienated by the commercialized frenzy. He would then use the revenue from the taxes to overhaul less fortunate families over the Christmas period.\r\n5. Why does Simon Thurley think that alth ough a tunnel under Stonehenge would be pricy it is a priority and should be undertaken in the dear(p) future? Because having the main road so close, 25 yards, means that the monument is subject to fumes and noise.\r\n6. Does Simon Thurley believe that the bills donated to charities is used or purpose that it was mean? No he thinks that a lot of the money goes towards administrative costs and donors need to be reassured that their money will make a difference.\r\n7. How would Simon Thurley make it easier for everyone to get on with their lives? By making it iniquitous to ban things that people do in the silence of their own homes. He would repeal five outlaw things a year and have less interference.\r\n8. Does he think it is a good thing for anyone psyche to rule the world and why? No he does not because absolute power corrupts absolutely.\r\nWhilst the students are functional in pairs I would monitor and help if necessary. after(prenominal) they have completed the task I would ask individual students to give their answers.\r\nI could at this stratum reinforce the grammar of the unreal conditional â€Å"If I ruled the world I would….” and then open up the discussion and ask students to discuss in pairs what they would do if they ruled the world and then open the discussion to the whole group with an exchange of ideas.\r\nAs homework I would ask students to look up The English Heritage Internet site and pick a monument or building of historical sizeableness in this country and describe it.\r\n'