Charity update 3 – UNICEF / Soccer Aid

#Charity Update: For those who have bought the course last month, 10% of the course fee has been given to @UNICEF_uk.

Great game today with @socceraid. Last months donation will go to @UNICEF @UNICEF_uk Thank you to everyone who has taken the course with us.

 

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Charity Update 2 – Teenage Cancer Trust

#Charity Update: For those who have bought the course last month,10% of the course fee has been given to @TeenageCancer Trust. Thank You.

 

@TeenageCancer@_StephensStory An inspiration to many!

Charity update 1 – UNICEF

#Charity Update:

For those who have bought the course last month, 10% of the course fee has been given to @UNICEF_uk on your behalf. 

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Charity

At least 10% of the course fee will go to charity.

You pay nothing extra!

All you pay is the one-off course fee and we will donate at least 10% of this to charity on your behalf.

Selection of the charity

We aim to improve lives all over the world no matter what cause.

We will donate to different charities every month so we can help as many as we can. We hope to target the charities promoting education; this does not mean we will donate to this cause only.

Feel free to make a recommendation and we will make every effort to help the chosen charity.

“Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; show him how to catch fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.”

You don’t need to do the course to donate and make a difference; you can visit www.justgiving.com and select a charity of your choice.

We will keep you updated on which charity we have chosen on our social network feeds.

 

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What’s your grammar score?

Our recent launch of the Free Grammar Challenge has meant we have received an influx of positive feedback! People from all over the world have participated in taking this challenge to see how good their grammar skills are with surprising results!

From teachers to students, to colleagues in the workplace, this grammar challenge has encouraged the competitive streak within people. People have been sharing their scores on social media and challenging their friends to have a go to see who is better at grammar.

Why not share your score below and discuss what questions you found tricky (if any!) and find out if anyone got full marks?

Grammar Bytes 4 – Apostrophes – In time expressions

Apostrophes are used in time expressions; also known as temporal expressions.

 

In a temporal expression an apostrophe is positioned before the ‘s’ for a singular unit of time and after the ‘s’ for more than one.

 

E.g. I never did a day’s work in my life.

That is the equivalent of one year’s pay.

 

Please note it’s not always about time! Most of the expressions are time related but some relate to value and distance.

 

E.g. 5 euros’ worth of onions and 1 euro’s worth of potatoes.

 

One good tip to remember – Only use an apostrophe in an expression where the word ‘of’ might have been used. E.g. six months’ insurance.

Insight into CELTA 6 – The Grade

Like any other course or assessment many of us want to achieve the highest grade possible. The CELTA course is no different and the possibility of achieving the highest grade is just as achievable through hard work and determination.

CELTA Assessment is ongoing and focuses on your lesson planning, teaching, written assignments, development and your professionalism.

The assessment criteria is set by the University of Cambridge and you will be notified of the criteria at the start of your course.

At the end of the course, candidates may be awarded one of the following grades on their certificates.

Pass A

This means students have exceeded the written assignments criteria and teaching practice performance. The student is able to teach and manage a class of students independently.

Pass B

This means students have met the written assignments criteria and teaching practice performance at a significantly higher level than that required to meet pass-level criteria. Some continued guidance would be needed.

Pass

This is what most students achieve and it means overall that the student had met the criteria for written assignments and teaching performance. Continued guidance in a classroom setting would be needed.

Fail

Student has failed to meet criteria in some, or all assessed component and so has overall not obtained a grade for the CELTA.

Don’t worry about your grade, just do what is asked from you, focus on the feedback you receive and improve your teaching as weeks go on. If you do this you’ll be able to achieve the best grade.

The greatest ‘selfie’ ever?

How many of you were watching the Oscars last night? Wasn’t it great? Even if you didn’t get a chance to catch it, you probably would have caught a glimpse of what some are calling the greatest ‘selfie’ ever! This can definitely be proved by the fact that it set twitter alight once posted and was retweeted over a million times in less than an hour! 

 

How did this picture posted by Ellen DeGeneres get so many retweets you ask? My answer?… Why wouldn’t it? It included many famous faces such as Bradley Cooper,

Jennifer Lawrence, Brad Pitt and the chat show host herself! 

 

Why have ‘Selfies’ become the new trend of today? When you think of this word you will automatically think of social media sites. In fact, although this is a ‘slang’ word, did you know it is even included in the Oxford Dictionary? The word is self-explanatory really as it simply means taking a picture of oneself. Typically this is taken on their smartphone and is taken for the purpose of uploading onto social media sites. 

 

What is your opinion on this ‘Selfie’ and the use of this word in general?

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