CELTA CELTA Assessment & Feedback

Question 1

Which type of feedback is most appropriate immediately after a fluency activity in a CELTA lesson?

Accepted Answer

Praise effort, then address only major communication-blocking errors

Answer

After fluency activities, feedback should prioritize errors that impeded communication while acknowledging students' effort.

Question 2

What does 'delayed error correction' mean in a CELTA context?

Accepted Answer

Noting errors during a task and addressing them afterward

Answer

Delayed error correction involves the teacher noting errors during a task and then discussing them with the class after the activity ends.

Question 3

On the CELTA course, which instrument is most commonly used by tutors to give trainees structured written feedback?

Accepted Answer

A formal observation feedback form

Answer

CELTA tutors use a formal observation feedback form that identifies strengths and areas for development against the assessment criteria.

Question 4

What is the primary purpose of the 'Language Related Task' (LRT) assignment on the CELTA course?

Accepted Answer

To demonstrate trainees' ability to analyze language as a teacher would

Answer

The LRT assesses whether trainees can analyze language items — form, meaning, and pronunciation — at the level needed to teach them.

Question 5

Which feedback technique involves a teacher repeating a learner's error with rising intonation to prompt self-correction?

Accepted Answer

Elicitation

Answer

Elicitation prompts learners to self-correct by signaling through intonation or gesture that something needs to be reconsidered.

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