CELTA Assessment & Feedback Flashcards

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

Answer: Praise effort, then address only major communication-blocking errors

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

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

Answer: Noting errors during a task and addressing them afterward

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

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

Answer: A formal observation feedback form

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

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

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

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

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

Answer: Elicitation

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

A 'recast' in corrective feedback refers to which teacher action?

Answer: Repeating the learner's utterance in correct form without explicit comment

A recast is when the teacher reformulates the learner's erroneous utterance correctly, providing implicit corrective input.