CELTA Online Unit 14 Task 11 – Your Turn

Look at the student language below. Use your notepad to write notes on the following questions.

1. What are the errors in sentences 1-5?

2. How could you reformulate the underlined language in sentences 6-8 to make the sentences
more sophisticated but achievable for that level?

Student language

1. I love Liverpool football clup. (Int)

2. Where you do live? (Pre-Int)
3. My computer has a virus. (Adv)
4. I never go to shurch. (Upper Int)
5. I am here for a year now. (Int)
6. I have a good relationship (Int) with my classmates. (Int)
7. My mother always shouted at me when I was bad. (Upper Int)
8. I get up very, very early. (Adv)

Your response

Suggested answer

1. I love Liverpool football clup. (Int)

club
2. Where you do live? (Pre-Int)
Where do you live?
3. My computer has a virus. (Adv)
computer
4. I never go to shurch. (Upper Int)
church
5. I am here for a year now. (Int)
I’ve been here for a year now.
6. I have a good relationship (Int) with my classmates. (Int)
I get on well with my classmates
7. My mother always shouted at me when I was bad. (Upper Int)
My mother always told me off when I was naughty.
8. I get up very, very early. (Adv)
I get up at the crack of dawn.
Commentary

There are errors in sentences 1-5 involving pronunciation, word order and verb forms, which can be
corrected orally or on the board. The language in sentences 6-8 is correct but could be more
sophisticated for the level. It is important to encourage students to use natural expressions, such as ‘get
on with’ or ‘at the crack of dawn.’ Students can be prompted to do this by asking them if they know any
alternative expressions or by using gaps on the board to draw out language:

I have a good relationship with my classmates.

I _____ ______ _____ with my classmates.