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[LucyM]

I am currently completing an application form to complete a CELTA course in September. My main problem is that being a complete novice at this teaching English game and although being English I am having a bit of difficulty with some grammar aspects of the form, for instance writing phonemic scripts? I've brought a few textbooks which have been helpful but can anyone recommend any good websites that would be useful?? Any advice greatly appreciated!!

[anthyp]

Please take a look at this link:

http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/job/viewtopic.php?t=792

Which is a "sticky" thread in the General Discussion forum.

It's a discussion about a program for writing phonetic script in Word documents, called "phonmap." You can download this program for free here:

http://janmulder.co.uk/TEFLOnline/phonmap.htm

I, too, had trouble with the phonetic scripts part of my course! But it's really important that you know how to do it, as you'll eventually see once you start teaching!

Welcome to TEFL!

[CharlesTESOL]

A good general guide to grammar (although it doesn't touch on phonemics) is availabe at:

http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/toc.cfm

It might come in handy after you become a teacher, too.