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Claire_Northfield
Claire_Northfield
I'm a very dedicated and motivated learner. I want to be a...
Member since 11/12/15
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DONE!

And so the 60 hour course is completed with 55 days to go! Now to startn on the grammer study and all the other extras!!
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Checkpoint 5

Waiting nervously for my final attempt of checkpoint 5 to be marked - eeek!
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Checkpoint 4

Passed Checkpoint 4 on the first attempt! Yay! 
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Check Point 3 - Attempt 3 - EEEK!

Submitted my last attempt today and passed - HOORAY!!! Got very stuck on Question 25.. but after sitting down and reviewing it many times, I finally achieved it.    I never realised how hard English can be before I started studying it in depth. So many rules, and just as many exceptions to those rules, I feel very privleged that I'm a native English speaker!!!
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Checpoint 3 - Attempt 2

Ahh! So my three hours of work on checkpoint three last night, still gave me a failed attempt.  Had to re-do many questions - mostly at the end of the checkpoint. Now that I look at the answers I gave, I realise that after three hours of hard work, my brain turned to mush and I didn't read the questions properly and didn't answer to my full potential.  Now that I've had a fresh look...
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Checkpoint 3

Just submitted my first attempt to Checkpoint 3!   Found it absoloutley exhausting! One and a half hours trying to complete it... By far the hardest checkpoint yet!!   Tell me how you found it! What questions did you get stuck on?! Any tips for if I need to do another attempt?!   Nervously waiting for my results! - Wish me luck!!!
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New Year!

Happy New Years to all TEFLers!! I hope the New Year brings you much success in your journeys and travels!
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Checkpoint 2

I just passed my checkpoint 2 quiz after 3 attempts. Did others find it as confusing as I did? What got me was the tenses.. I know past, present and future.. but the continuous, perfect and simple aspects really got me. Comment and tell me what you think!
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Merry Christmas!

Just want to say Merry Christmas to everyone!   I'm looking forward to a great year of studying and teaching ahead and I absoloutley can't wait to get started!!    xox
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Day Two!!

Day Two! It's day two of my course and I've already had so many people emailing me, telling me how much they loved learning everything they did, and now they are going off to teach somewhere overseas! Please keep these emails coming as I love hearing everyones individual stories! It's so lovely to hear about everyones adventures!! xx
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