1. In this first assignment of the course we were asked to create a Language Learner
Profile based on a student’s performance in the English language. I consider this was very
helpful for it required lots of analysis and dedication, which certainly helped us improve
our abilities as future English teachers.
The Language Learner Profile was a quite useful assignment given that it gave us
the opportunity to focus on one learner’s strengths and weaknesses, indentifying them
and after a long analysis, proposing a solution to it. I consider this is very relevant specially
in our case, since it seems quite difficult to do this type of individual analysis on a real
educational Chilean context. For instance, in my experience in teaching practice centres, I
have seen many times how gifted and talented students are forgotten and eventually tend
to lose the ability they once had. Although it is not a daily reality, it is something that
happens on a regular basis and it is explained by the lack of time teachers have to
evaluate and study one by one student in the classroom.
From the many aspects involved in this assignment the one which caught my
attention was the lesson plan we were asked to propose in order to help the student
correct her mistakes. Although we knew the lesson would not be actually used to help the
student, it was very motivating to create a lesson plan in which she would have the
opportunity to learn and improve specifically to her own needs.
Camila Cuevas A.