This document is a linguistic needs analysis questionnaire from R. Poncela's website. The 14-question form asks about the learner's background, interests, education level, previous Spanish experience and study, situations where they need to use Spanish, skills they want to improve, and goals for their Spanish course. It aims to determine the learner's specific needs to tailor instruction and help them achieve their language goals.

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Your name
Your edge
Your level of education
What are your hobbies and interests?
What were your favourite subjects at school / university and why?
Your profession
How did you find us?
Why did you choose us to do your course?
Have you ever been abroad? If so, where and what type of holidays do you prefer?
Do you have any foreign friends? If so, are they Spanish native speakers?
What´s exactly your motivation to learn/improve your Spanish?
Have you ever studied Spanish before? If so, when, where and for how long?
If you have studied Spanish before. Could you describe the type of activities and tasks you
enjoyed most and explain why?

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Could you describe the type of activities and task you don´t like and explain why?
Could you describe a real example of a situation where you were trying to use your Spanish
and you were unable to express yourself clearly?
Can you describe your specific grammar needs?
How did you feel in that situation and how did you resolve it?
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Visual-spatial Intelligence
Verbal-linguistic Intelligence
Bodily-kinaesthetic Intelligence
Logical-mathematical Intelligence
Interpersonal Intelligence
Musical Intelligence
Intrapersonal Intelligence

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Naturalistic Intelligence
Can you give me a real example of situations where you have to or you will have to use your
Spanish?
Why it´s important to you to use your Spanish correctly in those specific situations?
How did you handle those situations in the past?
What are your goals for this course and how are you going to achieve them?
How much time do you spend daily to practice your Spanish?
Which of the following skills you would like to improve in class?
Speaking
Writing
Reading
Listening

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