1. Language Learner Profile Project reflection:
Language Learner profile was the assessment of Unit Three, where teaching
materials were designed in order to analyze a specific English language student in
areas such as linguistic needs, problems, and possible future development. Being a
student-centered assessment, in pairs we analyze students’ needs, learning styles in
such a way that teacher conducts a useful methodology for the student. As a result,
we had to make a planning (lessonplan) integrating the data collectedand carry them
out in a class. For this task, a student of eighth grade from the Adventist school was
selectedto be interviewed. Analyzing his exposure to the English language, I realized
that Diego, the interviewee, mostly had problems of pronunciation and grammar. As
a result, it was necessary to create a plan that would focus on these two aspects.
Moreover, the evaluation required an interview which consisted of two parts:
· Questions in Spanish about your learner´s English-language-learning
background.
· Questions in English to elicit sufficient language to characterize the learner´s
linguistic production.
Despite the fact that the study of this case took time, this was very useful
because through the analysis of phonetic transcriptions, I was able to identify
phonetics and grammatical mistakes, general errorsand the frequency of them. On the
other hand, this course is directly related to the course pedagogical practice, where
different formats of planning are taught to apply based on skills, objectives, learning
outcomes, assessments etc.
I think the purpose of the study was to gain a greater ability to help students
who have specific problems by communicating in English. As a future English
teacher, this will help me to comprehend what are the needs of the students; since the
lesson plan will be oriented toward contextualize particular needs. Thus, I will
understand and will attend the problems of the students in the future.
