Tania Contreras Novoa is an 18-year-old Chilean student who is studying at university. She provides details about her background, family, education and levels of English proficiency based on tests. She outlines strategies for improving her English skills, including reading strategies, use of resources, and a strategic study plan. Tania analyzes her strengths and weaknesses in English and what language skills are most important for her future goals of traveling, teaching English, and pursuing her university degree.

1. My English Language Learner Profile
Personal information:
Hello, my name is Tania Contreras Novoa I am 18 years old and I am Chilean.
Istudied in the municipal high school 'Antonio Salamanca Morales' and I live in
Coronel.In my family we are two brothers and three sisters and I am the first to
enter at University. I live with my mother and I love butterflies also I have a pet
named Amy and I hate my second name!
Foreign languages I know:
The foreign languages I know are the English and French, because in my High
School taught us the basics of these languages with dialogues, workshops, and
guides. I liked these languages so I started to study, getting very good grades as
6,5 and 6,7.
In the tests of the beginning of the year at University I knew my levels of English,
honestly I never realized a test of those so my surprise was great when I was saw
in a very basic level, something contrary to what happened in high school where I
stood out from the rest of my classmates.
These results in the interview were:
Nivel score
A1 46 KET
KET: recognizes the capacity of understanding of written and spoken English at a basic
level.

2. Levels of English that I have thought were:
B1 in listening. A2 in oral expression.
A2 in reading comprehension. B1 in writing.
B1 in oral interaction.
I use these strategies for reading comprehension:
Strategies I use before reading:
. I think about the cover, title and topic.
. I ask questions.
. I skim the pictures, charts and graphs.
. I think about what I know about the topic.
Strategies I use during reading:
. I stop and check to see if I understand what I’m reading.
. I make mental pictures.
. I identify confusing parts.
. I identify unfamiliar words.
. I reread to understand confusing parts and unfamiliar words.
. I record an unfamiliar word that I can’t figure out.
. I use pictures, graphs and charts to help me understand confusing parts.
. I stop and retell to check what I remember.
. I predict and adjust as I read.
. I raise questions and read for answers.

3. Strategies I use after reading:
. I reread favorite parts.
. I reread to find details.
. I picture characters, places and ideas.
. I predict what might happen to a character if the story continued.
I think the factors that can help me to learn English are: the use of books as basic
grammar, straightforward, also make a kind of pocket dictionary where I write these
words I do not understand, besides the multiple strategies mentioned as:
.Metacognitive strategies.
.Use the sense.
.Use the organizational skills.
.Use a variety of resources.
. Use the reading strategy.
. Make the most of my predominant learning style.
The factors I think have prevented me from learning English are:
I think that one of the most important factors in my English learning has been the
music also when I was in high school I had for a year a really good English teacher
who pushed me to learn more and improve my skills.

4. My predominant learning style:
I am visual.
My strategic plan to be successful as a language learner
My plan would be study every night one hour ormore, a lot of practice in
pronunciation andpay attention in class and read books in English with pictures.
What I think I can do in English at this stage
Now I can:
Listening
I can understand numbers.
I can understand classroom instructions.
I can understand greetings.
I can understand social conversations on different topics.
I can understand a short interview.
I can understand a description of a person.
I can understand simple phone conversation.
I can understand general and specific information in phone conversations.
I can understand in a conversation.
I can understand a conversation about a practical problem.
I can understand the sequence of events in a story.
I can understand the main ideas in an interview.
I can understand people talking about experiences and events in the past.

5. Speaking:
I can introduce myself.
I can ask and answer questions about nationality and age.
I can talk about my favorite activities.
I can describe someone.
I can agree and disagree with a suggestion.
I can talk about feelings.
I can order food and drink a restaurant.
I can ask for things in a shop.
I can make invitations and respond to invitations.
Reading:
I can understand a short article.
I can understand the sequence of events in an article.
I can understand the main ideas in a short article.
I can find the information I need in an article.
I can understand details in an article.
I can guess the meaning of words in an article.
I can understand the main idea of each paragraph in an article.
Writing:
I can complete form.
I can give personal information about myself in an email.
I can write about my future works plans.
I can write a thank you note.

6. My feelings and needs about English language learning
-I find it quite difficult to learn a language.
-I think that the most important thing in learning a language is to be able to speak.
-the most difficult thing for me is speaking.
-I would like to improve my pronunciation.
Needs analysis
English is important for me because: Since small I wanted to learn another
language.
I will need English in the future to: travel to another country and teach this
language to other.
I speak three languages. (1= just a little, 5 = fluently)
Language Spanish English French
Speaking 12345 12345 12345
Writing 12345 12345 12345
Listening 12345 12345 12345
Reading 12345 12345 12345
Number of year 14 years 7 years 2 years
studied
These things are very important for me:
Important
Not Quite Very
Describe people and things X
Tell a story X
Express opinions and discuss topics X
Participate in meetings X
Make presentations X
Socialize in English X
Reserve hotels or book tickets X
Order food in restaurants X
Receive visitors X
Read newspaper and magazine articles X

7. Make telephone calls X
Read business or technical texts X
Read for enjoyment X
Understand information on the internet X
Understand presentations X
Understand movies and TV programmes X
Write and read notes and memos X
Write and read emails X
Write and read personal letters X
Write and read busines letters X
Pass an exam X
The expectations I have of this course and this career is very good because I have spoken highly of
the teachers and of course at University, so I hope this course will serve to improve my English and
be in the future an excellent teacher, as I love English and love teaching!
Me and some friends at University.