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NAME:
AGE & NATIONALITY:
GROUP:
JOB AND/OR STUDIES:
LANGUAGES (AND LEVEL):
MONTHS/YEARS YOU HAVE STUDIED SPANISH:
LANGUAGE CENTRES WHERE YOU HAVE STUDIED SPANISH
(Name of the centre and book you used in each course, if you can remember)
1st Centre.2nd Centre.FIRST PART. WHY DO YOU WANT TO LEARN SPANISH?
Tick the answer(s) you agree to
1. Why do you study Spanish?
a. Because I need Spanish to get a job or a better job.
b. Because I have a few friends who speak Spanish.
c. Because my parents, boss urge me to study it.
d. Because I want to go to an Spanish-speaking country.
e. Because I am going to sit for an Spanish exam: DELE, Official School of Languages...
f. Because I like learning languages.
g. Because I am going to travel or live in an Spanish-speaking country.
h. Other reasons (and/or some explanation):
2. What do you expect to be able to do at the end of this course?
a. Talk about the place I live in and the people I know with Spanish-speaking friends.
b. Understand announcements on arrival and departure of trains, planes at a station or an airport.
c. Read the messages of posters and signs I can find in the street or in public buildings.
d. Fill in forms with my personal data: check-in in a hotel, get a visa...
e. Keep a conversation about immediate necessity topics or everyday matters.
f. Understand somebody when they speak slowly and clearly asking me about me, my family...
g. Follow written instructions about the management of a washing machine, a video...
h. Write postcards to my friends or relatives: congratulating, telling anecdotes about my holidays...
i. Other expectations:
Anyway, in this course: what skills would you like to get and how well?
Use arrows to join the items in both columns
SKILL
LEVEL
- Speaking
- Understanding
- Reading
- Writing
Beginner 1 (A1)
Beginner 2 (A2)
Intermediate 1 (B1)
Intermediate 2 (B2)
3. How many hours do you wish to devote weekly to Spanish when you are not in the classroom?
a. Between 1 and 2 hours
1. I relate the new word to those I already know, grouping them according to their categories: food,
colours...
2. I write a sentence where that word appears.
3. I use the photographic memory: I remember the new word where I have seen it.
4. I create my own dictionary, writing the new word and its meaning.
5. I memorize the new words drawing something that stands for them.
6. I create rhymes and poems with the new words.
7. I repeat or write the word a lot of times.
8. I say the word as I carry out a physical activity that represents it.
9. I usually revise the vocabulary and the new grammatical rules.
BASED ON THE KNOWLEDGEMENT
10. I look for resemblances and differences between my mother tongue and Spanish.
11. Whenever I can I am in touch with Spanish: I watch films or listen to music ... in Spanish.
12. I read a text a few times to be able to understand it.
13. I keep a relationship via mail or e-mail with Spanish speakers.
14. I summarize what I learn and create hypothesis about how Spanish works.
15. I speak in Spanish whenever I am not in my classroom.
16. I look up in the dictionary the words of a text I do not understand.
17. I read again what I have written to improve my writing ability and correct possible grammatical,
spelling, vocabulary mistakes...
18. In class I take notes in Spanish.
19. I divide the new words in parts I know to get their meanings.
-3a-
COMPENSATING
20. When I do not know the meaning of a word in a text, I try to guess through the context.
21. I use sign language when I do not remember a word or I use a similar word.
22. When I speak to someone I imagine what his/her answer will be before he/she answers.
23. If I do not remember a word I ask for help to a classmate or the teacher.
METACOGNITIVE
NAME:
GROUP:
WHAT IS YOUR IDEAL TEACHER LIKE?
Answer YES, +/- or NO to the statements according to the following key:
YES: it is essential +/-: it is not necessary NO: it is not essential
YES
1. He is nice. ........................................................................................................
2. He helps those students who have more problems. .....................................
3. He is creative: he works using different activities and techniques. ...........
4. He always checks the students understanding
of the topic worked on. ...................................................................................
5. He makes students work in pairs or in groups. ...........................................
6. He knows how to treat those students who are late / tired. ........................
7. He is demanding but not too strict. ...............................................................
8. He uses sign language or body language to transmit his ideas. .................
9. He advises students to overcome the learning difficulties
that happen during the course. .....................................................................
10. He corrects the students spoken and written mistakes. ............................
11. He uses games and activities so that students can relate to each other. ....
12. He praises the students who are successful in the class. .............................
13. He creates a nice and animated working atmosphere. ...............................
14. He is like one of us / he is similar to us. ........................................................
15. He uses the textbook most of the time. .........................................................
16. He makes students move around the class. ..................................................
17. He is intelligent: his knowledge is wide. ...................................................
18. He delivers enough extra material / exercises. .............................................
19. He speaks the least he can so that it is the students
who can speak the most. ................................................................................
20. He is organized. ...............................................................................................
21. He speaks about details and problems of his personal life. ........................
22. He makes students perform scenes and encourages them
to carry out group presentations. .................................................................
23. He is patient. ....................................................................................................
24. He teaches using computers. ..........................................................................
25. He gives presents / extra points to the best students. ..................................
26. He hardly ever uses my mother tongue in class
(not even with starters). .................................................................................
27. He listens to the students opinions and takes them into account. .............
28. He discusses the administrative problems of the school in class. ...............
29. He is punctual. ................................................................................................
30. He knows how to transmit the material. ......................................................
31. Other qualities (and/or clarifications):
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