Celta Assignment 1 - Focus on the Learner
Focus on the Learner – Assignment 1
1. Group Profile
It's a mixed group with a very mixed cultural background as only three students are actually from Germany. Four of the students were born in another country e.g. Lithuania, Turkey, France and Romania. They all moved to Germany as adults and all share German as a common language.
The group is heterogeneous concerning the age they started learning English. Two students started learning as adults while the others started learning at school. Most of the students have learnt another language as an adult and therefore have previous language learning experience.
The motivation for doing the course is quite high and the group can be divided into two groups – students who need English for their job/university and students who want to learn for their own enjoyment. They are all at upper intermediate level.
Except for one student (who could be classed as a converger), the overall group could be classed as concrete learners. They enjoy the social aspects of learning and like to learn from direct experience. They are interested in the language and they enjoy games and group-work in class. The entire group could also be classed as communicative learners because they show a degree of confidence and a willingness to take risks. They are much more interested in social interaction with other speakers of the language than they are with analysis of how the language works. (Learning styles based on Keith Willing [1987]).
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2. Strengths and weaknesses
Grammar
The students are weak when forming the present simple (especially 3rd person singular) (e.g. "I must to take the train", "She like climbing", "Stephen come from Australia") very often confusing it with the present continuous. ("Sometimes I'm reading Turkish books"). Most students also have problems when using the simple past ("we seed it's ill", I gone to school with her", "We can found this in a school", "Where are you born?",
"She
1. Group Profile
It's a mixed group with a very mixed cultural background as only three students are actually from Germany. Four of the students were born in another country e.g. Lithuania, Turkey, France and Romania. They all moved to Germany as adults and all share German as a common language.
The group is heterogeneous concerning the age they started learning English. Two students started learning as adults while the others started learning at school. Most of the students have learnt another language as an adult and therefore have previous language learning experience.
The motivation for doing the course is quite high and the group can be divided into two groups – students who need English for their job/university and students who want to learn for their own enjoyment. They are all at upper intermediate level.
Except for one student (who could be classed as a converger), the overall group could be classed as concrete learners. They enjoy the social aspects of learning and like to learn from direct experience. They are interested in the language and they enjoy games and group-work in class. The entire group could also be classed as communicative learners because they show a degree of confidence and a willingness to take risks. They are much more interested in social interaction with other speakers of the language than they are with analysis of how the language works. (Learning styles based on Keith Willing [1987]).
Words: 227
2. Strengths and weaknesses
Grammar
The students are weak when forming the present simple (especially 3rd person singular) (e.g. "I must to take the train", "She like climbing", "Stephen come from Australia") very often confusing it with the present continuous. ("Sometimes I'm reading Turkish books"). Most students also have problems when using the simple past ("we seed it's ill", I gone to school with her", "We can found this in a school", "Where are you born?",
"She