Characterization
Maura Martínez
Maura Martínez
Maura is an 18-year-old student who lives in the Sucre Department in the
Ovejas Municipality, Flor del Monte, Colombia. She is currently taking the
English II course at UNAD and she has been almost always attending the online
speaking sessions as part of the above-mentioned course. According to her, her
interests are “my interest is to learn English and these lessons are helping me
to strengthen my vocabulary, pronunciation, listening, and writing”. Her
expectations are to learn as much as she can both from this course and from the
online speaking sessions because she wants to become a successful English
teacher. In spite of the fact that Maura lives in a somehow-remote area, where
internet connection is not the best, she is always willing to try and to learn,
which, personally speaking, is great. This shows the student hast intrinsic
motivation. There have been a couple of times when Maura hasn’t been able to
attend the online speaking sessions due to various reasons (see the Teaching
Journal to know the reasons). I think she has got an amazing attitude towards
the sessions, towards her classmates, towards me, and towards English. Au
general, her English is good, yet she has to keep practicing and working hard
on a regular basis to accomplish her goal(s). According to her, her current
level of English is “Basic II), yet I think she is somewhere between A1 and A2
levels (CEFR).
Angie Acosta
Angie is a 17-year-old student
who lives in the Cundinamarca Department, in the Municipality of Girardot,
Colombia. She is currently taking the English II course at UNAD and she has
been attending the online speaking sessions as part of the above-mentioned
course. Yet, she shows up a bit late on a regular basis. I think her level of
English is somewhere between A1 and A2 (CEFR). Sometimes she has had some
difficulties with her connection (see the Teaching Journal to know the
reasons). I think she has got an amazing attitude towards the sessions, towards
her classmates, towards me, and towards English. Broadly speaking, her English
is good, yet she has to keep practicing and working hard on a regular basis to
accomplish her goal(s). She has to learn to be punctual. The student was asked
about her expectations from the course, but she didn’t answer.
Santiago Gutiérrez
Santiago is a 23-year-old
student who lives in the Antioquia Department in the Barbosa Municipality,
Colombia. He is currently taking the English II course at UNAD and he has been
attending the online speaking sessions as part of the above-mentioned course.
According to him, his current level of English is A1 (CEFR) which I couldn’t
agree more with. Also, according to him, his interests and expectations are “I
want learn english, I want building knowledge, I like play soccer and video
games, I like teaching, I like learn.”, and “I think that help me improve, I
learn a better use of language, I want learn speaking English.”. In spite of
the fact that Santiago lives in a somehow-remote area, where internet
connection is not the best, he is always willing to try and to learn, which,
personally speaking, is great. Also, he participates actively during the online
speaking sessions. This shows the student hast intrinsic motivation. There have
been a couple of moments when Santiago’s connection hasn’t been the best due to
various reasons (see the Teaching Journal to know the reasons). Albeit Santiago
has a great attitude towards the sessions, towards his classmates, towards me,
and towards English, his English aptitude is to be improved. He has to work
really hard as much as possible in order to become a successful English
teacher. He is punctual.
Juan Blanco
Juan is an 18-year-old student
who lives in the Norte de Santander Department, in the Municipality of Cúcuta,
Colombia. He is currently taking the English II course at UNAD and he has been
attending the online speaking sessions as part of the above-mentioned course. I
think his level of English is at some point between A1 and A2 (CEFR). Juan goes
to the UNAD’s facilities in Cúcuta on Tuesdays and Thursdays so as to attend
the online speaking sessions, which, personally speaking, is outstanding. His
attitude towards the sessions, towards his classmates, towards me, and towards
English is great. Speaking of his English aptitude, he has got great skills
(listening, reading, writing, and speaking) and I am quite sure he is going to
be a successful English teacher. Yet, it is advisable that he keeps practicing
and studying on a regular basis for learning is an endless process. He is
punctual, he is responsible, he always participates actively and he has
attended all the scheduled online speaking sessions. There were some minor
issues during the first two sessions (see the Teaching Journal to know the reasons).
The student was asked about his expectations from the course, but he didn’t
reply.
Daniel Montañez
Daniel is a 27-year-old
student who lives in the Norte de Santander Department in the Municipality of
Pamplona, Colombia. He is currently taking the English II course at UNAD and he
has been attending the online speaking sessions as part of the above-mentioned
course. According to him, his English level is “II” (I truly don’t know what he
means by that). Notwithstanding that, I think his level of English is like A1.1
or so (CEFR). Also, according to him, his interests and expectations about the
lessons are “I am very interested in learning in this English speaking session,
I have many expectations and I want to learn in order to get ahead and achieve
my goals that is to teach people.” In spite of the fact that Daniel doesn’t own
a computer, he goes to the UNAD’s facilities in Pamplona on Tuesdays and
Thursdays so as to attend the online speaking sessions, which, personally
speaking, is remarkable. Albeit Daniel has claimed a couple of times that his
English is not very good (he actually claimed this ”y otra sugerencia que yo
doy, yo me inscribí en english II pero yo pensé que era por lp que voy en 2
semestre era necesario inscribir el 2 y algunos de mis compañeros están en el
english 0 y ellos van en 2 semestre yo no manejo ingles fluido hasta el momento
ay algún problema??”), his attitude, most of the times, towards the sessions,
towards his classmates, towards me, and towards English is good. Yet, speaking
of his English aptitude, Daniel has to really hard as much as possible in order
to become a successful English teacher. He sometimes shows up a bit late.
Angélica Escorcia
Angélica is a 17-year-old
student who lives in Barranquilla, Colombia, the capital of the Atlántico
Department. She is currently taking the English II course at UNAD and she has
been often attending the online speaking sessions as part of the
above-mentioned course. She joined the group on October 8th, 2019
(she didn’t attend the first two online speaking sessions, neither the fourth
one, nor the sixth and the seventh ones (see the Teaching journal to know the
reasons). According to her, her level of English is A2 (CEFR) but I am not
quite sure about it, mainly because she has only attended two of the scheduled
online speaking sessions. Also, according to her, her interests and
expectations about the lessons are "study English in order to study the
others that are missing. I hope that in this classes I can improve my level of
English so that I can better understand things.” Despite the fact that Angélica
has only attended two sessions, she has participated actively and her attitude
towards her classmates, towards the lessons, towards me, and towards English is
good. Speaking of her English aptitude, it is also good. I am sure she is going
to be a great English teacher. Yet, she has to attend the lessons, be punctual,
and be responsible.
Achievements
Achievements
Broadly speaking, all the
proposed learnig objectives of the online speaking sessions were successfully
achieved for at the end of each encounter students were able to talk about
various and familiar topics bearing in mind the following criteria:
1. Topic development: the
responde fulfills the demands of the task.
2. Grammar and vocabulary:
proper sentence structure and tenses. Accurate use of vocabulary.
3. Pronunciation and
intonation: pronunciation is very clear. Intonation is appropriate.
4. Fluency and coherence:
fluid speech with few to no hesitations.
What is more, learners were
also able to:
1.
Speak fluently and without fear of making mistakes when providing
information about specific topics.
2.
Understand the information content on topics of personal interest, events
that have happened, delivered in clear standard speech.
3.
Find and understand relevant information in everyday material, such as
brochures and short official documents.
4.
Talk about themselves (likes,
dislikes, personal information, job, nationality, future plans, goals, family,
etc.).
Testimonials
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