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1. 0:04Hello, welcome back. This is now your
2. 0:08video on assignment three, which is
3. 0:11called the learner profile project, also
4. 0:13known as the LPP.
5. 0:16Now, this is an assignment that you're
6. 0:17going to be doing when you get here in
7. 0:19Madrid. However, it's imperative that
8. 0:22you watch this video and all the other
9. 0:25videos in this section to understand the
10. 0:28different parts of this project. When
11. 0:30you arrive in Madrid, we will have time
12. 0:33for a quick review. And in the second
13. 0:35week, we'll do a little bit of a review
14. 0:37again just to keep you on track. But
15. 0:40overall, there will be no time for any
16. 0:42new briefs uh in the course. So, it's
17. 0:45very important that you watch these
18. 0:47videos so that you can um have a clear
19. 0:49idea of what to expect. Now, I'm sure
20. 0:52you will have some uh questions about it
21. 0:55by the time you've watched all the
22. 0:56videos. So, that's no problem at all.
23. 0:58Just make a note of them and we'll go
24. 1:00through and make sure that everybody's
25. 1:02up to date when you get here.
26. 1:05So the aim of this assignment is to
27. 1:07analyze a student's current level of
28. 1:09English by carrying out various analyses
29. 1:12of their reading, writing, listening and
30. 1:14speaking skills, which by now you know
31. 1:18are the four main skills to teaching and
32. 1:21learning English um from the students
33. 1:23perspective.
34. 1:25Now analyzing a student's current level
35. 1:27of English is something that you're
36. 1:29going to be asked to do a lot when
37. 1:30you're a TEFL teacher. you're going to
38. 1:33be able to you're going to need to be
39. 1:35able to analyze a level of your students
40. 1:38whether it's in a group for a class for
41. 1:41an interview um for a test of some sort.
42. 1:45Um and so it's going to be very
43. 1:46important that you understand how to do
44. 1:48that. So this assignment is not just
45. 1:51about doing something for the course. is
46. 1:53actually here to help you uh really gain
47. 1:57some experience of analyzing at students
48. 1:59level and uh all the documents and all
49. 2:02the forms that you create in this
50. 2:05analysis or sorry in this assignment
51. 2:07you'll be able to use going forward as a
52. 2:09TEFL teacher um for any future analyses.
53. 2:13So this is a big project and the reason
54. 2:16why you're looking at the information
55. 2:17now is so that you can kick off when you
56. 2:20get here and spend the two weeks uh that
57. 2:22you're here on the course working on it.
58. 2:25So overall there are nine analyses to be
59. 2:28completed some of which have a bigger
60. 2:30waiting than others as follows.
61. 2:33As you can see the learner background
62. 2:36has less workload. Uh but the course
63. 2:39plan towards the end of the project has
64. 2:41a lot more of the workload. So the
65. 2:44analyses themselves will be the learner
66. 2:46background information, a reading skills
67. 2:48analysis, a listening skills analysis, a
68. 2:51writing skills analysis, creation of a
69. 2:53needs analysis document, creation of an
70. 2:56oral level test for the speaking skills,
71. 2:59a phonetic analysis, a summary of your
72. 3:01students four skills, plus their overall
73. 3:04level that you're giving them, and the
74. 3:06creation of a short course plan allowing
75. 3:09them to see how they can improve their
76. 3:12English. So, it's a big project, but
77. 3:14it's an exciting project and it's really
78. 3:16detailed and will be very useful for you
79. 3:19going forward.
80. 3:21You'll be able to come back to this
81. 3:22video and watch it in your own time. So,
82. 3:24this will be useful for you once you are
83. 3:26here and you need a quick review, but
84. 3:29you'll be able to see on the on the
85. 3:31right that there's a list of videos that
86. 3:34you'll be needing to be able to complete
87. 3:36each analysis. The first three where you
88. 3:39see video reading and listening skills,
89. 3:42the skills of video error and correction
90. 3:43one, these are related to the videos
91. 3:46that you've already seen in the online
92. 3:48tasks. The ones below it are the videos
93. 3:52that you will find in this section on
94. 3:53the needs analysis, the oral level test,
95. 3:55writing up the analysis, and the course
96. 3:57plans. So, who will be your profile?
97. 4:00Well, you will be introduced to a
98. 4:02non-native English speaker who has
99. 4:04volunteered to help you with this
100. 4:06project in their own time. Usually,
101. 4:09we're able to provide somebody that we
102. 4:11know. However, if you do know somebody
103. 4:13yourself, feel free to reach out to them
104. 4:16and ask them if they would be happy to
105. 4:17volunteer.
106. 4:19This could be a friend of the family. It
107. 4:21could be a colleague that you've worked
108. 4:24with before. It could be a flatmate that
109. 4:27you've met, a landlord of your
110. 4:28apartment. Who knows? It doesn't matter.
111. 4:31But if you know a non-native English
112. 4:33speaker who might be interested in
113. 4:34taking part and practicing their
114. 4:36English, please reach out to them and
115. 4:39and ask them. If not, we will be able to
116. 4:42provide you with a student.
117. 4:45Whether your student is ours or someone
118. 4:47you know, you must make them must they
119. 4:49must be between an A2 and C1 level. So
120. 4:52this means that they mustn't be complete
121. 4:54beginners 0 A1 because it'll be far too
122. 4:57difficult for them to participate. But
123. 4:59we also don't want a C2 level. So
124. 5:01proficient speaker otherwise you won't
125. 5:03be able to find any errors or any areas
126. 5:05for development.
127. 5:07They must also be available in the
128. 5:09evenings and or the weekend to
129. 5:11participate which we always ask our
130. 5:13students to be. So make sure that you
131. 5:16check that out if it's someone that you
132. 5:17know. Basically this project will take
133. 5:20place outside of school hours and so in
134. 5:22your time with us you will not have time
135. 5:24to work on this project. So it'll be
136. 5:26done in your own time and therefore your
137. 5:29person must be available in their own
138. 5:31time as well. Overall you're going to
139. 5:34have one meeting with them which could
140. 5:36take around one and a half hours to
141. 5:38complete. It can be online or in person.
142. 5:41That is entirely up to you and up to the
143. 5:43student to arrange.
144. 5:45These arrange by no later than the end
145. 5:47of Thursday, week two. Um that's because
146. 5:51you will have a little bit of time after
147. 5:52that to complete your project. and do
148. 5:56not have any meetings much later than
149. 5:58that. It will cause unnecessary stress
150. 6:00and workload for you at the end of the
151. 6:02course.
152. 6:04It's very important that you speak
153. 6:05English the whole time you are
154. 6:07conducting the meetings. Let them
155. 6:08practice. But this should also include
156. 6:10when you're communicating with them
157. 6:12beforehand, whether that it's on
158. 6:14WhatsApp, an email, by phone, etc. Let
159. 6:18them practice. That's why they
160. 6:19volunteered to to to to come and do the
161. 6:23project with you.
162. 6:25So the key to this this project is
163. 6:27staying organized. So to help you
164. 6:29understand the time scales you should
165. 6:31work to here's a breakdown of what you
166. 6:33need to collect and do during the
167. 6:35meeting. So you'll need to prepare some
168. 6:38questions to ask your profile to help
169. 6:40you get some information to write the
170. 6:42learner background introduction.
171. 6:45This will form part of your analysis at
172. 6:47the end of the project. So good
173. 6:49questions here to ask your profile in
174. 6:52the meeting whether it's face to face or
175. 6:53online are things like tell me about
176. 6:56your family and tell me about your your
177. 6:59culture. They could be from Madrid, they
178. 7:01might be from somewhere else in Spain,
179. 7:03they might be from somewhere else
180. 7:04outside of Spain. Um you want to find
181. 7:07out a little bit about their uh history
182. 7:10of learning English and what um what
183. 7:13they believe their strengths and
184. 7:14weaknesses are when it comes to English.
185. 7:16Most people would say that their
186. 7:19strengths are writing or reading as
187. 7:21these are the passive skills and
188. 7:23speaking could be the most challenging
189. 7:25for them.
190. 7:27Ahead of the meeting, you're going to
191. 7:28prepare a reading activity and you can
192. 7:30use one of an activity from one of our
193. 7:32books in the library or online library
194. 7:35or anywhere that you can find online.
195. 7:37And you'll provide the activity with six
196. 7:39comprehension questions. So, what we're
197. 7:42really looking for here are questions
198. 7:45related to them understanding the
199. 7:47meaning of what they've just read. So,
200. 7:50if there are lots of facts and data in
201. 7:52the reading and we ask them the question
202. 7:55about facts and data, this doesn't
203. 7:57really get them to comprehend. This
204. 7:59could just be copying information. So,
205. 8:01we really want comprehension questions
206. 8:03that perhaps what happened, why did it
207. 8:05happen, what was the reason for this,
208. 8:08why was that decision made, etc.
209. 8:11We're also going to ask you to prepare a
210. 8:13listening activity. You could be able to
211. 8:15source this yourself, looking for audios
212. 8:17or videos appropriate for the level on
213. 8:20the internet, for example, as a great
214. 8:22place to to search. And you'll also need
215. 8:25to provide your student with a worksheet
216. 8:28uh six comprehension questions. Again,
217. 8:30making sure that the questions checking
218. 8:33their comprehension of the content of
219. 8:35the listening activity.
220. 8:37You'll prepare a topic to write about
221. 8:39for the essay. Now, the essay must be
222. 8:43handwritten. Even if this is an online
223. 8:46meeting, you will need to ask them to
224. 8:48handr write whatever the topic is that
225. 8:49you want on their own note paper and
226. 8:52then send you a photo, for example. If
227. 8:54that's the case, we need them to write
228. 8:57at least six lines. Okay? That means
229. 9:00that sufficient information for you to
230. 9:02be able to correct uh any mistakes.
231. 9:05Please don't ask them only to write six
232. 9:07lines. Just encourage them to write and
233. 9:10if it seems like less than six,
234. 9:12encourage them to write some more.
235. 9:15We also ask where possible that you get
236. 9:17them to write on alternative lines. So
237. 9:20if you imagine a notepad all lined out,
238. 9:23then just ask them to write on every
239. 9:25other line. Basically that will give you
240. 9:27some space as the teacher to make any
241. 9:30alterations or note your key correction
242. 9:32code under any errors that they make.
243. 9:35It's not, you know, it's not, it's not
244. 9:37mandatory. If they don't do it, it's no
245. 9:38problem. It just will be useful for you.
246. 9:40So, do encourage it.
247. 9:43Now, what we want is all of these
248. 9:44activities to be based on a different
249. 9:46topic to ensure that your student is
250. 9:49practicing and using a wide range of
251. 9:52vocabulary and grammar during the
252. 9:54activities. So, for example, the reading
253. 9:56activity could be something about
254. 9:58holidays, the listening activity could
255. 10:00be something about sports, and the topic
256. 10:03could be something about health and
257. 10:05fitness. This just helps your student
258. 10:08practice a lot more than they would if
259. 10:11all the topics were the same. So, two
260. 10:13other things that you'll need to prepare
261. 10:15for your meeting. One will be to design
262. 10:17a needs analysis document, and the other
263. 10:19will be to design the oral level test.
264. 10:21Now the content for understanding
265. 10:23exactly what's needed in these are in
266. 10:26the videos that follow uh in this
267. 10:28section. You must watch these before you
268. 10:31attend uh to the course in Madrid. Both
269. 10:33of them probably around 25 minutes of
270. 10:36video literally talking to you about
271. 10:38what those documents are and how to
272. 10:41create them. Now preparation for the
273. 10:44meeting and the meeting itself will be
274. 10:45done in your own time. As I mentioned
275. 10:47before, you're very welcome to use the
276. 10:50school and some meeting rooms in the
277. 10:52school to do that. Um, as this is a a
278. 10:54good safe place for you to um, bring a
279. 10:57student, but the school is open until
280. 10:59900 p.m. Monday to Thursday and until
281. 11:026:00 p.m. on Fridays. You will be
282. 11:04finishing around 6 Monday to Thursdays
283. 11:08and usually around 2:00 on Fridays.
284. 11:12So once you've prepared all of the
285. 11:14documents, you will have got in contact
286. 11:16with the person that we've either
287. 11:18assigned to you or you have found and
288. 11:20agreed a meeting date. The next step of
289. 11:22course then is to actually have the
290. 11:24meeting itself.
291. 11:26So here are the points just as a
292. 11:28reminder that you need to go through
293. 11:30having prepared all the information to
294. 11:32actually have the meeting. So you're
295. 11:34going to interview your profile using
296. 11:37the background information questions
297. 11:39that you actually prepared. You'll need
298. 11:41to record this particular part as you'll
299. 11:43find it useful for your phonetics
300. 11:45analysis much later down the line. So it
301. 11:48can be a recording of an audio only. If
302. 11:50it's an online meeting, you can record
303. 11:51the meeting. You'll give your profile
304. 11:54the activities that you've prepared
305. 11:56which will include the listening
306. 11:58activity and six comprehension
307. 12:00questions, the reading and the writing
308. 12:02activity with a topic for them to write.
309. 12:04You just do give these one at a time.
310. 12:07instruct and model what you want them to
311. 12:09do as you go through each activity.
312. 12:13Whilst they complete these activities,
313. 12:15do observe them um and see how they are
314. 12:18doing. See whether they look as if or
315. 12:21seem as if that the activities are easy
316. 12:23for them, challenging for them. You
317. 12:26know, did they ask any questions? Did
318. 12:28they make any particular um facial
319. 12:31expressions that gave away whether they
320. 12:33were sort of finding it difficult or
321. 12:34particularly easy? Did they make notes
322. 12:36as they went through? Did they um
323. 12:39underline uh questions in the reading?
324. 12:42You're really just observing here how
325. 12:44they're doing and how the activity went
326. 12:46as you'll need this for your analysis.
327. 12:50Okay. You after that you're going to
328. 12:51carry out the oral level test with your
329. 12:53profile as per the videos and you'll
330. 12:56mark the test sheet accordingly to their
331. 12:58ability to answer the questions. You'll
332. 13:00be doing that in the meeting and you
333. 13:02must record this part as well. So this
334. 13:06is the second speaking part that you
335. 13:08record and you'll use that for your
336. 13:10phenology analysis later. Once all the
337. 13:13activities are done, give your profile
338. 13:15their needs analysis document and ask
339. 13:17them to complete it whilst they are with
340. 13:19you.
341. 13:21Then at the end of the meeting,
342. 13:22obviously thank them for their time and
343. 13:24for volunteering and and say you hope
344. 13:27that they've enjoyed the activities. Um,
345. 13:29make sure you retain all of the original
346. 13:31worksheets and the answer sheets and
347. 13:33keep the recordings for the analysis.
348. 13:36You'll need to submit everything as part
349. 13:37of your assignment once you have written
350. 13:40up all of your details. Now, you may
351. 13:43want to tell the students as well that
352. 13:44you'll get back to them. Uh, let them
353. 13:46know what level you've decided. Um, you
354. 13:49can always send them um the summary of
355. 13:51your analysis and the level um as part
356. 13:54of that project. I'm sure they'll be
357. 13:56very pleased to receive that from you.
358. 13:59So once you're here in Madrid, we'll let
359. 14:02you have the template that you'll be
360. 14:04using to go through your analyses.
361. 14:06That's the actual writing of the the
362. 14:08documents. So you don't need to have
363. 14:10access to any of that now. Um and you'll
364. 14:12use the template to complete all of the
365. 14:15uh assignments and you'll be attaching
366. 14:17extra documents to the pack once you've
367. 14:20actually go to submit it.
368. 14:23So, this assignment is actually due to
369. 14:25be submitted at 9:00 on Wednesday, week
370. 14:28three. So, you'll finish in two weeks on
371. 14:31the course and we're giving you until
372. 14:32the following Wednesday morning to
373. 14:34submit the assignment. So, we're giving
374. 14:36you some extra time after the course to
375. 14:39submit it. If you wish to submit it
376. 14:41earlier than that, please do so. It's no
377. 14:43problem at all. You have the extra time
378. 14:45to get that done. So, all of the videos
379. 14:47you're going to be watching in this
380. 14:49section and the grading criteria will be
381. 14:51made available again to you in the
382. 14:53Google classroom that you'll have when
383. 14:55you get here uh in Madrid. You'll be
384. 14:58asked to submit one full assignment, a
385. 15:00digital document. And as the project is
386. 15:03big, it does require all nine individual
387. 15:05parts to be achieved to get your pass
388. 15:08grade. So, as you're checking through um
389. 15:12your assignment once you're here, make
390. 15:14sure to check the content and grading
391. 15:16grading criteria for each analysis to be
392. 15:18made available to you to make sure that
393. 15:20you are ticking off all the boxes you
394. 15:22need to ensure that you've completed the
395. 15:25project in time. So, please make sure to
396. 15:28watch the next videos. You've got the
397. 15:30needs analysis, the O level test, and
398. 15:33the course plans to watch this point.
399. 15:36See you soon.