STARTING LEVEL (A1)

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

b. Between 2 and 4 hours

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c. More than 4 hours

SECOND PART. HOW DO YOU WANT TO LEARN SPANISH?

Tick the answer(s) you agree to
4. What material would you like to work with during this course?
a. Newspapers and magazines.
b. Internet.
c. Songs.
d. Literature: novel, short story, play and poetry.
e. CD-ROMs.
f. Radio and TV programmes: series, quiz, talk shows...
g. Technical or specialized works: Computers, Medicine, Law...
h. Videos (advertisements, films, documentaries) and DVDs.
i. Comics.
j. Essays.
k. Other materials (and/or some explanation):
Do you use any of these materials, in Spanish, in your everyday life? Which one(s)?

Each one of them... How often?

Daily:
Weekly:
Monthly:
Occasionally:
Write the names of Spanish-speaking writers, singers, film directors... you like

5. What topic(s) would you like to discuss?

a. Everyday life in the Spanish-speaking countries: timetables, meals, festivals...
b. Political situation in the Spanish-speaking countries: political rgimes, power institutions...
c. Geography and History of Spain, Latin America, Western Sahara, Equatorial Guinea and Philippines.
d. Social reality in the Spanish-speaking countries: wealth distribution, family patterns...
e. Art and Culture in the Spanish-speaking countries: literature, music, films, philosophy...
f. Other topics (and/or some explanation):
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THIRD PART. HOW DO YOU LEARN BETTER?

Tick the answer(s) you agree to
6. What learning style do you identify yourself with?
a. Analytical.- The analytical pupil likes the language: do grammatical exercises, practise his/her
pronunciation, analyze and know the grammatical rules, etc. He/she only speaks when he/she is
sure he/she will do it right.
b. Global.- The global pupil prefers to learn with real language samples: read newspaper news,
watch TV, listen to the radio. He takes advantage of any chance to speak in Spanish, both in the
classroom and out of it, because he prefers communicating to making mistakes.
c. Visual.- This pupil learns with his/her eyes: he is good at learning new words writing them. It is
also easy for him/her to learn reading newspapers and magazines, watching films...
d. Auditive.- This pupil uses his/her ear: he learns new words listening to them, he understands
songs easily, he works with the tapes of the didactic units of the textbook...
e. Kinesthesic.- In order to learn, this pupil needs to take objects, move around the classroom, and
carry out activities that imply physical effort.
f. Individual style.- Every one of us usually have our own learning style, as a consequence of the
union of elements of several of the above mentioned styles. If this is your case, describe it:
7. What strategies do you use to learn something new (words, grammatical rules, etc.)?
MEMORIZING

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.
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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

24. I look for a quiet, and well-lit place to study.

25. I think of my own learning, what I know and what I do not know.
26. I try to reach some clear learning tasks that I can reach.
27. I devote a period of time daily (half an hour, one hour...) to study Spanish.
28. I am aware of the mistakes I make and the aspects of the Spanish language I have more problems
to learn.
AFFECTIONATE

29. Although I get nervous when I use Spanish, I try to relax.

30. I try to forget my personal problems when I come into the classroom.
31. I motivate myself when I do something well.
32. Although I am afraid of making mistakes when I speak, I try to benefit from the times I can speak
in class.
SOCIAL

33. I need to work on my own to learn.

34. When I do not understand a classmate or the teacher, I ask him/her to repeat or speak more slowly.
35. I learn more working in pairs or in small groups.
36. I ask my classmates or my teacher to correct my mistakes.
37. I prefer to work with those of my classmates who have the same level of knowledgment of Spanish
as me.
38. I only ask my doubts to the teacher.
39. I am a pupil who likes taking part in taking decisions about teaching objectives, didactic materials
to use, topics to work with, etc.
8. Do you use your mother tongue when you are learning another language?
What do you think about the use of your language in the class?
Write YES or NO next to the following statements, depending on your degree of agreement with them
a. When Im speaking or writing I always think using my mother tongue and then I translate to Spanish.
b. When Im speaking or writing I think in Spanish, but if there is a word or grammatical structure I do
not know, I use my mother tongue.
c. When Im speaking or writing I always think in Spanish.
d. I think that using my mother tongue may bring about mistakes, for example when I translate literally
structures or words that do not exist in Spanish or have a different meaning.
e. I find it easy to learn a new structure if I compare it with the one of my mother tongue.
f. I prefer to use only Spanish in the class.
g. I think that my language must be used in the class (if you think so, explain when and why):
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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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