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FOCUS ON THE LEARNERS ASSIGNMENT 2

1. Learners background

The learner I observed s called Antonio Succi! he s an Italan IT techncan

"ho retred a cou#le o$ years ago. %e co&es $ro& 'lan and he graduated n

In$or&atcs at the Politecnico di Milano "here he (rst learnt Englsh. )urng hs

l$e he has "orked $or several nternatonal coanes &ostly settled n the *+

and n the *,A. %e s no" collaboratng "th a voluntary assocaton "hch hel#

uneloyed #eo#le to (nd a ne" "orkng #lace. Ths assocaton &ay ask h&

to go back to England and $or ths reason he s "llng to enhance hs Englsh

attendng ths course. %e loves dyna&c classes "hch deal "th real l$e to#cs

and #roble&s.

2. Learners strengths

The long #erods o$ hs l$e s#ent n Englsh s#eakng countres has gven h&

-uency n s#eakng and a ute $or&al a##roach to "rtng! ths #robably

because at "ork he "as reured to "rte constant re#orts o$ hs "eekly

actvtes. Even $ the structure o$ hs lngustc #roducton s not al"ays correct

on a gra&&atcal level he can clearly be understood also "hen he s

e/#ressng dcult conce#ts.

. Error analyss grd

,ee the grd n attached to ths docu&ent.

. ,tate&ent o$ choce o$ lesson to#c and ratonale.

I have chosen to dedcate &y lesson to an n3de#th revson o$ de(nte artcles

because the student tends to overuse the de(nte artcle even "hen t s not

needed. Ths at an u##er nter&edate level! &ay lead to a crucal lack o$

accuracy. In ths case a teacher &ust avod the #ossblty o$ $ossl4aton o$

ths error.

5. Choce and ust(caton $or teachng &aterals.

a6 A&ong the varous controlled practicetasks that course books devote to the

use o$ de(nte and nde(nte artcles I $ound an nterestng (ll the ga# actvty

concernng (ndng a ob and the age o$ retre&ent. I thnk ths task can be very

&otvatng $or Antono $or several reasons a&ong "hch the $act that he

collaborates n an assocaton "hch has e/actly the a& o$ hel#ng uneloyed

n lookng $or a ne" ob. Another ortant $actor "hch &akes &e thnk that

the te/t can st&ulate the nterest o$ &y student s that he s currently

e/#erencng the (rst years a$ter the retre&ent. Concernng the level! the

e/ercse s #art o$ the collecton o$ e/ercses $or the 7CE e/a& #re#araton

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course book I there$ore thnk the level can be sutable $or Antono1.

b6 Thnkng o$ a sutable free practice activityI could ask h& to talk about his

working life among dierent international companies around the globe and let

him describe the structures, the branches and the dierent oces around the

world.

Ths task gves Antono #ractce o$ $ree language #roducton through a

conversaton on a "ell3kno"n to#c. The vocabulary he s e/#ected to use s

so&ethng he already kno"s and &asters "ell.

7or ths reason! he can be concentrated on the accuracy o$ hs #roducton

"hch "ll de(ntely nclude a $reuent use o$ artcles! &anly because he "ll

be dscussng about s#ec(c oces and s#ec(c grou# o$ #eo#le.

An alternatve to a s#eakng actvty can be to write a tet on the same topic

and imagine to write an article for an !nglish newspaper describing thestructure, the branches and the dierent oces around the world with the aim

to promote the solidity and the reliability of the company he worked in for

many year before retiring.

Ths second o#ton can also hel# hs #ersonal &ontorng! gvng h& the

#ossblty to correct hs o"n &stakes "hle re3readng the te/t.

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