STUDENT PROFILE
Student’s Name Alberto Mozo Minguez
Gender and age Male, 31 years old
Nationality Spanish
Education High school - Industrial engineer
Language Level B1-Intermediate
Motivation Both intrinsic and extrinsic:
Intrinsic - he wants to improve his conversational skills so that he can
communicate and socialise better with his English-speaking friends and also
understand English films better.
Extrinsic - he wants to improve his English in order to progress and improve his
employment opportunities for advancement in his career through job
prospects in England or gain a promotion in his current job in Spain.
Perceived Strengths Feels confident with overall English writing skills
He is a good English student with intermediate level grammar and vocabulary
He has had English lessons for 8 years in school (in Spain) and 2 months at an
academy. He was taught mainly grammar.
Perceived • He struggles with both listening and speaking skills.
Weaknesses • He lacks confidence and experiences difficulty in understanding and
conversing with English speaking friends.
• He lacks accuracy and fluency in his speech and struggles with
pronunciation skills
Learning Preferences • He prefers authentic materials over coursebooks
• He prefers fun activities.
• Technical vocabulary is useful to him for career advancement.
• He prioritises pronunciation and would like his teacher to have clear
pronunciation skills when teaching him.
Teacher’s Role • He prefers a teacher who is humorous.
• Teacher must have good pronunciation abilities and speak accurately
and fluently.
• Teacher must try and encourage a learning environment that is fun and
exciting, yet still conductive to learning.
• He did not seem offended when I corrected his mistake. Therefore, I
assume that he would appreciate me correcting him when he makes an
error.
Topics of Interest • Environment
• Science
• Technology
• Current affairs
• Travel
• Films: movies such as comedies
, • Sports: football
• Music: all different types of music, including rock.
THE COURSE PLAN
Name of the Teacher Name of the Student Level of the
student
Aarifah Alberto Mozo Minguez B1-
Intermediate
Syllabus Type:
Multi-Syllabus
Course Aims:
By the end of the course, the student will be better able to understand English and
engage in conversation, with improved abilities in listening, speaking and pronunciation.
He will be able to speak fluently and more accurately in both his work place and when
mingling in his social environments. He will have increased listening abilities by making
use of the sub-skills listening for gist and listening for specific information.
Course Rationale: (700 – 1000 words)
Here you need to include:
• why you have chosen this syllabus type
I have chosen to create a multi-syllabus for Alberto because he requires a course that
emphasises and focuses on both listening and speaking skills. Therefore, a multi-syllabus
is ideal for him, as it is based on a variety of topics, structures, vocabulary items and skills
practice. Given the fact that he has had eight years of coursebook-based grammar lessons
and he feels that he has not progressed much since then, I chose to minimalize my
grammar-based lessons.
From the information I have gathered from reading the questionnaire and watching the
interview, it seems that Alberto experiences difficulty with listening for gist and eliciting
key information. He also lacks confidence when responding, as he is mindful of his
Spanish accent and fears that his pronunciation is incorrect. He has good reading and
writing abilities but there is always potential for improvement and further development,
therefore I have chosen to give him some reading and writing tasks in the first five hours
to evaluate his abilities so that I can modify the syllabus if necessary.
• why you have chosen the topic(s) covered
After reading the questionnaire answers and watching the interview video, I discovered
that Alberto’s interests are diverse and can actually be used to his advantage, as I am now
able to create for him interesting learning materials. Since he enjoys films, football and
travel I decided to use these topics in the beginning of the skills lessons, as I feel that it is
Student’s Name Alberto Mozo Minguez
Gender and age Male, 31 years old
Nationality Spanish
Education High school - Industrial engineer
Language Level B1-Intermediate
Motivation Both intrinsic and extrinsic:
Intrinsic - he wants to improve his conversational skills so that he can
communicate and socialise better with his English-speaking friends and also
understand English films better.
Extrinsic - he wants to improve his English in order to progress and improve his
employment opportunities for advancement in his career through job
prospects in England or gain a promotion in his current job in Spain.
Perceived Strengths Feels confident with overall English writing skills
He is a good English student with intermediate level grammar and vocabulary
He has had English lessons for 8 years in school (in Spain) and 2 months at an
academy. He was taught mainly grammar.
Perceived • He struggles with both listening and speaking skills.
Weaknesses • He lacks confidence and experiences difficulty in understanding and
conversing with English speaking friends.
• He lacks accuracy and fluency in his speech and struggles with
pronunciation skills
Learning Preferences • He prefers authentic materials over coursebooks
• He prefers fun activities.
• Technical vocabulary is useful to him for career advancement.
• He prioritises pronunciation and would like his teacher to have clear
pronunciation skills when teaching him.
Teacher’s Role • He prefers a teacher who is humorous.
• Teacher must have good pronunciation abilities and speak accurately
and fluently.
• Teacher must try and encourage a learning environment that is fun and
exciting, yet still conductive to learning.
• He did not seem offended when I corrected his mistake. Therefore, I
assume that he would appreciate me correcting him when he makes an
error.
Topics of Interest • Environment
• Science
• Technology
• Current affairs
• Travel
• Films: movies such as comedies
, • Sports: football
• Music: all different types of music, including rock.
THE COURSE PLAN
Name of the Teacher Name of the Student Level of the
student
Aarifah Alberto Mozo Minguez B1-
Intermediate
Syllabus Type:
Multi-Syllabus
Course Aims:
By the end of the course, the student will be better able to understand English and
engage in conversation, with improved abilities in listening, speaking and pronunciation.
He will be able to speak fluently and more accurately in both his work place and when
mingling in his social environments. He will have increased listening abilities by making
use of the sub-skills listening for gist and listening for specific information.
Course Rationale: (700 – 1000 words)
Here you need to include:
• why you have chosen this syllabus type
I have chosen to create a multi-syllabus for Alberto because he requires a course that
emphasises and focuses on both listening and speaking skills. Therefore, a multi-syllabus
is ideal for him, as it is based on a variety of topics, structures, vocabulary items and skills
practice. Given the fact that he has had eight years of coursebook-based grammar lessons
and he feels that he has not progressed much since then, I chose to minimalize my
grammar-based lessons.
From the information I have gathered from reading the questionnaire and watching the
interview, it seems that Alberto experiences difficulty with listening for gist and eliciting
key information. He also lacks confidence when responding, as he is mindful of his
Spanish accent and fears that his pronunciation is incorrect. He has good reading and
writing abilities but there is always potential for improvement and further development,
therefore I have chosen to give him some reading and writing tasks in the first five hours
to evaluate his abilities so that I can modify the syllabus if necessary.
• why you have chosen the topic(s) covered
After reading the questionnaire answers and watching the interview video, I discovered
that Alberto’s interests are diverse and can actually be used to his advantage, as I am now
able to create for him interesting learning materials. Since he enjoys films, football and
travel I decided to use these topics in the beginning of the skills lessons, as I feel that it is
