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Language
Learning
Background

S's opinion of
Contact with
Preferred class &
strenghts/weakn English outside
activity
esses in English
classroom

Name & Age

Job & Studies

Reasons for
learning English

Javier 55

From Madrid,
unemployed,
want to find job
as manager

extrinsic (to find

At school; at
+ reading &
Wants to
Listens to English
a job)+intrinsic Malaca Instituto; listening ;
improve
music/ Watches
(he likes the self-study around Speaking and
speaking skill &
films in English
culture)
20 min/day
writing
pronunciation

Juncal 46

From Malaga; intrinsic(to revise At school; went

+ listening &
listens to English
Spanish teacher
and improve
to an Ireland reading
music/ speaks
at Malaca
English for
language course
speaking &
with students
Instituto
communication)
years ago
writing

Jesus 47

+ reading
wants to improve
From Malaga;
3 language
(Internet &
listening and
unemployed,
courses up to B1
Coursebooks in talks with 7-year speaking skills +
looking for a job extrinsic (to find 20 years ago; 4
English at IT Uni) old daughter in pronunciation.
in
a job)
years ago
+ listening ; English
Doesn't like
administration/P
conversation
speaking &
grammar and
R
course
writing
writing

Maria 60

At school ; British
+speaking &
From Madrid,
language
watches films in
intrinsic (loves
reading;
wants to improve
lives in Malaga,
school ; lived in
English & reads
English language
listening
speaking &
retired biology
England a bit ;
articles in English
& culture)
(depends) &
writing skills
teacher
worked in the
online
writing
USA

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Pair-work
activities

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Name & Age

Job & Studies

Reasons for
learning English

Language
Learning
Background

S's opinion of
Contact with
Preferred class &
strenghts/weakn English outside
activity
esses in English
classroom

Aurora 41

wants to improve
From Malaga,
1 years ago
+ reading &
watches films in
extrinsic (wants
speaking skills,
unemployed,
started learning grammar;
English &
to start own
learn grammar;
looking for a job
English at the
listening &
watches TED
business)
prefers working
in finance
English Academy
speaking
Talks
alone

Ana 47

speaks with
English
neighbour; reads
From Malaga,
+reading;
news in English;
At school (only
wants to improve
spanish teacher to communicate
-listening(proble listens to English
grammar); at
speaking skill &
at Malaca
with students
ms with authentic
Radio
Malaca Instituto
review grammar
Instituto
speech); -writing
sometimes;
listens to Jane
Austen
audiobooks
At school; 3
extrinsic (to find years' courses
a job)
with no speaking
practice

Juan Carlos

Luisa

spanish teacher
at Malaca
Instituto

wants to improve
English Radio &
listening and
films in English speaking skills +
pronunciation.
has worked with
foreign people
(Englishspeaking); trying
to read in English

intrinsic (wants
to learn it)

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Carmen

From Malaga,
has graduated
nursery school

helps neighbour
child with English
homework

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