English Test Conditionals

Interview & Written Sample
1.
Choose a student who attends classes regularly and will b
e available for at least a week.
2.
Arrange a time for an interview and ask him/her to provide
you with a piece of written work, which should be done
alone
and not checked with a dictionary or by a native speaker.
3.
Prepare your interview. You will need general question
s to complete the Needs Analysis in Section One, and may
want to
use a
learning styles
questionnaire and a
diagnostic task for pronunciation
such as a short text for reading aloud.  
4.
Conduct the interview, which should last no more than half an
hour.  
Remember to record it.
Writing Your Assignment
Section One: Needs Analysis
5.
Using the information you have collected, complete
Section One
.
6.
Analyse the recording of the interview and the student
’
s written work.  
7.
Identify the main language problems. These might be grammar
, vocabulary, pronunciation, speaking and writing skills.
Then select the areas which you consider to be high priori
ty for your student (i.e. those that he/she would most bene
fit
from addressing) rather than less significant ones.
8.
Write some general suggestions about what the learner needs
based on their motivation, answers during the interview,
their plans and objectives, as well as your overall impress
ion of their performance for their level.
Section Two: Error Analysis
9.
Using the errors you have selected, complete the table in
Section Two.
Listen to the recording of your interview again and
use a piece of your student
’
s written work to identify some of his/her language (grammar,
vocabulary, pronunciation)
problems. You should then complete the table in Section
Two, ensuring that a brief
rule
or
explanation
, is provided for
each of the problems identified.
Section 3: Materials and Rationale
10.
You will need
to
provide a task for one
grammar
a
nd one...