Competency Based Language Teaching

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COMPETENCY-BASED LANGUAGE TEACHING POST-COURSE TASK The group chosen for this task is a group comprised of twelve students who are currently studying their second year of the career Executive Bilingual Secretary. They have been studying English for a little over a year and are at a B1 level. All the students in the class are women between the ages of seventeen and twenty-one. The majority of the students are very good at oral presentations and have extensive vocabulary. They have a high-energy level and are very motivated. Three students in the group are not at the level with the rest. Guadalupe has limited English proficiency and lacks vocabulary. Gabriela also has limited English proficiency and has difficulty with speaking and writing tasks. Ilse Paulina has difficulty with text structures, fluency and doing independent work. Those three students need extra help and they also need motivation because it is very evident to the class that they are the weaker ones. The rest of the group seems to be at the same level while two of them are further ahead in oral competency, Stefania and Luz Elena. The class at hand is in training to work as Bilingual Secretaries. The can-do statement chosen for this task was taken from ALTE CAN-DO Project (page 43). Concern: day to day survival 3; Activity: Hotel-type accommodation; Environment: hotels, bed & breakfast, etc.; Language skills: Listening/ Speaking; CEFB1: “Can book a room in a hotel over the phone. Can establish his/her own satisfaction that the accommodation on offer fullfills all his/her needs. Can deal with most situations likely to arise in a hotel, such as messages, ordering, etc”. The competency chosen for this group was based not only on the syllabus of the course but also because it is an essential task that these future secretaries will be required to perform at their jobs. The component knowledge and
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