Learner background

Learner background

Interview

Thursday, October 27th 2011-11-02

Interviewer: Juan Pablo Bravo Suazo

Interviewed: Tamara Yamil Fuentes Rodríguez

Questions

1.- What is your favoritesubject? Why?

English because is, like it

2.- How does your mother/father looks like?

My mother is tall and old.

3.- your physical description.

My physical description is shortand thin.

4.- your psychological description.

My psychological description is crazy.

5.- what are your hobbies?

My hobbies is Football are. No, my hobbies are football and listen tomusic

6.- what kind of sports have you practiced?

I practice volleyball

7.- what are your future plans?

Study university, pedago, pedagogy, in English.

8.- What kind of music do youlike?

I like music pop

9.- What means for you to learn English in your life?

English in my life is important and interesting.

Main difficulties or cultural/language interferences.General analysis.

In the interview done, there were some mistakes that are going to be analyzed in the following paragraphs. Those mistakes consist in errors made by the student interviewed in thethree systems of the language: Phonology, grammar, and vocabulary.

Phonetic transcription.

1.- What is your favorite subject? Why?

English because is, like it

7.- what are your futureplans?

Study university, pedago, pedagogy, in English.

9.- What means for you to learn English in your life?

English in my life is important and interesting.

“…ˈɪnglɪʃ bɪˈkaʊs aɪlaɪk ɪt. ˈstʌdi ˈju:nəˈvɜ:rsəti pedʌgɒ, pedʌgɒʒi ɪn ˈɪŋglɪʃ, ɪz, ˈɪŋglɪʃ ɪn maɪ laɪf ɪz ɪmˈpɔ:rtʌn ənd ɪnterˈestɪn,

Main difficulties or cultural language interferences.

General analysis

Inthis part, we are going to analyze some mistakes done by the student.

Pronunciation

In general, Tamara s pronunciation is good at her level of English; there were no problems to...