FOCUS ON THE LEARNER'S WRITTEN LANGUAGE

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Minor spelling mistakes were observed such as the word “responsibility” which is a language interference that in Spanish is very similar.

Another area that can be improved is the punctuation, the use of commas and periods is frequently, I consider this is because, it allowed her to write simple sentences, I will design for this class activities that include the use of connectors and more cohesive devices that help them to use connected speech in a more efficient way.

ANALYSIS OF THE ANNOTATED VERSION.

I focused on the correction of the verb tense in past, as I mentioned in the previous paragraph, Gabriela knows perfectly the past tenses, this is a slip caused by distraction or fatigue, so I think this assessment can benefit her and reduce her distraction when speaking or writing, I have seen that for this class it is difficult to admit and correct that their errors because they have been studying English for many years, their ideas are clear but not accurate enough to consolidate as B2.

All the spelling mistakes and missing words are corrected, this will help her to self-evaluate her performance and be more careful with the use of prepositions and more complex vocabulary.

STUDENT B

He is a 12 years old student in six grade of primary, , in a bilingual school, whose level is a A1+ according to the CFR, she has been studying English for eight years, since he was in elementary school.

I decided to choose Diego’s composition because of all the information I can get it from him, he is one of the students who can express better writing than participating or talking during the class, although he do it not in the correct way.

ANALYSIS OF THE CORRECTED VERSION

Diego is able to write and talk about himself in a sheet of paper, but after checking his composition, he can develop it in a coherent structure but he does not use the tenses in the correct way it should be, he also mixes simple with past tense and that is something that we have been working on it.

ANALYSIS OF THE ANNOTATED VERSION

After analyzing Diego’s composition I decided to focus only on two things to correct which were vocabulary and simple past, to simple things that he already know. I think this was a little bit difficult for him because, Diego is not used to write about himself, so that was something that makes him get confuse, so I will assess him and reinforce with it.

CONCLUSION

In my opinion this is one of the most important activities during the whole year because in this way I can see how the progress of students is going. Otherwise this was the first time for me that I use symbols to correct the compositions because most of the times I use to write the errors or mistakes not using any symbols and then they have to write down the correct version. So I think this is going to be much easier for both and students are going to be able to familiarize with this terms and for me is going to be easier.