Choosing materials and methods

I can do this

I want to learn this

This isn't important for me

I am familiar with a variety of materials and resources for language learning, for example

textbooks (coursebooks, workbooks …)

reference works (dictionaries, grammar books …)

authentic materials (films, newspaper articles, songs …)

    interactive CD-ROMs

websites and online resources

tandem (language exchange partner)

native speakers

    learning advisors

other (please specify):

I can do this

I want to learn this

This isn't important for me

In order to achieve my goal, I can choose materials and resources

on my own

together with others

with the help of learning tips

    with a learning advisor.

I can choose materials to help me achieve my goal bearing in mind

my language competencies

my learning style.

I can choose authentic materials – for example, films, different text types, radio and television programmes – to help me achieve my goal bearing in mind

my language competencies

my learning style.

I can choose materials and resources to help me achieve my goal

for a task

for a series of tasks (for example, a presentation in the foreign language)

 for a project (for example, to prepare a brochure about my university or to prepare a report)

for an entire programme of learning.

I can do this

I want to learn this

This isn't important for me

I can try out new, unfamiliar materials and resources (for example, new learning software, new textbooks, working with a newspaper article for the first time)

on my own

together with others

with the help of learning tips

    with a learning advisor.

I can do this

I want to learn this

This isn't important for me

I am familiar with different language learning methods and strategies, for example

repeting words or sentences

completing grammar exercises

asking questions in order to get explanations

analysing structures and sentences in order to deduce grammar rules

looking something up in a dictionary

searching the internet for words and expressions

preparing before speaking

    speaking in the foreign language

reading in the foreign language

completing simulations in the foreign language

summarising something in the foreign language

    translating from the foreign language

other (please specify):

I can do this

I want to learn this

This isn't important for me

In order to achieve my goal, I can choose methods and strategies

on my own

together with others

with the help of learning tips

    with a learning advisor.

In order to achieve my goal, I can choose methods and strategies suited to

the selected material (for example, listening and repeating tasks with a listening text)

the task (for example, when completing a reading comprehension predicting the meaning of new words from the context)

my learning style (for example, preparing a table of grammar rules if I am a visual learner).

I can do this

I want to learn this

This isn't important for me

I can try out new and unfamiliar methods and strategies (for example, new methods to learn vocabulary or new exercises to improve my listening skills)

on my own

together with others

with the help of learning tips

    with a learning advisor.

I can do this

I want to learn this