1. MIDTERM TEST

2. NAMES: MARIA ANDREA MORA CASTRO. LEYDIS PAYARES SANTOS. DATE: 11/08/14.

3. MY LEARNING CONTRACT Ability to work: Listening. GOAL: ( What exactly do you need to know about it?). We need to learn more listening with clarity, the audios, tracks, songs, movies, etc. For we can understand to others people who speak English.

4. . PRIOR LEARNING AND EXPERIENCE: (Knowledge, skills, abilities). We have knowledge, skills and abilities in listening as listening and understand some words that say our English teacher and foreign people.. GAP ANALYSIS: (It is result of comparing what you need (Goal) and what you do not have yet (prior learning). We have knowledge of the listening of a few words in English but we need to have knowledge more advanced in listening of more words in English for us to understand our English teacher and foreign people, also we need to know the pronunciation of those words.

5. . OBJECTIVES: (Write the deadline for each one). 1)- When this semester is over in may, we must have a more advanced knowledge in listening to different words in English so that we can understand more clearly when a person speak to us in English. 2)- When we are in the last semester in the year 2018, we must learn to listen and understand everything they tell us in English.

6. . AVAILABLE RESOURCES: 1)- Places: The University. English School. 2)- Links: * http://www.busuu.com/es/?b_source=adwords&b_campaign=ob_es&b_group=busuu&b_subnetwork=SN&b_term=busuu&b_placement=&utm _nooverride=1&gclid=COvftuKN3L0CFe9QOgodH2cA3g. http://www.busuu.com/es/?b_source=adwords&b_campaign=ob_es&b_group=busuu&b_subnetwork=SN&b_term=busuu&b_placement=&utm _nooverride=1&gclid=COvftuKN3L0CFe9QOgodH2cA3g * http://www.openenglish.com/la/?ref=googlebrandedsearch&utm_source=Google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Colombia_-_Brand_- _Search&adgroup=Open_English_Brand&utm_term=open%20english&gclid=COyxyMmO3L0CFSwdOgodt0kA_w. 3)- Books: The Newspaper Chase with audio. The Pearl Girl with audio. 4)- Computer Technology: English audio pages online like OpenEnglish.com. Listening programs in English online like Busuu.com. 5)- People: *English Teacher. * The Foreign People.

7. . LEARNING STRATEGIES: (Consider your learning styles). 1)- Search video with English subtitles. 2)- Listen to audio books. 3)- Learn new words. 4)- Practice the pronunciation of those new words. 5)- Listen to songs and watch their captions.

8. . POTENTIAL OBSTACLES AND SOLUTIONS: 1)- An obstacle in listening is that sometimes people talk too fast and we do not understand what they say. the solution is that we must adapt to hearing that kind of language through audios. 2)- An obstacle in listening is that we do not understand what someone else says because we do not understand the words that person says. the solution is that we must know the pronunciation of words in English to understand what another person says. 3)- An obstacle in listening is that we do not understand what someone else says because we do not know what that person says. the solution is that we must have enough knowledge of vocabulary in English.

9. . HOW WILL YOU MEASURE YOUR SUCCESS?: 1)- We will measure our success by a review of everything we've learned and seeing if it worked or not. 2)- We will measure our success by listening to our English teachers and looking if we understand everything they say or not. 3)- We will measure our success by putting into practice what we learned.