Personal Details:

Name:
Date of Birth:
Contact telephone number and email address:
Current Job Title:
Basic Duties:

Skills and language

 Reading  Grammar
 Writing  Vocabulary
 Speaking  Pronunciation
 Listening

Which of the areas above do you most need to improve in your English (in
order)?
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Written texts
 Contracts  Faxes
 General interest articles  Official notices
 Specialist articles  Agendas
 Formal business E-mails  Minutes
 More informal/ chatty e-mails  Websites (please give
 Reports example)

 Memos  Chat pages

 Business letters  Others (please name)

Which 5 of these do you write most in English (in order of use)?

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Which of the others do you read most in English (in order of use)?
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Which of the above do you need help with/ practice of (in order)?
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Speaking and listening

 Conferences  Meetings of 3 or more people
 One to one meetings (please state numbers)

 One to one phone calls  Presentations

 Conference calls  Socializing

Which of these situations do you have to speak in?

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Which of the remaining ones do you have to/ do you listen to?
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 Customers
 Potential customers
 Direct boss
 Other superiors
 Subordinates
 Colleagues in same office
 Colleagues in other office
(please state where)
Which of these people do you have to speak English to?
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What are the nationalities of the groups of people you speak to?
 Native speakers (from?)
 Non-native speakers (from?)
 Mixed native/ non-native groups
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Who do you find it most difficult to talk to/ understand and why?
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Put these in order from number 1 (the one to spend most time on
in class) to 10 (the one
to spend least on)
 Reading articles  Written grammar exercises
 Practicing social and  Spoken grammar exercises
functional English  Learning specialist
 Listening to tapes vocabulary
 Watching videos  Learning general English
 Discussing current affairs vocabulary

 Talking about your job  Other (please specify):

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