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Student Persona by Radhika, Nina and Nadine

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Student Persona by Radhika, Nina and Nadine

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Who are they?

Sara is a 9 year old girl who was born in Brazil but grew up between Belgium and Holland. She now lives in Buenos Aires with her mother (Brazilian), father (Dutch) and her 3 siblings. Sara and her family travel around a lot for her father’s work (Dutch Embassy). Sara adapts well to new environments as she has a bubbly personality. She is fluent in Brazilian, French and Dutch, but is an English language learner .

What makes them unique?

She appears to be quite self-contained and although she works well in pairs and groups, she is just as happy to listen to the teacher, and take notes. She has a special interest in sports where is feels confident and appreciated by her friends, family and coaches which makes her feel accepted.

How are they motivated?

Sara is motivated to learn more when the teacher uses a lot of pictures  when teaching. She enjoys reading about something rather than hearing it which helps her to picture it in her head. She is keen in reading all the sports news from newspaper or articles but finds its challenging as language becomes her barrier.

Why do they behave the way they do?

Sara needs to be motivated to get in the habit of sharing her  thought processes aloud. She needs to be thoroughly explained of  what is being  asked and the expectation by the teacher.

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Student Persona by John Hullock- Irum Naz

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Student Persona by John Hullock- Irum Naz

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Meimaris Murray-Ann ( by Ainagul and Mike )

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Meimaris Murray-Ann ( by Ainagul and Mike )

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Who are they?

A 10 years old. She lives with her grandparents, because her parents work in another country. She has an older brother, who is studying in the Diploma program.
What makes them unique?

She likes music and dancing. She dreams of becoming a famous singer. She does not enjoy communicate with others much. She likes to talk with her grandparents, because she thinks they understand her better than other people or classmates.
How are they motivated?

She is passionate about music, knows a lot of songs and about the lives of famous singers. She loves to perform on a stage, so she often participates in school performances.
Why do they behave the way they do?

She does not like making friends, because she often studies in different international schools.

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Who are they?
Our friend is Sam and he is 8 years old. He goes to an IB school in Germany.  He is Canadian / New Zealand. Both of his parents are teachers and live the expat life of traveling and living/working in different countries abroad.  It seems he has bounced around, not staying in any one place more than two years.
What makes them unique?
Sam is a very engaged and persistent student. He is highly creative and makes his choices about things with confidence. He is vocal and not afraid to share his opinion. He is an avid reader and picks up a book whenever there is a free moment to spare.  Sam enjoys writing fictional stories but has a harder time with other genres. He excels in math.
How are they motivated?
Sam get the most out of hands-on learning.  He loves to build things and create things out of recycled items. He enjoys finding solutions to real-life problems.  He is interested in technology and also loves to read.
Why do they behave the way they do?
Sam is serious and independent. He is very similar to his father in persona in that he is always in motion and tends to speak very fast. He sometimes struggles to see other’s perspectives and this is where the children who are also independent thinkers often butt heads. He is learning to give others feedback in a way that does not come off as threatening or like one who "knows it all."

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Name: Andreas              School: International School :Nationality: Denmark        Age: 4 years                         Who is he?                     Andreas is very polite and shy student, settle in very well in new school and country. He is not so confident to speak in English as it's his second language. He finds it difficult to communicate to his peers, he uses basic words to talk to others. He is a principled child, who demonstrate great social skills. Began to learn few letter sound and its names.                                 What makes him unique?Andreas has a great sense of humor, who makes his peers laugh, through actions.  He is a risk taker begin a ESL child having confidence to make new friends and learning English. He makes mistakes, understands through mistakes his learning. He feels proud of themselves whatever he does in school. How is he motivated?            He is motivated by telling him it's okay to make mistake, we learn through our mistake. He is also motivated through using vocab picture cards, reading books and letter sound for him to learn basic English. Play games and through music and movement. Daily interaction with peer during play time.                 How does he behave the way he does?                                 His behavior is bit shy; he is always reminded to play with other friends. Gets frustrated if he doesn't understand something.     

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Name: Andreas              School: International School :Nationality: Denmark        Age: 4 years                         Who is he?                     Andreas is very polite and shy student, settle in very well in new school and country. He is not so confident to speak in English as it's his second language. He finds it difficult to communicate to his peers, he uses basic words to talk to others. He is a principled child, who demonstrate great social skills. Began to learn few letter sound and its names.                                 What makes him unique?Andreas has a great sense of humor, who makes his peers laugh, through actions.  He is a risk taker begin a ESL child having confidence to make new friends and learning English. He makes mistakes, understands through mistakes his learning. He feels proud of themselves whatever he does in school. How is he motivated?            He is motivated by telling him it's okay to make mistake, we learn through our mistake. He is also motivated through using vocab picture cards, reading books and letter sound for him to learn basic English. Play games and through music and movement. Daily interaction with peer during play time.                 How does he behave the way he does?                                 His behavior is bit shy; he is always reminded to play with other friends. Gets frustrated if he doesn't understand something.     

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Preet Patel ( by Suparna and Christianna) 

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Preet Patel ( by Suparna and Christianna) 

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Who are they?
Preet is a timid and an introvert student who loves to be all by himself. He is 9 years old and is the only child to his parents. They take  a lot of interest in him. Since Preet prefers to remain a loner, his parents are very worried. They make sure that he has friends in his neighbourhood and arrange for play dates with his school mates whenever possible.

What makes him unique?
He is a well- behaved student who loves to read, write and draw. But he hardly speaks.

What motivates him?
Written assignments and drawing motivates him a lot. He also loves to read Science fictions and conduct experiments.

Why does he behave the way he does?
His nature is such that he prefers to remain quiet. Somewhere we feel that he lacks confidence and becomes very conscious while speaking.

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Who are they?

Kim is a 10-year-old boy who has recently moved from South Korea to Hong Kong with his family. He is attending  a new IB PYP school.  This is the first time he has been away from his home in Korea. This move came about as his parents have accepted an overseas posting with their company.

What makes them unique?

He is very well behaved, polite and friendly. He has already made several friends and students in his class enjoy learning with him. While learning in an international school is quite different from his prior local school. He is not limited too much, and feels a lot of chance to learn independently. Sometimes, he can be involved very well but sometimes he has no idea what to do because in local school, teachers are the leader of the classroom and tell him what to do all the time.

How are they motivated?

He is keen to find out as much as he can about his new school and country, even though the language of instruction in class is new for him.  When unsure, he questions. Teachers and students encourage him a lot.  He loves football and becomes a sport star in his class.

Why do they behave the way they do?

K is very open-minded, with a positive attitude.  He is enjoying the challenges a new way of life is bringing.  He has a supportive family and a love of adventure.  At the moment, everything is new and exciting.

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Aria is a shy and insecure student who has a tough time making connections with her peers and teachers. She doesn't like to be touched and often walks with her hair in her face and her head hanging down. Although English is Aria's 3rd language, she experiences difficulty in reading and writing in all languages. This is her 3rd year at the English speaking international school, but she still struggles with building letters and sounds. She is often withdrawn in whole group classroom situations but receives EAL support daily and is pulled out of class for small group instruction.
What makes them unique?
Aria is funny when she let's you see that side of her and is an excellent artist. She can communicate her thoughts through her drawings.  She loves to dance and sing but, only in the privacy of our own home or in a place of true comfort. She loves animals and share stories of her pets.
What motivates them?
Aria loves to learn through games, songs or drawings.  She enjoys the outdoors and is encouraged to do more 'outdoor learning' activities.  Her motivation in any task increases only when she has truly built a trust with the teacher and the students in her group.  She thrives on positive interactions and encouragement but also a lot of patience.
Why does she behave the way she does?
Aria didn't learn to speak until she was 4 years old and has always had gaps in her learning. Her family doesn't communicate much at home and her parents don't have a very strong relationship. She is anxious when talking about her home life so is often withdrawn.

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Who are they?
She is a 12 year old Brazilian girl that moved to Germany one year ago, only speaking Portuguese. One parent works for the UN and they are unsure of when they will move back to Brazil, but it could be at anytime. She does not have the same broad experiences that her peers at an international school have.
What makes them unique?
She is a diligent, thorough, motivated student that wants to please her teachers. She translates all of her notes into Portuguese each day so that she can better understand and further her learning. Maria is very kind and works well with all of her peers.
What motivates them?
She is the oldest student in her grade because of her English level, yet she is not self-conscious of this. Instead, she prides herself when she can teach a concept to another student and really enjoys this quiet type of leadership role. However, she is still aware of her age and strives to improve herself daily. She is still in touch with friends from Brazil and feel anxious if she thinks she is 'behind' them in her own learning.
Why does she behave the way she does?
Maria has a strong attachment to her home country and culture and misses it very much. She is unsure of when her family will move back but she fears being 'behind' so she often creates extra work for herself or asks for more work from her teachers to do at home.

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Who are they?

His name is Edward and he is 11 years old.  He attends an IB school in Fort Collins, Colorado.  His parents are originally from Mexico, but now live in the United States.  He is fluent in both English and Spanish.  His parents are well educated and hold high expectations for him.

What makes them unique?

He is naturally inquisitive and is constantly asking questions and seeking out new information.  His curiosity is higher than most other students his age when it comes to learning about the world around him.  His mind is constantly in motion.

How are they motivated?

Edward is intrinsically motivated to learn about new things.  However, his mind works so fast that he makes many careless mistakes in his research and reading.  His sentence structure and organizational capabilities in writing are lacking, and it is difficult for his teachers to get him to slow down and think things through before he starts writing or creating a presentation.

Why do they behave the way they do?

Part of the reason is simply because he is an eleven-year old boy.  He has difficulty with impulse control, and this can also lead him to have conflicts with other students in class in additional to performing poorly on assignments because of careless mistakes.

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Who are they?
She is a 10 year-old American girl with mixed European ancestry. She attends an International school because one of her parents works for the United Nations and the family travels based on this parent's assignments.
What makes them unique?
She loves being outside and playing sports. She likes being part of a team but tends to want to be the leader. This sometimes strains her relationship with her peers both on and off the playground.
What motivates them?
She enjoys all academic subjects but thrives in PE and art. She is very creative and enjoys projects that allow her to express her creativity. She does find it difficult to integrate her knowledge into these projects as she is more focused on the creative process rather than seeing the creativity as a vehicle for expressing what she knows. She also does not incorporate teacher/instructor feedback on this issue as she feels this limits her creativity.
Why do they behave this way?
She is very competitive and wants to be the best. She also does not want to limit her creativity as she feels this is her strength.

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Yuhang Chen (By Xuefei, Talitha and Mandana)

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Yuhang Chen (By Xuefei, Talitha and Mandana)

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Who are they?
A 11 year boy. He lives in the school and come back home during the weekend, because his parents are very busy with their business in another town. He has a younger sister, who is 4 years old.
What makes them unique?
He loves talk to the people and have good relationships with nearly all classmates and audlts in the school. But he can not concentrate his attention in the class if require long time listening (more than 5 min may be a challenge to him) He likes the things related to the real life, especially link to the surrounding people, animals and plants.
What motivates them?
He  loves to inquiry the things by himself. For example, he collects the insects to feed them and observe thire behaviour. He loves to share his findings with others.
Why does he behave the way he does?
I do not know why he behavea the way he does. His parents and grand-parents love him very much.  His mother has high expections on him. Maybe this give him confidential to get along with other people.

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Who are they?
A nine year boy who has Irish and British parents.  He is attending an international school because both his parents work in international development.  What makes them unique?
He loves animals and things he would like to be a vet in the future.  He doesn't enjoy working with others much, although he has two good friends.
What motivates them?
He is fascinated by the sciences, he enjoys literature, but mainly to do with science fiction or non-fiction.
Why does he behave the way he does? He has been overseas for most of his life and is a bit jaded by transition and having to make new friends all the time.