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Track your English skills progress!
What can you do in English? Assess yourself for each of three skills below.
Can understand the main points of clear standard speech on familiar topics regularly encountered in weather reports, news items, and discussions about personal topics.
Can extract the main information from short, clear, straightforward texts relating to matters of personal interest.
Can identify specific information and opinions in simple news articles or blog posts on topics like environmental issues or personal development.
Can understand conversations offering advice or discussing ambitions, even when idiomatic expressions are used.
Can understand simple descriptions of people, products, or events, recognizing adjectives and key vocabulary.
Can write simple, cohesive texts on topics which are familiar or of personal interest, such as a letter describing a weather event or an email giving advice.
Can describe experiences, feelings, and events related to the topics of weather, news, advice, and motivation, using appropriate vocabulary and basic grammatical structures.
Can give simple prepared presentations on a familiar topic, such as a news story or a personal goal, expressing my opinions and ideas clearly.
Can create simple advertisements or news briefs using descriptive language and persuasive techniques.
Can express wishes, hopes, and regrets using accurate language and common expressions.
Can participate in news program and talk show simulations, asking and answering questions about weather, current events, or advice, adapting the language to the context.
Can give and respond to feedback constructively within the team, offering suggestions for improvement in news scripts or talk show segments.
Can express agreement or disagreement politely during group discussions, using appropriate phrases and giving reasons for their opinion on environmental awareness, personal responsibility or empathy.
Can effectively ask for and give advice, using modal verbs (should, could, must) to offer suggestions on how to overcome challenges and make better decisions.
Can collaborate with team members to design and record news or talk show segments, sharing ideas, delegating tasks, and respecting diverse viewpoints..
Think about your learning journey this week!
Strategies to improve my learning process
Choose at least 5 strategies in each category that can help you improve your English.
Over the next couple of weeks, I will apply the following strategies to improve my listening and reading
Tip: Read short articles about your hobbies
When: 🕒 Outside the class
Mindfulness: 🧘 Take a deep breath before reading
Weekly Challenge: ✍️ Summarize an article and share it in class
Tip: Listen to podcasts of 5-10 minutes in English. ➡️Click to find podcasts (https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/general-english/audio-series/podcasts)
When: 🕒 Outside the class
Mindfulness: 🧘 Listen without judging your understanding
Weekly Challenge: ✍️ Write down 3 new things in English you learned from the podcast
Tip: Read English subtitles while watching a series
When: 🕒 Outside the class
Mindfulness: 🧘 Be grateful for being able to follow the speech with subtitles
Weekly Challenge: ✍️ Learn 5 new words from each episode
Tip: Use audiobooks with text
When: 🕒 Outside the class
Mindfulness: 🧘 Listen mindfully
Weekly Challenge: ✍️ Highlight your favorite phrases
Tip: Watch a TED Talk or TED-Ed lessons and note key ideas
When: 🕒 Outside the class
Mindfulness: 🧘 Take a moment to reflect before starting
Weekly Challenge: ✍️ Share an idea in class or a forum
Tip: Explore the page News in Levels: real news adapted by levels
When: 🕒 Outside the class
Mindfulness: 🧘 Focus on understanding, not translating
Weekly Challenge: ✍️ Make a glossary of 10 key words from the video
Tip: Read small texts daily (e.g., National Geographic Kids, Teen Bites)
When: 🕒 Outside the class
Mindfulness: 🧘 Listen to how your voice sounds without judgment
Weekly Challenge: ✍️ Record your reading and evaluate pronunciation
Tip: Listen to songs with lyrics and sing along (check the webpages like Lyrics Training)
When: 🕒 Outside the class
Mindfulness: 🧘 Enjoy the rhythm and the moment
Weekly Challenge: ✍️ Sing and focus on pronunciation and rhythm in English
Tip: Listen to snippets like BBC Learning English: News Review
When: 🕒 Outside the class
Mindfulness: 🧘 Notice your emotions when reading opinions
Weekly Challenge: ✍️ Write a response to a comment you read
Tip: Create a vocabulary cheat sheet with adjectives for weather, feelings, and physical descriptions
When: 🕒 Outside the class
Mindfulness: 🧘 Be grateful for learning each day
Weekly Challenge: ✍️ Comment on a news story in class or with a friend
Over the next couple of weeks, I will apply the following strategies to improve my speaking and writing
Tip: Practice emails with Write & Improve: a Cambridge platform that provides automatic feedback. Ideal for basic emails and descriptions
When: 🕒 Outside the class
Mindfulness: 🧘 Focus on organizing your ideas.
Weekly Challenge: ✍️ Write an email where you include the vocabulary from this week’s classes.
Tip: Use the past tense to tell personal stories
When: 🕒 In and Outside the class
Mindfulness: 🧘 Be grateful for your experiences as you share them
Weekly Challenge: ✍️ Tell a story orally using the past simple tense to your classmates or ChatGPT. Do it once a week.
Tip: Prepare a mini-presentation on a topic you like and record a video
When: 🕒 Outside the class
Mindfulness: 🧘 Visualize yourself speaking confidently
Weekly Challenge: ✍️ Make a 2-minute presentation about your hobby and record yourself with your cell phone.
Tip: Record audios to practice pronunciation and fluency.
When: 🕒 Outside the class
Mindfulness: 🧘 Accept your voice as it is, without criticism
Weekly Challenge: ✍️ Record an audio describing your day and listen to it for improvement.
Tip: Summarize texts or videos in English
When: 🕒 Outside the class
Mindfulness: 🧘 Breathe while reading or watching to stay mindful
Weekly Challenge: ✍️ Summarize a short video in 3 sentences in English and record yourself or tell it to ChatGPT
Tip: Make spoken lists of what you will do today or this week
When: 🕒 Outside the class
Mindfulness: 🧘 Visualize your day calmly
Weekly Challenge: ✍️ Record a list aloud and use it in your classes
Tip: Navigate the Internet in English
When: 🕒 Outside the class
Mindfulness: 🧘 Focus on understanding what you see at the moment
Weekly Challenge: ✍️ This week, only use the Internet or your cell phone in English
Tip: Communicate only in English through chatbox during class.
When: 🕒 In class
Mindfulness: 🧘 Enjoy the process without worrying about the outcome
Weekly Challenge: ✍️ Motivate yourself to only use English this week. Use simple phrases you learn in classes.
Over the next couple of weeks, I will apply the following strategies to improve my interactions
Tip: Ask open-ended questions: “What do you think about…?”, “How was your weekend?”
When: 🕒 In class
Mindfulness: 🧘 Listen to what others answer without thinking about your next question or response
Weekly Challenge: ✍️ Ask 3 open-ended questions to different classmates or your teacher during the week
Tip: Express your opinion: “In my opinion…”, “I believe that…””
When: 🕒 In class
Mindfulness: 🧘 Take a deep breath before speaking to organize your ideas
Weekly Challenge: ✍️ Share your opinion with these expressions in at least one group activity
Tip: Ask questions like “What did you like the most?,” “What can be improved?” during feedback activities
When: 🕒 In class
Mindfulness: 🧘 Relax and don't fear making mistakes
Weekly Challenge: ✍️ Suggest an idea during a class activity or dynamic
Tip: Participate in debates with phrases like “I agree/disagree because…”
When: 🕒 In class
Mindfulness: 🧘 Maintain a relaxed posture and respect turns
Weekly Challenge: ✍️ Actively participate in a small debate or discussion. Don’t wait to be called.
Tip: Ask for clarification: “What do you mean?”, “Can you explain that again?”
When: 🕒 In class
Mindfulness: 🧘 Don’t be ashamed of not understanding; asking for clarity is brave
Weekly Challenge: ✍️ Use 2 clarification phrases this week
Tip: Make positive comments: “That’s a good idea,” “I like your point.”
When: 🕒 In class
Mindfulness: 🧘 Be aware of the impact of your words, smile
Weekly Challenge: ✍️ Give 3 positive comments during collaborative activities
Tip: Talk to ChatGPT in English
When: 🕒 Outside the class
Mindfulness: 🧘 Create opportunities to practice and improve
Weekly Challenge: ✍️ This week, talk to ChatGPT at least 3 times in English, imagining it is a person.
Tip: React to what others say: “That’s interesting!”, “Really?”, “No way!”
When: 🕒 In class and outside the class
Mindfulness: 🧘 Stay present, avoid distractions
Weekly Challenge: ✍️ Use 5 different reactive expressions in class and with Chat GPT
Celebrate your achievements!
Progress automatically updates when you complete the Can Do Checklist
First Assessment
Complete any Can Do item
Skill Master
Complete 5 objectives
Reflective Learner
Complete weekly reflection
Conversation Star
Master all Interaction skills
Strategist
Use 5+ strategies