Are You Really Improving Your English

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today’s topic is are you improving how

to assess your language skills have you

ever wondered am I actually getting

better with my target language if you

want to know how to check and see if

you’ve improved or not then keep

watching today you’ll learn why

assessment can mean the difference

between fluency and failure how to

assess your language skills even if

you’re learning on your own and much

more but first listen up here are this

month’s new lessons and resources first

the writing a journal cheat sheet with

this cheat sheet you’ll be able to keep

a diary in your target language and talk

about your day

inside you’ll find phrases for common

daily activities from mornings tonight

second if you love travel then you’ll

love our brand new travel words and

phrases PDF ebook learn all the must

know travel phrases download it for free

right now

third must know words and phrases for

your resume if you want to write your

resume in your target language then this

next one minute lesson is for you fourth

the top 12 April Fool’s phrases want to

prank others and speak more of your

target language then you’ll want this

April Fool’s phrase list if must know

vocab for doing laundry if you need

language for practical situations like

doing laundry

then this one-minute lesson is for you

you’ll learn how to say washing machine

detergent softener and much more

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jump into today’s topic

are you improving how to assess your

language skills so have you ever

wondered am I actually improving with my

target language feeling like you’re not

improving can hurt your motivation on

the flip side if you notice yourself

understanding more of the language than

before you can feel good and that can

fuel your motivation to keep going but

it’s not easy to spot your improvement

it’s tricky with language it’s not like

going to the gym where you can see your

muscles in the mirror this is where

assessment comes in what’s assessment

the easiest example of assessment is a

test if you go to a language class

you’ll get a test on the first day the

goal of the assessment test is to

understand where your language level is

and any test after that is a way to see

how much you’ve improved this is ongoing

assessment so assessment is checking

where you are now and how far you’ve

come with your language learning

assessment lets you see where you’ve

improved and helped you find what you

need to work on if you’re serious about

learning a language it’s one of the best

things you can do to stay on track stay

motivated correct your mistakes and

reach fluency but assessing yourself is

also hard if you’re learning on your own

so what can you do here’s how you can

assess your language skills whether

you’re learning with our program or not

number one if you’re a Premium Plus user

retake the assessment test technically

you can only take this once but if you

get in touch with our support team we’ll

give you the link if you’re using any

other resource find a way to test

yourself look for practice tests apply

for a proficiency test take online

quizzes anything that forces you to test

your language skills

number two revisit old lessons an easier

way to self assess your language level

is to revisit old lessons you can do

this with any program you’re learning

with if you’ve truly made progress then

you should be able to understand the

lesson dialogues with no problem if not

then you know that you need to review

them some more number three try harder

lessons also something you can do with

any language resource if you’re using

our program try lessons from a higher

level if you’re a lower intermediate try

upper intermediate lessons if you don’t

understand anything that’s fine

but if you do then that’s a good sign

that you’ve improved and are ready for

harder lessons number four for reading

check out our extensive reading books

these are available for all levels from

absolute beginner to advanced you can

reread old ones or try harder ones to

see where your current level is you’ll

find these books in our lesson library

this will help you assess your reading

and comprehension skills number five for

speaking use our voice recording tool if

you can easily repeat the lines from the

conversation that’s a good sign

or if you’re using another program try

to shadow the provided conversations if

you can do it without a problem then

you’ve made progress and are ready to go

to the next level

number six for writing try and copy out

our lesson dialog by hand the point here

is to see if you can write smoothly or

not as a way of assessing your writing

you can also do this with any text book

you can also take a picture of your

writing and send it to your Premium Plus

teacher for feedback number seven

use our premium plus assignments if

you’re a Premium Plus member you can ask

your teacher to send you weekly

assignments based on your knees whether

for reading writing speaking or

listening and they’ll provide you

feedback so you can see where you are

with each skill so to recap

one take our assessment test to revisit

old lessons three try harder lessons or

use our extensive reading books for

reading five use our voice recording

tool sixth right out dialogues by hand

and seven take advantage of our

assignments remember the point of

assessment is not to pass or fail but to

see where you’ve improved and where you

need to work so thank you for watching

this episode of monthly review next time

we’ll talk about the easiest way to

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