How to review your English progress and check by yourself
stream my name is alicia and in this
week’s live lesson we are going to talk
about how to review your progress and
check yourself so how do you know when
you’ve moved forward in your language
learning how do you know if you achieved
your language learning goals how do you
know when it’s time to move to the next
topic so this is what we’re going to
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today’s lesson
is about how to review your progress and
check yourself okay so i’m going to like
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so
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yeah today’s lesson boards look like
this so we’re going to talk about review
a lot today we’re going to talk about
how to review to check yourself
we’re going to review the concept of can
i or can do questions and we’re going to
finish by talking about how to know what
to study next so this is kind of i i
hope a good way to end the year
so
let’s get started okay so the first uh
part one for today i want to just talk
about how to review
in order to understand your progress so
i talk a lot about reviewing right
reviewing old
study topics to make sure you understand
and remember the topics but today i want
to talk about reviewing
to check your progress so how do you do
that so
how to check your study progress review
so
first point is to check your previous
study topics so that means vocabulary uh
so like flash cards check your grammar
textbook or like a speaking textbook
whatever textbook you have
you can practice old listening exercises
so check the things you studied before
so when i say before or
previous study topics
i don’t mean like yesterday’s study
topics i mean for example last month or
maybe three months ago so this doesn’t
mean
like do this every day to check your
progress that’s really difficult to
measure every day right
but i mean check last month’s study
topics or check three months ago so i
usually i like to try to check students
progress every about every three months
that for me that’s usually when they
finish like a course they finish their
textbook or so so for me the guideline
is about three months maybe for your
course and your level it’s different but
that’s kind of the guideline that i like
to use
so check your previous study topics and
look for this question so can you
understand them now so can you
understand them now or
are they easier okay so for example with
vocabulary flashcards this is really
easy to understand when you look at a
new flashcard the first time you don’t
know the vocabulary word or you don’t
know the phrase right but if you review
like three months later you’re like oh i
know this word now great okay so you
understand it now or it’s easier right
for your textbook
you can do the same thing with for
example a grammar point so the first
time you see a grammar point maybe you
don’t know how to use it right it’s new
but after practicing you know a month or
three months then you understand how to
use the grammar point right so when you
review that grammar point you think oh
yeah no problem i can make a sentence
with this grammar or i can read the
example sentences in my textbook and
it’s perfect no problem i understand so
check your understanding do you
understand those topics now or not
so this is one way to check your
progress to check and see if you learned
something
okay
all right
uh happy indie says i guess my listening
level is good because i can understand
all that you’re saying so that’s another
thing that you can do absolutely i have
listening exercises here so if you like
to watch uh like my videos for example
then you can go back to a past video a
video you watched like three months ago
and check do i understand this one but
remember to do that you have to study it
right
so don’t watch just one time or don’t
listen just one time listen a few times
right
okay cool so this is part one
uh part two here
is about reviewing
the things you created right so these
parts are about like your textbooks
they’re reviewing your input items right
the things that you listen to or new
vocabulary or grammar points but i also
talk on this channel a lot about uh
making things yourself right so speaking
practice or writing practice these kinds
of things
so i’ve talked before about recording
yourself right recording yourself with
video or doing an audio recording just
with your phone
so check video and audio recordings of
your practice sessions and check your
writing samples check your writing
samples do you see mistakes now or do
you notice improvements so this is
something i like to do not just with
language but with other things i’m
studying like with music for example so
i like to record like the end of my
practice session for the week or the end
of my practice session for the day
and then i can check that later yeah and
i see the progress so
for example if you do an audio recording
like you pick up your phone and you say
i don’t know one minute of conversation
you practice your study topics for the
day in like a speaking practice session
then you can check that in a week or in
a month and you can hear the difference
between now and that practice session in
the past so these are super super good
ways to check your progress
and you might realize like in one month
one month later like oh my gosh i made a
mistake there or oh my pronunciation was
really bad
maybe i need to work on that or i fixed
it you notice some improvements that
means you’re growing when you can find
those mistakes in your audio and your
video recordings of your own practice
sessions when you can see your own
mistakes that’s how you know that’s one
way to know you made some progress okay
so use these two things audio and video
recordings to help yourself understand
and see and hear your own progress okay
all right and the last one here is
writing sample so i know some of you
have social media accounts for your
english studies for your language
studies that’s super awesome
or you have maybe a journal or some
other thing that you use
to practice writing this is another
thing you can check so you can check
your writing samples and look like did i
make any mistakes like did i use new
vocabulary words is there a different
way i know to say this now so you can
look at your old writing samples
and think about
how you made progress
okay
all right can you change your voice this
is my voice
no i can’t this is my voice
all right uh
let’s see i’m looking for other
questions is they’re possible to have
episodes about job interviews yes there
are some videos on the channel about job
interviews just do a search do a search
for if you’re on facebook uh maybe check
our youtube channel the english class
101 youtube channel okay
all right so that is the end of part one
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cool so let’s head on let’s continue
then to part two
okay
uh let’s go to part two in part two
we’re going to talk about uh something
called can do questions i’ve talked
about this before so uh this is also
something you will find on our website
too if you take our can do
courses check that out
okay so let’s take a look so i’ve talked
about this many times this concept of
can i questions this is a super super
great way to check your level and to
understand your next study topic so
we’re going to focus on this uh for part
two and part three of today’s lesson
okay so what is a can what are these
questions i’m talking about so i
recommended at the beginning of the year
and at other times throughout the year
to make a list for yourself of can i
questions so
review your list of questions
so these can i questions are for example
let’s say three months ago you said okay
can i introduce myself and when you
answer these questions you have three
options you can say yes i can introduce
myself or it’s difficult maybe a little
and no i cannot do it at all no
so
review the list of questions that you
made for yourself or if you have never
asked yourself these kinds of questions
you can start now anyone can start
anytime
so review your answers to these
questions so let’s say three months ago
you said can i introduce myself yes no
problem okay
then can i talk about my hobbies you
said maybe
it’s difficult i can do it a little
and can i talk about my work or can i
talk about my studies maybe you said no
i can’t do this at all
so
review your list of course this is only
three questions what uh can i a list
sorry your list of questions should be
pretty long yeah maybe like 20 or 30
questions at least so
how do we use this to review to check
our progress
look for the questions that were
difficult for you before so which
questions did you say
it’s a little bit difficult but i can do
it for example here can i talk about my
hobbies it’s difficult
yes a little bit it’s difficult look for
those
then ask yourself can you do those
things now can you do those things now
so that means three months ago you said
this topic was difficult for you okay
now think about it can you do that now
if your answer is yes great so that
means you made progress so maybe now
today you think yeah i can talk about my
hobbies
okay so that means
you made progress on this item right
that’s one way to know you moved forward
okay
then
second point
which questions were no
before so which questions did you mark
as no i cannot do this thing at all
then can you do them a little
now so for example three months ago you
said can i talk about my work can i talk
about my studies and maybe you said no i
can’t i don’t know how but maybe now
after three months you know a little bit
you can do it a little bit but it’s
difficult so
you might say okay well now i feel it’s
difficult so this point really is look
at your list of questions if you don’t
have a list of questions there are some
you can find some can do ones can do
questions on google
or or you can take a look at the
items we have on our website too
so make a list for yourself
so you can check your answers to these
questions every few months because these
questions
will help you to track your progress
help you understand which parts you
moved forward on like which topics you
moved forward on and which topics maybe
you’re already finished with right for
example the another reason this is
really good is if you like look at this
one where you said yes i can introduce
myself if you keep spending time doing
self-introductions that’s not a very
good use of your time right you already
know how to do something go on to the
next topic right so these lists are
really helpful
for making sure you’re efficient with
your study time
okay so these are a couple ways that you
can use these questions to
understand your progress and to start to
go to the next level that’s for part
three okay
all right i don’t see any questions so
we’ll continue on to part three so my
key point here get yourself if you don’t
have one i’ve talked about this many
times this year if you’ve never done
this if you’ve never done this uh list
of question answering try it out it’s
really helpful to understand clearly
which parts uh or which topics you
should study next
okay cool so that is part two for
today’s lesson
uh we’ll take one more quick break and
then we’ll go to part three how do you
know what you should study next okay so
if you missed it uh today’s lesson is
about understanding your study progress
how to know what to do basically in your
studies
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okay cool so let’s go to the last part
of today’s lesson also if you haven’t
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three then what should i study next what
should i study next okay so
continuing from part two we talked about
these can i style questions right so
check your updated list of questions so
when i say your updated list of
questions i mean you checked your list
you checked your list of questions and
you wrote new answers yes i can do this
no i can’t do that this is a little
difficult for me okay so check your list
of updated questions then
look for the can i questions that you
marked difficult
so which ones did you say um this is
difficult for me and then
breakdown why
why is that topic difficult for you so
for example if you say
can i talk about my work or can i talk
about my studies maybe you say
it’s difficult it’s not no
but it’s not it’s not easy okay so why
is it vocabulary is it grammar is it
pronunciation
listening speaking reading writing then
think about the reason
so if there’s more than one that’s okay
that’s no problem so if there’s more
than one that’s fine but think about why
okay so can i talk about my work and can
i talk about my studies it’s difficult
why maybe i need more vocabulary words
and better speaking skills so that tells
you okay those are the next things for
you to work on so study next vocabulary
for work or vocabulary for your studies
right and practice speaking out loud
right so
you can use these questions
to find your weak point one like oh it’s
difficult so it’s it’s not impossible
but it’s your weak point maybe it’s your
weak point right now and then you look
at why is this weak for me why is this
hard for me and then focus your
attention focus your energy
on those topics so in this case
vocabulary for work or speaking out loud
and so on so you can do this
with all of the questions on your list
but to save time as i said when you
check your list look for the ones that
you marked difficult that’s a good way
to start
so you don’t want to spend more and more
and more time practicing the topics you
already know right you need to move to
the next topic so look for the questions
that you said um this is difficult for
me that’s a good place to start
okay
cool all right
i’m looking for your questions now in
the chat
aware it says how to practice speaking
yeah good question lots of people ask
about that one so for some ways to
practice speaking out loud there are a
few first you can try reading out loud
so if you have a textbook if you have
news articles if you have
something edited so edited means
someone checked the text to make sure
it’s correct so social media maybe is
okay but we make mistakes in social
media that might be a little bit
different so use a textbook or something
that has been checked
you can read that out loud you can do
shadowing practice so that means
repeating quickly after something you
hear so if you listen to podcasts for
example or maybe even some of my videos
you can repeat quickly after me or after
the person that you’re listening to so
that’s speaking practice if you have a
conversation partner of course that’s
another place to practice speaking out
loud for sure too so those are three
ideas okay
uh yeah chris 91 says you can speak to
yourself of course that’s another great
idea just in your house what are you
doing
okay
all right so uh these are some ways that
you can practice speaking and uh you can
get creative too uh with these with
these things but break basically break
down the reason why sometimes people say
well everything well of course like we
need all of these skills to speak a
language and to be able to communicate
sure but try to break down
uh what like the weakest part is there
like you don’t know the vocabulary maybe
there’s something else confidence is
another one lots of people say i don’t
have confidence that’s a different skill
here a different skill here but that’s
definitely also something you can work
on you can work on your confidence you
can work on improving yourself to
differ from building a language skill
but very important okay
cool all right i think i don’t see any
other questions lots of people are
saying hello and thanks for watching
very cool okay so i guess i’ll actually
time is almost up so i’ll wrap up soon
but the key point i want everyone uh i
hope to practice and to consider from
today’s lesson is these can i style
questions using these can i questions
can really help you to find your weak
points and to help you to understand how
to move forward in your studies the next
topic for your studies yeah so i i think
those are super super helpful and again
i try to check those every about every
three months or so three maybe four
months or so okay cool so i will finish
up with today’s lesson there so uh i’ll
show you today’s lesson boards i hope
that was helpful i think this is a
really good thing to do
as you study
it’s really important to do to check to
make sure that you’re making progress
because it motivates you so i will show
today’s lesson boards here if you want
to take a screenshot
alright so today we talked about how to
review your past topics to check your
understanding we talked about reviewing
your can i questions and we talked about
how to use those can i questions to know
what you should study next so i hope
that this live lesson was helpful for
you in understanding
your current progress and your future
progress and how to use it all together
okay cool so i’ll wrap up today’s lesson
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week i’m gonna talk about how to talk
about your achievements for the year so
basically how do we end the year and how
do we explain the things we did this
year like the topics or the things we
are the most happy about the things that
we are the most proud of so how do we
how how do we end the year on a positive
note this will be our topic for next
week’s live lesson so please join me
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