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
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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
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