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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 short texts and audios about people’s personal details, everyday activities, and hobbies.
Can recognize main vocabulary in texts about celebrations, families, and daily activities.
Can understand the main ideas and specific information in simple readings and audios (e.g., about school, clothes, personality).
Can follow short oral instructions and match them to visuals (e.g., physical actions, outfits).
Can understand and get the meaning from simple expressions, phrases, and linking words (e.g., also, so that, in order to).
Can write short texts such as a personal profile, an email, a paragraph, or a blog with support.
Can describe themselves, others, and familiar topics using simple vocabulary and present tenses.
Can give short oral presentations based on personal stories and visuals (e.g., survey findings or scrapbook content).
Can use basic grammatical structures (e.g., present simple and continuous, demonstratives) to express what I like, my everyday activities, and physical descriptions.
Can create and organize visuals (e.g., charts, drawings, family trees) to support communication in speaking or writing.
Can introduce themselves and others in informal and classroom situations.
Can ask and answer simple WH- and yes/no questions about daily life, personal information, school, and hobbies.
Can work and interact in Englishin pairs or small groups to do tasks such as surveys, interviews, and scrapbook presentations.
Can give and receive basic feedback in English using kind, useful phrases with the help of the teacher or a rubric.
Can participate in role-plays and group discussions using simple sentences, phrases, expressions, and appropriate gestures..
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 subtitles in English while watching a series
When: 🕒 Outside the class
Mindfulness: 🧘 Take 3 breaths before starting to watch and focus
Weekly Challenge: ✍️ Watch a 20-minute episode with English subtitles. Pay attention to how the actors pronounce the words written in the subtitles.
Tip: Listen to slow podcasts. ➡️Click to find podcasts (https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/general-english/audio-series/podcasts)
When: 🕒 Outside the class
Mindfulness: 🧘 Listen with your eyes closed for 2 minutes
Weekly Challenge: ✍️ Listen to one podcast and write down 5 new/useful words
Tip: Read short texts on the Internet in English
When: 🕒 Outside the class
Mindfulness: 🧘 Think about how important the present is. Be informed about “now”.
Weekly Challenge: ✍️ Read one news article/blog in English a week
Tip: Highlight keywords in a text
When: 🕒 In class
Mindfulness: 🧘 Repeat: "I am present, I can focus on words that are important."
Weekly Challenge: ✍️ Highlight 5 keywords in each text you read and try to memorize them
Tip: Identify the main idea and details in reading
When: 🕒 In class
Mindfulness: 🧘 Pause and breathe before answering
Weekly Challenge: ✍️ Write a sentence (in English) with the main idea of the text after each reading. Make this a habit.
Tip: Read aloud to improve comprehension
When: 🕒 Outside the class
Mindfulness: 🧘 Listen to your own voice without judgment.
Weekly Challenge: ✍️ Read a paragraph aloud each day
Tip: Use mind maps to organize main ideas while reading
When: 🕒 Outside the class
Mindfulness: 🧘 Pause at the end of each section.
Weekly Challenge: ✍️ Create a mind map of a text you read
Tip: Listen to the same recording twice
When: 🕒 In and outside the class
Mindfulness: 🧘 Breathe and prepare between the two listening activities.
Weekly Challenge: ✍️ After class, repeat this activity at home, with the same recording from the class. Notice new words and information you did not notice in class.
Tip: Pay attention to class instructions in English: try to identify keywords
When: 🕒 In class
Mindfulness: 🧘 Listen actively to what others are saying.
Weekly Challenge: ✍️ Learn and remember 5 ways to give instructions in English.
Over the next couple of weeks, I will apply the following strategies to improve my speaking and writing
Tip: Record your voice saying everyday phrases
When: 🕒 Outside the class
Mindfulness: 🧘 Listen to yourself with curiosity, without judgment
Weekly Challenge: ✍️ Record and listen to 5 phrases daily
Tip: Use new words in personal sentences
When: 🕒 In and Outside the class
Mindfulness: 🧘 Be grateful for your effort, even if you make mistakes
Weekly Challenge: ✍️ Write 5 sentences with new words from the day
Tip: Describe your day in English every night
When: 🕒 In class
Mindfulness: 🧘 Take a deep breath before starting
Weekly Challenge: ✍️ Write or say aloud 3 things you did today
Tip: Communicate only in English through the chatbox during class
When: 🕒 In class
Mindfulness: 🧘 Pause for 5 seconds before responding
Weekly Challenge: ✍️ Write a short comment in every EwB class in the chatbox or forum
Tip: Tell a simple story (real or invented) to someone you know in English
When: 🕒 Outside the class
Mindfulness: 🧘 Visualize what you are telling
Weekly Challenge: ✍️ Create and record a 1-minute story
Tip: Use basic connectors (first, then, finally)
When: 🕒 In class
Mindfulness: 🧘 Listen attentively to your voice
Weekly Challenge: ✍️ Use at least 3 connectors this week
Tip: Imagine someone asks you basic questions and you answer them
When: 🕒 Outside the class
Mindfulness: 🧘 Smile before recording
Weekly Challenge: ✍️ Record answers to 5 common questions in English and listen to yourself
Tip: Write short descriptions of objects or people using vocabulary from your EwB course
When: 🕒 Outside the class
Mindfulness: 🧘 Observe the object carefully before writing
Weekly Challenge: ✍️ Describe 3 things with at least 3 adjectives each
Tip: Create a mini-podcast about your interests
When: 🕒 Outside the class
Mindfulness: 🧘 Enjoy the process more than the result
Weekly Challenge: ✍️ Record a 2-minute audio about something you like and send it to your teacher on WhatsApp to receive feedback
Over the next couple of weeks, I will apply the following strategies to improve my interactions
Tip: Ask questions using short phrases like “What is this?” to your classmates
When: 🕒 In class
Mindfulness: 🧘 Breathe before speaking and feel confident in your voice
Weekly Challenge: ✍️ Ask at least 2 questions in class this week
Tip: Interact in small groups with phrases like “Let’s try this,” “I don’t agree”, “What do you think?”, “Let’s do it together,” “You go first,” or “I agree/disagree”
When: 🕒 In class
Mindfulness: 🧘 Listen with openness, without interrupting
Weekly Challenge: ✍️ Use at least 3 phrases in a group activity this week
Tip: Comment on what your classmates say with simple phrases like “It’s interesting,” “I like it”, “Good idea.”
When: 🕒 In class
Mindfulness: 🧘 Pause to think before sharing
Weekly Challenge: ✍️ Give at least one opinion in each class this week
Tip: As a question if you do not understand: “Can you repeat, please?”
When: 🕒 In class
Mindfulness: 🧘 Listen without frustration
Weekly Challenge: ✍️ Use this phrase at least once in class
Tip: Conduct a mini interview with a classmate
When: 🕒 In class
Mindfulness: 🧘 Look into their eyes with presence while listening
Weekly Challenge: ✍️ Ask 5 questions in English to someone in your class
Tip: Send a short message to a classmate in English
When: 🕒 Outside the class
Mindfulness: 🧘 Notice how you feel communicating in another language
Weekly Challenge: ✍️ Write 3 messages to your friend in English using useful phrases from your classes
Tip: Respond with set phrases: “Me too,” “I think so,” “Really?”
When: 🕒 In class
Mindfulness: 🧘 Feel the emotion of the moment and respond fearlessly
Weekly Challenge: ✍️ Use 5 short responses in your interactions this week
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