Knowing where you are and what to fix
Review listening, speaking, reading and writing through suitable task attempts and feedback. Record support used, identify a need linked to a current goal, and choose practice. Public can-do descriptions can help frame tasks; they do not certify a level by themselves.
What a learner can do afterwards
- Describe what they can do in listening, speaking, reading and writing using task attempts, feedback and the support used.
- Identify a skill or task needing practice for a current goal, explaining the evidence and its limits.
- Choose and review practice using demonstrated needs, goals and interests rather than preference alone.
1 · Read
Check four common areas in a spoken language: listening is understanding speech; speaking is expressing meaning in speech; reading is understanding written text; writing is expressing meaning in written text. Spelling is one part of writing. Drawing or counting does not replace one of these areas. Choose suitable tasks and record their results, feedback and support used.
Lena follows films with subtitles but feels nervous speaking. Subtitles may help her understand. Nervousness alone does not show what she can say. She tries a short reply with a trusted partner and asks what they understood. This gives her evidence about that speaking task.
Use several suitable attempts and feedback to choose a practice need. Name the task and the part needing attention. Difficulty in one task does not prove low ability throughout a skill. Compare needs linked to your current goal. If there is no recent evidence for a skill, arrange a suitable check before comparing it with other skills.
Public can-do descriptions give examples of language tasks at different levels. Use a relevant description to choose a task. Compare your attempt with what it asks for, including any support allowed. One task or a self-rating does not certify your overall level.
Choose a small activity addressing what your checks found. Your goal and interests can help you choose, but enjoyment alone does not show what needs practice. After practising, try a fresh check. Describe the result kindly and accurately. You can ask for help or use a calmer setting.
Check suitable tasks, record support and feedback, choose a need linked to your goal, then practise and check again.
Original language self-check lessons, questions and cards written for this dataset. These activities do not certify a language level.
Four original language self-check activities and six cards written for this dataset.
More to read
Plan the next check
Choose a language task linked to your current goal. Describe what a successful attempt would involve. Use feedback from earlier attempts to choose a part to practise.
After practice, try a fresh task with clear conditions. Record any help used. Compare the checked result with your earlier record. If the difficulty remains, ask what other teaching or support might help.
Record the support used
Attempts can use different support. Listening with written words available differs from listening without them. A message checked by a teacher differs from an unchecked draft.
Record what you did and what help was available. Keeping support visible helps you interpret the result and compare it with a later attempt. You do not need to hide help to make a useful record.
Name a task to practise
Review your records for listening, speaking, reading and writing. Find a difficulty that matters for your next goal. Describe the task precisely, such as saying food words in an order.
Use that description to choose practice. If a skill has no recent evidence, arrange a suitable check. An empty record does not tell you that the skill is your weakest.
Use your interests in practice
Choose material you care about for a task that needs practice. To practise understanding short spoken replies, you could use suitable replies about a favourite subject.
Keep the task need in view. Enjoying a story does not show that you understood every spoken detail. Check the information your goal requires, then use the result to plan another activity.
2 · Watch
به انگلیسیTake it off screen
Where it sits
Where this leads
Jobs that lean on this skill. Follow one to see everything it is built on.
8 questions wait behind this lesson, each with its answer explained. Every answer feeds the sky: stars light as they are learned, and dim when it is time to come back.