Korean Tutor - Where to Find the Best Korean Tutors in Malaysia

Korean Tutor - Where to Find the Best Korean Tutors in MalaysiaIf you are looking for a Korean tutor in Malaysia, you can find a lot of good agencies and personal tutors on the internet. You need to be careful not to go with a too cheap agency or one that requires too much time to look at the information of your student. A good agency will be able to provide you with a first hand experience of your prospective student's education.These agencies have many good things to offer. They provide excellent benefits to their students by providing them with a personal tutor while their study at the same time. There are other benefits like relocation assistance and payment for airfare if you need to have a student go somewhere else.When you are looking for a Korean tutor in Malaysia, you need to look at some of the tips that you can use to make your search easy. First, choose a good agency that has a good reputation online. You can check with the Better Business Bureau Malaysia for more informa tion.If you are having issues with a particular Korean tutor, the first place to start is with the agency they are working with. Make sure that they are from the same agency as the agency that is providing you with the student. This will help you ensure that you are going with a student from the same agency.Check into their credentials to make sure that they have enough experience to teach the new student. Some agencies may have very old students that have not completed any degree.It is always best to have at least one student in your list to choose from. The more students you choose from one agency, the more the chances of finding the right student are.Korean tutors are the best way to learn about how to speak and write Korean properly. If you are looking for a good quality Korean tutor in Malaysia, you can contact the agencies you are looking for for more information. You can also look for reviews online to get an idea of what other students think about the agencies.

2018 NC Council of Teachers of Mathematics Conference - Heart Math Tutoring

2018 NC Council of Teachers of Mathematics Conference - Heart Math Tutoring 2018 NC Council of Teachers of Mathematics Conference 2018 NC Council of Teachers of Mathematics Conference January 3, 2019 By Heart Program Managers Sarah Cover and Kelsey Ripley Sarah and I joined the Heart Math Tutoring team as Program Managers this summer, and in October, we had the opportunity to join Heart Program Director Cydney Kramer in attending the North Carolina Council of Teachers of Mathematics Conference (NCCTM) in Greensboro, NC. We were joined by hundreds of other North Carolina math teachers, facilitators, and researchers. It was inspiring to be surrounded by so many other education professionals who are working to creatively and effectively address the challenges of math instruction. As a Heart Tutoring team, we had many of our mathematical beliefs confirmed, and we also learned important new things about how to best support our students and families! We’ve summarized some of our findings below. Heart Tutoring Program Coordinators Sarah Cover and Kelsey Ripley with Heart Program Director Cydney Kramer at the North Carolina Council of Teachers of Mathematics Conference (NCCTM) in Greensboro, NC. The Power of Productive Struggle The best way to help a student is to be less helpful. While seemingly contradictory, the best action we can take for our students is to step back and allow them the time and space to struggle through solving a problem. The notion of productive struggle maintains that by allowing students to experiment with different strategies, they will figure out what works best for them, rather than imitating procedures they don’t fully understand. This exploration is key to their understanding of not only a particular concept, but also key to what mathematics is about! Thanks to Heart’s one-on-one model, we have the time to encourage productive struggle in our students, allow them to explore new concepts, and support them as they work through their math anxieties. Should your students read a word problem and stop, waiting for instructions on how to solve it, ask them: “What is this problem about in your own words? What information do you know? What information do you need to know?” Give y our students the opportunity to solve the problem however they’d like, then ask them to explain their reasoning. By sitting back and allowing your students to tackle the problem on their own, you are showing them that you trust their learning process. Struggling through math concepts provides students the opportunity to take control of their learning and grow their thinking! Discovery Through Assessments “Give children time to work on a concept in a million different ways.” In a keynote session delivered by Kathy Richardson, we were reminded of the value that time and variety add to the learning process. Often assessments can take the form of a checklist or a series of tasks that students “ought to know.” What if we changed our perspective and instead treated assessments as exploratory opportunities to learn what students actually know? This approach can allow us to assess more frequently and more effectively, driving our instruction toward individual student needs. When we approach math (and math assessments) as a sense-making process, rather than a box to be checked, we give students the opportunity to discover what they know and what they do not yet understand. At Heart, our tutoring hour each week is designed to offer students time for that discovery. We use an assortment of materials and methods throughout our curriculum and mini-assessments to clarify our understanding of each student’s progress. The focus of an assessment doesn’t have to be on getting the right answer, but rather on the math making sense. What Does Math Practice Look Like at Home? Heart Tutoring Executive Director Emily Elliott with keynote speaker and leading educator on elementary mathematics, Kathy Richardson While it’s relatively common knowledge that families should read with their child in the early years, how to support your child in building math foundations is often more ambiguous. Studies have shown that if students don’t find meaning or engagement in math, they can lose motivation as early as first grade. Not only does this finding affirm Heart’s emphasis on elementary instruction, but it also reveals the urgent need to support connections between home and school environments in order tomake math more meaningful for our kids. Many families see math as a static set of skills to be learned in a classroom, but math in the early years is much more about play, reasoning, and exploratory problem solving. Parents don’t need a degree in algebra to support the foundational learning of their child. Instead, they simply need the time and space to play! This learning looks like sitting on the floor and counting out a series of objects or putting together a puzzle and describing the pr ocess of fitting the pieces together. The discovery of math can be found everywhere â€" it’s just about knowing what types of questions to ask. For more ideas about how to foster meaningful math at home, check out our Heart Family Page!

Other Words for Difficult in English - Increase Your English Vocabulary

Other Words for Difficult in English - Increase Your English Vocabulary There are other words for difficult that you need to know.Hi there this is Harry and I want to talk to you today about the word difficult. D I F F I C U L T.  How and when we  use it and what does it mean. Other Words for Difficult - Transcript Of course, its not such a difficult word to explain and we use it a lot when we have a problem with homework, when we have a problem with our sports activities or relationships so its a common word and in that use.But with English and particularly when Im teaching English I like my students to understand alternative options, synonyms that they  can use so they dont have to repeat the same word over and over again.And, of course, if youre studying English seriously and you want to take some exams (FCE, IELTS) then a broader and wider vocabulary is absolutely essential.Particularly for the spoken and written parts of those exams.Even if youre going on to higher level English and you want to do some perhaps creative writing. Well, then you know vast an increased  range of words is really really  important.  So as I said, difficult is a word we use when we have a problem.  My  work is difficult because my boss keeps  asking me to do more and more.My social  life is difficult because I do nt have a  girlfriend.My sports life is difficult because Im  not fit and I cant get on the football  team.  Okay. So we can use the word  difficult difficult difficult.Here are  some alternatives that you might like toconsider instead of difficult:TOUGHHARDFORMIDABLEAWKWARD  (Ill come back to  that.  A  little bit of a question about  whether we should we shouldnt use it)CHALLENGINGONEROUSARDUOUS Other Words to Say Difficult in English Enjoyed this infographic? Here's what you can do next: So there you  have a lot  of alternatives that you can use.  Some of  them directly can be substituted,  others  you just have to be careful in the  circumstances in which you use them.  So  let me give you some examples.TOUGHThe  exam was really tough.The questions were  very tough.  I wasnt sure that I will be  able to answer them all because some  parts I have not covered in my course.Tough is directly substituted or  substitutional for the word difficult.My  exam was very difficult.  My exam question  number 2  was difficult.Question number 2  was tough.So they can substitute those  directly for each other.HARDAnother  word that we can substitute directly.My exam was difficult.My  exam was hard.  Question number 2  was  very hard.Okay.  So exactly the same meaning here as  tough and exactly the same meaning as  difficult.  DEMANDINGWhile demanding can  have a few different meanings and we can  say something is difficult its  demanding but when its not impossible.The work he has t o do these days is  quite demanding because he recently got  promoted and therefore theres more  expected of him.Married life can be  quite demanding.  Pressures of  relationships, buying a home,  repaying the  mortgage,  having children these are all  aspects of married life that are quite  demanding.And again we could use the  word difficult.FORMIDABLEHere this  could have the same meaning as difficult  but has a slightly different context.The opponents that we are playing on Saturday are quite a formidable team. They havent been beaten all season so were really going to have our work cut out (meaning: its going to  be difficult)  if were going to get  anything out of the game.  If we are going  to beat them.So this opposition is quite  formidable.His opponent in the boxing  match was the most formidable person he  has fought to date.  This person has never  been defeated and he is really strong. Hes really well-built, he is extremely fit and it would be  quite an achievement to w in that fight. So this opponent is quite formidable.We  could say difficult but difficult  wouldnt quite give you the same meaning  whereas formidable gives you more  expression that hes tough,  hes strong, hes fit and you know its going to be  quite an achievement to succeed.

Medical Mistakes Possibly The Third Biggest Cause Of Death

Medical Mistakes Possibly The Third Biggest Cause Of Death Photo Via: http://www.marjoriestieglermd.com In case you didn’t know, the No. 3 cause of death in the United States, behind both cancer and heart disease, is actually medical mistakes. These mistakes include anything from surgical disasters to accidental drug overdoses. In fact, Dr. Martin Makary and Michael Daniel from Johns Hopkins University medical school actually said that these preventable, medical mistakes actually cause anywhere from 200,000 to 400,000 deaths a year in the United States. How did they get this number? They did a careful, extensive count of these deaths. According to them, the only way to change this problem is to put a number to it. According to the duo, “If medical error was a disease, it would rank as the third leading cause of death in the U.S.” To put this into perspective, cancer and heart disease (the No. 1 and two causes of death in the U.S.) are actually extremely close when it comes to numbers. According to NBC News, “In 2012, 24 percent of all deaths were from heart disease 599,711 to be precise. And 582,623 deaths, or 23 percent of the total, were from cancer.” The actual No. 3 cause of death according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (also known as COPD). This disease actually causes 149,000 deaths a year. But the estimated number of deaths caused by medical mistakes (250,000 a year), would easily surpass this number. According to Makary: “We spend a lot of money on cancer and heart disease but we have not even recognized that medical error is the third leading cause of death in the United States. We have not as a country recognized the endemic problem of people dying from the care that they receive rather than the illness or injury for which they seek care.” Of course, this is a huge problem, and one that’s getting almost no attention. And this problem dates back to at least 1999, when the Institute of Medicine reported that over 98,000 people died every year from medical errors. Since this time, there have been many other studies, all of which report larger numbers, including this study, which goes as high as 400,000 deaths per year. So why exactly is this a problem? Well, for one thing, these errors aren’t typically recorded on death certificates. So not only are these mistakes being made, but they also aren’t being studied or, at the very least, changed. According to Makary: “Our national health statistics puts out a list of most common causes of death in the United States each year. That list is a big deal. It informs all of our research funding priorities and all of our public health campaigns … The medical coding system was designed to maximize billing for physician services, not to collect national health statistics, as it is currently being used.” This coding system is known as the International Classification of Disease code (ICD). easyhealthoptions.com Makary and Daniel analyzed the medical death rate from 2000 to 2008 using four different studies and came up with an estimated 250,000 deaths annually just from medical mistakes. And where does this land it? According to Makary, “That places it well above the current number three cause of death even using the lowest estimate. Ashish Jha, a Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health professor, says, “I see it almost every day in the hospital, some complication, somebody who’s admitted to the hospital, somebody who’s either severely disabled or occasionally even people who die from medical errors.” So the medical mistakes are actually being documented, though there’s such a variation as to what qualifies as a medical mistake. These mistakes can include infection, errors in surgery and even something as simple as a lack of follow-up. According to Jha: “When I look at this number or 250,000, it rings true for me. I think it’s a real number, and it matches what I see in hospitals every day. You know hospitals are really busy places, so this is not about doctors or nurses not being careful. I find most physicians, most nurses, are extremely diligent, hard-working, trying to do the right thing.” But still, doctors and nurses are still human, and mistakes are bound to happen. Even something as simple as giving a patient the wrong prescription can cost a life, so these mistakes are simply higher stake. According to Makary: “Patients falling through the cracks, patients discharged without adequate instructions on where to go to next, patients who we know are non-compliant with their medication continuing to be non-compliant while we have a disconnect with their medical system.” Still, the goal here isn’t to blame doctors and nurses. Instead it’s to bring this issue to light, and make a change. According to Makary: “Human error will always be in medicine and we will never get rid of human error but we can design systems to mitigate the impact and reduce the frequency of human error Not all complications are preventable. In this analysis we look specifically at complications that were considered preventable because substandard care was administered.” While we’re nowhere near where we need to be in terms of decreasing these medical mistakes (and bringing them to administrators’ attention), hospitals are making fewer mistakes, and hopefully the near future will see an even bigger decrease until there are so few that it’s no longer a concerning issue.

The Best Place to Practice Your Esperanto Skills in August is

The Best Place to Practice Your Esperanto Skills in August is On August 2nd, over 300 hundred young people from all corners of the world will assemble in Wiesbaden, Germany for cultural exchange, learning, and most importantly: a celebration. What they will be celebrating is a constructed language, Esperanto, at the 71st Esperanto Youth Congress. italki is proud to sponsor this event, and support the Esperanto community. The Event: The World Esperanto Youth Organization (Tutmonda Esperantista Junulara Organizo) TEJO, has created the Esperanto Youth Congress (Internacia Junulara Kongreso, or just IJK) to encourage the youth involved in the Esperanto movement to share their experience. Most importantly, this event allows Esperanto speakers to practice speaking the language within a community, reinforcing the international applicability of the language. Many of the participants may still be starting out in the language; being able to reinforce the acquisition socially, through one-on-one communication in a friendly atmosphere helps preserve and encourage the community around this language. The IJK started in 1938, in the The Netherlands, and is seeing its 71st iteration. The event has been held in multiple countries, and is the largest such event oriented specifically at encouraging younger speakers to improve and perfect their communicative Esperanto ability, and therefore encourage a new generation of practitioners of the language. The Youth Congress generally sees several hundred Esperantists, approximately 18 35 years of age, who share a passion for the language of hope and the ideals of open cross-cultural communication. italki Involvement: italki has sponsored previous events like the Polyglot Gathering in Berlin (http://polyglotberlin.com/) and sees its role in the new language learning environment as that of supporting linguistic diversity, inter-personal learning, and effective, learn-by-doing approaches to education by connecting language learners with fluent or native-speaking teachers of any language, no matter where in the world those students or teachers may be. Considering that Esperanto is a language without a country, going home after an event can mean leaving the Esperanto community except for online connections. Working together with the event organizers, italki is providing an online community with online teachers, and hopes to encourage enthusiastic new Esperanto speakers to keep practicing what they learned even after the event has finished. More importantly, the spirit of the Esperanto culture (by nature multi-national, inclusive, and communication-oriented) aligns with the way that italki celebrates language learning and the important human connections that inevitably come with it. It is italkis mission to make learning a language an interpersonal, accessible, and affordable experience. Celebrating and supporting the Esperanto community and IJK simply falls within the companys core beliefs. Follow the Youth Congress on Twitter: @IJK2015 Follow italki on Twitter: @italki The Best Place to Practice Your Esperanto Skills in August is On August 2nd, over 300 hundred young people from all corners of the world will assemble in Wiesbaden, Germany for cultural exchange, learning, and most importantly: a celebration. What they will be celebrating is a constructed language, Esperanto, at the 71st Esperanto Youth Congress. italki is proud to sponsor this event, and support the Esperanto community. The Event: The World Esperanto Youth Organization (Tutmonda Esperantista Junulara Organizo) TEJO, has created the Esperanto Youth Congress (Internacia Junulara Kongreso, or just IJK) to encourage the youth involved in the Esperanto movement to share their experience. Most importantly, this event allows Esperanto speakers to practice speaking the language within a community, reinforcing the international applicability of the language. Many of the participants may still be starting out in the language; being able to reinforce the acquisition socially, through one-on-one communication in a friendly atmosphere helps preserve and encourage the community around this language. The IJK started in 1938, in the The Netherlands, and is seeing its 71st iteration. The event has been held in multiple countries, and is the largest such event oriented specifically at encouraging younger speakers to improve and perfect their communicative Esperanto ability, and therefore encourage a new generation of practitioners of the language. The Youth Congress generally sees several hundred Esperantists, approximately 18 35 years of age, who share a passion for the language of hope and the ideals of open cross-cultural communication. italki Involvement: italki has sponsored previous events like the Polyglot Gathering in Berlin (http://polyglotberlin.com/) and sees its role in the new language learning environment as that of supporting linguistic diversity, inter-personal learning, and effective, learn-by-doing approaches to education by connecting language learners with fluent or native-speaking teachers of any language, no matter where in the world those students or teachers may be. Considering that Esperanto is a language without a country, going home after an event can mean leaving the Esperanto community except for online connections. Working together with the event organizers, italki is providing an online community with online teachers, and hopes to encourage enthusiastic new Esperanto speakers to keep practicing what they learned even after the event has finished. More importantly, the spirit of the Esperanto culture (by nature multi-national, inclusive, and communication-oriented) aligns with the way that italki celebrates language learning and the important human connections that inevitably come with it. It is italkis mission to make learning a language an interpersonal, accessible, and affordable experience. Celebrating and supporting the Esperanto community and IJK simply falls within the companys core beliefs. Follow the Youth Congress on Twitter: @IJK2015 Follow italki on Twitter: @italki

How to Learn Any Language for Absolutely Free, Gratis, Gratuit, Besplatno, Kostenlos...

How to Learn Any Language for Absolutely Free, Gratis, Gratuit, Besplatno, Kostenlos... How to Learn Any Language for Absolutely Free, Gratis, Gratuit, Besplatno, Kostenlos I know, there are wastrels  out there who will drop cash  on university Spanish  classes, or a Portuguese language school on a tropical island.Ive, ahem, done both, and  in terms of linguistic bang for your buck, they arent the most cost-effective  ways Ive  learned languages. Often, theyre not even the most effective in terms of learning outcomes or time spent.So while there are fantastic, cheap ways to learn a language that are much better,  this post is particularly  for  the extreme cheapskates. Yes, you can become perfectly fluent in a language without traveling anywhere, and without  spending  a dime.Ill cover the best ways to do that hereâ€"but  Ill also discuss  a few methods for learning that are almost free but really, really worth it if you can scrape a few pennies together. How to Learn Any Language for Absolutely Free, Gratis, Gratuit, Besplatno, KostenlosFirst, well take a look at the options you have online for more structure, formal learning. There are tons of lesso ns available out there to teach you the key grammar lessons you need to advance.1.  Libraries stock language guidesIf youre lucky, your local library may have a small selection of books published in your target language. In terms of language guides, look for self-teaching books, ideally with an audio component, such as Assimil  or the Teach Yourself series, rather than  classroom-oriented texts.If youre prepared to spend any money on your language learning adventure at all, though, buying at least one good book is worth the investment (you can try out options at the library before you buy). Youre going to need it for more than the several-week lending period. And printed paper is a lovely thingâ€"I  almost exclusively own  e-books now, but my language guides are of the paper sort, allowing me to  mark them up, flip through their worn pages and manhandle them with all of the love and anguish that language learning inspires.Use your local library to take potential learning books you m ay want to purchase for a test run. This will ensure that you end up with a book that youll actually use, and that works for you.Be sure to ask your librarian if there are more books covering more languages available offsite, as they can usually request what you need from other libraries in the area, or from a nearby college or university.2. Youve probably heard about the internetSearches can provide you with free and approachable articles on specialized subjects, from evil  German cases  to  delightful lessons on  talking with Spanish animals.  (And yes, there are also non-FluentU blogs floating around in lesser parts of the Internet.)There are also online reference works that are language-specific, two options that cover a lot of languages are wordreference.com (and its lovely forums where you can pose questions to seemingly out-of-work translators) and wiktionary.org. I got rid of my paper dictionaries a decade  ago.3. YouTubeOh yeah, YouTube is a great source of free,  native la nguage videos and songs.Of course, if  youre prepared to pay just a little, you can learn anything from beginner to advanced language lessons with videos by joining FluentU. Take it for a spin with their free trial.Youll be able to choose from a wide variety of authentic, real-world videos  specifically targeted to your skill level and personal interests, and use an integrated learning program that helps you review and use the vocabulary and constructions that you learn by watching the videos.Now, if youre dying to learn in an actual classroom, with a solid four walls and a real, live person teaching, then there are free and cheap options out there for you in the real world too. Lets take a look at those!4. Take advantage of your employer or schoolCheck with community, university  and employer programs for scholarships and language learning programs. Youre likely not the only one who wants your language skills to improve!Check in with the human resources office, your supervisor, you r universitys study abroad programs office or office of global affairs. Let them know your interests and goals, and I bet theyll come up with something for you.5. See whats available for people learning your target languageMinority and even not-so-minority languages in many parts of the world have government and non-profit programs that support their diffusion.It can be free or very cheap to learn languages like Catalan, Breton, Navajo, Serbian, etc.If youre a true cheapskate, you might even choose to tackle one of those languages for this very reason. Just to give an  example, the government of Catalonia offers heavily subsidized courses as part of its effort towards linguistic normalization. The more a language has the support of a government that fears for its disappearance, the more likely it is to financially support learning materials and classes.Now, were going to move on to less structured learning. This is great for anyone who learns well through immersion, and for learners who are reaching fluency.Self-directed, online learning  can be  the most efficient way to learn.Its also the cheapest and, if you do it right, its free.6. Online language  exchangesThese are completely free.Youre just paying with the  time that it takes for you to help your language partner with their goals. Examples of how to start finding partners include free websites like Polyglot Club, italki (under the community menu), forums and programs specific to your target language. If youre a native English speaker, youre in demand.The entire world always wants to practice its  English.And if you pay just a little bit on italki, you can also schedule private online lessons with professional tutors from around the world. Youre paying so as not to spend any time speaking your native language, which is what youll have to do with a free language exchange partner. Rather, youre only spending time on the language youre learningâ€"and your time might very well be worth that cost.Paying for c lasses can also be worthwhile since theres always a risk of language exchange partners being a bit less serious and flaking out on scheduled sessions.There are both professional teachers on italki as well as students and others who are simply willing to rent their time to have a chat with you in their native language, slowly, and correct your language use. Choose whatever is best for you!You can always do mostly free language exchanges, and then pay for a private, professional session every couple of months to give yourself an extra boost.7. Offline language exchangesThese can be even more motivating and fun.  Couchsurfing, InterNations  and Meetup meetings can be a good way to meet people in your area who speak your target language, or you can post a message in those forums about what youre looking for.Also look for community events and volunteer work in your target language if possible. For example, Ive practiced my  Portuguese a lot by  taking Samba de Gafieira classes. If youre in an area with a community that speaks your target language, what are ways that you can make yourself useful to native speakers while practicing? Can you volunteer with children or old people, or do  community activism?8. DatingYup, this is also great (I plead guilty to using Tinder for my language goals!).Pillow talk is inevitably both more motivating and more memorable than a grammar text. Of course, to avoid bad feelings you should be honest about your intentions from the start, whether romantic, platonic, sexual or linguisticthough any of these can easily get confused once passion kicks in.Ill leave you to decide if youre cheapskate enough to make dating into a truly free activity.9. Find a PenpalFor most learners, writing is  a goal  or at least a major support of learning, and you can exchange writing help with native speakers the same way that you do oral language exchanges.A good, focused  way to do this  is through the site Lang-8.com. Users of the site exchange correction s of each others texts. Its a great, highly organized  and free way to get native speakers reactions to your writing.You can also look for local people to exchange help with. Translators in particular are always looking for help unraveling tricky phrases, and willing to trade for help correcting your texts. If youre a native English speaker with friends from different lands, youll be hit up countless times for help correcting CVs, letters, etc. Partly to reduce the number of requests, but also for my learning benefit, I always ask these friends for help in return with correcting a text that Ive written in their languages.If your previous excuse for not getting going on your language goals was a faulty budget, I hope Ive blown that out of the water with this post. In general, with free options, youre spending a little bit more of your own time and you have to be more self-motivated and self-directed. But these tend to be quite positive tendencies  in other ways  and will favor  your ultimate success in language learning.Dont forget: You can save any extra cash  for a trip to a tropical island with your library book, or your Portuguese language exchange partner.Mose Hayward is a polyglot and language learning addict who, for the good of humanity, has collected and  translated every single one of the  53 Catalan expressions involving poop.

Are We There Yet 9 Ways to Track Language Learning Progress

Are We There Yet 9 Ways to Track Language Learning Progress Are We There Yet? 9 Ways to Track Language Learning Progress At its best, language learning is like a really fun road trip.Youre absorbing new sights and sounds while feeling intrepid and free.And while youre probably not thinking about it too hard, helpful road signs are there to guide you.If you follow them, youll never miss your turn or exit.But the one sign you never want to see along the road to language fluency is Wrong Way.Or even worse, no signs at all.Thats why its important to measure your language learning progress.By taking a careful look at where youve been, you can double-check to make sure youre still on the right road and avoiding dreaded detours. All while continuing to enjoy your journey, and maybe even  singing along with the radio.Here are a few simple ways to measure your language learning progress! Why Measure Your Language Learning Progress?One important reason to measure your language learning progress is to ensure your methods for learning are actually improving your skills. Sometimes, you might not be sure if all yo ur studying or practicing has really paid off. Measuring your progress can clarify this.Additionally, you may want to measure your language learning progress to motivate yourself by remembering how far youve come. While learning a language, progress can feel slow. Measuring your progress can show you that youre actually learning much more quickly than you think, which is motivating and exciting.Finally, measuring your language learning progress is a useful way to give yourself a more realistic idea of your skill set. Some people are naturally confident and will assume theyre practically fluent as soon as they learn to say hello. Others lack natural confidence and feel theyre beginners even if theyre nearly fluent. Since self-perception can be skewed, measuring your progress can improve your insight.Are We There Yet? 9 Ways to Track Language Learning Progress1. Maintain a list of words you know.If youre just starting to learn a language, try keeping a list of all the words youve lear ned. As soon as youre confident you know a word and its meaning and will have no trouble remembering it, enter that word into your list. Maintaining a list of the words you know can be motivating by showing you at a glance how much you already know. Plus, you might even find yourself memorizing a few extra words just to watch your list grow.FluentU makes this easy by allowing you to mark off any word you already know. It keeps track of those words for you and even changes up your learning material accordingly. It also makes it easy to create and maintain vocab lists (see #4 below) with handy built-in audio and flashcards. FluentU takes real-world videosâ€"like cartoons, vlogs, news, movie trailers and music videosâ€"and turns them into personalized language learning lessons.2. Record yourself speaking your target language.Record yourself at intervals throughout your learning process. You can use audio or video recordingâ€"whichever youre most comfortable with.These recording session s shouldnt be spaced too closely together, or the progress may seem insignificant, which it definitely is not. Aim for making a recording every 4-8 months.You may choose to speak on the same topic if you want to see how your vocabulary has progressed, but discussing any topic will still help you see marked improvement in your pronunciation, confidence, grammar and rate of speech.If you repeat this process for several years, your recordings will provide clear and remarkable evidence of your improvement. You may even look back and laugh at some of your early foibles.3. Write (and read your writing).Try to write often. Not only is this good practice, but its also an easy way to see your own improvement.You can write on any topic you wish, but journal entries are particularly helpful since your own life provides you with endless material for daily writing.One method is to leave your work uncorrected so that you can go back at a later date and see your mistakes.However, you can also use Lang-8  or a language partner to correct your work. This will provide you with immediate feedback, but allow you to have a clear record of mistakes youve previously made.  Just make sure to note the date on any of your writing so youre able to keep track of it.If you write an entry in a journal every day, you can easily flip between dates to see your progress. This makes it easy to compare your progress over any time period you choose to see if your vocabulary has improved, determine if youve finally nailed down that conjugation you struggled with or see how the depth of your content has gotten better as youve become more comfortable in your target language.If youve had entries corrected, you can also go back through and see if each entry has had fewer and fewer correctionsâ€"if this doesnt seem to be the case, you should also consider whether youve become more ambitious in your writing.4. Make vocabulary lists, study them and return to them.Vocabulary lists are one of the best tool s for seeing your own progress.Use one list to learn with at a time, and once you think you know all the words on your vocabulary list, put it aside for a few weeks. Then, go back to the list. See if you can come up with each word based on its English translation. Then, see if you can look at the word in your target language and translate it into English. If so, check that word off your list. Once youve done this with every word on the list, look to see how many words youve checked off. This will give you a clear idea of how much vocabulary youve learned.Using themed lists is particularly helpful since all the words will be somewhat related so you can group them together in your mind. You can come up with your own vocabulary lists just through brainstorming, and this can actually add to the fun. For instance, you might do a list of vacation supplies like suitcases, passports, etc. You might also try seasonally themed lists to expand your vocabulary while putting yourself in a festiv e spirit, or even build a list around a story or a video.Lists of between 20-50 words work well because they represent a notable improvement without being overly daunting.Quizlet is always a useful tool for vocabulary lists. You can use user-created lists or create your own with words you hope to work on.Another way to track vocabulary learning progress is by using flashcard apps. Apps like Fun Easy Learn (available for iOS  and  Android)  maintain lists of vocabulary words youve learned. This is a quick and easy way to check your progress.5. Try rereading something you previously struggled with.Reading books is a valuable way to improve your skills or assess them, but reading any material in your target language is also useful.Whether its a book, article, blog post or even recipe, if youve previously read material that youve struggled with, try reading it again whenever you want to check your learning. Every time you read a certain piece of writing that you find difficult, mark the passages youre struggling with. With paper copies, you can dog ear pages, use a highlighter, etc. Thankfully, e-readers often provide similar features along with the ability to add your own notes, so dont hesitate to explain to your future self why your past self is struggling. Over time, youll likely understand more and more of the text until you understand it completely.Seeing how you understand more and more of something you once found daunting is motivating and will show you how far youve come.6. Try rewatching a movie or TV show you previously couldnt follow.Watching movies  or watching TV can help you learn a language, but these fun, simple activities can also help you assess your language skills.If youve ever tried to watch movies or TV in your target language, you probably found some movie or show you just couldnt follow. Native speakers speak rapidly, and sometimes its hard to even figure out where one word ends and the next word starts.  However, as you learn more and mor e of a language, movies and TV are easier and easier to follow.As with reading material, whenever youre watching a TV show or movie in your target language that you dont completely understand, try to pause for a moment and jot down the time in the movie or TV show when you struggle the most. Then, you can return to these specific scenes at a later date to see if your skills have improved.  Can you understand more than you did last time? If so, thats real progress!7. Imagine a scenario in detail.Choose any scenario you want. It could be renting a car, having a friendly conversation or having a business meeting.At regular intervals in your education (ideally every 4-8 months), try to imagine how that conversation would go. Go through what you would say and what someone might reply.After youve gone through the scenario, ask yourself the following questions:Can you communicate at all in this scenario?Do you have to substitute in some words that arent ideal?Do you have the exact words yo u want?Repeating the same scenario over time and considering these questions will help show you how your conversational skills have improved.8. Refer to the  ACTFLs Can-Do Statements.The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) provides Can-Do Statements, which are performance indicators you can use to assess your skill level.Since all you have to do is check which statements are true for you, it takes mere minutes to determine what level you may be at in various skill areas like interpersonal communication, presentational speaking and more.Once you know your level, try reassessing your skills every six months. This will help you see what areas have progressed and what areas arent progressing as quickly as you might have hoped. But with any luck, you should see yourself bumping up a level quite often.9. Try proficiency tests and other online assessments.Aside from the assessment above, there are plenty more online skills assessments and proficiency tests  out th ere. Sources like  Language Trainers and  Dialang  can provide a snapshot of your skills. Since these tests are based on exam performance and not self-reflection, theyll give you a more objective idea of your strengths and weaknesses.Not only will skills assessments help you determine your present level of proficiency, you can also use them to track growth over time. To see your improvement, try repeating the same test or assessment every six months.Online skills assessments can give you valuable insight into how much youve learned, but they might also provide future directions for your education.Many language skills assessments take into account a wide variety of different skills, so over time you may see that some skills are progressing more quickly than others. You can use this information to determine which skills need more work.Whatever you do, dont take a detour and wind up with a Wrong Way sign staring you down.Use these simple methods to measure your language learning progre ss and follow the road signs straight to fluency! And One More ThingNo matter what stage of language learning youre at, FluentU is a handy tool for tracking your progress, and more. FluentU makes it possible to learn languages  from music videos, commercials, news and inspiring talks.With FluentU, you learn real languagesâ€"the same way that real people speak them. FluentU has a wide variety of videos, like movie trailers, funny commercials and web series, as you can see here:FluentU App Browse ScreenFluentU has interactive captions that let you tap on any word to see an image, definition, audio and useful examples. Now native language content is within reach with interactive transcripts.Didnt catch something? Go back and listen again. Missed a word? Hover over or tap on the subtitles to instantly view definitions.FluentU Interactive TranscriptsYou can learn all the vocabulary in any video with FluentUs quiz mode. Swipe left or right to see  more examples for the word you’re lea rning.FluentU Has Quizzes for Every VideoAnd FluentU always keeps track of vocabulary that you’re learning. It uses that vocab to give you a 100% personalized experience by recommending videos and examples.