# How to MEASURE YOUR PROGRESS in English as a learner or improver.

An episode of [Breakout Business English - Improve your vocabulary and confidence using English at work.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1616739393), 8 Feb 2025, 26 min.

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Send us Fan Mail How do you know if your English is improving and getting better? Measuring progress is difficult when learning English, especially for intermediate and advanced speakers. Should you take a test or exam like IELTS or TOEFL for instance? Today we talk about 6 methods to measure your progress and track how much better your English is getting. So if you use English as a second language at work, as a non native speaker, and your goal is to sound more native and natural, then hopefully you’ll find this podcast useful. Helping international English speakers to improve their communication skills is my full time job! If you'd like to book a call with me to work on your English then, click this link. https://www.breakoutbusinessenglish.com/start The Golden List method https://www.open.edu/openlearn/languages/learning-languages/the-goldlist-method Support the show Book a coaching session with me at: https://www.breakoutbusinessenglish.com

## Transcript

Welcome back to the Breakout Business English podcast. My name is Chris and my full -time job as always is helping international professionals who use English as a second language at work to improve their professional communication skills. In today's podcast, we're talking about measuring progress.So if you've been speaking English as a second or third language for a while, then maybe you find it difficult to know when you're improving. When we first start learning a language, there are lots of easy and quick milestones to hit. There's always a new badge to receive or your app will let you progress through another level. Every piece of vocabulary makes a big impact when you're starting and every sentence structure increases the range of ideas that we can communicate. However, when you're an advanced speaker, this is not quite as easy. I work with a lot of people who use English at work and speak English every day and still want to improve. However, they're not sure if their effort is having any effect or any impact on their abilities and skills.So today, I'm going to give you six ways to measure your progress when studying English, especially if you're an intermediate English speaker or better. So let's say from a high B1 upwards, so B2, C1, C2, but especially anyone above kind of a medium, mid B1 level. Let's get started with number one. And this is to choose an open question and answer it regularly, either by writing or speaking, depending on which output skill you want to improve most. This could be a question like, what was the best part of your week? Or maybe, what has been the most interesting news story this week? Answering your question regularly, perhaps every week or month, depending on how quickly you're hoping to improve, can help you to see your progress. A lot of people use a similar system when they go to the gym and they start working out and getting fit and healthy. They take photos of themselves before they start lifting weights and working out,

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