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What is the main goal of 'Step 1: The Background' in the 4-step framework?
To talk about how you feel about the skill.
To explain why you decided to learn the skill.
To describe how you use the skill now.
In which step of the framework should you describe the challenges you faced while learning?
Step 3: The Result
Step 2: The Process
Step 4: The Reflection
Which step focuses on the 'outcome' and asks you to give a specific example of using the skill?
Step 3: The Result
Step 2: The Process
Step 1: The Background
Explaining why a skill is important to you and what you learned is part of which step?
Step 2: The Process
Step 4: The Reflection
Step 1: The Background
According to the file, describing a skill is very similar to telling a story about...
a person you admire.
a specific event you attended.
your learning journey.
What is the 'shopping list' mistake?
Using too many difficult vocabulary words.
Giving a list of simple disconnected sentences.
Telling a story that is not true.
What is the problem with the 'disorganized' answer mistake?
The ideas jump around and do not follow a logical story structure.
The answer uses too many memorized phrases.
The sentences are too long and complex.
The guide warns against the 'memorized phrases' mistake because...
it sounds unnatural and robotic
the phrases are all grammatically incorrect.
not like real communication.
the phrases are too difficult to understand.
Which collocation means "to improve a skill you already have"?
Learn from scratch
Pick up a skill
Hone a skill
If a skill is very difficult and takes a lot of effort to learn, it has a...
a steep learning curve.
hands-on experience.
a natural talent.
What does the phrase 'get the hang of it' mean?
To divide a task into smaller parts.
To understand how to do something.
To practice for many hours.
A 'transferable skill' is one that...
you can only use for one specific job.
is very difficult to teach to someone else.
you can use in different jobs or situations.
What does it mean to 'learn from scratch'?
To improve a skill you already have a little bit.
To learn something by watching others.
To learn something from the very beginning.
What is the best grammar tense to tell the story of HOW you learned a skill?
Past Simple
Present Perfect
Future Simple
To talk about skills learned in the past that are still important now, which tense is recommended?
Present Perfect
Past Simple
Past Continuous
In the good example about driving, what was the 'Background'?
The person was a nervous learner and failed the first test.
The family moved to the suburbs and public transport was not
The person can now drive their mum to the doctor.
