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Progress check

How are you getting on?

Student’s name:

Interviewed by:
1 Let’s start with your motivation regarding your English studies. On the whole, how motivated are you
feeling at the moment? (Circle your partner’s answer.)
 Great – I’m really well motivated right now and feel I could take on the world!
 I’m reasonably well motivated, but could do with a little more ‘oomph’.
 I have very little motivation at the moment, and could really do with a good psychological pick-me-up.
2 Can you explain why you chose your option in Question 1?

3 What, if anything, would help you to improve your motivation (or if you chose () in Question 1, to
maintain it at its current level)?

4 Motivation and progress are often linked. So now let’s move on to your progress. Having just
completed Module (insert module number here) , how much progress do you think you have
made in general? Circle one option.
 I think I’ve made very good progress – I’m storming ahead!
 My progress has been so-so – it could be worse, but it could be better.
 I don’t think I’ve made much progress at all – I’m stuck in a rut.
5 Can you explain why you chose your option in Question 1?

6 Now we’ll look at how you feel in more detail. For each of the CPE exam tests below, circle one of the
options based on the following criteria.
 I’ve found the exercises we’ve done for this test quite easy, and feel I’ve performed well in most of them.
 I’ve found some of the exercises we’ve done for this test easy and some difficult, but on the whole I’ve
managed to get by.
 I’ve struggled with most of the exercises we’ve done for this test – they’re all rather challenging.
➤ Reading and Use of English    ➤ Listening   
➤ Writing    ➤ Speaking   

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7 In your own words, can you explain why you feel this way about each test?
➤ Reading and Use of English


➤ Writing


➤ Listening


➤ Speaking


8 
What, if anything, do you think you could do outside the classroom (apart from homework) to
improve your exam skills for each of the different tests?
➤ Reading and Use of English


➤ Writing


➤ Listening


➤ Speaking


9 
Finally, I want you to make a ‘Study pledge’ for the next module of your course. Think about two or
three things you promise you’ll do in order to acquire, develop and improve your English while you
are working on this module.
During my English lessons, I pledge to:



Outside the classroom, I pledge to:

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