Journal Questions

• What did I realize after taking the diagnostic test?

After taking the dagnostic test I realized that I need to improve my listening and reding comprehension.  I thought that my listening was better that the result, so my goal is to practice the listening.

• What did I learn?

I learned that a test can measure your skills but many things are interfering when you are answering a test, for example your mood, your anxiety.  Also you need a time to get used to the langugage and the structure of the questions.   Actually, you can make mistakes while you understand the test itself (vocabulary, accent...)

• Did I realize what my strenghts and weaknesses are?

In order to know your strenghts and weaknesses you need to be critical.  In the diagnostic test is very difficult to recognize your language abilities, nevertheless, I found that my strenghts are the spoken language (communicative skills: pronunciation, fluent) and my weaknesses are writing, reading and listening.