It must include the following information: 

• List of your strengths and weaknesses

• Explanation of specific actions that you will take to continue developing your strengths and improve your weaknesses

Firstly, my weakness. I am usually nervous when I speak in front of people. It was difficult for me to express my opinions without raising my hand.

Next, my strengths. One of my strengths is vocabulary. I worked as a cram school teacher in Japan, so I memorized many English words.

With that in mind, I took several actions.

First of all, I tried to say my answers actively. Also, I made an effort to make eye contact as much as possible when communicating with others. In addition, I took notes when I learned new words because I want to teach English to children in Boston.

As a result, I achieved some improvements.

To begin with, I feel more comfortable speaking in front of others. This is big progress for me. Moreover, I can paraphrase some words, and I think my vocabulary has increased.

In this way, I was able to achieve many positive outcomes and gain confidence.

Even after the Jump Start program ends, I would like to continue improving through studying English.

Chiori Ikeda

My strength is my ability to work hard toward my goals. I always try to set small goals every day. For example, in class, I try to speak at least once. If I achieve that goal, I try to speak more the next day. Since I came to Boston, I have also tried to improve my English by writing a diary in English every day. I also watch dramas in English with English subtitles. These habits help me practice English little by little. Another strength of mine is that I like to challenge new things. I believe it is better to try and regret it than to regret not trying. This way of thinking? helps me take action and gain new experiences. However, one of my weaknesses is consistency. Sometimes it is difficult for me to continue doing one thing for a long time. I also sometimes feel afraid of making mistakes. Because of this I want to improve my ability to keep going even when things are difficult. What is my goal? My goal is to improve my English skills and become more confident when I speak English. How can I reach it? I think I can reach it by practicing English every day and not being afraid of making mistakes. What do I need to do? I need to continue setting small daily goals and tracking my progress. I will try to speak English more in class and with friends. By practicing every day, I hope I can improve my confidence and English ability.

Strengths

・I try to take a lot of notes during class.

・I try to speak up at least once a day.

・I write a diary in English every day.

・I always try to smile during presentations.

Weakness

・I often use the same simple vocabulary.

・I procrastinate on difficult tasks.

・I’m not pronouncing it currently.

・I can’t express myself well in English.

・There are too many words I don’t know.

2.     My Improvement Plan

My goal is to be able to communicate confidently in English.

To improve my weakness and develop my strengths:

・I will speak more during class and participate actively in the discussion.

・I will learn 50 new English words every day and review them repeatedly to improve my vocabulary quickly.

・I will practice my pronunciation by listening to English songs and repeating sentences.

・I will make a checklist to manage my tasks and study time.

・I will continue writing my English diary every day and reviewing my notes to strengthen my learning.

First, my strengths are planning skills and good at memories such as words and idioms.  And I also try to ask questions when I need help. But I lack listening skills, native speakers speaking speed is so fast for me. I can’t understand when I order something in restaurant or shops. My goal is improving listening skills. So, I created an improvement plan!

First, I will listen to music and watch movies in Netflix to get used to fast speed. These are thing I like, so I will be able to keep doing it.

Second, I couldn't understand phrase which I try to remember it. I should repeat that. And I learn common phrase from conversation. I can understand better.

Finally, I will join volunteer opportunity and clubs such as calligraphy  or Japanese language class. Because through these activity I can interact with American. I want to ask each others when we need help about languages.

For these improvement plan, my strength will connect to my weakness. By the end of my Boston dairy life, I want to be able to understand English better than now. To achieve this, I will keep a positive attitude and continue my improvement planning. And I want to write this SLO more correctly. Also, I hope to enjoy communicating in English more and fun conversations with others. I try to speak foreigners about more detail.

My strengths are that I can talk using a smile with others, which helps create a good atmosphere. I am also good at preparing for speeches, so I can speak clearly and confidently. In addition, I write a journal in English every day and I practice speaking English with AI tools. My teacher recommended it. These habits help me improve my English skills.

However, I have some weaknesses. I don’t have a confidence, so I was nervous when I speak in front of others. I think too much about grammar. To do that, I could not speak well.

It was difficult for me to speak quickly.

To continue developing my strengths, I will keep communicating smile and preparing carefully of all. I also want to continue writing a daily in English and practice speaking with AI tools.

To improve my weaknesses, I will practice speaking English every day with American people. If I have positive mind, I will be able to stop being a shy. To do that, I will focus more communication than grammars. I will also try to speak more relaxed. I hope to become a more confident English a speaker in the future.

My weakness is that I lack confidence and cannot express my opinions in class. I also have a limited vocabulary, and I am not good at grammar, so I sometimes struggle to express what I want to say correctly.

To improve my weakness, I feel that I like English more than before I came to study abroad, and my ability to think by myself has improved. However, I still need more practice to speak confidently.

Therefore, I will answer with confidence and try to use English more than I do now. I also want to improve my English skills and increase my TOEIC score.

I will try to reduce my anxiety by practicing everyday English conversation. I will also try to speak English with my classmates more often and not be afraid of making mistakes. I will also prepare ideas before class so I can speak more easily.

Before I went to Boston, I was very hesitate for class. I was scared and shy. But I decided my goal semester that be a talkative! I think that I grow up a little.

And my goal changed new one. Now, I would like to speak English natully like a native speaker. Also my weakness points in English are lack of vocabulary like slang, and often bad pronanciation. therefore it is diffucult for me to listen and talk English smoothly. In addition, I have my heaviest problem that I can't speak in front of people not to enjoy and be relax. I don't have a confidence. Next I start to love and admit myself.

So that I would like to keep writing diary until this semester and talking with many people like teachers, local people, anyone!

I want to have a good time for this study abroad!!

My Strengths and Weaknesses

One of my strengths is that I don't give up trying to understand. Since coming to the U.S., I have learned many new words and phrases in class. To understand better, I take notes actively and look up unfamiliar words after class. Even when I don't understand something, I keep trying. I also try to improve my English every day by writing a diary and studying vocabulary with my word book from Japan. However, I have some weaknesses. I don't have much confidence, so I sometimes can't express my opinions in front of others. I often feel nervous and worry about making mistakes. Also, I tend to use simple words and don't try new vocabulary.

My Improvement Plan

To improve my participation, I will try to speak at least once in every class. I will also use expressions that I learned in this class when giving my opinion, such as:

•In my opinion, ~

•Personally, I believe that ~

For agreement and disagreement:

•I agree with that.

•I couldn’t agree more.

•To be frank, I don’t really agree with you on that point.

By using these phrases, I want to feel more confident when speaking. To improve my vocabulary, I will try to use at least one new word every day in speaking or writing. By doing this, I hope I can express my ideas more clearly in the next semester.

My strength point is two. First, I can understand what my teacher says in class. If I have assignment, I can understand what I should do. Second, I can speak easy words. When I have to explain something, I can usually explain using easy words.

Weaknesses

Also, my weaknesses point is two. First, I have difficulty using correct grammar. When I talk to teacher or friends, I always mistake the Grammar. I can’t tell them. Second, I sometimes can’t remember words. Even simple words. So I don’t actively participate in class discussions.

Improve plan

I think I must continue developing my strengths. So, I will keep listening carefully in class and take notes. I will also review my notes after class.

To improve my weaknesses, I will study grammar every day and practice making simple sentences. I will also talk with friends or AI in English.

I used deepl to search ‘I have difficulty using correct grammar’ sentence.

In my journal, I often wrote new words from the class. But I always check the meaning of the words on weekends. Next semester, I want to check them on the same day because I want to remember them quickly.

Also, I want to speak more active in the next class. In this program, I learned that speaking English is very fun. I am not afraid of speaking English now, so I want to share my ideas with my classmates more.

I want to enjoy learn English and study hard in the next semester, too!

Title    My improvement plan

April 8

My strength point

　I try to talk in many ways.

when I talk to another parson,If I could't remember English word,I try to talk another ways.For example,physical conversation or Using different words.so,My good point is try to talk many ways and times.

My weakeness point

1 few of remember words

2 listening skill

1 I think that I don't have remember words only little bit.so,I don't say what I want to say smoothly.Also,when I read a English book or text book,I could’t read fluently.so I have to search mean of understand words.

2.think that My listening skill is very weak.because when I talk to native American,I don't understand right away.Also,I feel like to watch English movie or listen English music is very different.so,My best weekness point is listening skill.

How to improve my skill

First,How to improve my strong point.I think that talk to a lot of American again and again.They  use gesture or physical conversation a lot.so,I'm also try it.talking to frist meeting of They are so different and nervous.but,I must talk a lot.If so,I think I can talk   a lot.

Socond,How to improve my weakness points.about few of remember words,I have to study English words using English vocabulary book everyday.then I need to learn pronounciation.It is very important.because,If I don't say correct it. I could't talk native American.so,It is necessary to learn with it.In addition,It is important using my remembered word.when l talk to a lot of American.

about listening skill, I think that shadowing is the best.I may be nervous if I talk to native speakers at first time.so,shadowing is good at for me.For instance,using YouTube.while watching youtube,I also say that.Then,I think that improve my weekness points.

my goal is talking a lot of native American also,I would like to be friends them.

So,I would like continue them plan.

However, I also have some areas to improve. First, I need to expand my vocabulary and range of expressions. Second, I would like to build more confidence in expressing my opinions in English. In addition, I need to improve my ability to develop and expand my ideas in more detail. Finally, I want to become less afraid of speaking English in any situation

To improve myself, I’ll take two specific actions. To begin with, I’ll practice English every day, mainly focusing on speaking, but also improving my witting and learning new vocabulary. After that, I’ll communicate with people from different backgrounds and actively participate in real concertation.

I’m interested interesting with people in environments like Northeastern University, I need to find the events on American college campus. I also plan to participate in meet-and-greet events, such as the one at Showa, where I felt comfortable communicating with others.

In conclusion, I understand both my strengths and weaknesses, and I have created specific actions to improve myself. By continuing to practice speaking, expanding my vocabulary, and challenging myself in real conversations, I can further develop my strengths and overcome my weaknesses. I will keep challenging myself and continue learning from every experience.

However, I have some issues. It is difficult for me to think quickly about complex problems and sometimes I feel that assignments are hard.

I analyzed my strengths and weaknesses. My strengths are that I am curious about new cultures and can adapt quickly to new environments. On the other hand, I should have time management ability more. It is weaknesses that I can not decide how much I should spend time for each task.

I have continued to something to I improve my English skills. For example, I write down new words what I learn and check its meaning deeply. In addition, I try to use those new words in daily conversations. Furthermore, I make To-do lists to manage every task.

In conclusion, I believe that it is important to continue effort for own tasks. And having acceptable mind on other cultures. I want to work harder even after next week.

My strengths

l  Take note of new vocabulary

l  Objective self-analysis

My weaknesses

l  Lack of confidence

l  Small talk

Explanation of specific actions

My strengths are taking notes of new vocabulary. I could listen to new vocabulary actively in this class. I was able to increase new vocabulary a little after “jump up start”. But I did not use new vocabulary many times. Therefore, I want to use new vocabulary in small talk, discussion and writing. By doing so, I can write more details about how the teacher uses it and it is easy for me to imagine how I should use them myself.

In addition, Objective self-analysis is my strength. I could grow up my English skill a little because I have this strength. When I couldn’t find the appropriate word, I was able to come up with solutions, such as taking notes on new words or using similar words to express what I want to say. To grow my strength, I will analyze not only my failures but also my successes. If I understand why something went well, I can connect to next step.

My weakness are lack of confidence and speaking English skill. I think lack of confidence because I don’t have enough success. I also feel I don’t enough opportunities to speak English. I am quiet even in Japanese, it is so difficult to say many things at once. I want to increase speaking English opportunities. Therefore, I have to experience more actively such as not only class, SFC program and club activities. Actually, I apply for SFC. I’m still waiting for the lottery results, but I’m excited to talk with local people. And I will join the calligraphy club. I have learned calligraphy since I was 10 years old. I heard foreign people are interested in it, I want to enjoy teaching calligraphy. I will grow little by little.

My Improvement Plan

My strength is that I am very curious. I am interested in many things, so since coming to Boston, it has helped me enjoy new experiences and meet new people.
My weakness is that I tend to overthink. I sometimes worry too much about what other people think, so I cannot take action easily.
To develop my strength, I will continue to try things that interest me and actively take on new challenges. To improve my weakness, I will try not to overthink and take action first. For example, I will try to talk to people without worrying too much.
By doing this, I want to become more confident, enjoy experiences that I can only have while studying abroad, and take advantage of new opportunities.