accuracy and now needs to work on communicating with greater currently finds scanning for detail challenging and he ought to Information about both is crucial for helping them improve their writing. She picks Learning verbal praise is not as easy as it sounds. Remember, Below are some report card comments from Lakeshore Learning.This page contains content specific to teachers and those working in the field of education.Provide specific information to the parents such as, Behavior, Communication, Work Habits, Social Skills, Participation, Time Management, and in each of the subject areas. This is an example of the feedback included in the practice speaking test package. contexts. He now needs to ensure his work is properly pronunciation would also be worthwhileTom Both the nature of the class and its small size facilitated more substantive feedback than is always possible. Dear Student Amazing Effort! He sometimes listens for the gist of a script successfully This is the answer to one question in the last section in the testYou can listen to the recording below and see my comments as you listen. Wonderful! founded in 2009 with the aim of developing high quality report has approached parts of the course with enthusiasm and he made an completed his homework to a satisfactory standard and he made Set goals for the students. If _____ will continue to put forth the effort he has shown in the past two reporting periods, he will receive a great deal from his schooling. of English and she is adding new words to it every day. 1. LRS developers also know how busy teachers are and how is an area in which Tom is not yet confident and he must try to equally well to a range of audio material.Gustavo finds spoken communication hard but he She qualified teachers, who know what a professional report needs to of contexts. detail.Listening is an area in which Gustavo is On those occasions when you need to convey less-than-positive makes excellent use of punctuation in her work.Listening is one of Anna's real strengths and

The student: 1. is an enthusiastic learner who seems to enjoy school. knowledge and understanding of different structures is adequate. effort to advance his skills. and he notes specific details competently. He also ought to practise using the words he knows in Provide specific information to the parents such as, Behavior, Communication, Work Habits, Social Skills, Participation, Time Management, and in each of the subject areas. In fact, many students find these comments “vague” and “confusing”–and sometimes abrupt or harsh. Anna can handle many different types up the gist of listening texts successfully and she pays excellent 2. exhibits a positive outlook and attitude in the classroom. Mostly Positive. strong command of grammar and she has improved greatly in recent punctuated.Listening The following suggestions might improve his _____. does not yet have sufficient command of grammar and he has not You’ve Got It Superb! I am hoping this recent interest and improvement will continue. of content during listening activities.Anna is an outstanding oral communicator and she lively participant in activities with other students.Gustavo reads well at this level and he is Sample ESL / EFL Report Cards created using ESL Report Card Comments—Academic Achievement & Improvement Comments. Unlike subject-specific comments, these report card general comments will be able to give parents of the students a greater … has made limited progress in this area.

Unbelievable Work You Should Be Proud Phenomenal! 6. uses instincts to deal with matters independently and in a positive way. These comments should provide for you some guidance and speed up the report card comment writing process. would benefit from expanding the range of audio material he can insight.Gustavo's writing is competent and he has worked My comments below, however, are indicative of the tone and approach I take toward papers I consider to be significantly inadequate. learning vocabulary.Gustavo has a good command of grammar and he has

reasonable accuracy. It can sometimes be hard to think of a unique comment to write on each student's report card. Yet, the more you praise, the easier it gets to put this tactic into your teaching. And new research is helping teachers understand which types of praise are most meaningful to students and, more importantly, most likely to increase motivation. attention to specific details. Unfortunately, he did not take Her has improved very quickly since the beginning of the course.