{"id":659,"date":"2020-07-15T17:32:53","date_gmt":"2020-07-15T17:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/cl-150-bulletin\/?p=659"},"modified":"2020-09-22T14:54:30","modified_gmt":"2020-09-22T14:54:30","slug":"only-have-30-minutes-focus-on-skills-with-practice-activities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/cl-150-bulletin\/2020\/07\/15\/only-have-30-minutes-focus-on-skills-with-practice-activities\/","title":{"rendered":"Only have 30 minutes? Focus on skills with \u201cPractice\u201d activities!"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the last post you learned the most effective way to <\/em>spend 10 minutes<\/em><\/a> engaged with your language by refreshing your CL-150 Learned Vocab. But what if you have a bit more time to commit?<\/em><\/p>\n

Hit the ground running with CL-150 Practice activities\u2014make your own custom lessons in seconds.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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It\u2019s as easy as this:<\/p>\n

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  1. Pick a learning activity.<\/strong> There are 28 activities, each focusing on a different modality: listening, speaking, reading, and writing.<\/li>\n
  2. Pick the content you want to learn with. <\/strong>Choose from any<\/em> content in the CL-150 Platform, including your own learned vocab and CL-150 Cohort lessons.<\/li>\n
  3. Start practicing<\/strong> that<\/em> skill with the vocabulary from that<\/em> lesson(s)!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Practice activities are particularly helpful if you have a modality that you need to strengthen. No need to jump around a lesson searching for the listening activities\u2014you can make your own custom listening-only lessons with a few clicks.<\/p>\n

    As with all learning activity, time spent in Practice is tracked, reported, and counts towards your requirements and goals!<\/p>\n

    Want an added challenge?<\/em> Regular Practice activities will give you feedback in real time, but you can also select the Test version of many of the activities. Just like a test in class, you complete the activity with no interruptions and receive a score at the end. This is a good way to benchmark your progress over time.<\/p>\n

    See CL-150 Practice activities in action in <\/strong>this 2-minute video<\/strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n