Intermediate to Advanced / self-assessment

Advanced Kai checklist

Use this page after the final lesson, before moving to the next course, or after a spaced-review cycle. Check only what you can do without copying from notes.

learner boundary

Common Kai first

Advanced work may compare technical, poetic, symbolic, and sacred choices. Start with exact Common Kai: the claim, condition, cause, request, or definition must be recoverable before register analysis.

  • Write the literal Common Kai sentence first.
  • Label technical, poetic, or sacred pressure separately.
  • Do not make legal, medical, safety, or practical instructions poetic.

course outcomes

can-do checklist

completion evidence

ready to advance when

unit checkpoints

course readiness by unit

unit 1

Complex Clauses and Embedded `va`

Relative clauses, embedded statements, reported questions, and recoverable complex clause boundaries.

readiness checks

lesson evidence

unit 2

Modality, Ability, Permission, Obligation, and Possibility

Advanced control of wanting, needing, ability, permission, obligation, advice, and possible outcomes.

readiness checks

lesson evidence

unit 3

Comparison, Quantifiers, Emphasis, and Scope

Comparison, quantity, emphasis, scope, and avoiding ambiguity in advanced sentences.

readiness checks

lesson evidence

unit 4

Argument, Opinion, Evidence, Uncertainty, and Disagreement

Claims, evidence, uncertainty, disagreement, polite challenge, and careful argumentative structure.

readiness checks

lesson evidence

unit 5

Translation Workshop

English-to-Kai translation workflow, idiom handling, complexity reduction, and register-safe rewrites.

readiness checks

lesson evidence

unit 6

Technical Speech, Loanwords, Definitions, and Register Control

Loanwords, definitions, science, software, law, medicine, and exact register.

readiness checks

lesson evidence

unit 7

Advanced Translation Portfolio Project

Portfolio translation project with commentary, alternatives, and revision notes.

readiness checks

lesson evidence

unit 8

Advanced Final Assessment

Cumulative advanced assessment with scoring guide for clauses, translation, argument, and technical register.

readiness checks

lesson evidence

reflection

learner notes