Elementary to Intermediate / self-assessment
Everyday 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.
course outcomes
can-do checklist
completion evidence
ready to advance when
unit checkpoints
course readiness by unit
unit 1
Home, Food, Family, and Health
Daily life nouns, care phrases, health needs, and practical requests.
readiness checks
I can recall and use: ma, sai, sha, ya, yano, yava, yari, mi.
I can explain or apply: daily need requests, home and family relations, food and drink routines, health status with e and en, clinic and medicine requests.
I can complete mixed practice for: scenario vocabulary, dialogue reading, practical requests, health and safety phrases.
I can find and repair at least one mistake from this unit.
unit 2
Travel, Directions, Plans, and Appointments
Routes, place questions, schedules, appointments, permission, waiting, and practical planning.
readiness checks
I can recall and use: a, ma, sai, sha, anvai, ya, yano, yava.
I can explain or apply: direction with li, source with na, route with al, location with en, asking where and when.
I can complete mixed practice for: route building, schedule reading, appointment dialogue, permission questions.
I can find and repair at least one mistake from this unit.
unit 3
Emotion and Repair
Feeling, conflict, apology, thanks, uncertainty, and conversation repair.
readiness checks
I can recall and use: a, ma, sai, sha, ya, yano, yaal, mi.
I can explain or apply: emotional states with en, care and thanks idioms, apology and forgiveness forms, boundaries with ma sha and viro, conflict repair.
I can complete mixed practice for: emotion recognition, care phrases, conflict boundaries, apology repair.
I can find and repair at least one mistake from this unit.
unit 4
Work, Money, Services, and Help
Work status, tasks, tools, devices, money, fair exchange, buying situations, and help requests.
readiness checks
I can recall and use: a, ma, sai, sha, ya, yano, yava, yave.
I can explain or apply: work status with el kame, task possession with te, work completion with or, help requests with ma nive, asking with yale.
I can complete mixed practice for: work status, service request dialogues, payment and exchange phrases, buying without unsupported buy-sell verbs.
I can find and repair at least one mistake from this unit.
unit 5
Health, Symptoms, Safety, and Emergency Care
Health status, symptoms, urgent help, safety instructions, clinic needs, and care coordination.
readiness checks
I can recall and use: ma, sai, sha, ya, yano, yava, yari, mi.
I can explain or apply: direct health status, symptoms as en phrases, pain and wound reporting, urgent need with el nive rine, safety commands with ma and ma sha.
I can complete mixed practice for: symptom reporting, emergency phrases, clinic dialogue, safety instructions.
I can find and repair at least one mistake from this unit.
unit 6
Conversation Strategies
Clarification, repetition, polite disagreement, conversation recovery, and longer practical dialogues.
readiness checks
I can recall and use: a, ma, sai, sha, ya, yano, yaal, mi.
I can explain or apply: repair phrases, clarification questions, repetition requests, pacing, self-correction with va.
I can complete mixed practice for: clarification drills, repetition requests, polite disagreement, self-correction.
I can find and repair at least one mistake from this unit.
unit 7
Everyday Review and Assessment
Cumulative dialogues, integrated practice, final assessment, and scoring guide.
readiness checks
I can recall and use: ma, sai, sha, ya, yano, yava, yari, yaal.
I can explain or apply: cumulative Everyday Kai dialogue, turn-taking, practical repair, topic shifts, health and safety language.
I can complete mixed practice for: dialogue reading, dialogue completion, role-play, translation.
I can find and repair at least one mistake from this unit.
strongest skill
weakest skill
error pattern to repair
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