Creating a Two-Week Improvement Plan After Criticism
- CEFR level:
- B1
- Sentences:
- 12
- Duration:
- 1 min
- Speakers:
- Tom & Emma
"Creating a Two-Week Improvement Plan After Criticism" is a B1-level English conversation about feedback and improvement, 12 lines long (about 1 minute) between Tom & Emma. Read the full script below with the translation next to each line, then try speaking one of the roles out loud.
Dialogue script
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- Line 1Tom 0:00
I got tough feedback today and need a realistic two-week plan.
- Line 2Emma 0:04
What points were repeated most by different reviewers?
- Line 3Tom 0:07
They said my updates are vague and I miss risk signals early.
- Line 4Emma 0:11
Good, those are behavior patterns we can target directly.
- Line 5Tom 0:16
I felt defensive at first and wanted to ignore some comments.
- Line 6Emma 0:20
Normal reaction, but using feedback quickly builds credibility.
- Line 7Tom 0:25
Week one: daily concise updates with risk and blockers section.
- Line 8Emma 0:29
Week two: if risk gets too high, raise it early.
- Line 9Tom 0:34
I'll ask my lead for mid-point review next Friday.
- Line 10Emma 0:37
I'll help create a checklist so progress is measurable.
- Line 11Tom 0:41
If I slip on updates, I'll set automatic reminder prompts.
- Line 12Emma 0:45
Great, consistent small changes create visible improvement fast.
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Key vocabulary
Content words from this dialogue, ranked by the CEFR level at which they appear across the whole 500-dialogue library. Function words and proper nouns are excluded.
- repeated /rɪˈpitɪd/ adjective
done or said again and again
- different /ˈdɪfərənt/ adjective
not the same as another
- vague /veɪɡ/ adjective
not clear or exact
- risk /rɪsk/ noun/verb
a chance of harm; to take a chance
- behavior /bɪˈheɪvjər/ noun
the way in which one acts or conducts oneself
- felt /ˈfɛlt/ verb
experienced a feeling; past tense of feel
- ignore /ɪɡˈnɔr/ verb
to pay no attention to
- reaction /riˈækʃən/ noun
a response to something
- raise /reɪz/ verb, noun
to lift, increase, or bring up; a pay increase
- create /kriˈeɪt/ verb
to make something new
- measurable /ˈmɛʒərəbəl/ adjective
able to be measured
- changes /ˈtʃeɪndʒɪz/ noun
plural of change; differences or modifications