This short (roughly 10-15 minute) activity is proficiency-agnostic and was created to help learners reflect on their strengths. It would be useful when starting a new school year or grading period. Instructions indicate implementation during group time, but this activity would be wonderful in a flipped context. For example, learners could complete Steps 1-5 (other than group shares) at home and share their visual reminders (Step 6) in class as a warm-up activity the following day.

Learning Outcome(s):
Learners will be able to:

• Reflect on and identify their strengths as a language learner.
• Use their strengths to set goals for handling challenges as they arise.

Mode(s): Not applicable

Materials: Pay Attention to Your Strengths Video, Strength Inventory, a video of errors in a domain relevant to curricular needs

Procedure:

1. Show learners one to two minutes of video with a lot of mistakes in whatever domain is culturally appropriate and aligns with curricular needs. For example, if studying sports, you might show them a video similar to this one in the target language. 
2. As a group, talk about how one should react to those mistakes in order to be successful. Then, show learners the Pay Attention to Your Strengths Video. 
3. Provide learners with the Strength Inventory. Ask that they complete Step 1 individually.
4. As a whole group, share the strengths that learners identified.
5. Give learners five to seven minutes to complete Steps 2 and 3 on the Strength Inventory. In these steps, they will describe a moment in which they made a mistake in the target language (big or small) and how their strengths could have helped them respond. They will use this reflection to set a goal for responding to similar situations in the future.
6. Give learners three minutes to complete Step 4 on the Strength Inventory. In this phase, they will create a visual reminder of the goal identified in the previous step.

Notes:

• Remember to revisit learners' goals with them periodically!