130 ESL Report Card Comments - Speaking, Reading, Writing, and Listening

Richa

Sep 24, 2022 - 13 Min read

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In this article, we have attached 130 ESL report card comments that you can use to grade with ease.

36 Speaking ESL Report Card Comments

21 ESL Speaking Report Card Comments for Beginner Students

I am thrilled with {student name}’s performance this year. {his/her} English speaking abilities have improved significantly.
{student name}’s performance this year has been adequate. To improve their English speaking skills, I would recommend practicing {add things to recommend here}.
{student name}’s English speaking skills are significantly lagging behind the rest of the class. I would recommend practicing {add things to recommend here}.
{student name} is a very enthusiastic student. {he/she} joined recently, yet, {he/she} is one of the first ones to respond to questions.
{student name} is doing exceptionally well with similar sounding words.
{student name} struggles with similar sounding words.
{student name} should practice similarly sound words to improve. {he/she} gets confused between words like {add example similarly sounding words here}.
{student name} feels uncomfortable participating in classroom discussions. Practicing at home alone can help them overcome this.
{student name} can confidently answer common English questions.
{student name} feels uncomfortable speaking in front of the class when asked common questions.
{student name} lacks the confidence to answer common English questions in class.
{student name} is unable to answer common English questions asked during the class.
{student name} has good English writing and listening skills, but {he/she} feels shy when it comes to speaking. To be able to confidently speak English in a group, {student name} needs to practice speaking at home.
{student name} correctly uses verbal phrases and verbal expressions in his English class.
{student name} correctly uses verbal phrases, but needs to improve their usage of verbal expressions in his English class.
{student name} struggles with the correct usage of verbal phrases and verbal expressions in his English class.
{student name}’s English speaking skills are excellent for a beginner.
{student name}’s English speaking skills are sufficient for a beginner.
{student name}’s English speaking skills are lacking for a beginner.
{student name} can easily describe objects.
{student name} faces difficulty in describing objects while speaking English.

10 ESL Speaking Report Card Comments for Intermediate Level Students

{student name}needs to practice speaking English at home to perform well in front of the class.
{student name} has intermediate English speaking skills.
To improve and excel as an intermediate-level English student, I would like {student name} to participate more in {his/her} English class.
{student name} often uses {native language} over English in class - which is preventing {him/her} from improving English speaking skills as an intermediate learner.
{student name} is doing great in his Intermediate English class. {he/she}learns new words, how to phrase them, and is able to pronounce them quite well.
{student name} is underperforming in his Intermediate English class. {he/she} is facing issues with how to phrase words and how to pronounce them. I would recommend placing more emphasis on {his/her}usage of phrases to improve.
{student name} is a quick learner and can learn how to speak new English words faster than the rest of {his/her} classmates.
{student name} can speak beginner-level English words well, but {he/she} is struggling with learning intermediate-level English words. I would encourage {student name} to practice {excrise} at home.
{student name} struggles with speaking in front of a group of {his/her} peers.
{student name} has impressively improved their English speaking skills and can now speak like an intermediate level student.

5 ESL Speaking Report Card Comments for Advanced Students

{student name} has advanced level English speaking skills and can speak with confidence in front of a group of peers.
{student name} is struggling with their English speaking skills and is performing at the intermediate level. I would recommend practicing speaking at home and focusing on the following {add your topics to focus on here}.
{student nane} when asked questions answers in a yes or a no. Adding more details is required to reach an advanced level in English speaking. We recommend {he/she} practice more comprehensive answers to the questions provided as homework at home.
{student name} has gone from using some English to using a significant amount of English in {his/her} daily conversation. It has tremendously improved their spoken English.
{student name} only practices speaking English during {his/her} class. To advance {his/her} English speaking proficiency, I would advise practicing English speaking outside of the classroom. Using English in day-to-day conversations would be helpful.

34 Writing ESL Report Card Comments

12 ESL Writing Report Card Comments for Beginner Students

{student name} can write short sentences and the basics of English writing are covered well.
{student name} understands the basics of English writing, but is unable to write short sentences.
{student name} can perform better in English writing if {he/she} maintains a daily journal.
{student name} understands the subject well, but is unable to write around the subject.
{student name}’s writing involves a lot of grammar mistakes.
{student name}’s writing is free of grammar mistakes.
Sentences written by {student name} have unclear meaning.
Sentences written by {student name} have clear meaning and convey information accurately.
While {student name} understands the subject well enough, {he/she} uses incorrect word order.
{student name}’s English writing has no incorrect word order.
{student name}’s writing is cohesive, coherent, stays on the topic, with consistent voice, and addresses all parts of the given assignment.
{student name}’s writing is incoherent, not cohesive and strays away from the topic. To advance to the next level of English writing, I recommend that the student practice writing at home.

12 ESL Writing Report Card Comments for Intermediate Level Students

{student name}’s has scored {55}% on mechanics of writing, {70}% on completeness of the answers, {37}% on consistency, and {29}% on cohesiveness. My recommendations to improve {his/her} writing scores are {add your recommendations here}.
{student name}’s English writing has no spelling errors. {he/she} writes with clarity, using the correct word order, and sentence structure.
While {student name}’s English writing has no spelling errors, {his/her} sentence structure needs improvement to reach an intermediate level of ESL learner.
{student name}’s writing has no punctuation errors.
{student name}’s writing has punctuation errors.
{student name} has improve their English writing skill significantly, but {he/she} still need help in {list areas where the student needs improvement}.
{student name} is able to express {his/her} ideas in English.
{student name} is only able to express {his/her} ideas in written English with common topics. {he/she} feels uncomfortable when asked to write on unfamiliar topics.
{student name} can write simple sentences well, but struggles while writing complex sentences. {student name} must practice writing complex sentences that have a verb and a subject. Writing complete complex sentences would improve {student name}’s English skills.
{student name} has significant spelling errors in {his/her} writing.
{student name}’s English writing is free of spelling errors.
{student name}’s writing isn’t very descriptive. {he/she} should consider using more adjectives.

10 ESL Writing Report Card Comments for Advanced Students

{student name} has performed very well in his advanced ESL class and is ready to take his English proficiency test.
{student name} needs to practice exercises given during the class at home to reach advanced level English writing proficiency.
{student name} has sufficient grammar, vocabulary, and sentence formation skills to write on complex topics and share deep opinions thoughtfully.
{student name} has sufficient grammar knowledge and vocabulary, but {his/her} sentence formation skills prevent them to write on complex topics and share deep opinions.
{student name} lacks sufficient grammar knowledge, vocabulary and sentence formation skills to write on complex topics and share deep opinions.
{student name} can write native-level English.
{student name} leverages {his/her} native level vocabulary to write.
{student name} has mastered advanced level English writing skills.
{student name} still uses features from {his/her} native language while writing in English. This prevents {him/her} from reaching advanced English writing levels.
{student name} often uses the same words. This decreases the quality of {his/her} English writing. I would suggest that {student name} improve their vocabulary and sentence formation.

31 Listening ESL Report Card Comments

10 ESL Listening Report Card Comments for Beginner Students

{student name} is able to understand basic conversations during class and is able to understand the core subject well.
{student name} is struggling with understanding the core subject of conversations in the English listening class.
{student name} has to listen to common words a number of times before they can understand audio with clarity.
{student name} is struggling as {he/she} is lacking in common vocabulary of English. Practicing common vocabulary words will enable {student name} to overcome this challenge.
{student name} is facing issues in following the classroom audio. I recommend that {he/she} should listen to audio provided with audio text to help {him/her} better cope with it.
{student name} initially required audio text to help {him/her} follow the classroom audio. But {student name} picked up pretty quickly and no longer depends on audio text while listening to classroom audio.
{student name} relies on visual cues, slow listening speeds, and guesters to fully understand basic English conversations. {he/she} needs to practice more at home to level up {his/her} listening skills with her ESL batchmates.
{student name} frequently requests clarification as {he/she} finds it difficult to understand basic English conversations.
{student name} is performing well. {he/she} rarely requires any assistance or clarification.
{student name}’s listening skills qualify for someone who is at a beginner level. {he/she} can understand the speaker’s purpose and analyze reasoning.

11 ESL Listening Report Card Comments for Intermediate Level Students

During the listening exercises, {student name} has performed well enough when it comes to the main idea of summarizing, audio, vocabulary, and inference.
{student name} performs well when it comes to summarizing, audio, and inference. But, {student name} faces difficulty during listening when it comes to vocabulary. I would recommend {he/she} practice {excerise} at home.
{student name} struggles with differentiating between certain common phrases in English.
{student name} can easily listen and differentiate between common phrases in English.
{student name} can understand the subject while listening, but faces difficulties when {he/she} hears a new word.
{student name} is doing great with {his/her} listening exercises. {he/she} can listen and understand well enough to extract correct information without any errors.
{student name} often requires help to understand the English words and phrases during {his/her} listening exercises.
{student name} should practice listening exercises daily at home to reach an intermediate ESL listening level.
{student name} has improved their English listening skills significantly. {he/she} previously had to re-listen 3-4 times before {he/she} was able to understand the audio. Now, {student name} can only occasionally listens to the same audio again.
{student name} has improved their listening skills a lot, however {he/she} is still facing difficulties while listening when people talk faster. Practicing audio exercises at home will greatly improve {his/her} ability to listen to fast speech.
{student name} will greatly improve {his/her} listening skills by watching English shows and listening to English podcasts.

10 ESL Listening Report Card Comments for Advanced Students

{student name} has reached advanced listening skills when it comes to extracting subject, literal, summarizing, inferencing, fact-finding, reasoning, and vocabulary.
{student name} has reached advanced listening skills when it comes to {extracting subject, literal, summarizing, inferencing, fact-finding, reasoning, vocabulary}, but struggles with {extracting subject, literal, summarizing, inferencing, fact-finding, reasoning, vocabulary}. I recommend practicing {exercise} to improve.
{student name} requires no additional help in understanding listening exercises.
{student name} is able to listen and comprehend formal and informal conversations with perfection.
{student name} finds it easy to listen to audio when common words are used. {he/she} finds it difficult to follow listening exercises when complex vocabulary is involved.
{student name} would find it easy to integrate into an English-speaking environment.
{student name} has performed well when it comes to literal listening. However, {he/she} faces difficulty in understanding the speaker’s point of view and finding evidence.
{student name} is struggling with identifying the core topic from listening exercises. I would suggest {him/her} to practice listening exercises at home to reach advanced level English listening skills.
To help {student name} reach advanced level English listening skills, I would suggest practicing our listening exercises around intonation and phonemes.
{student name} has done quite well this year. To further improve their English listening skills, I would recommend encouraging {him/her} to complete all bonus listening exercises.

29 Reading ESL Report Card Comments

12 ESL Reading Report Card Comments for Beginner Students

{student name} is doing great. {he/she} can read short sentences with zero errors.
{student name} often tries to read faster, which leads to multiple mistakes. I would recommend encouraging {him/her} to read with focus.
{student name} is capable of reading common individual words, but struggles with reading entire sentences.
{student name} can read short poems and stories by {himself/herself}.
{student name} can now read commonly used words, signages, labels, logos, and simple instructions.
{student name} has successfully achieved beginner-level comprehension skills.
{student name} can perfectly read and identify the following information: names of people, names of places, events, and dates mentioned.
{student name} is struggling to identify the following from his ESL reading exercises: names of people, names of places, events, and dates mentioned.
{student name} can understand the meaning of sentences.
{student name} struggles with understanding the meaning of sentences.
{student name} can accurately identify affix, base word, prefix, root, and suffix from their reading exercises.
{student name} is able to identity {affix/base word/prefix/root/suffix}, but makes mistake while identifying {affix/base word/prefix/root/suffix}.

7 ESL Reading Report Card Comments for Intermediate Level Students

{student name} can read English text and was able to answer all questions based on the text.
{student name} was able to answer {x}% of the questions after reading English text.
{student name} can read short passages and stories and is able to identify the main subject or the theme from it.
{student name} should change the language on their phone and laptop to English. That will help them improve their English writing skills.
{student name} can read short sentences and short paragraphs well. But, when asked to read longer sentences and long essays {student name} struggles.
{student name} can easily read common English words that they are familiar with, but struggle with lesser-used words in English.
{student name} can easily read both sentences with common English words and sentences with less-used words.

10 ESL Reading Report Card Comments for Advanced Students

{student name} can read English text and interpret it with native English level proficiency.
{student name} has reached intermediate reading levels. To advance to native English level reading proficiency {student name} should practice the following {exercise/book/etc} at least for {e.g. 3} hours per {day/week}.
{student name} struggles to understand the main subject and theme of long passages.
{student name} can read an English book and summarize it in {his/her} own words very well.
{student name} struggles with reading an English book and summarizing it.
{student name} faces challenges with {his/her} vocabulary, but {his/her} reading skills allow {student name} to understand the unknown word by understanding the context around it.
{student name} gets stuck on unfamiliar words. I would recommend {he/she} practice reading at home and focusing on extrapolating the meaning of unfamiliar words using the context.
{studnet name} can read well and understand the context. {his/her} reading speed is quite slow. To perform in an advanced-level English test. {he/she} would need to speed up {his/her} reading capabilities. I recommend completing all bonus reading exercises.
{student name} can read at an intermediate level. Based on {his/her} ESL class performance, I would recommend {student name} should use {Dictionary/Encyclopedia/etc} to improve {his/her} reading skills further.
{student name} is doing well. I would recommend that {he/she} reads English newspapers to further improve their reading skills.