Getting Started

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Welcome to the ‘Getting Started’ Questionnaire



Hi there!

The form below is a quick way for powerESL to understand what’s most important to you in improving your English speaking and conversation skills. Only a few parts of the questionnaire are required, but the more you complete, the better we can understand each other.

powerESL is an invitation-only service. Selected respondents to this questionnaire will be invited to join a free, private, 15-minute introductory session to ensure that there is a good match. If there is a good match, then they will be invited yet again
to become a full-fledged client.

Please do your best to complete the questionnaire. You’ll receive a reply soon!

Enter the name that you prefer to be called. You can use a nickname if you wish 🙂
Email address


powerESL needs your email address to send you access links
as well as to send you important notification messages.
Select: Why do you want to improve your English skills?

Please select your most important reasons for improving your English skills.
Please add more detail about why you selected the above checkboxes.
Please describe the skills or situations in which you want to improve.
What is your native language?

In which country do you live now?
powerESL uses this information to determine your approximate time zone
as well as to begin understanding the environment in which you live.

In which country were you born or grew up?
Conversation Practice
If you’re interested in this service, select which
areas you’d like to use. This service is for those who
want to practice conversational English
to use in their daily lives.
Professional Communication (Project)
If you’re interested in this service, select which
areas you’d like to use. This service is for those who
want to practice conversational English
to use in their professional lives.
Proficiency Test Practice (Project)
If you’re interested in this service, select which
areas you’d like to use. This service is for those who
want to practice conversational English to use in their
proficiency test examinations.
Language Arts (Project)
If you’re interested in this service, select which
areas you’d like to use. This service is for those who
want to develop and refine their ability to use English to
express themselves creatively.
Accent and Intonation (Project)
If you’re interested in this service, select which
areas you’d like to use. This service is for those who
want to develop and refine their way of speaking.
Sessions normally use Zoom or Google Meet,
but Microsoft Teams might also be an option.
Messaging apps (like WeChat or Tencent Meeting)
are used in only special cases.
Video conferencing apps (like Zoom, etc.) are used for most sessions,
but messaging apps (like WeChat) can be used when a client
is in a region where those apps are unavailable.
Are you able to use a VPN (if necessary)?
Some countries block websites and apps that are very useful.
A VPN can help you bypass those blocks.

Please use this section to add additional information or to share your thoughts and feelings about … anything at all!
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