English Practice
Technical writing practice for portfolio and interview preparation
This Week
English log entries this week
Write learning notes in English to practice technical writing
Grammar Tip
Use past tense for completed work: "I implemented..."
Practice Prompts
Use these prompts when writing learning notes in English. Try to answer in 5-8 sentences.
Explain what you learned today in 5-8 sentences
Describe a technical problem you solved and how you solved it
Write about a new tool or technology you explored
Explain a SQL query or code snippet and what it does
Describe the architecture of a project you worked on
Write about a deployment process step by step
Explain a business process and how technology supports it
Describe what you would improve in a project given more time
Useful Phrases
Review Questions
Answer these after completing tasks in each topic
SQL
- Explain what this SQL query does in 5-8 English sentences
- Why did you choose this join type? Explain your reasoning
- What would happen if this query ran on a table with 1 million rows?
JavaScript
- Explain what this code does in 5-8 English sentences
- Why did you choose this approach over alternatives?
- Describe any edge cases you considered
Deployment
- Describe the deployment steps in 5-8 English sentences
- What could go wrong during this deployment?
- Explain the rollback procedure
n8n
- Describe what this workflow does in 5-8 English sentences
- Explain the error handling in this workflow
- What happens if the API call fails?