Quiz, Click, Succeed: SAGU Foundation Marks 10 Years with a Free English Skills Check
To celebrate its tenth anniversary, SAGU Foundation launched a free online English quiz designed to help learners discover their strengths on English Grammar and Vocabulary and areas for improvement. This project was led by Emma Ronsumbre, Azarya Patty, Samuel Bosawer, and Janzen Faidiban. This project shows our passion for teaching in the modern day because it helps learners build English skills by using the benefits that technology offers (Pappas, 2024), no matter their town, schedule, or budget, they can join for free. Once our idea felt solid, we ran through six clear phases (Planning, Design, Development, Testing, Revision, Launch) from January to early February, 2025 (Picture 2 & 3). The finished quiz holds 50 multiple-choice questions that rise from beginner to advanced. Each answer line shows feedback and at the end of the quiz, the test takers get a total score that shows their approximate CEFR band: A1 – C1 (Cambridge English., n.d.). It is only a quick snapshot to guide their studies, not an official placement result.
The quiz fits perfectly with SAGU Foundation’s mission. First, it strengthens our community by boosting both language skills and digital literacy through free online practice. Second, it Assists learners in building their fundamental English, while teachers also can use this as a supplemental material in class. Third, it Generates motivation: when users see their results, they want to keep studying and explore other SAGU courses. Finally, it Utilizes our existing website, which cuts printing costs and removes the need for face-to-face testing.
In total, 75 people have taken the quiz so far—from Papua, Surabaya, Yogyakarta, Kupang, Ambon, and West Kalimantan. On average, learners finished in just 18 minutes on a phone. According to the feedback forms, 65 users said they enjoyed the quiz, and about three-quarters felt the difficulty was “just right.” The most common request for future updates was to add listening tasks. For example, N.M. from Jayapura wrote, “What I like about this quiz is learning new things, like new vocabulary that I didn’t know before.” Similarly, P.B. from Sleman said, “I really liked answering synonyms and antonyms, and the questions were easy to understand.” Together, these comments show that the quiz helps learners discover new vocabulary in a clear, easy-to-understand way. The synonym-and-antonym tasks, in particular, keep the test takers engaged while expanding their word bank.
However, there are some limitations in this project that can be improved in the future. The quiz only focuses on grammar and vocabulary, so it doesn’t yet cover other important skills like speaking, listening, reading, and writing, which some learners might be looking for. Another challenge was making sure the quiz works well on all kinds of mobile devices and reaching learners who have limited internet access or use older phones. For us as a team, we saw these challenges as good lessons and ideas for how this project can grow and become even more helpful and inclusive in the future.
Conducting this project taught me lessons about planning, collaboration, and community needs. I learned how important it is to create learning tools that are both accessible and engaging. Our team had to think carefully about how to make the quiz mobile-friendly and easy to use, even for those with low digital skills or slower internet. I also realised that feedback from users is a powerful tool for growth. It helped us understand what learners enjoy and what they need next. Most importantly, I saw how digital tools, when designed with purpose, can bring real impact by helping people learn at their own pace and feel more confident in their skills.
In conclusion, celebrating SAGU Foundation’s tenth anniversary with this online quiz not only gave learners a helpful snapshot of their grammar and vocabulary skills but also sparked their motivation to keep going. It supported both students and teachers, aligned with our mission, and showed what’s possible when technology is used with purpose. If you are reading this and haven’t tried our quiz yet, visit sagufoundation.org/sagu-quiz (SAGU Quiz., 2025) and click “Start”. One tap is all it takes to begin your English journey.
References:
- Pappas, C. (2024, March 28). Advantages And Possible Limitations Of Online Learning. eLearning Industry. https://elearningindustry.com/advantages-and-possible-limitations-of-online-learning
- SAGU Quiz. (2025, February 4). SAGU Foundation. https://sagufoundation.org/sagu-quiz/
- Cambridge English. (n.d.). International language standards. https://www.cambridgeenglish.org/exams-and-tests/cefr/
| Disclaimer: The author used Grammarly & ChatGPT to check grammar, spelling, punctuation, style and tone of writing. |
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