Spanish Vocab Diagnostic

Spanish Vocab Diagnostic

Use this skill when a learner wants to identify which Spanish vocabulary needs teaching before starting practice. It diagnoses; it does not attempt to teach a large vocabulary set during the assessment.

Prepare the diagnostic

• Extract vocabulary and meanings from the supplied list, worksheet, or deck. If a prior Vocab_Diagnostic.md exists, retain its history but run a fresh diagnostic when the supplied source changes.
• Select a representative, balanced sample across the source's categories. Use 10 to 20 items unless the learner requests a different size.
• Test a mix of Spanish-to-English meaning, English-to-Spanish production, and Spanish contextual gaps. Test multi-word phrases as complete units.
• Ask one concise item at a time. Do not provide hints, memory hooks, or teaching until the diagnostic is over. Accept sensible synonyms when the intended meaning is preserved.

Score and save

• Mark each tested item secure only when the learner gives an accurate meaning or produces it correctly in context. Mark it shaky for partial meaning, a spelling/grammar problem that affects production, or a self-correction. Mark it new when it is incorrect or unknown.
• After the diagnostic, create or update Vocab_Diagnostic.md in the learner's Spanish folder. Record the source, date, tested word or phrase, result, status, and a short evidence note.
• Also update matching entries in Vocab_Progress.md; add an entry when it does not exist. Do not overwrite a newer demonstrated status with an older diagnostic result.
• Give a short, factual summary: secure items, shaky items, new items, and the recommended first 6 to 8 words for the next builder session.

Handoff

• Tell the learner that $spanish-vocab-builder reads Vocab_Diagnostic.md before selecting a session's words.
• The recommended builder set should prioritise new items, then shaky ones. It should not spend most of a short session on secure items.