Glossary of Terms and Methods
This is not an attempt to turn life into a vocabulary test. It gives recurring words in Life Level-up Guide a stable place to land. Return here when a term is unclear or you do not know which page to open next.
How to Use It
Find the task you are facing, then follow “definition → evidence → next step”. If a term does not help you complete a task, preserve a sample, or make a better decision, you do not need to memorise it for its own sake.
Problems and Goals
| Term |
Meaning in this guide |
Continue here |
| Real problem |
A situation with affected people and an action to complete, not “I want to improve” |
Learning Principles |
| Context |
When, where, and for whom a skill will be used |
CEFR Goals and Self-check |
| Acceptance standard |
An outcome another person can observe, check, or restate |
AI Task Brief |
| Main question |
One answerable question tracked for a week |
90-Day Action Plan |
Evidence and Judgment
| Term |
Meaning in this guide |
Common trap |
| Baseline |
A raw sample saved before tool support or concentrated training |
Replacing the first version with feelings or a polished result |
| Evidence |
A record that returns to work, recording, test, source, or real feedback |
Treating hours, saves, or chat logs as proof of ability |
| Fact |
Something with a source, date, sample, or direct observation |
Writing an explanation as a proven cause |
| Interpretation |
A reading of the facts that may still need revision |
Stopping verification because it sounds plausible |
| Hypothesis |
A judgment waiting for the next action to test it |
Writing a wish or model answer as a conclusion |
| Inference boundary |
Separating what a source says, what evidence supports, and what you add |
Treating a headline, emotion, or one anecdote as the whole picture |
Learning Actions
| Term |
Meaning in this guide |
Related chapter |
| Retrieval practice |
Close the source and answer, retell, write, or perform from memory |
Learning Principles |
| Distributed practice |
Return at multiple points instead of cramming once |
Vocabulary |
| Intensive listening/reading |
Use short material to check detail, structure, evidence, and language form |
Listening · Reading |
| Parallel material |
A different source with similar difficulty and task for testing transfer |
Reading Evidence Card |
| Transfer |
Complete a related action after changing topic, listener, time, or task |
90-Day Cycle Map |
| Term |
Meaning in this guide |
Related chapter |
| Task brief |
A one-page record of context, input, action, boundaries, acceptance, and ownership |
AI Task Brief |
| Evidence card |
A template for preserving a first take, feedback, and retest for one language skill |
Four-skill path |
| Artifact |
An output others can read, use, question, or improve; not necessarily a product |
Artifacts |
| Delivery |
Completing work under a real audience, user, or constraint and accepting the result |
90-Day Action Plan |
| Human gate |
AI may assist, but a person confirms facts, permissions, privacy, cost, and final judgment |
AI Project Development |
| Rollback |
Pause, degrade, switch, or return to a known usable state after failure |
AI Learning and Project Practice |
Life and Boundaries
| Term |
Meaning in this guide |
Related chapter |
| Boundary |
What I will do to protect myself and state a consequence when something happens |
Relationships |
| Recovery |
Restore safety, body, relationships, and agency before efficiency and growth |
Recovery |
| Minimum order |
A safe action and visible result that remain repeatable during disorder |
Life Practice Toolkit |
| Cost |
Time, money, health, relationships, privacy, and responsibility that must be named |
Decision-Making |
| Reversibility |
Whether a choice can be paused, undone, or changed back at manageable cost |
Decision-Making |
One Sentence to Keep
If you keep one sequence: name the problem, save a baseline, use the right tool for one small task, let a real person test it, write the feedback into the next action, and recover before adding pressure.