How to answer the 2026 Census English proficiency question | Bonus episode

How do you choose between "not well", "well" and "very well" when the Census asks about your English? Honorary Professor Lynda Yates explains what these answers mean in everyday life, why perfect grammar isn't the goal, and how to assess your English with confidence.<br /><br />Keep practising the phrases from this episode and test what you’ve learned with our quiz <a href="https://bit.ly/4wuHHFK" target="_blank" link-data="{&quot;cms.site.owner&quot;:{&quot;_ref&quot;:&quot;0000017d-bb76-d2cc-adfd-bff6129a0000&quot;,&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;ae3387cc-b875-31b7-b82d-63fd8d758c20&quot;},&quot;cms.content.publishDate&quot;:1783467477303,&quot;cms.content.publishUser&quot;:{&quot;_ref&quot;:&quot;00000182-7a8c-d475-a9b6-fa9d6ccb0000&quot;,&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;6aa69ae1-35be-30dc-87e9-410da9e1cdcc&quot;},&quot;cms.content.updateDate&quot;:1783467477303,&quot;cms.content.updateUser&quot;:{&quot;_ref&quot;:&quot;00000182-7a8c-d475-a9b6-fa9d6ccb0000&quot;,&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;6aa69ae1-35be-30dc-87e9-410da9e1cdcc&quot;},&quot;link_rte.link&quot;:{&quot;link.target&quot;:&quot;NEW&quot;,&quot;link.attributes&quot;:[],&quot;external_link.url&quot;:&quot;https://bit.ly/4wuHHFK&quot;,&quot;_id&quot;:&quot;0000019f-3ef1-dc2e-adbf-fef3ea5a0001&quot;,&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;ff658216-e70f-39d0-b660-bdfe57a5599a&quot;},&quot;link_rte.link_text&quot;:&quot;here&quot;,&quot;_id&quot;:&quot;0000019f-3ef1-dc2e-adbf-fef3ea090000&quot;,&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;809caec9-30e2-3666-8b71-b32ddbffc288&quot;}">here</a>.<br>