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Best Gifts for Language Learners

It’s holiday season and I’m sure your inbox has been flooded with Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals. How do you decide which tools are right for you with so many amazing choices?

Here are a few of my favorite choices and some of the items on my holiday wishlist:

Best Gifts for Language Learners This Holiday Season
The Language Learning League

For a few years, Lindsay Williams of Lindsay Does Languages and I have hosted Language Study Club—a monthly membership for language learners looking for new community, support, and creative new language learning strategies. In the coming year, we’re being joined by Kerstin Cable of Fluent Language and renaming the membership course The Language League.

You can sign up for Language League at a discount here.

The Fluent in 3 Months Bundle

Fluent in 3 Months is currently offering 85% off their Black Friday Collection. This includes The Fluent in 3 Months Challenge, a 90-day challenge that helps you build the confidence and skill you need to have a 15-minute conversation in your new language (ps. I’m the Head Coach!). It also includes a Travel Hacking Workshop with Benny Lewis, Conversation Countdown, and Easy Languages. And it’s just $97! The Fluent in 3 Months Challenge is normally priced at $247 so this is a killer deal.

You can sign up for the Fluent in Months Bundle here.

Olly Richards’ Uncovered Courses

I recently took Olly’s German Uncovered course and was really impressed not only with the amount of content available within in the course, but the quality of the content. You’re guided from beginning to intermediate, learning tons of important vocabulary and grammar along the way. It’s currently available for French, German, Italian and Spanish and is discounted 67%.

You can sign up for the courses here. 

Drops

Drops is my favorite way to learn new words for many of the languages that I study (they have more than 35 languages available). You can spend just five minutes a day with the app and learn several thousand words and phrases.

You can sign up for Drops Premium here. (Or if you’d like to get a gift for your friend, here)

Language Learning Accelerator

My course Language Learning Accelerator, normally priced $147 is now available for $97. It’s an in-depth course on time management and energy management in language learning. If you’ve ever felt that you don’t have the time or energy to learn a language, this course will help you discover you do, in fact, have both!

Get Language Learning Accelerator 

Pimsleur

One of my favorite audio courses is put together by Pimsleur. I’ve used it for every language I’ve learned, especially because it allows me to make good use of all the time I spend commuting. They’re currently offering 50% off their audio program.

Up to 50% OFF CDs + 25% OFF Digital with Code: BESTDEAL

Language Learning Notebooks

A while back, I designed these fun language learning notebooks. They make great, affordable gifts for language learners!

Get the notebooks.  

What about you? What’s on your holiday wishlist? Let me know in the comments below!

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NEW LANGUAGE PROJECT: LEARNING HUNGARIAN

Over the last couple months, I’ve been learning a language in secret. I recently revealed that language was Hungarian and now, I’m excited to share more details about this language project – the how, the what, and they why.

But first, if you’re interested in following this project along, be sure to subscribe to the Drops blog! It’s where I’m sharing all my updates.

Getting Started with the Hungarian Language

Just over two months ago, I decided that I wanted to learn Hungarian.

Why?

Because I wanted to surprise my colleagues at Drops on our team trip. In November, we all met up in Budapest, Hungary and it seemed like the perfect occasion. Not only would I be in the country that speaks the language, but I’d also get to surprise the founders of Drops with their native language.

I signed up for the Add1Challenge for motivation, keeping the details of my language a secret, saving my videos and updates for after the big reveal.

In many ways, this project was different from anything I’ve done before. To start, it was a secret, so I was limited to how many people I could reach out to for help. Luckily, Benny Lewis over at Fluent in 3 Months completed a similar project – Hungarian in 3 Months. He and I chatted about language projects and learning Hungarian, and he offered me tips for filming the reveal in Budapest.

Limitations Offer a Creative Environment

One of the other things I really wanted to do with this project was change my approach. Lately, I’ve found a lot of success in the conversational approach and because of this, I’ve stuck to it for my last several projects. Getting too comfortable with a system or routine can cause learning plateaus and with a short-term project, that can be dangerous. 

Rather than use all the resources, processes and methods I typically use when I start a new language (or refresh an old one), I did something different. 

First, I limited myself to two resources – Drops and italki. I had originally planned to use three (a coursebook being the third), but ended up not using it. Doing this meant that I really needed to maximize my experience with the two resources I was using.

I had to get creative.

And that creativity not only led to several breakthroughs, but helped keep me from burning out during the time I spent studying.

Second, I cut grammar out almost completely. During that time, I did not learn a single grammar rule. Instead, I studied tons of vocabulary and practiced the language with my tutor. In doing these two things, I learned some grammar through context without ever having to sit down and learn how to conjugate or use cases.

Third, I took an almost month-long break in the middle of a two-month project. A few weeks before our trip to Budapest, I also had a trip to Shanghai, China for music. As a part of that trip, I needed to focus on preparing presentations in Mandarin and Japanese, so I had to step away from Hungarian until after I got back.

Despite this break, I still successfully completed this project.

Finally, I decided on every milestone I wanted to reach as a part of this project. There were eight in total. You can read about them more in-depth here, but here’s a quick summary:

Learn 50 words in the first 3 days // This would get me access to the  Drops  Tough Words Dojo so that I could review challenging new material.Find a conversation partner // Having a date on the calendar would help keep me focused and on-track.Write my first script // This would help me navigate that first conversation. It included phrases and questions that I might need.Have a Hungarian lesson // I found a fantastic tutor on italki and ended up taking several lessons the week before the trip.Have an unscripted chat in Hungarian // Before I went to Hungary, I wanted to try to make my way through a conversation in Hungarian without the help of my script.Learn all the words in Drops // There were about 2,500 words in Drops while I worked on this project.Use Hungarian around Budapest // To get some practice in before the big surprise.Surprise the founders of  Drops  // The project conclusion!

You can watch my project introduction video for more context:

To Sum Up

I plan on sharing updates for each of the milestones over on the Drops blog so you can follow along with my progress. Each post will include videos of where I’m at with the language as well as the exact steps I took to achieve each milestone.

In the meantime, if you have any tips for me as a new Hungarian language learner or if you have any resource recommendations that you couldn’t have lived without, please let me know in the comments below.

I look forward to hearing from you!

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Misadventures

I am as guilty of wanderlust as anyone. I can scroll through travel photos on Pinterest for hours making plans for future trips, envying the exciting adventures of other travels. But the truth is, travel isn’t always wonderful and amazing. Like anything else, it has its ups and downs.

I recently read this inspiring post from Creatrice Mondial about travel envy and I definitely recommend checking it out. As someone who’s always eager for the next adventure, I often forget to appreciate and explore what’s already around me. I also tend to forget about some of my traveling mishaps, and so,  I decided to share some of my misadventures.

Please keep in mind that I know other travelers have had far more difficult travel experiences than I have and I am in no way making light of their stories. I have been extremely blessed to have mostly amazing travel experiences.

1. That time I forgot my passport and had to pay a fee to reschedule my flight for the next day. When I first began traveling alone as an adult, I had to learn some things the hard way (including making sure that your passport is on your packing list). I can be rather forgetful and on this one occasion, I managed to leave my passport behind on a trip to Canada from the US. I ended up having to reschedule my flight because I couldn’t get back to the airport the same day. My friends had dropped me off and I had to call them to come back and get me. It was a pretty humbling experience.

2. That time I got food poisoning. As a teenager, I visited Mexico with my parents via Club Med. We were staying at one of the resorts and even though we only ate at the hotel restaurants, I ended up with the worst food poisoning of my life. It was from eating a tomato/mozzarella salad. I still find it difficult to eat either of those things – for several years I couldn’t eat them at all.

3. That time we only had 3 hours in our destination city. My roommates and I made a day trip to Scotland from Ireland and we decided to take the ferry. On that particular day, however, we were hit with pretty terrible weather and it caused delays for both our boat and our buses. By the time we got to Glasgow, we only had three hours to enjoy our trip before we had to make our way back to the boat.

4. That time we were stuck in a 500 person village with no transport out. While living in Ireland, a friend and I decided to take a trip out to the Marble Arch Caves. Once again, due to the weather, they were closed and so we ended up stuck in Belcoo  (the buses only passed through the town 2 or 3 times a day). The street we were on only had two shops open – the market and the hotel bar. We ended up spending the day wandering around the village and consuming coffee and shortbread cookies at the bar.

5. That time I had to trudge through a foot of snow with my body weight in luggage to the train station. I was scheduled to fly to California from Ireland for Christmas and the night before my flight there was a snowstorm. I had to walk through it to the train station (I didn’t have a phone and couldn’t call a cab) while dragging my enormous suitcase/sax/flute/backpack full of textbooks with me. When I arrived at the airport, we were told our flight was delayed. A few hours later it was cancelled. Then it was rerouted through Dublin so I spent nearly an hour in the snow waiting for the bus and then several hours on it driving down to Dublin. I finally got on a plane that was almost 8 hours after I was originally scheduled to fly back and I missed my connection due to the delays. The airline would not pay for a hotel so I had to camp out in a McDonalds with a coffee and my term paper until the terminals opened the next morning and I could check-in for my connection flight.

6. That time someone tried to rob my mother and I on the train. They placed a map on our table to try to distract us with questions about directions while they tried to steal my mom’s purse underneath it. I had heard similar stories in the past and so I told my mother to grab her purse and wrap her arms around it in her lap. They ended up leaving almost immediately after.

7. That time someone sat down at our table and began to help herself to our food. When I was younger, I was out at a restaurant with my parents. While we were eating, a stranger joined us at our table and began to eat some of our food, picking things off of our plates. While she did this, she went on and on about how great the food was at that restaurant and how gracious the staff. We thought we were being pranked, but it turns out we weren’t. She continued to hop from table to table doing this until the staff caught up with her and kicked her out of the restaurant.

8. Mosquitoes. We got our fair share of them in both Venice and Malaysia and even with vaccines, our skin reacted to them far worse than any mosquitoes in France or the US.

9. Chillblains. I am not a huge fan of wearing gloves and I paid for it while living in Ireland. If it’s cold – protect your hands!

Regardless of however difficult some of my travel experiences may have been, I would do it all over again if I had the chance. Not only were they great learning experiences, but they also make great stories and great memories with friends. The friend who ended up stuck in the small with me and I often joke about our failed trip and it’s a great memory we share.

These are just a few of my misadventures – I’d love to hear about some of yours in the comments! Maybe I’ll share a few more.

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Martial Arts Vocabulary in Korean

A few years back, I was really into martial arts. I practiced a branch of kung-fu but ended up having to take a break. When I was ready to start up again, my school had closed. I didn’t start looking for a new school right away and a short break slowly became a long break. 

As you know, I enjoy food, so it soon became clear that I needed to start doing some sort of exercise again to balance things out. I decided to start practicing martial arts again. 

I found a new school, but it wasn’t kung-fu. Instead, they taught a combination of Japanese and Korean martial arts – hapkido, taekwondo, karate… 

I went in for my evaluation to see if I could stay at the same belt level I was at in kung-fu. As the class lined up, the Master called out “차렷!” and I was like a deer in headlights. Wait, what?

As the evaluation proceeded, I quickly realized that this class wasn’t just a physical learning experience for me, but also a language learning experience. Depending on what we worked on in class, commands were given in either Japanese or Korean. 

Kinesthetic learning – tying learning to movement – can be a powerful way to learn a new language and this was my first opportunity to try it out. But not following commands in class meant push-ups, and I hate push-ups. So I decided to do a bit of preparation on my own. 

I found a list of taekwondo vocabulary in Korean and started working with my tutor to learn and use it my very next lesson. 

Taekwondo Vocabulary in Korean

The Korean word Taekwondo in Hanja, or Chinese characters, is 跆拳道. This literally means “to stomp / fist / way, discipline”. It’s name is a clue to it’s style! 

But before we get into specific vocabulary, first, let’s learn the basics! Here are a few branches of Korean martial arts in Korean.

Types of Korean Martial Arts Vocabulary

Martial Arts: 무술 (musul)

Taekwondo: 태권도 (taekwondo), a martial arts focused on self-defense

Taekkyon: 택견 (taekkyon), a martial arts that involves a focus on tripping or unbalancing your opponent

Hapkido: 합기도 (hapkido), mostly focused on grappling with some striking

Keywords for Korean Martial Arts

And here are a few more key terms including, the Korean words for those who practice martial arts, the locations, etc.

Master Instructor: 사범님 (sabeomnim)

Student: 학생 (haksaeng), also 제자 (jeja) depending on the system

Senior Student: 선배님 (seonbaenim)

Dojo: 도장 (dochang)

Uniform: 도복 (dobok)

Belt: 띠 (tti)

Belt grades (before black belt): 급 (keup)

Belt grades (after black belt): 단 (dan)

Kiyah!: 기합 (kihap), this is yell done by martial arts practicioners when striking or kicking to help with power)

Taekwondo Commands in Korean

Attention: 차렷 (charyeot)

Begin: 시작 (shijak)

Continue: 계속 (kyesok)

Ready: 준비 (junbi)

Stop: 갈려 (kalryeo)

Return: 바로 (baro), used when you need to return to face an instructor at the end of a form

Bow: 경례 (kyeongrye)

Body Parts Used in Taekwondo in Korean

Abdomen: 배 (bae)

Ankle: 발목 (balmok) listen to this word

Arm: 팔 (pal) listen to this word

Back: 등 (deung)

Elbow: 팔꿈치 (palggumchi) listen to this word

Fist: 주먹 (jumeok)

Foot: 발 (bal) listen to this word

Ball of the foot: 압축 (apchuk)

Blade of the foot: 발날 (balnal)

Foot instep: 발등 (baldeung)

Groin: 낭심 (nangshim)

Hand: 손 (son) listen to this word

Head: 머리 (meori) listen to this word

Knee: 무릎 (mureup) listen to this word

Leg: 다리 (dari) listen to this word

Neck: 목 (mok)

Shin: 정강이 (jeongkangi)

Wrist: 손목 (sonmok)

Basic Taekwondo Technique Nouns in Korean

Block: 막기 (makgi)

Breaking: 격파 (kyeokpa)

Dodge: 피하기 (pihagi)

Forms: 품새 (pumsae)

Grab: 잡기 (jabgi)

Jump: 뛰기 (ttwigi) 

Kick: 차기 (chagi)

Punch: 지르기 (chireugi)

Push: 밀기 (milgi)

Sparring: 구르기 (kureugi)

Stance: 서기 (seogi)

Horse Stance: 주춤서기 (suchum seogi)

Strike: 치기 (chigi)

Thrust: 찌르기 (jjireugi)

Basic Taekwondo Technique Verbs in Korean

To block: 막다 (makda)

To dodge: 피하다 (pihada)

To grab: 잡다 (jabda)

To jump: 뛰다 (ttwida)

To kick: 차다 (chada), I kick is 저는 차요 (cheoneun chayo) listen to this phrase

To punch: 지르다 (jireuda)

To push: 밀다 (milda)

To spar: 구르다 (kureuda)

To stand: 서다 (seoda)

To strike: 치다 (chida)

To thrust: 찌르다 (jjireuda)

Directions for Taekwondo in Korean

Back: 뒤 (dwi)

Front: 앞 (ap)

Side: 옆 (yeop)

Combine Directions with Techniques in Korean

By combining the direction with certain techniques, you can get more detailed vocabulary. Here are a few examples: 

Back kick: 뒤차기 (dwichagi)

Front kick: 앞차기 (apchagi)

Side kick: 옆차기 (yepchagi)

More Kicks in Korean

Axe Kick: 내려차기 (naeryeo chagi)

Crescent Kick: 반달차기 (bandal chagi)

Hook Kick: 후려차기 (huryeo chagi)

Push Kick: 밀어차기 (mileo chagi)

Roundhouse Kick: 돌려차기 (dolryeo chagi)

Front Roundhouse Kick: 앞돌려차기 (ap dolryeo chagi)

Back Roundhouse Kick: 뒤돌려차기 (dwi dolryeo chagi)

Scissor Kick: 가위차기 (kawi chagi)

Spinning Hook Kick: 뒤후려차기 (dwi huryeo chagi)

Jump Kick: 뛰어차기 (ttwieo chagi)

Jump Front Kick: 뛰어앞차기 (ttwieo ap chagi)

Jump Back Kick: 뛰어뒤차기 (ttwieo dwi chagi)

Punches & Strikes in Korean

To get the terms for most strikes in Korean, you combine the body part or part of the hand with the word for “strike” as in the following:

Arc Hand Strike:  아금손 치기 (akeumson, literally “arc hand strike”

Elbow Strike: 팔꿈치 치기 (palkkumchi chigi)

Knife Hand Strike: 손 칼 치기 (son kal chigi)

Palm Strike: 손바닥 치기 (sonbadak chigi) 

Back Fist: 등 주먹 (deung jumeok)

Now it’s your turn. Practice these words and expressions, and if you’re in taekwondo, see if you recognize any of them! You can also lookup instructional videos for taekwondo in Korean to test your new vocabulary. This will help you instill these terms in Korean. 

If you’re ready to take what you’ve learned to the next level, you can combine these terms to talk about combos in taekwondo. And you’ll get to chat about one of your hobbies – martial arts – in Korean. 

What about you? Are there any taekwondo-related words or phrases you’ve picked up in Korean? Let me know!

And if you’d like to learn more words like this in Korean, check out Drops. A fun, engaging way to learn new Korean words in just 5 minutes a day.

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MARTIAL ARTS VOCABULARY IN KOREAN

My new album “Back Again” is out and I am so excited! There will also soon be a Croatian version of the vocal song on the album, too.

On to #clearthelist …

If you’re new around these parts, #clearthelist is a linkup where we share our monthly goals, and by we, I mean myself, and Lindsay of Lindsay Does Languages.

We’d absolutely love for you to a part of our community. You can join us by adding a link to your own goal post below.

So let’s get started, sharing our goals and motivating one another to #clearthelist!

Please feel free to tag your posts or photos with either #clearthelist on your favorite social media channels!

What’s Been Going On

As I mentioned, I spent the beginning of the month back in Budapest, so prior to the trip, I spent some time refreshing my Hungarian. Beyond that, I continued to work on Hindi and German.

And now you’re caught up!

Last Clear the List Goals

Continue filling the gaps in my Mandarin vocabulary I’ve noticed since Little Linguist’s arrival. // We didn’t actually make it to any classes this week, but I did have the chance to work on Chinese on a few occasions.

Read the next Language Reading Challenge book on my list. // In June, we’re reading a history of the region, culture, or language that we are studying. I read this.

Keep working through my YouTube Queue.  // There’s still so much to get through!

Add1Challenge // I continued to learn as a part of Add1 and started my Korean Add1 as well.

This Month’s Goals

Continue filling the gaps in my Mandarin vocabulary I’ve noticed since Little Linguist’s arrival. // A permanent item on my monthly list. 

Read the next Language Reading Challenge book on my list. // In July, we’re reading something about a language we’re not learning.

Keep working through my YouTube Queue.  // So much more to learn!

Add1Challenge // I’m still wrapping up my Hindi and German Add1’s soon and starting my Korean Add1.

Resources I Used This Month

A quick recap of the materials I am using.

What I Am Using to Learn Chinese

LingQ – my favorite tooliTalki Lessons – I have weekly Chinese lessonsMemrise – I do 18,000 points minimum per day Drops – they have a new character tool that is fantastic

What I’m Using to Brush Up/Improve My French:

LingQListening to French radio/podcastsSpeak Easy sessions as a part of Language Study Club

What I am Using to Learn Russian:

LingQPerfectionnement RusseiTalki LessonsDrops

What I am Using to Learn Korean:

LingQDropsiTalki LessonsGlossika

What I am Using to Learn Spanish:

LingQ

What I am Using to Learn Italian:

LingQ

What I’m Using to Learn Japanese:

LingualiftDropsiTalki LessonsPimsleurGlossika

What I’m Using to Learn Croatian:

iTalki Lessons

What I’m Using to Learn Hungarian:

iTalki LessonsDrops

What I’m Using to Learn Hindi:

iTalki LessonsDropsPimsleur

What I’m Using to Learn German:

iTalki LessonsDropsLingQ

What I’m Using for Little Linguist

Lots of booksDay-to-day interactionMommy and Me weekly classes

Resources That Aren’t Language Specific

Add1Challenge



The Biggest Lesson I Am Taking Away from This Month

This month, I’m releasing my first solo album since 2012! I’ve worked on other albums and recordings under other names and as part of different groups, but this will be my first solo album since Behind Your Eyes. Working on this while keeping up my language studies was a challenge, but it taught me to really use those little waiting periods to the max.

Don’t forget that I would love to hear all about your goals for this month! Please join us by adding your post to the linkup below! 

Clear The List Linkup Rules:

1. Share your goal post whether it includes your aspirations for the month or year. Submissions unrelated to the theme or links to your homepage will be deleted.

2. Link back to this post. You can use our button if you wish.

3. Follow the hosts: Lindsay from Lindsay Does Languages and Shannon from Eurolinguiste.

4. THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT RULE: Please visit the site of the person who linked up immediately before you and leave them an encouraging comment! By hosting this linkup, we’re hoping to create a positive community where we can all share our goals. If you do not do this, you will be removed from the linkup.

5. Share on social media using #ClearTheList

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CLEAR THE LIST | MONTHLY LANGUAGE LEARNING STRATEGIES UPDATE | AUGUST

My new album “Back Again” is out and I am so excited! There will also soon be a Croatian version of the vocal song on the album, too.

On to #clearthelist …

If you’re new around these parts, #clearthelist is a linkup where we share our monthly goals, and by we, I mean myself, and Lindsay of Lindsay Does Languages.

We’d absolutely love for you to a part of our community. You can join us by adding a link to your own goal post below.

So let’s get started, sharing our goals and motivating one another to #clearthelist!

Please feel free to tag your posts or photos with either #clearthelist on your favorite social media channels!

What’s Been Going On

As I mentioned, I spent the beginning of the month back in Budapest, so prior to the trip, I spent some time refreshing my Hungarian. Beyond that, I continued to work on Hindi and German.

And now you’re caught up!

Last Clear the List Goals

Continue filling the gaps in my Mandarin vocabulary I’ve noticed since Little Linguist’s arrival. // We didn’t actually make it to any classes this week, but I did have the chance to work on Chinese on a few occasions.

Read the next Language Reading Challenge book on my list. // In June, we’re reading a history of the region, culture, or language that we are studying. I read this.

Keep working through my YouTube Queue.  // There’s still so much to get through!

Add1Challenge // I continued to learn as a part of Add1 and started my Korean Add1 as well.

This Month’s Goals

Continue filling the gaps in my Mandarin vocabulary I’ve noticed since Little Linguist’s arrival. // A permanent item on my monthly list. 

Read the next Language Reading Challenge book on my list. // In July, we’re reading something about a language we’re not learning.

Keep working through my YouTube Queue.  // So much more to learn!

Add1Challenge // I’m still wrapping up my Hindi and German Add1’s soon and starting my Korean Add1.

Resources I Used This Month

A quick recap of the materials I am using.

What I Am Using to Learn Chinese

LingQ – my favorite tooliTalki Lessons – I have weekly Chinese lessonsMemrise – I do 18,000 points minimum per day Drops – they have a new character tool that is fantastic

What I’m Using to Brush Up/Improve My French:

LingQListening to French radio/podcastsSpeak Easy sessions as a part of Language Study Club

What I am Using to Learn Russian:

LingQPerfectionnement RusseiTalki LessonsDrops

What I am Using to Learn Korean:

LingQDropsiTalki LessonsGlossika

What I am Using to Learn Spanish:

LingQ

What I am Using to Learn Italian:

LingQ

What I’m Using to Learn Japanese:

LingualiftDropsiTalki LessonsPimsleurGlossika

What I’m Using to Learn Croatian:

iTalki Lessons

What I’m Using to Learn Hungarian:

iTalki LessonsDrops

What I’m Using to Learn Hindi:

iTalki LessonsDropsPimsleur

What I’m Using to Learn German:

iTalki LessonsDropsLingQ

What I’m Using for Little Linguist

Lots of booksDay-to-day interactionMommy and Me weekly classes

Resources That Aren’t Language Specific

Add1Challenge



The Biggest Lesson I Am Taking Away from This Month

This month, I’m releasing my first solo album since 2012! I’ve worked on other albums and recordings under other names and as part of different groups, but this will be my first solo album since Behind Your Eyes. Working on this while keeping up my language studies was a challenge, but it taught me to really use those little waiting periods to the max.

Don’t forget that I would love to hear all about your goals for this month! Please join us by adding your post to the linkup below! 

Clear The List Linkup Rules:

1. Share your goal post whether it includes your aspirations for the month or year. Submissions unrelated to the theme or links to your homepage will be deleted.

2. Link back to this post. You can use our button if you wish.

3. Follow the hosts: Lindsay from Lindsay Does Languages and Shannon from Eurolinguiste.

4. THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT RULE: Please visit the site of the person who linked up immediately before you and leave them an encouraging comment! By hosting this linkup, we’re hoping to create a positive community where we can all share our goals. If you do not do this, you will be removed from the linkup.

5. Share on social media using #ClearTheList

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Clear The List | Monthly Language Learning Strategies Update | August

With “Back Again” complete, I’m working on my next music project, “Back 2 Back”. It’s pretty far along and I can’t wait to share it with you. I’m still keeping fairly consistent study with each of my languages and I’m getting ready for a trip to Seoul with Lindsay!

On to #clearthelist …

If you’re new around these parts, #clearthelist is a linkup where we share our monthly goals, and by we, I mean myself, and Lindsay of Lindsay Does Languages.

We’d absolutely love for you to a part of our community. You can join us by adding a link to your own goal post below.

So let’s get started, sharing our goals and motivating one another to #clearthelist!

Please feel free to tag your posts or photos with either #clearthelist on your favorite social media channels!

What’s Been Going On

This coming month, I have two trips in store, and I’ll share more on that soon. I’m working on improving one language for one, and will learn a bit of another language prior to the trip to the other.

And now you’re caught up!

Last Clear the List Goals

Continue filling the gaps in my Mandarin vocabulary I’ve noticed since Little Linguist’s arrival. // Little Linguist and I resumed our classes together, so yay!

Read the next Language Reading Challenge book on my list. // In July, we read something about a language we’re not learning, so I read over Donovan Nagel’s Arabic book.

Keep working through my YouTube Queue.  // Still tons left, but did some!

Add1Challenge // Still working on my Korean Add1.

This Month’s Goals

Continue filling the gaps in my Mandarin vocabulary I’ve noticed since Little Linguist’s arrival. // A permanent item on my monthly list. 

Read the next Language Reading Challenge book on my list. // In August, we’re reading a book by a language blogger.

Keep working through my YouTube Queue.  // Yup…

Add1Challenge // Finish up my Korean Add1 and start my Add1 Polyglot with Hungarian and Korean.

Resources I Used This Month

A quick recap of the materials I am using.

What I Am Using to Learn Chinese

LingQ – my favorite tooliTalki Lessons – I have weekly Chinese lessonsMemrise – I do 18,000 points minimum per day Drops – they have a new character tool that is fantastic

What I’m Using to Brush Up/Improve My French:

LingQListening to French radio/podcastsSpeak Easy sessions as a part of Language Study Club

What I am Using to Learn Russian:

LingQPerfectionnement RusseiTalki LessonsDrops

What I am Using to Learn Korean:

LingQDropsiTalki LessonsGlossika

What I am Using to Learn Spanish:

LingQ

What I am Using to Learn Italian:

LingQ

What I’m Using to Learn Japanese:

LingualiftDropsiTalki LessonsPimsleurGlossika

What I’m Using to Learn Croatian:

iTalki Lessons

What I’m Using to Learn Hungarian:

iTalki LessonsDrops

What I’m Using to Learn Hindi:

iTalki LessonsDropsPimsleur

What I’m Using to Learn German:

iTalki LessonsDropsLingQ

What I’m Using for Little Linguist

Lots of booksDay-to-day interactionMommy and Me weekly classes

Resources That Aren’t Language Specific

Add1Challenge



The Biggest Lesson I Am Taking Away from This Month

To say no. In the past, if I started working on something or through something, I felt obligated to stick with it. Now, I’m being more selective and even minimalist in what I decide to take on and work with.

Don’t forget that I would love to hear all about your goals for this month! Please join us by adding your post to the linkup below! 

Clear The List Linkup Rules:

1. Share your goal post whether it includes your aspirations for the month or year. Submissions unrelated to the theme or links to your homepage will be deleted.

2. Link back to this post. You can use our button if you wish.

3. Follow the hosts: Lindsay from Lindsay Does Languages and Shannon from Eurolinguiste.

4. THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT RULE: Please visit the site of the person who linked up immediately before you and leave them an encouraging comment! By hosting this linkup, we’re hoping to create a positive community where we can all share our goals. If you do not do this, you will be removed from the linkup.

5. Share on social media using #ClearTheList

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Clear The List | Monthly Language Learning Strategies Update | June

My new album “Back Again” is out and I am so excited! There will also soon be a Croatian version of the vocal song on the album, too.

On to #clearthelist …

If you’re new around these parts, #clearthelist is a linkup where we share our monthly goals, and by we, I mean myself, and Lindsay of Lindsay Does Languages.

We’d absolutely love for you to a part of our community. You can join us by adding a link to your own goal post below.

So let’s get started, sharing our goals and motivating one another to #clearthelist!

Please feel free to tag your posts or photos with either #clearthelist on your favorite social media channels!

What’s Been Going On

As I mentioned, I spent the beginning of the month back in Budapest, so prior to the trip, I spent some time refreshing my Hungarian. Beyond that, I continued to work on Hindi and German.

And now you’re caught up!

Last Clear the List Goals

Continue filling the gaps in my Mandarin vocabulary I’ve noticed since Little Linguist’s arrival. // We didn’t actually make it to any classes this week, but I did have the chance to work on Chinese on a few occasions.

Read the next Language Reading Challenge book on my list. // In June, we’re reading a history of the region, culture, or language that we are studying. I read this.

Keep working through my YouTube Queue.  // There’s still so much to get through!

Add1Challenge // I continued to learn as a part of Add1 and started my Korean Add1 as well.

This Month’s Goals

Continue filling the gaps in my Mandarin vocabulary I’ve noticed since Little Linguist’s arrival. // A permanent item on my monthly list. 

Read the next Language Reading Challenge book on my list. // In July, we’re reading something about a language we’re not learning.

Keep working through my YouTube Queue.  // So much more to learn!

Add1Challenge // I’m still wrapping up my Hindi and German Add1’s soon and starting my Korean Add1.

Resources I Used This Month

A quick recap of the materials I am using.

What I Am Using to Learn Chinese

LingQ – my favorite tooliTalki Lessons – I have weekly Chinese lessonsMemrise – I do 18,000 points minimum per day Drops – they have a new character tool that is fantastic

What I’m Using to Brush Up/Improve My French:

LingQListening to French radio/podcastsSpeak Easy sessions as a part of Language Study Club

What I am Using to Learn Russian:

LingQPerfectionnement RusseiTalki LessonsDrops

What I am Using to Learn Korean:

LingQDropsiTalki LessonsGlossika

What I am Using to Learn Spanish:

LingQ

What I am Using to Learn Italian:

LingQ

What I’m Using to Learn Japanese:

LingualiftDropsiTalki LessonsPimsleurGlossika

What I’m Using to Learn Croatian:

iTalki Lessons

What I’m Using to Learn Hungarian:

iTalki LessonsDrops

What I’m Using to Learn Hindi:

iTalki LessonsDropsPimsleur

What I’m Using to Learn German:

iTalki LessonsDropsLingQ

What I’m Using for Little Linguist

Lots of booksDay-to-day interactionMommy and Me weekly classes

Resources That Aren’t Language Specific

Add1Challenge



The Biggest Lesson I Am Taking Away from This Month

This month, I’m releasing my first solo album since 2012! I’ve worked on other albums and recordings under other names and as part of different groups, but this will be my first solo album since Behind Your Eyes. Working on this while keeping up my language studies was a challenge, but it taught me to really use those little waiting periods to the max.

Don’t forget that I would love to hear all about your goals for this month! Please join us by adding your post to the linkup below! 

Clear The List Linkup Rules:

1. Share your goal post whether it includes your aspirations for the month or year. Submissions unrelated to the theme or links to your homepage will be deleted.

2. Link back to this post. You can use our button if you wish.

3. Follow the hosts: Lindsay from Lindsay Does Languages and Shannon from Eurolinguiste.

4. THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT RULE: Please visit the site of the person who linked up immediately before you and leave them an encouraging comment! By hosting this linkup, we’re hoping to create a positive community where we can all share our goals. If you do not do this, you will be removed from the linkup.

5. Share on social media using #ClearTheList

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Clear The List | Monthly Language Learning Strategies Update | May

The beginning of May was the tail end of my second trip to Budapest, Hungary and the month carried me partway through my second Hindi Add1. It was also my first month in three years of getting back into martial arts!

On to #clearthelist …

If you’re new around these parts, #clearthelist is a linkup where we share our monthly goals, and by we, I mean myself, and Lindsay of Lindsay Does Languages.

We’d absolutely love for you to a part of our community. You can join us by adding a link to your own goal post below.

So let’s get started, sharing our goals and motivating one another to #clearthelist!

Please feel free to tag your posts or photos with either #clearthelist on your favorite social media channels!

What’s Been Going On

As I mentioned, I spent the beginning of the month back in Budapest, so prior to the trip, I spent some time refreshing my Hungarian. Beyond that, I continued to work on Hindi and German.

And now you’re caught up!

Last Clear the List Goals

Continue filling the gaps in my Mandarin vocabulary I’ve noticed since Little Linguist’s arrival. // Little Linguist and I go to weekly Mommy & Me Chinese classes. 

Read the next Language Reading Challenge book on my list. // In May, the challenge was to read an introduction to your language. I chose to read the Hungarian Routledge Grammar.

Keep working through my YouTube Queue.  // I’ve continued to watch the language lessons, but likely added more than I finished.

Add1Challenge // I’m still learning Hindi in one challenge and German in another, so my goal is to work on these languages until I’m confident giving presentations on music in both of them.

This Month’s Goals

Continue filling the gaps in my Mandarin vocabulary I’ve noticed since Little Linguist’s arrival. // A permanent item on my monthly list. 

Read the next Language Reading Challenge book on my list. // In June, we’re reading a history of the region, culture, or language that we are studying. I plan on reading a book about the history of writing. It’ll cover several of the languages I’m learning.

Keep working through my YouTube Queue.  // There’s still so much to get through!

Add1Challenge // I’ll be wrapping up my Hindi and German Add1’s soon and starting my Korean Add1.

Resources I Used This Month

A quick recap of the materials I am using.

What I Am Using to Learn Chinese

LingQ – my favorite tooliTalki Lessons – I have weekly Chinese lessonsMemrise – I do 18,000 points minimum per day Drops – they have a new character tool that is fantastic

What I’m Using to Brush Up/Improve My French:

LingQListening to French radio/podcastsSpeak Easy sessions as a part of Language Study Club

What I am Using to Learn Russian

LingQPerfectionnement RusseiTalki LessonsDrops

What I am Using to Learn Korean:

LingQDropsiTalki LessonsGlossika

What I am Using to Learn Spanish:

LingQ

What I am Using to Learn Italian:

LingQ

What I’m Using to Learn Japanese:

LingualiftDropsiTalki LessonsPimsleurGlossika

What I’m Using to Learn Croatian:

iTalki Lessons

What I’m Using to Learn Hungarian:

iTalki LessonsDrops

What I’m Using to Learn Hindi:

iTalki LessonsDropsPimsleur

What I’m Using to Learn German:

iTalki LessonsDropsLingQ

What I’m Using for Little Linguist

Lots of booksDay-to-day interactionMommy and Me weekly classes

Resources That Aren’t Language Specific

Add1Challenge



The Biggest Lesson I Am Taking Away from This Month

This month, I’m releasing my first solo album since 2012! I’ve worked on other albums and recordings under other names and as part of different groups, but this will be my first solo album since Behind Your Eyes. Working on this while keeping up my language studies was a challenge, but it taught me to really use those little waiting periods to the max.

Don’t forget that I would love to hear all about your goals for this month! Please join us by adding your post to the linkup below! 

Resources That Aren’t Language Specific

Add1Challenge



The Biggest Lesson I Am Taking Away from This Month

This month, I’m releasing my first solo album since 2012! I’ve worked on other albums and recordings under other names and as part of different groups, but this will be my first solo album since Behind Your Eyes. Working on this while keeping up my language studies was a challenge, but it taught me to really use those little waiting periods to the max.

Don’t forget that I would love to hear all about your goals for this month! Please join us by adding your post to the linkup below! 

Clear The List Linkup Rules:

1. Share your goal post whether it includes your aspirations for the month or year. Submissions unrelated to the theme or links to your homepage will be deleted.

2. Link back to this post. You can use our button if you wish.

3. Follow the hosts: Lindsay from Lindsay Does Languages and Shannon from Eurolinguiste.

4. THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT RULE: Please visit the site of the person who linked up immediately before you and leave them an encouraging comment! By hosting this linkup, we’re hoping to create a positive community where we can all share our goals. If you do not do this, you will be removed from the linkup.

5. Share on social media using #ClearTheList

The post Clear The List | Monthly Language Learning Strategies Update | May appeared first on Eurolinguiste.