Clear the List | Monthly Language Learning Strategies Update | May
So much has changed since my last #clearthelist post! I’ve started a new language, have already completed my first Fi3M Challenge with it and am already on to the next language project! It’s time for a quick catchup!
On to #clearthelist …
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Last Month’s Highlights on Instagram
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Last Month’s Goals
I didn’t share these, so let’s skip to this month!
This Month’s Goals
Continue filling the gaps in my Mandarin vocabulary I’ve noticed since Little Linguist’s arrival. // Little Linguist has actually started having his very own Mandarin Chinese lessons!
Maintain my vocabulary learning streak. // I want to keep up my vocabulary learning streak for as long as possible–something I was very good at doing but have fallen off on. Now that I’ve picked it back up, I’ve noticed that it does have a significant impact on what I actively use when speaking the languages.
Keep working through my YouTube Queue. // After my Youtube channel was terminated, I had to recreate my queue. I’m back up to several hundred videos I can work through to improve my languages.
Fluent in 3 Months Challenge // I’m almost a month into my Fluent in 3 Months Challenge for Russian and I’d like to keep working at it.
Keep reading Game of Thrones in Russian. // My tutor and I are reading through this together and discussing it each week.
Study Stranger Things in Hungarian. // Likewise, my Hungarian tutor and I are discussing Stranger Things in Hungarian each week.
Find a new Japanese tutor. // I’d like to keep up my speaking practice in Japanese, so I’m currently looking for a new tutor.
Maintain my weekly lessons in each language. // I’m currently taking weekly lessons for many of my languages, and I’d like to keep it up.
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 Drops
What I’m Using to Brush Up/Improve My French:
LingQListening to French radio/podcasts
What I am Using to Learn Russian:
LingQiTalki LessonsDropsPimsleur
What I am Using to Learn Hebrew:
LingQiTalki LessonsDropsPimsleur
What I am Using to Learn Korean:
LingQDrops – they just added several hundred new culture-specific words for Korean and I’m so excited about the new content!iTalki LessonsPimsleur
What I am Using to Learn Spanish:
LingQ
What I am Using to Learn Italian:
LingQ
What I’m Using to Learn Japanese:
Drops – they just added hundreds of new culture-specific words for Japanese!iTalki LessonsPimsleur
What I’m Using to Learn Croatian:
iTalki LessonsLingQ – they added Croatian, woot woot!
What I’m Using to Learn Hungarian:
iTalki LessonsDropsLingQ – they added Hungarian, too!
Not Currently doing any study for: German, Hindi
What I’m Using for Little Linguist
Lots of booksDay-to-day interactionitalki LessonsDuolingo ABCDroplets
Resources That Aren’t Language Specific
Fluent in 3 Months Challenge
The Biggest Lesson I Am Taking Away from This Month
Over the last year, a lot has happened–for example, I’ve released two albums, have traveled some, and as you all know and have experienced first-hand, have been working to adapt to the changes brought on by COVID.
When I first picked my language studies back up after being on-and-off with them for some time, I made a big mistake. I tried to pickup my routine exactly as I had left it off.
Needless to say, that didn’t work out for me.
The reason I dropped off was two-fold. One, life. Two, my language learning routine had gotten to the point it was no longer sustainable. I was trying to do too much.
So after a couple of failed attempts at getting back into it, I decided to take it slow. I participated in a Fluent in 3 Months Challenge to give myself something clear to work towards– a 15-minute conversation. I then began doing lessons again for my key languages. Once I had established doing this as a routine, I added podcasts back in. And then vocabulary study.
I’m now at a point where I’m able to include other things like reading and tv shows. But I’m be careful not to take too much on.
TLDR? I learned to ease myself back into a habit after dropping off.
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