While in a boring meeting today, my mind wandered and I started thinking about how to achieve my goal of learning German in 9months. The more I thought about it, the more I became overwhelmed with the magnitude of the task ahead of me, until I remembered the article I read on bellanaija a few days ago. Apparently, it's been proven that writing down goals increases your chance of achieving them. So, following the advice from the article (as well as GNG's example), I decided write and break down my goal of learning German into smaller, achievable and measurable steps. Now I've got a bunch of objectives that I will try to attain weekly. Every Monday from now until the 1st of October 2015, I will evaluate my progress and see how much I've managed to achieve. If nothing else, at least it means that each week, there'll be a new post on the blog...
Hi Clara, this sounds like a plan....and a good one, at that!
ReplyDeleteThanks Linda, I'm hoping it works and I manage to achieve my goal!
DeleteLearning a new language is not easy. I remember trying to learn the american sign language, it was though.
ReplyDeleteHi Mazino,
DeleteIsn't it just! I've learnt from my previous experiences though that I just need to work hard and more importantly be consistent, even if it's just 10mins I do daily....
Thanks for visiting the blog.
Have a lovely weekend!
I should just follow this your plan. Learning french at the moment
ReplyDeleteDuo lingo is so good. It's really been of tremendous help
Hey JB,
DeleteYes you should! Join me on this crazy language learning journey, we can encourage/hold each other accountable!
Have a great weekend!
And I've always wanted to learn German oh *pensive*
ReplyDeleteBtw nice blog; bookmarked..........visit seyonhundeyin.blogspot.com
Hey Amaka, thanks for visiting! I found my way to yours from Duru's where you had left a hilarious comment. Have a lovely Sunday!
DeleteHehehe. Don't mind Nomso jare.
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This is a great idea olu. I used to do two hours daily but as I got into the language school, that ended but I do like it. Duolingo I think is cool, only problem being it doesn't really explain a lot except you join\read other users convo. Memrise is another great app. Babel isn't free but 10€ a month and u learn a lot(you have to email them if u wish to end payment if you do decide to pay or the hungry ppl will keep taking your money)
ReplyDeleteHey we should totally do a Skype thing where once a month we brush up our skills!
Thanks. I just really wanted to be serious with it. I really really want to achieve my goal. You're right, Duolingo doesn't really help with the grammar, but I'm using a good book and a great website (http://german-grammar.de/) alongside. Do you know it?
DeleteThanks for the other helpful sites you've mentioned, but I'm cheap (as you know), and I'mtrying to learn without making monetary expenditures. I've got a bit of time, and I learnt French more or less by myself too so....Hope I don't given up in 3months sha!
Are u telling me? I had to convince G to stop the payment although it did help me with my placement test so it wasn't all bad but i certainly will not be paying any app seeing as I'm already in school...
ReplyDeleteWill look up the site u mentioned. Never heard of it.