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today's topic is ten habits of highly
effective language learners do you feel
like you're not making much language
progress that you could do better but
you're just not sure what step to take
in today's episode you'll discover the
top 10 habits of effective language
learners and what these learners do
differently do you have any of these
habits keep watching to find out but
first listen up here are this month's
new lessons and resources first the
being funny conversation cheat sheet
want to be able to tell jokes in your
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how with this brand new cheat sheet
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vocabulary if you love reading and want
to talk about books
check out this one-minute lesson it'll
teach you all of the must know
vocabulary fourth phrases to use with
the doctor learn how to say phrases like
I have an appointment I don't feel well
and much more
zip summer plans conversation lessons
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let's jump into today's topic
ten Habits of Highly Effective Language
Learners if you walk away from this
lesson and remember only one habit let
it be this one habit number one setting
small measurable goals with a deadline
for example do 30 of our language
lessons by the end of this month 30 is
small you're not learning the whole
language here it's measurable either you
did 28 or you hit 30 and you know when
to reach it by which gives you
motivation let's expand on this point
even further you should also set goals
for every study session for example if
your goal is to do 30 lessons in a month
and if a month has 30 days you know you
need to do one lesson a day our lessons
can be anywhere from 3 to 15 minutes
long that gives you your goal for the
day
for your study session do one lesson and
spend up to 15 minutes on it that way
you're not confused about what to do or
how long to study for you know what you
can expect to accomplish another
powerful lesson here is that goals take
away anxiety here's why imagine you set
a big vague goal like I want to be
fluent some day you don't have a plan
but you buy a textbook you read the
first chapter and then you start
worrying about whether you're really
learning you don't know how far you
should go and you have no real plan or
specific goal then you start worrying
about if you'll ever be fluent so you
lose motivation and quit but if you set
a small goal you know you need to do
just one lesson a day 15 minutes that's
it habit number two creating routines
this ties back to the first habit if you
set a goal like do 30 lessons in one
month you know that you need to do one
lesson a day this is how you create your
routine you should decide when and where
to study as well even if you're putting
in just five minutes a day you have to
know when and where you'll do it
why so you can make time make a mental
note that this time is language time and
say no to other things that come up just
like you know when it's time to brush
your teeth you should know when it's
time to do a little language learning
creating and sticking with a routine is
a great habit to have because the
routine is what turns your goals into
reality habit number three don't
kram most of us crammed back in school
we'd wait till the last day than study
for five hours even if you pass the test
you still forget it all but with
language you want to remember it so you
can use it luckily our lessons are short
and sweet so you're not spending hours
on your studies the point is that five
minutes a day every day is better than
doing five-hour cram sessions and
burning yourself out have it number four
prepare lines and conversations ahead of
time what do we mean by prepare imagine
you want to open a bank account in your
target language you can show up at the
front desk and grunt and point and try
to communicate with body language or you
can prepare you look up words like bank
account open and all the relevant
phrases or even easier you can find a
lesson on our site if you want to
prepare for daily conversations then
check out our top 25 questions you must
know for conversations lessons these
teach you how to ask and answer basic
questions like how are you how was your
weekend and much more in fact most of
our lessons are based around practical
daily dialogues we give you the exact
lines to say whether for conversations
with friends for shopping or for opening
a bank account so preparing is a must it
gives you a foundation of words and
phrases you can use it places you miles
ahead of other learners number five get
into the habit of producing output input
is taking language in listening and
reading output is putting language out
so speaking and writing the big point
here is that it's very easy to sit back
and listen and read you can listen to
lessons all day long but listening helps
with listening it won't get you speaking
the language here are some of the
easiest ways to produce output for
speaking repeat what you hear out loud
for writing copy out the lesson
vocabulary and dialogue by hand again
you need to practice habit number six
come back and review a lot of times what
we learn goes in one ear and out the
other which means we don't really learn
this is where reviewing comes in when
you're done with a lesson come back a
few days later and do another round
you'll likely come across words and
phrases you've forgotten
or even easier download the dialogue
track or the lesson notes and review
those at a later date number seven look
for solutions an important difference
between experienced learners and new
learners is in how they react when they
don't understand something
inexperienced learners rely completely
on their study tools and tend to blame
the tools for their lack of progress
you'll often hear people talk about
giving up because a textbook was too
boring or because the textbook didn't
teach them to speak experienced learners
look for solutions if they realize a
specific study tool like a textbook
isn't going to help them speak they look
for a better solution textbooks can
teach you grammar and vocabulary words
so they're valuable resources but if
speaking is your goal you have to look
for ways to practice speaking like
reading out loud or working with a
conversation partner number eight focus
on what you're good at the reason we say
this is because it's good for motivation
overall if you're generally better at
speaking than writing you're more likely
to enjoy it which means you're more
likely to continue with it that means
it's a successful routine and routines
are what turn your goals into reality
number nine don't procrastinate this is
easier said than done but it's important
a lot of us procrastinate as a result of
overthinking for example let's say you
plan on studying for an hour today
so you remember ah I have to study
tonight for a whole hour I don't think I
have the time it's gonna be hard but I
should really try and it becomes
something you have to do which is a
hassle you've already ruined it for
yourself in your head but if you have a
small and measurable goal and an easy
routine just five minutes a day for
example that's not much work to do five
minutes and you're done if you want to
beat procrastination make sure to make
your goals and routines easy and
realistic number 10 remember that
learning a language is a marathon and
not a sprint it's a long-term game
remembering this is a good habit to have
if you're having a bad day or if you
missed a goal that doesn't mean it's all
over it's just a minor stumble in the
grand scheme
so let's recap number one get into the
habit of setting small measurable goals
number two create a routine number three
don't cramp number four
prepare lines and conversations ahead of
time number five get into the habit of
producing output number six come back
and review number seven look for
solutions number eight focus on what
you're good at number nine don't
procrastinate number ten remember that
learning a language is a marathon and
not a sprint
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