Aug 30, 2011

Set a task

Here's some good advice from Yearlyglot, about setting one task every day to help you learn a new language:

"...find something to do and determine that you’ll do it right away. In the beginning, your tasks might be simple: learn the numbers, learn the colors, etc. Later they might grow in complexity to things such as describe your home, or tell how your day went.
Set at least one task for yourself every day. Determine that you will do one new thing in your target language every single day. And as your language skill grows, so should the complexity of your tasks.
Eventually, you should be able complete tasks such as look up the weather, buy a train ticket, find an apartment, read a news article, follow a recipe, read a book, and you’ll be surprised at how quickly you get there when you’re not allowing yourself too much time."

I like this idea because it's daily, and because you can make the task fit your level and the amount of time you have. Keeping the time limited is probably also a good idea.
Today I will translate some emails from English to Spanish. A colleague will help me check them over, but my goal is to write them as well as possible. What about you? What task could you choose for today, to help yourself move forward with English?

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