How to Make a 2021 Study Plan to Improve your English - By Learn English with EnglishClass101.com
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| 00:0-1 | Okay , cool , rolling . Hi everyone and welcome | |
| 00:02 | back to our weekly live stream . My name is | |
| 00:04 | Alicia . And in this week's live lesson , we're | |
| 00:07 | going to talk about how to make your own 2021 | |
| 00:11 | study schedule . I like to start every year with | |
| 00:15 | a lesson like this one for those of you that | |
| 00:18 | want to make it your New Year's resolution or even | |
| 00:22 | just your regular goal to learn more of the language | |
| 00:25 | you're studying . So in this week's lesson we are | |
| 00:28 | going to talk about goal setting , how to set | |
| 00:31 | uh good goals for yourself . We're going to talk | |
| 00:34 | about how to decide what to study and we're also | |
| 00:39 | going to talk about how often to study . So | |
| 00:42 | I hope that those three categories cover many of your | |
| 00:46 | questions . So in today's live chat or in today's | |
| 00:50 | comment section two , you can send your goals for | |
| 00:53 | the year as well as your study plan ideas . | |
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| 03:20 | Hello . MD . Great . Everyone's here . Let's | |
| 03:23 | look quickly at today's lesson boards . I'll show you | |
| 03:27 | what we're going to talk about today today . Uh | |
| 03:31 | , you can take a screenshot real quick . This | |
| 03:33 | is today's Lesson content today . How to make a | |
| 03:38 | steady plan . We're going to start with smart goals | |
| 03:41 | . What is a smart goal and how do you | |
| 03:44 | choose that ? one second we're going to look at | |
| 03:47 | what to study . Many of you ask me like | |
| 03:49 | , I don't know what to study , what should | |
| 03:51 | I do . So this is how you can away | |
| 03:54 | that you can figure out what to study finally how | |
| 03:59 | often to study . So let's get started . And | |
| 04:03 | also if you have not , please make sure hit | |
| 04:05 | the like button , it helps it helps other people | |
| 04:09 | find the lesson . Okay , let me move my | |
| 04:12 | pdf out of the way and we'll get started with | |
| 04:15 | smart goals . If you have been watching my videos | |
| 04:20 | for a couple of years , you are probably familiar | |
| 04:24 | . You probably know this topic , but it's very | |
| 04:26 | important to cover . I think about this for my | |
| 04:29 | goal setting a lot . It's good to , it's | |
| 04:32 | good to refresh the mind . So smart goals . | |
| 04:37 | This is the first step for making your study plan | |
| 04:40 | . Why ? Because we need a target . We | |
| 04:43 | need something to achieve a problem . And I see | |
| 04:47 | many of you write this to me in comments . | |
| 04:50 | You send it to me in messages , sometimes many | |
| 04:54 | of you uh many many people . Right , uh | |
| 04:58 | just I want to become fluent in english . How | |
| 05:02 | do I do that ? Okay , that's a great | |
| 05:05 | long term goal to have . But we need to | |
| 05:09 | think smaller . Like think about the steps you're going | |
| 05:13 | to take to reach that goal . So that's what | |
| 05:16 | a smart goal is for helping you to set what | |
| 05:21 | big and small goals to achieve the bigger goal . | |
| 05:26 | Okay , so let's look at this . So this | |
| 05:29 | smart , this is called , this is an acronym | |
| 05:33 | , so S . M A . R . T | |
| 05:35 | . Each one of these refers to a different word | |
| 05:38 | . So the first part of a smart goal is | |
| 05:42 | its specific , your goal is specific for example , | |
| 05:47 | I want to be fluent . That's not a specific | |
| 05:50 | goal . You need to choose something very clear . | |
| 05:54 | Okay second , your goal is measurable , measurable . | |
| 06:00 | You can measure your goal . So that means , | |
| 06:05 | how many vocabulary words did you study or how long | |
| 06:09 | was your conversation ? How many minutes or how many | |
| 06:13 | sentences did you write or how many presentations did you | |
| 06:17 | give ? For example , Can you measure your goal | |
| 06:22 | ? Okay third , Achievable . Achievable , so able | |
| 06:28 | to achieve ? Yeah , is it possible in other | |
| 06:32 | words ? So for example if you say , Okay | |
| 06:34 | , I'm going to learn 500 vocabulary words by next | |
| 06:38 | week . Probably not . Like you can study a | |
| 06:43 | lot . Yeah , but you are probably not going | |
| 06:47 | to remember all those words . Your goal should be | |
| 06:50 | achievable , realistic , realistic . So is your goal | |
| 06:56 | realistic for you and your life and your needs now | |
| 07:00 | ? So is it something that's possible for your schedule | |
| 07:04 | that's important to think about if you have a busy | |
| 07:07 | schedule ? Is it realistic to study for three hours | |
| 07:10 | a day ? Maybe not ? So make your goal | |
| 07:14 | realistic Finally , time based , time based , what | |
| 07:20 | does time based mean ? That means you have a | |
| 07:22 | time period or a deadline for your goal ? So | |
| 07:26 | maybe it's a one week goal or a one month | |
| 07:29 | goal or a one year goal ? Maybe all of | |
| 07:32 | those . So your goal should be time based . | |
| 07:36 | So again , specific measurable achievable , realistic and time | |
| 07:43 | base , this is a smart goal . So your | |
| 07:45 | goal should be all of these things . So let's | |
| 07:49 | look , let's look at this very common message you | |
| 07:51 | send me . I want to become fluent in english | |
| 07:55 | . Okay . Is it specific ? Well , sort | |
| 07:58 | of english is the one thing you want to do | |
| 08:01 | , Is it measurable , fluent is not measurable ? | |
| 08:05 | Right ? It's like a feeling . Yeah . And | |
| 08:07 | we learn new words all the time . I still | |
| 08:10 | learn new words in english . Like it's always continuing | |
| 08:14 | . Is it achievable ? Well yes , but when | |
| 08:18 | we don't know , is it realistic in the future | |
| 08:22 | ? Depending on you ? Maybe is it time based | |
| 08:26 | ? No , I want to become fluent is not | |
| 08:28 | a time based goal . So this is not a | |
| 08:30 | helpful goal . I want to become fluent is not | |
| 08:33 | a helpful goal . Of course we want we want | |
| 08:36 | that , we want in our minds . Yes . | |
| 08:38 | Let's look at some examples of goals that are good | |
| 08:43 | uh smart goals . So for example , if you | |
| 08:47 | know you need to study vocabulary , You can say | |
| 08:51 | my goal is to learn 300 new vocabulary words by | |
| 08:57 | the end of March , Learn 300 new vocabulary words | |
| 09:02 | by the end of March . This is a smart | |
| 09:05 | goal . It's specific 300 words . It's measurable . | |
| 09:09 | I can count how many words I learnt , right | |
| 09:12 | . It's achievable . So it's possible to study this | |
| 09:17 | many words in this period . It's realistic . So | |
| 09:21 | I can make a schedule for myself . It's a | |
| 09:24 | good pace and it's time based . So my deadline | |
| 09:28 | is the end of March . Okay , so you | |
| 09:31 | can send in the chat what your smart goal is | |
| 09:35 | . Yeah , let's maybe you can give some ideas | |
| 09:38 | to the other people watching . Now . There are | |
| 09:39 | lots of people watching . That's super cool . So | |
| 09:42 | you can send your goal in the chat and maybe | |
| 09:45 | you can give us some other people some ideas . | |
| 09:47 | Yeah , okay , here's another one . If your | |
| 09:50 | goal is speaking , you can say my goal is | |
| 09:53 | to be able to speak about my work and hobbies | |
| 09:59 | for three minutes by the end of july . My | |
| 10:04 | goal is to be able to speak about my work | |
| 10:07 | and hobbies for three minutes by the end of july | |
| 10:10 | . So again , this is specific . So my | |
| 10:13 | work and my hobbies is the topic . It's measurable | |
| 10:16 | three minutes right here . I choose this time . | |
| 10:20 | You can make five minutes , maybe 10 . I | |
| 10:21 | don't know . That's a long time to talk about | |
| 10:23 | yourself . It's achievable . So that means it's possible | |
| 10:28 | to do this in this case it's realistic . So | |
| 10:33 | this goal is not a crazy goal and it's time | |
| 10:37 | based . So my deadline is the end of july | |
| 10:41 | . Okay , mm Lupe says , tell us some | |
| 10:45 | of your smart goals . Do my smart goal . | |
| 10:48 | I have an exercise smart goal . That's true . | |
| 10:50 | So I wanted to , let's see . My goal | |
| 10:54 | was to uh , improve my some of my personal | |
| 10:59 | best times for this year . So I wanted to | |
| 11:02 | improve my times by , I think the day is | |
| 11:05 | february 17 . I forget , I forget exactly the | |
| 11:09 | day it's on my calendar . So I have personal | |
| 11:12 | uh , exercise times , like running times I want | |
| 11:16 | to improve by next month . So that's my , | |
| 11:19 | that's an example of my smart goal . Okay , | |
| 11:24 | uh , let's see . I'm looking for your examples | |
| 11:29 | . Evelyn on Facebook says , so learn 500 more | |
| 11:32 | words by the end of March . Great . Great | |
| 11:35 | . Great . Okay , nice examples . Um , | |
| 11:39 | brian says , what is the difference between achievable and | |
| 11:42 | realistic ? Good question . These are , there can | |
| 11:45 | be some overlap , some parts that are similar . | |
| 11:48 | So achievable means it's possible to do something . Like | |
| 11:52 | if you say Like I'm going to learn 500 new | |
| 11:55 | vocabulary words by next week . It's like , that's | |
| 11:58 | really probably not achievable and it's also not realistic , | |
| 12:02 | but this comes into play , which means this is | |
| 12:05 | like , this is important when uh , your schedule | |
| 12:09 | is super busy . That's what I think about with | |
| 12:12 | realistic , like maybe the goal is achievable for someone | |
| 12:16 | with a lot of time . Like if you say | |
| 12:19 | I want to learn 100 vocabulary words by next week | |
| 12:23 | , maybe for some people that's achievable . But is | |
| 12:27 | it realistic ? Like can you spend , I don't | |
| 12:29 | know , 10-15 minutes every single day or 30 minutes | |
| 12:33 | every day really studying . So for me , realistic | |
| 12:37 | is about your personal schedule a little . Is it | |
| 12:40 | realistic for your time ? The time you have ? | |
| 12:44 | Okay . Um All right , let's continue to the | |
| 12:47 | last goal . One more for writing . If you | |
| 12:50 | are looking for a writing goal , write a short | |
| 12:53 | essay by the end of next month , write a | |
| 12:56 | short essay by the end of next month . So | |
| 12:59 | you're choosing something specific always . So not these big | |
| 13:04 | vague goals . Okay . Uh , so elders is | |
| 13:08 | my smart goal is to learn the Arabic language . | |
| 13:11 | So again , in your goal , so that's a | |
| 13:14 | big goal . Make it more specific . So how | |
| 13:17 | are you going to measure your goal ? Is it | |
| 13:19 | learning the alphabet of the language ? Like what's the | |
| 13:22 | deadline for your goal ? So again , it's really | |
| 13:25 | hard to start . If your goal is huge , | |
| 13:29 | you need to give yourself a step . What's the | |
| 13:32 | next step for your goal ? Yeah . Okay . | |
| 13:35 | All right . Um , let's take a break a | |
| 13:40 | lot . Okay , so let's take a short break | |
| 13:42 | and then we'll talk about how to decide what to | |
| 13:45 | study . Yeah . Okay . So if you missed | |
| 13:47 | it , today's topic is but how to make your | |
| 13:51 | own 2021 study schedule . We just talked about setting | |
| 13:55 | goals . Now we're going to talk about deciding what | |
| 13:59 | to study . So basically how to check your own | |
| 14:03 | level . This is for those of you that maybe | |
| 14:06 | don't have a teacher or are studying alone . Okay | |
| 14:10 | . All right , so if you haven't also please | |
| 14:13 | make sure to hit the like button please like and | |
| 14:15 | share this video so others can find today's lesson . | |
| 14:19 | Okay ? Uh I forgot as well if you missed | |
| 14:22 | it earlier . Below the link . Below the video | |
| 14:25 | has free pdf for you to download . You can | |
| 14:29 | Check them out , you can print these and put | |
| 14:32 | them on your refrigerator , you can uh put them | |
| 14:35 | on your desk , you can put them on your | |
| 14:37 | phone or your computer . Uh to practice vocabulary and | |
| 14:41 | expressions . Here's a good one . This is the | |
| 14:43 | talking on line one that has some good uh conversational | |
| 14:48 | phrases on the background . So check this out . | |
| 14:51 | Uh If you're working on your vocabulary especially there are | |
| 14:54 | some new ones . Also I don't have printed there | |
| 14:57 | are new conversation practice worksheets to , so I don't | |
| 15:02 | have it printed to check the link . Uh and | |
| 15:04 | you can find , So that's from yeah , below | |
| 15:08 | the video or above the video . Check one of | |
| 15:10 | those . Okay , Part two . Let's go to | |
| 15:13 | part two . What to study ? How do you | |
| 15:16 | decide what to study ? Okay , so basically in | |
| 15:21 | other words , how do I know my level ? | |
| 15:23 | So don't think about for this step , don't think | |
| 15:27 | about my level , my level , beginner , beginner | |
| 15:30 | , beginner , intermediate , whatever . Again , let's | |
| 15:33 | think about it in a slightly different way . What | |
| 15:38 | to study , What do I study ? How do | |
| 15:41 | I know ? So ask yourself some questions . Can | |
| 15:46 | I Something , something something and give yourself three answers | |
| 15:52 | . Yes , a little and it's hard or no | |
| 15:57 | , for example , can I introduce myself ? Can | |
| 16:02 | I introduce myself in english or the language you're studying | |
| 16:06 | ? Okay . Can I talk about my hobbies ? | |
| 16:10 | Yes , a little . No . Can I write | |
| 16:14 | an email ? Can I order food on the phone | |
| 16:19 | ? So These are just four examples . There are | |
| 16:23 | so many can I questions you can ask yourself about | |
| 16:27 | your daily life and your work and your school , | |
| 16:31 | your professional life . There are so many questions from | |
| 16:37 | like very basic topics , very basic things to do | |
| 16:41 | to advance things to do . So ask yourself these | |
| 16:45 | if you're like , I don't know what kinds of | |
| 16:47 | questions to ask myself . Here's a tip , google | |
| 16:51 | , google can do lists in english . I can | |
| 16:56 | do list is a list of questions like these . | |
| 17:00 | So you can check the list and say yes or | |
| 17:03 | a little or no . So ask yourself these questions | |
| 17:09 | or google a list of questions . Okay then look | |
| 17:13 | at your answers if your answer is yes . Great | |
| 17:17 | For example , can I introduce myself ? Yes , | |
| 17:20 | I can . Great . Okay , spend your time | |
| 17:24 | studying something new . This is one problem many learners | |
| 17:28 | fall into , they study the same thing over and | |
| 17:31 | over and over and over again . Hello , My | |
| 17:34 | name is like hi , it's nice to meet you | |
| 17:36 | . They practice the same things over and over . | |
| 17:40 | You have to move to the next step . So | |
| 17:44 | if your answer is yes , can I talk about | |
| 17:47 | my hobbies ? Yes . Okay , great . Move | |
| 17:49 | on . Move to the next thing . Okay , | |
| 17:52 | so this one a little . It's hard if your | |
| 17:57 | answer is this good , that means it's your next | |
| 18:01 | step . The next thing to look at . For | |
| 18:03 | example , can I write an email ? You might | |
| 18:06 | think a little . I think I can but it's | |
| 18:10 | difficult . It's kind of hard for me . So | |
| 18:13 | why is it hard ? Is it vocabulary ? Is | |
| 18:18 | it grammar ? Is it listening ? Is it writing | |
| 18:21 | ? So what's the thing that's difficult for you ? | |
| 18:25 | This is a question you know , for yourself you | |
| 18:28 | might think , oh everything . So if you think | |
| 18:31 | everything , try just choose one to start with , | |
| 18:34 | for example , can I write an email ? Oh | |
| 18:38 | , a little it's kind of hard why ? Maybe | |
| 18:41 | its vocabulary , maybe it's grammar , maybe you don't | |
| 18:46 | know the format , like how to write an email | |
| 18:50 | , the different parts , you can google all of | |
| 18:53 | these things and we have lessons of course on our | |
| 18:56 | website too . So look for this answer for your | |
| 19:01 | questions to yourself . It's okay sort of but it's | |
| 19:05 | a little hard for me . You want to study | |
| 19:08 | the things that are challenging for you , You have | |
| 19:11 | to challenge yourself with new things to move forward . | |
| 19:16 | You can't make progress if you study the same things | |
| 19:20 | again and again and again . Okay finally , if | |
| 19:24 | your answer to the question is no , can I | |
| 19:27 | order food on the phone or can I give a | |
| 19:31 | business presentation if you say no , that's okay , | |
| 19:34 | just keep it for the future . So don't worry | |
| 19:37 | about that like right now you can think in the | |
| 19:40 | future , that's a goal for me . But right | |
| 19:44 | now , No , so this is something like for | |
| 19:48 | example a business presentation , maybe you think I can't | |
| 19:53 | do it at all ? No , it's not possible | |
| 19:56 | . That's okay . Just keep it in your mind | |
| 19:58 | for the future and work on the next step for | |
| 20:03 | you . So I know this is a process like | |
| 20:07 | and you have to do this again and again , | |
| 20:10 | like maybe once a month or once every three months | |
| 20:13 | , you have to always check your level but it's | |
| 20:17 | so helpful to understand the next thing you need to | |
| 20:21 | do . So again , if you don't know like | |
| 20:24 | how to make these questions for yourself , try this | |
| 20:28 | . So just use google to find can do lists | |
| 20:33 | or like english language can do list and try to | |
| 20:37 | answer those questions for yourself and you can find maybe | |
| 20:42 | the topics or the parts that are challenging for you | |
| 20:46 | . Okay cool . Okay so again another tip down | |
| 20:52 | here , a tip down here is when you decide | |
| 20:57 | your next step like you decide I need to study | |
| 21:01 | vocabulary or grammar or listening , you can use google | |
| 21:06 | to look for resources . So like a vocabulary list | |
| 21:10 | resources just google like like email vocabulary or email english | |
| 21:15 | vocabulary or like uh I don't know um like boating | |
| 21:19 | vocabulary whatever so use google to find the things you | |
| 21:25 | need , you don't have to find like the perfect | |
| 21:29 | textbook . Right ? Use google , you can find | |
| 21:32 | so much there for free . So you can go | |
| 21:36 | you can google for short essays to read and news | |
| 21:42 | . Uh like you can find uh news in english | |
| 21:46 | for learners for learners again , google like english news | |
| 21:50 | for learners , something like that . You can also | |
| 21:54 | google audio to listen to . Like podcasts or radio | |
| 21:58 | shows . There's so much to find out there . | |
| 22:01 | So when you find the challenging point for yourself use | |
| 22:05 | your google skills to find resources you need . And | |
| 22:08 | of course we have many lessons . You can check | |
| 22:11 | our our lessons and our courses . Uh We have | |
| 22:15 | lots of different topics and vocabulary lists so much to | |
| 22:19 | study . Uh So there are many many resources that | |
| 22:22 | you can choose from . Okay someone I've even I | |
| 22:27 | think says how much time do you think is necessary | |
| 22:30 | for a day ? I can't see the end of | |
| 22:32 | your comment for a day to be fluent . Yeah | |
| 22:34 | we're going to talk about how often to study in | |
| 22:37 | part three today . Okay . Um All right people | |
| 22:41 | were saying please make a list of this vocabulary . | |
| 22:44 | Please make a list of that vocabulary , google it | |
| 22:47 | google it or use your or use our website . | |
| 22:52 | These lists already exist . Don't wait for me . | |
| 22:55 | I'm going to take a long time . There are | |
| 22:57 | many questions and many requests google it , google it | |
| 23:01 | . Don't wait for me . Go , go for | |
| 23:03 | it . Okay . All right , Let's take a | |
| 23:07 | break . So that was part two . How to | |
| 23:11 | decide what to study , how to find the part | |
| 23:15 | . Oh actually , great question Miguel uh Sepulveda on | |
| 23:19 | facebook says when do you start with your no list | |
| 23:21 | items ? Great question this part . These things when | |
| 23:25 | do you start with these things when they become these | |
| 23:30 | ? So that means when you study and you like | |
| 23:34 | for example you study your challenging thing . This thing | |
| 23:37 | That's hard . That's a little bit difficult . You're | |
| 23:39 | going to learn extra grammar and extra vocabulary , right | |
| 23:43 | ? You're not going to use just old stuff . | |
| 23:46 | Always you're going to pick up new things and gradually | |
| 23:51 | you'll move forward someday . This No , I can't | |
| 23:55 | do it at all becomes your It's a little hard | |
| 23:59 | . So that's the answer . Okay , you that | |
| 24:04 | was a lot . Okay , let's again take a | |
| 24:06 | break . I said I was going to take a | |
| 24:08 | break and then we'll go to the last part . | |
| 24:11 | How often to study how often to study if you | |
| 24:14 | missed it . I will quickly show you again . | |
| 24:17 | I have a bunch , a ton . So many | |
| 24:21 | pdf's here . Like I said , I don't have | |
| 24:24 | some new ones printed out . The team made some | |
| 24:26 | new ones about . They have Yeah , it's a | |
| 24:29 | conversation . You can practice for talking on the phone | |
| 24:32 | . I know that's a big , big one for | |
| 24:34 | many people . If that's your goal , you can | |
| 24:36 | check that pdf . There's another one about survival phrases | |
| 24:41 | . So like just the minimum like the basic stuff | |
| 24:44 | you need for everyday life in this city . So | |
| 24:48 | check those out . Of course there are many other | |
| 24:51 | topics you can choose from . Two . So take | |
| 24:54 | a look . Uh I need to I need to | |
| 24:56 | print some new ones . I think the team is | |
| 24:59 | making more all the time . So check that out | |
| 25:02 | and we'll go to part three . Um part three | |
| 25:06 | . How often to study ? Everybody wants to know | |
| 25:08 | how often to study . Uh Here we are . | |
| 25:11 | Also if you have not please make sure to hit | |
| 25:14 | the like button so other people can find this lesson | |
| 25:17 | . Yeah that would be super cool . Okay let's | |
| 25:23 | see case side . I hope I said your name | |
| 25:26 | right on facebook said I can read an easy book | |
| 25:29 | and google when I find words difficult . Yes that's | |
| 25:32 | what I do when I read actually reading is my | |
| 25:36 | favorite way to pick up vocabulary . So actually I'll | |
| 25:40 | tell you one of my study strategy . So I | |
| 25:42 | have been studying japanese for many years . I use | |
| 25:46 | books . Books are my favorite way to study vocabulary | |
| 25:50 | usually . So I when I read a book I | |
| 25:53 | mark highlight in the book the word the first time | |
| 25:56 | I read it like I don't know this word and | |
| 25:59 | then I check it later . Like after I finished | |
| 26:02 | reading I look up the word like review it and | |
| 26:07 | then I read the page again later . So that's | |
| 26:09 | one of my study strategies . Okay all right so | |
| 26:14 | let's go to part three , part three . How | |
| 26:19 | often how often do you study ? The short answer | |
| 26:22 | is a little bit every day , a little bit | |
| 26:25 | every day . So 10 minutes of vocabulary study for | |
| 26:29 | example or one minute or 11 video lesson or maybe | |
| 26:34 | you read one news article in English or you write | |
| 26:38 | a page in a journal . The best thing you | |
| 26:41 | can do is spend a little time every day a | |
| 26:46 | tip studying a little bit a few times a week | |
| 26:51 | or every day is better than studying for hours once | |
| 26:56 | a week . There have been recent , there's research | |
| 26:58 | and studies about learning about studying uh not just language | |
| 27:04 | but learning in general learning other things . So it's | |
| 27:07 | better to study regularly , Like maybe 3-5 times a | |
| 27:12 | week is also great . So make a little time | |
| 27:16 | every day . That's better than like going crazy . | |
| 27:20 | Like studying three hours or five hours every saturday . | |
| 27:24 | You give your brain time to remember every day and | |
| 27:29 | refresh every day , that's better to do . So | |
| 27:32 | make some time for yourself Every day . So in | |
| 27:36 | my case like earlier today I said like I have | |
| 27:39 | exercise goals for next month , so I spent 10 | |
| 27:42 | minutes every day like doing some physical activity to reach | |
| 27:48 | my goal . So and I notice the small improvements | |
| 27:53 | every day maybe like every week in my case , | |
| 27:57 | but those small everyday activities really add up over time | |
| 28:04 | . Okay . Uh Yeah Mina says any strategies for | |
| 28:08 | reading ? Yeah I shared one the one strategy I | |
| 28:11 | have for reading , I use reading for vocabulary to | |
| 28:14 | pick up vocabulary , but I also use reading um | |
| 28:18 | to work on my grammar . So sometimes I notice | |
| 28:21 | a grammar pattern or that's a little confusing to me | |
| 28:24 | . So again I google it , I just I | |
| 28:27 | google like the base grammar pattern and look at other | |
| 28:31 | examples uh and yeah look at dictionaries , whatever online | |
| 28:36 | to help me understand that grammar pattern . Okay um | |
| 28:43 | Other questions . Okay I don't see it . So | |
| 28:46 | a couple more ideas if it's hard for you to | |
| 28:50 | start your studies . This is something I've been doing | |
| 28:54 | Because it's hard to stay motivated this year this time | |
| 28:57 | , right ? So set a timer for like in | |
| 29:01 | my case , like five or 10 minutes , uh | |
| 29:04 | and steady for that time period . So you say | |
| 29:07 | , Okay , I'm going to read for 20 minutes | |
| 29:10 | and you set a timer and do it for 20 | |
| 29:12 | minutes . That for me it's really , really helpful | |
| 29:16 | because when you think about studying , you're like , | |
| 29:19 | I don't want to do it . It's not fun | |
| 29:22 | . It takes so long . But when you realize | |
| 29:25 | you're like , oh , it's only 10 minutes , | |
| 29:28 | then it's easy , at least for me . That's | |
| 29:30 | really helpful for me . So I do this . | |
| 29:32 | I set a timer for the period I'm going to | |
| 29:35 | study . You can also build a habit in your | |
| 29:39 | daily routine , build a habit . that means make | |
| 29:43 | a new habit in your daily routine . For example | |
| 29:47 | , when I go to work , I listen to | |
| 29:50 | a lesson , so in the car or on the | |
| 29:52 | train uh something when you're walking , maybe you can | |
| 29:57 | listen to a lesson or in my case I studied | |
| 30:01 | vocabulary on an app on my phone when I went | |
| 30:05 | to work and when I came home from work , | |
| 30:07 | so 15 minutes in the morning and 15 minutes in | |
| 30:10 | the evening , that was 30 minutes every day for | |
| 30:13 | me on my workdays , which was super super good | |
| 30:16 | for my vocabulary studies a couple years ago , so | |
| 30:20 | try to make a habit inside your daily routine . | |
| 30:25 | That's a good one to do . All right . | |
| 30:28 | Um Some people are asking about like the one on | |
| 30:31 | one app , you can check that out . The | |
| 30:33 | one on one app is free on the app store | |
| 30:36 | uh and then you can add some other things on | |
| 30:39 | later , so I'm not going to spend the livestream | |
| 30:43 | . I'm already late talking about the app , so | |
| 30:45 | you can check it out for free and see what | |
| 30:47 | you think . Um Alicia , how long have you | |
| 30:50 | been studying , Japanese ? Uh For 13 ? I | |
| 31:00 | don't know , like uh sometimes I'm very active in | |
| 31:04 | my studies and lately . Not so active , I | |
| 31:07 | think . Yeah , it's been a long time . | |
| 31:10 | Okay . Uh that is everything for today , Wow | |
| 31:15 | , that was a lot . So I'll show you | |
| 31:17 | today's lesson board so you can take a look if | |
| 31:19 | you want to take a screenshot and use this for | |
| 31:22 | your study plan , please feel free . But here's | |
| 31:25 | what we talked about today . Smart goals , deciding | |
| 31:29 | what to study and how often to study . Smart | |
| 31:33 | goals . Great , great . We love our smart | |
| 31:36 | goals . So we'll end there for today , Next | |
| 31:39 | week I'll be back of course , next week . | |
| 31:42 | Next lesson , Come on , next , next lesson | |
| 31:44 | , next lesson . Oh my gosh , I've typed | |
| 31:47 | january , I'm still in january mode , january . | |
| 31:50 | No february . Can you believe it ? It's going | |
| 31:53 | to be february next week . This time it just | |
| 31:57 | goes by so fast . Okay , next week , | |
| 32:00 | february 3rd will be the next lesson , february 3rd | |
| 32:03 | 10 p.m. Eastern Standard time , that is new york | |
| 32:06 | city time . Please google it . If you don't | |
| 32:09 | know your local time or uh set a notification on | |
| 32:14 | youtube facebook . If you follow me on instagram , | |
| 32:17 | you probably know that . I also share a link | |
| 32:19 | and a reminder every week that you can find in | |
| 32:22 | my story . So follow me on instagram to get | |
| 32:25 | that . The link is in the Youtube description . | |
| 32:28 | Next week we're going to talk about how to talk | |
| 32:30 | about something you've been working on or studying . So | |
| 32:36 | there's a big grammar hint right here , how to | |
| 32:39 | talk about something you've been working on , that's right | |
| 32:43 | . Present , perfect continuous . So very exciting . | |
| 32:46 | So please join me again next week for this topic | |
| 32:51 | . How to describe you're ongoing work and projects . | |
| 32:57 | I'll say goodbye there . So uh thanks very , | |
| 33:00 | very much for joining me again live this week . | |
| 33:03 | That was a lot of fun and it was great | |
| 33:05 | to see your goals . Okay . Rocio one of | |
| 33:07 | our members , Rocio Suarez . Great . Um yeah | |
| 33:10 | , people say , what's your instagram ? If you're | |
| 33:12 | watching on facebook , you can find the link in | |
| 33:14 | the Youtube description for this video . Sorry , facebook | |
| 33:17 | , I can't update facebook link . Uh so I'll | |
| 33:20 | see you next week . Don't forget to check out | |
| 33:23 | your pdf free pdf stuff from the link , below | |
| 33:26 | or above the video . I'll stop there . So | |
| 33:29 | thanks very much for joining me again this week . | |
| 33:31 | Have a good day . |
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