Get Organized! When Learning a Foreign Language
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When learning a foreign language you need to have goals and to stay organized. This is not always the easiest thing to do because learning a foreign language is not usually done sitting at a desk, it’s done out talking to people. So here are a few things you can do to keep you language studies organized.
1. Make Goals: Think about the things you would like to learn and the things you would like to do in your foreign language. Then list them in order of priority. This seems simple enough but give this some good thought and make sure you are not getting ahead of yourself. If it is a difficult skill or subject make smaller goals to build up to it.
2. Write it Down: Don’t just keep your goals in your head write them down. Write your goals down and give yourself a deadline. If you are like me I have trouble keeping things organized. In fact my friend Adam has created a great tool to help you keep all of your to do lists or goal lists in our case organized. It’s called iPrioritized.
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This tool allows you to list and organize all of your goals and to do’s in order of priority. Once you completed one you can just erase it or rearrange goals in order of priority as your studies change.
3. Evaluate: In section two I said to give yourself deadlines. The reason for that is so that you don’t procrastinate and two this gives you the important time to evaluate your progress when you’ve reached those deadlines. You should take a look at your goals and rate yourself on how well you improved in those areas. Also, depending on the results that you see or if your goals change you can take this time to redirect your efforts and priorities.
No matter what you do to organize yourself, just get organized. You will find that you will progress much faster if you have specific goals in mind and make a plan to achieve them.
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