Re: CarlyD's 2020 Log--mostly German
Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2020 7:13 pm
Goals have been coming up a lot lately. Not just the daily/weekly goals that I've been doing as part of our B1 challenge. But the bigger "what do you want to accomplish" goals. I've been watching Kirsten Cable's videos on goal setting--she has some really nice worksheets on sorting out all your resources so you can really see where you're at, and then setting goals for each area (writing, speaking, etc.)
This week I picked up a free Kindle ebook on easy German dialogues and it was from a publisher Learn Like a Native. That sounded familiar--there's a book by that name that came out in the early 2000s by the same person. I pulled it out again--I remember I was put off a bit because he learned several Asian languages and most of the book seemed to lean towards ways to learn other alphabets. But one thing caught my eye this time:
Take all your goals--every single one, even if it's just to order beer in that language--and put each goal on an index card. Then you can sort them to what's the most important goal right now--and keep resorting them if things or needs change. So you're still working towards your goals, but there's no set-in-stone order to them. Plus you have the visual bonus of marking a goal as complete.
Edit: I was wrong. The book is Speak Like a Native by Michael D. Janich and appears to have no connection to the readers, other than in my mind.
This week I picked up a free Kindle ebook on easy German dialogues and it was from a publisher Learn Like a Native. That sounded familiar--there's a book by that name that came out in the early 2000s by the same person. I pulled it out again--I remember I was put off a bit because he learned several Asian languages and most of the book seemed to lean towards ways to learn other alphabets. But one thing caught my eye this time:
Take all your goals--every single one, even if it's just to order beer in that language--and put each goal on an index card. Then you can sort them to what's the most important goal right now--and keep resorting them if things or needs change. So you're still working towards your goals, but there's no set-in-stone order to them. Plus you have the visual bonus of marking a goal as complete.
Edit: I was wrong. The book is Speak Like a Native by Michael D. Janich and appears to have no connection to the readers, other than in my mind.