- Học tiếng Việt đến B2 hoặc C1
- Học tiếng Mông Cổ đến B1
- Đọc 5 quyển sách Tiếng Việt
- Ăn tốt hơn, ăn khỏe hơn, ăn ngon hơn
- Nấu thức ăn thường hơn
- Học Morin Khuur ít nhất một lần một tuần.
- Anh làm tội ác nhiều hơn
And in English:
- Learn Vietnamese to B2 or C1
- Learn Mongolian to B1
- Read 5 Vietnamese Books
- Eat better, eat healthier, eat tastier
- Cook food more frequently
- Learn on the Morin Khuur at least once a week
- I will do more crimes (Joking, of course)
I guess they're some achievable goals.
Also, I got my Tuvan Manual in the post yesterday, which looks to have some pretty useful stuff in there that I work from. And I maybe have enough stuff to create study material from. My aim will be after my Mongolian challenge is to start putting together said study material.
Now my plan for my 40 days with Mongolian.
- Listen to music in Mongolian ONLY. I have music covering traditional, rock, metal, rap and pop, which should give me variety.
- Anything I watch has to be Mongolian with exceptions of where people "hey check this video out". I have picked out a few Mongolian movies, a few Mongolian YouTube channels, am using a separate YouTube account to help influence the YouTube algorithm to recommend more Mongolian content. I've also picked a couple of series in the Mongolian language. All stuff I can watch without understanding the language.
- I will read at least 1 article a day from News.mn every day. Even if I don't understand it.
- At least 1 hour Mongolian study a day
- Daily progress updates (and maybe catch what I can improve on as I do)
- Book at least 2 Mongolian iTalki sessions, one for practice. And a 3rd for testing progress
- Start with the grammar and a set selection of common verbs, nouns, pronouns and time expressions to practice key areas.
- Work through exercises in the "Colloquial Mongolian" book I have and use the practice conversations
- Set writing exercises on specific topics that allow me to make use of repetition. And try to use words I know to explain something BEFORE I look up any up or ways of saying things I've not learned, so I can be flexible with the language.
- Keep any lists of vocab I've learned near me. Only resort to using them if I cannot legit remember something.
- Record myself speaking, cringe a lot on hearing myself back. Seek feedback from Mongolian speakers I know I can get feedback from.
- Find a Chinese restaurant, bring a Go Pro, do reaction videos of "British guy surprises local Chinese with flawless Mongolian".
- Make a video on how to learn Mongolian in 40 days and get some internet clout and omit the fact I've studied some Mongolian beforehand. Then get called out by some real Linguists and then do a YouTube apology video where I blame everybody except myself.
The goal of reading news, watch TV & films and listening to music I don't understand is to keep a consistent feel and rhythm for the language and try to start to recognise patterns from the bits I learn and start to understand and have the "oh, hey, I realised what that means" moments until I get to a level where it starts to be comprehensible input. And this would also be Mongolian exposure outside of my study hours.