Languages are very special to my heart. I have this
insane dream of becoming fluent in 6 or more languages. As far as I’m
concerned, every language is a different personality you can become, a
different way to communicate and a new way to the heart of a new culture.
Moreover, I always found that learning the language on
your own is very rewarding and challenging but in a good way, though I never
commit to a plan or time table, therefore I give up easily to the busy
schedule of school, social life (by which I mean watching TV-shows) and life in
general.
I tried to learn Korean this couple of years and I did
manage to learn the basic words and phrases and what not but this time I want
to leave that aside for another time and tackle a language I wanted to learn since I
was a kid and which is going to be easier to learn: SPANISH.
I decided that I would share with you the little
experiment I am going to debut on October 1st until December 31st
2016 which means I am giving myself 3 month
to learn Spanish as much as I can and become conversational. I can
already hear cynical reactions but I assure you that I am not expecting full
results however I am mostly doing this for the joy and fun that this experience
will bring me.
To all those who are interested to learn a new
language and they’re not necessarily enrolling in a language center, then these
blog series might be of an interest to you.
I am going to take you with me on this experiment
sharing with you all the updates related to my Spanish learning starting with
how I will prepare for it.
So here we go!
1.
Prepare a customized
notebook :
It’s easier to write down all the phrases and words you will learn with
the translation in a little book and take it around with you everywhere.
Whenever you have free time, you can revise them. It will be your personalized language
oasis.
2.
Find YouTube
Channels and Language Sites :
Nowadays, you can find everything on the internet and being the digital
generation that we are, we learn from our computers more than we do from a classroom.
I am going to start by learning from channels such as Learn Spanish with SpanishPod1.com,
Spanish Butterfly, Fatsbreak Spanish and The Spanish Blog.
3.
Find someone
to speak with :
This is an important step in learning a language. Practicing it with
someone allows you to exercise your tongue and use what you learn in a conversation.
From my side, my uncle and aunt will be helping me as they are fluent in the language
and hopefully I’ll find more people along the way.
4.
Listen to
music and watch TV-shows :
No matter what anyone can tell you, there’s nothing better like listening to
music or watching TV-shows to help you enforce the language you’re learning (I’ve been there,
done that). I haven’t found any Spanish shows that I liked yet but I have been
definitely listening to Spanish music and I can’t wait to fully immerse myself
in it.
5.
Motivation :
Oh! The very thing that can help make this or break it. I know I have to
muster a lot of willpower sometimes to keep up with a personal project but this
time I am determined to make this happen. I set a time table for myself and
some tools to help me keep daily track of this experiment (May the odds be ever in my favor)
Those were the 5 most important things to get me started on my 3 month
self teaching Spanish.
What
about you ? Which language you would like to start learning ? Join me
GoldenCurls xx
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