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today's topic is
four rules for staying motivated with
language learning
you're going to learn one the mistake
people make with motivation two the four
rules for motivation and three how you
can apply the four rules to your
language learning do you wish you were
more motivated about language learning
you watch motivational videos you feel
good for a second but none of it sticks
this lesson may have some tips to help
you
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first listen up here are this month's
new lessons and resources
first the 24-hour survival phrases cheat
sheet traveling and want to learn a bit
of the language then these survival
phrases will help you with the first 24
hours
second the ultimate listening video
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native speakers you can download it
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third the 50 most common verbs all
beginners must know
do you know all of these verbs if not
this lesson will drill the 50 most
common verbs into your head
just use the free audio slideshow tool
inside
and fourth 20 strategies for learning a
language at home
want to learn a language from the
comfort of your own home this one minute
lesson gives you all the best tactics
for learning languages to get your free
resources click the link in the
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yours to keep forever ok let's jump into
today's topic
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four rules for staying motivated with
language learning want to know how to
really stay motivated then listen
closely to these four rules these rules
might be a little different from the
advice that you often hear ready
rule number one action comes first are
you the type of person who prefers to
make things happen or are you the type
that waits for things to happen to you
one of the best ways to stay motivated
with language learning is to not think
about motivation instead take action and
start learning the mistake that most
people make is that they have this
backwards they think they should wait to
feel motivated first and then start
learning but really it's the other way
around
first you do a language lesson you learn
a basic conversation then you do another
and then you start feeling like you can
do more and learn more you see results
so results bring motivation
thinking about motivation does not bring
motivation thinking about motivation is
like reading an article about how to go
outside for a run instead of actually
going outside for a run so action comes
first
rule number two always have an outside
influence it's very easy to lose
motivation if you're learning language
alone so what do you do here are some
examples you get a study buddy you hire
a tutor you join a meetup group you plan
a trip to a country where people speak
that language or you sign up for a
proficiency test like many language
learners do
why do this because now you have other
people depending on you you have outside
factors that keep you going with the
language for example if you signed up
for a language proficiency test you know
you have a few months to study and you
have to take the test on a certain date
someone is going to pass or fail you
this is a lot more motivating than
learning alone if you're learning with
our program you can get your own teacher
with the premium plus plan they'll hold
you accountable send you homework and
give you feedback if you have a study
buddy well now you have someone that
expects you to show up and improve and
if they're better than you that should
give you extra motivation because you
want to be at their level so get some
outside influence the next rule is rule
number three always have a go-to study
method when you arrive at work or the
gym or when you start your homework you
always have that one thing you do first
right what do you do for example with
work maybe the very first thing you do
is check emails then you check your
tasks for the week after that you get
started well you need to make the same
kind of habits with language learning
you need a go-to study method that
you're comfortable with an easy starting
point
and this totally depends on you and your
style choose something you enjoy some
people listen to audio lessons some
people like flash cards for some people
writing is easy you can write out song
lyrics and translate them it's up to you
the point is you should give yourself an
easy first step to get you started and
get into the flow of learning
if you're learning with our program you
can start with the word of the day email
or do a quick three minute audio lesson
you can copy out the lesson dialogue
read through the lesson notes or even
easier just review and re-listen to a
lesson you took the day before if you
have your own go to study method you're
already miles ahead of most learners
leave a comment and tell us about it
and finally rule number four always be
working on something
so here i want you to stop and think
about your friends do you have a friend
that's always up to something some
project they're working on a song or
they're making videos they finish one
thing and they start another
well if you wonder how they stay
motivated it's because they're always
working on something and this goes back
to taking action if you're not learning
or working you can't stay motivated so
you need to apply this to language
learning how for example like i
mentioned in part 2 about outside
influence you can make a plan to travel
to a country that speaks your target
language or you can sign up for a
language proficiency test if you do that
you'll have something to look forward to
something to do
if you're traveling you need to learn
travel phrases if you have a proficiency
test coming up you have to study grammar
and do exercises what else can you do if
you already have a textbook or workbook
make it a goal to finish that book if
you have a learning program make it a
goal to finish it or reach a certain
level
if you're using our lessons make it a
goal to finish one learning pathway then
when you're done give yourself something
else to do something to stick with
something to look forward to
so let's recap one action comes first
two
always have an outside influence
three
always have a go-to study method and
four always be working on something
all right everyone in the last monthly
review we asked you to submit a video or
audio file of yourself speaking the
language introducing yourself or talking
about your country in the language so
thank you to all of you that sent in
submissions you've all received a
premium plus subscription as a reward
now let's take a look at some of your
entries
okay so i'm very excited to check out
the submissions from you this month so
let's get started
hello alicia hi i'd like to start
congratulating you and your team
with the seven trail days you got my
attention and after month i'll be in
love with your courses okay i'm a
mexican jonato my name is ariel okay i'm
24 uh-huh i've been learning english for
about five years
i had the fortune of meeting an american
girl almost three years ago on the
internet she was in one of those groups
meant to language exchange
she happened to be studying to get a
degree on spanish language and i was of
course determined to improve my english
we support each other on our language
cool
on our
target languages yeah i can notice we
both publish our skills and our pr our
friendship cool
i think i won't talk much about my
country
it is mexico okay we have a rich asian
beautiful sometimes weird culture people
here has a great sense of humor you must
have it if you live here
goodbye and thanks again
awesome that was super cool from mexico
too i think we haven't had one from
mexico for a while but that was awesome
thank you for sharing about your
language exchange with the american girl
that you studied with you helped each
other and worked together that was
awesome so i think you said you met her
online and then you began working
together to help each other with your
studies that is super cool that was
really really exciting to hear about
thank you so much for sending this and
thanks very much for watching our
channel too and for your nice comments
about our courses and our stuff so i
hope that you continue to study with us
and good luck as you continue working on
your english thank you so much okay i'm
gonna go to the next one
hello
my name is
i'm 25 years old hi i come from
the capital city of china beijing
beijing okay i am a developer
because of my job
i want to learn english
to
or read the
uh
english articles
that's written by the foreigner okay i
also like to travel i want to use
english to come communicate with others
cool
all right awesome cool i don't think
we've ever had a submission from china
before that's very cool maybe we have
but anyway that was super cool so it
sounds like you have really specific
goals yeah like learning how to read
articles that are written in english and
traveling as well it sounds like those
are big goals for you so that sounds
awesome it sounds like you already know
what you want to do so you can move
forward with those goals in mind awesome
thank you so much for taking the time to
make this submission that was really
cool okay that is everything that we
have for this month so thank you so much
to those of you who sent this in awesome
so which entry did you like the best
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