How to Achieve a New Year's Resolution of Learning a New Language

We discuss language progress. Lindsay has been extremely disciplined, and Kerstin's been to a community class.

• How to find the time for language even when you're megabusy


• Community Classes and Polyglot Clubs have lots in common

New Year's Resolutions!

• What we think about the resolution that is "I will become fluent in..." or "I will learn the language..."


• Why "fluency" is an ambition and not a goal


• The unfailing SMART goalsetting technique


• Working out what is driving your resolution and "what your problem is" can help you get more motivation to change


• How can your resolution serve you even if you don't achieve it?


• Why is excitement essential when fear is destructive?


• And what are our themes and resolutions for 2016?

The Episode Takeaway

Set yourself a theme for the new year!

WEBINAR ON SATURDAY

Join us LIVE on Saturday at "The 5 Step Process to Setting Successful Language Goals"

Links and Tips from This Episode of the Creative Language Learning Podcast

• Welsh Club Preston


• Mirror.co.uk: 5 Cheap Ways to Learn a Language


• BBC Languages


• Forget New Year's Resolutions on I Will Teach You a Language


• How to Achieve a New Year's Resolution to Learn a Language on Fluent in 3 Months


• Onions have layers


• The Four Tendencies Framework by Gretchen Rubin


• The Inner Game of Tennis