The Fluent Show

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

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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

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