The 10 Habits of Highly Effective Language Learners

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today’s topic is ten habits of highly

effective language learners do you feel

like you’re not making much language

progress that you could do better but

you’re just not sure what step to take

in today’s episode you’ll discover the

top 10 habits of effective language

learners and what these learners do

differently do you have any of these

habits keep watching to find out but

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let’s jump into today’s topic

ten Habits of Highly Effective Language

Learners if you walk away from this

lesson and remember only one habit let

it be this one habit number one setting

small measurable goals with a deadline

for example do 30 of our language

lessons by the end of this month 30 is

small you’re not learning the whole

language here it’s measurable either you

did 28 or you hit 30 and you know when

to reach it by which gives you

motivation let’s expand on this point

even further you should also set goals

for every study session for example if

your goal is to do 30 lessons in a month

and if a month has 30 days you know you

need to do one lesson a day our lessons

can be anywhere from 3 to 15 minutes

long that gives you your goal for the

day

for your study session do one lesson and

spend up to 15 minutes on it that way

you’re not confused about what to do or

how long to study for you know what you

can expect to accomplish another

powerful lesson here is that goals take

away anxiety here’s why imagine you set

a big vague goal like I want to be

fluent some day you don’t have a plan

but you buy a textbook you read the

first chapter and then you start

worrying about whether you’re really

learning you don’t know how far you

should go and you have no real plan or

specific goal then you start worrying

about if you’ll ever be fluent so you

lose motivation and quit but if you set

a small goal you know you need to do

just one lesson a day 15 minutes that’s

it habit number two creating routines

this ties back to the first habit if you

set a goal like do 30 lessons in one

month you know that you need to do one

lesson a day this is how you create your

routine you should decide when and where

to study as well even if you’re putting

in just five minutes a day you have to

know when and where you’ll do it

why so you can make time make a mental

note that this time is language time and

say no to other things that come up just

like you know when it’s time to brush

your teeth you should know when it’s

time to do a little language learning

creating and sticking with a routine is

a great habit to have because the

routine is what turns your goals into

reality habit number three don’t

kram most of us crammed back in school

we’d wait till the last day than study

for five hours even if you pass the test

you still forget it all but with

language you want to remember it so you

can use it luckily our lessons are short

and sweet so you’re not spending hours

on your studies the point is that five

minutes a day every day is better than

doing five-hour cram sessions and

burning yourself out have it number four

prepare lines and conversations ahead of

time what do we mean by prepare imagine

you want to open a bank account in your

target language you can show up at the

front desk and grunt and point and try

to communicate with body language or you

can prepare you look up words like bank

account open and all the relevant

phrases or even easier you can find a

lesson on our site if you want to

prepare for daily conversations then

check out our top 25 questions you must

know for conversations lessons these

teach you how to ask and answer basic

questions like how are you how was your

weekend and much more in fact most of

our lessons are based around practical

daily dialogues we give you the exact

lines to say whether for conversations

with friends for shopping or for opening

a bank account so preparing is a must it

gives you a foundation of words and

phrases you can use it places you miles

ahead of other learners number five get

into the habit of producing output input

is taking language in listening and

reading output is putting language out

so speaking and writing the big point

here is that it’s very easy to sit back

and listen and read you can listen to

lessons all day long but listening helps

with listening it won’t get you speaking

the language here are some of the

easiest ways to produce output for

speaking repeat what you hear out loud

for writing copy out the lesson

vocabulary and dialogue by hand again

you need to practice habit number six

come back and review a lot of times what

we learn goes in one ear and out the

other which means we don’t really learn

this is where reviewing comes in when

you’re done with a lesson come back a

few days later and do another round

you’ll likely come across words and

phrases you’ve forgotten

or even easier download the dialogue

track or the lesson notes and review

those at a later date number seven look

for solutions an important difference

between experienced learners and new

learners is in how they react when they

don’t understand something

inexperienced learners rely completely

on their study tools and tend to blame

the tools for their lack of progress

you’ll often hear people talk about

giving up because a textbook was too

boring or because the textbook didn’t

teach them to speak experienced learners

look for solutions if they realize a

specific study tool like a textbook

isn’t going to help them speak they look

for a better solution textbooks can

teach you grammar and vocabulary words

so they’re valuable resources but if

speaking is your goal you have to look

for ways to practice speaking like

reading out loud or working with a

conversation partner number eight focus

on what you’re good at the reason we say

this is because it’s good for motivation

overall if you’re generally better at

speaking than writing you’re more likely

to enjoy it which means you’re more

likely to continue with it that means

it’s a successful routine and routines

are what turn your goals into reality

number nine don’t procrastinate this is

easier said than done but it’s important

a lot of us procrastinate as a result of

overthinking for example let’s say you

plan on studying for an hour today

so you remember ah I have to study

tonight for a whole hour I don’t think I

have the time it’s gonna be hard but I

should really try and it becomes

something you have to do which is a

hassle you’ve already ruined it for

yourself in your head but if you have a

small and measurable goal and an easy

routine just five minutes a day for

example that’s not much work to do five

minutes and you’re done if you want to

beat procrastination make sure to make

your goals and routines easy and

realistic number 10 remember that

learning a language is a marathon and

not a sprint it’s a long-term game

remembering this is a good habit to have

if you’re having a bad day or if you

missed a goal that doesn’t mean it’s all

over it’s just a minor stumble in the

grand scheme

so let’s recap number one get into the

habit of setting small measurable goals

number two create a routine number three

don’t cramp number four

prepare lines and conversations ahead of

time number five get into the habit of

producing output number six come back

and review number seven look for

solutions number eight focus on what

you’re good at number nine don’t

procrastinate number ten remember that

learning a language is a marathon and

not a sprint

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