Talk About New Years Resolutions Learn English
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our topic is going to be New Year’s
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things over the new year maybe you did
as well I guess I’ll share I prepared
this I tweeted this yesterday last night
I think but I don’t know what you did
over the weekend or the long weekend I
suppose for many of you but I I just
cooked and slept and hung out at my
house I had a very very low-key nice new
year it was very very relaxing I suppose
oh thank you I can see it big now so
yeah said happy new year and then I used
the expression I had some fun I had some
fun I gave my apartment an update I
cooked and then I said I slept like
crazy so in other words I slept a lot I
slept a lot but I said I was looking
forward to getting back to work so I
cooked a bit you can see a couple of
these photos here like these are a few
things I cooked I enjoyed a beer and a
place I’d been wanting to go to for a
while so quite nice I had a I had a very
very low-key new year so what did you do
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little bit later yeah sleep I slept a
lot it was very nice I would like to
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read everybody’s comments quickly enough
but today we’re going to talk about New
Year’s resolutions
so New Year’s resolution is a specific
phrase we use for our goals for the new
year
so specifically at the new year what is
the goal what is your kind of target for
that year maybe you have a few of them
so that’s what we’re going to talk about
today but I do want to mention let’s see
maybe I’ll skip those so the word
resolution though is kind of used
as a set as a set phrase in New Year’s
resolution like it’s sort of we always
say that New Year’s resolution we can
you can say like New Year’s goals I
suppose but typically we say New Year’s
resolution also if you use the word
resolution in other situations like my
resolution is to blah blah blah it
sounds a little bit too formal typically
we only use this New Year’s resolution
in a phrase like this your New Year’s
goal so I want to talk first about how
to explain your New Year’s resolution
how do you talk about that so there are
two questions that I want to talk about
first is just asking somebody the
question being do you have any new
year’s resolution so you watching now
please start thinking about that we’re
going to talk about it later and sharing
that later and then you can also ask
what are your new year’s resolutions in
the plural form or what is your new
year’s resolution in the singular form
both are okay so um to give kind of a
basic pattern for this you can say this
year I want to or this year I’m going to
or you can use the contracted form this
year I wanna this year I’m gonna but
before we talk about how to explain your
goals something that many of you have
asked about and I’ve talked about a
little bit in like ask Alicia and here
and there on the website is setting a
goal so I want to talk about something
quickly to begin the year may be a nice
topic to begin the year there’s a word
acronym so acronym is is a word made
from the first letters of words so this
acronym I’m going to explain it’s called
smart this is how to like this is a way
of setting goals that you can think
about in the new year so see you can see
Smar t this is called an acronym so from
the first letter of these words we make
a new word the word smart so this is an
acronym so I want to talk about using
this it’s called smart goals making
smart goals so like many of you who will
say
I want to improve my English or I want
to speak English or I want to do this
sort of very open kind of broad idea but
it’s really hard to decide like did I
achieve my goal did I reach my goal or
not so this is a way that can help you I
think kind of learn when when you’ve
like achieved your goal or when you have
it so what does this mean
let’s look so specific so your goals
should be smart in other words so your
goal should be specific like be specific
so not just I want to improve my English
but I want to make a business
presentation in English for example is
one it should be measurable so
measurable you see the root here measure
you can measure it you know like the
amount of something or you know the
number of hours you have studied
something so you can measure your
progress it is measurable so we’ve
talked about a bull Abel before able to
possible - okay next achievable so in
your time frame in the time period that
you have can you achieve the goal or not
so this means if you try to set a goal
that’s too tough so like for example I
don’t you’ve never studied Chinese
before but you decide you want to be
fluent in three months whoa is that
achievable I don’t know but make sure
it’s achievable so is it is it possible
to do that leads to the next one
realistic in the timeframe you have is
it possible is it realistic for you to
achieve that goal
and finally timely timely sound meaning
is this a maybe a good time to learn
this goal is this a reasonable goal for
you in your life so try to think about
these types of goals so instead of
saying I want to improve my English like
okay great like I want to improve my
language skills too but specifically
what do you want to do so if you can
give yourself a SMART goal maybe you can
achieve it a little faster because it’s
kind of clearer for you so please think
about this as you make your goals for
language study this year yeah so good
ones already coming in I want to study
abroad in the USA good Catherine yes we
have Facebook we have a Facebook page
where people sometimes write in the
comments you can check us out on
Facebook Muhammad on Facebook what is
your name my name is Alicia if you did
not know my name is Alicia hi um okay I
want to go to our first question for
today so in considering this please
consider this what I just explained a
SMART goal what is your new year’s
resolution what is your new year’s
resolution what is your goal what’s so
here’s what’s what is your new year’s
resolution so remember resolution new
year’s resolution is our goal for 2018
so my new year’s resolution is to one of
my new year’s resolutions is to pass the
top level of the Japanese language
proficiency test I’m very excited yeah
it’s tough it’s tough
I have level to you right now I would
like to get level 1 I’d like to get what
I need to study I really need to study
so that’s my SMART goal it’s a specific
goal I want to pass this level of the
tests I can measure it so meaning I know
when I have achieved it it’s achievable
I have like several months to practice
it’s realistic it’s like just
challenging enough for me and it’s
timely so it’s good for my life right
now I think okay so what is your new
year’s resolution Eric what are you
talking about I’m late we are talking
about New Year’s resolutions as is on
the screen thank you Eric um okay first
one on okay first one on I don’t
understand that one uh someone rates the
stage I’m not sure I understand that
ghoul interesting okay so anyway what is
your new year’s resolution so begin
explaining with my New Year’s resolution
is to so you should follow with a verb
phrase here is to pass the top level of
this test in my case or my New Year’s
resolution is to learn
to play a specific piece on piano my new
year’s resolution is to go abroad to
take as many trips as possible Theresa
nice cool
how many is as many as possible that’s a
good point our producer asks you what
does that mean as many as possible as
many as possible is it specific is
immeasurable No so think about it
specific rindra nice one on YouTube my
new year’s resolution is to build a
house that is a very smart goal that is
very smart a thing
Paolo says my new year’s resolution is
to stop smoking very nice very clear
okay um
monk TIG bot Tabar I’m very sorry if I
missed you
says my new year’s resolution is to pass
the IELTS very nice great um I want to
master perfect tenses great uh trang
trang is to speak english fluently like
we just talked about not a very specific
goal try to make a specific goal
specifically what do you want to do
speak English fluently is not a very
specific goal think about what do you
want to do do you want to do Richard
says my new year’s resolution is to get
my master’s degree in vet school very
nice good luck with that very nice yeah
lot of people okay I just explained I
just explained my new year’s resolution
is to learn English yeah I know but it’s
not as like be specific what do you want
to do like you’re writing to me now you
know some English now right so be
specific how are you going to challenge
yourself like what is the next step what
is a specific thing you want to do do
you want to go abroad and order a pizza
in English like maybe that’s your goal I
don’t know or what do you want to do
Andres has a good specific one my New
Year’s resolution is to lose 10 kilos in
the first six months woo very nice okay
other specific goals please think of
specific goals my New Year’s resolution
is to finish my English course that’s a
very specific goal to finish my English
course is a specific goal nice ok very
good
so these are just a few things please
think about
when you set your goals so try to be
very specific with your goals think
about this I think this is very nice I
like to think about this so let’s take a
break
No so it’s the first I guess why our
first break of the new year but we have
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now now that we have talked about your
goals let’s continue to the next topic
for today so we have our goal yeah
so we have our goal I want to lose 10
kilos or I’m want to pass IELTS whatever
so now the next topic oh yes
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but now that we have talked about our
specific our SMART goals let’s talk
about how you’re going to achieve the
goal so what is your plan for achieving
the goal so many of you are saying like
I want to pass a test or I want to do
blah blah blah in English so people
might ask like why do you want to do
that how are you going to do that so a
few things you can do
it’s you say like I want to pass the
IELTS or I want to see the money I want
to finish my English course for example
some people might say why like why do
you want to do that so here are some
examples we can use I need to or I want
to so if you’ve been watching this live
stream over the last six months maybe
you know you remember the difference
between these two so I need to means
there’s some requirement I need to do it
for work I need to pass this test for
work
or I want to learn something new I want
to learn something new I think I saw
somebody on Facebook said I want to
learn something new that’s a nice reason
to do a goal I want to I want to learn
something new or maybe if you want to
lose weight somebody said they wanted to
lose 10 kilos you could say I want to
get healthier I want to get healthier so
these are some reasons you might want to
use you can explain your reasons for
doing these things with goals so think
about why do you want to achieve that
goal so this maybe you can think back to
here like why do you want to do it like
realistically or timely so um I’ll talk
about my reasons in a little while so
please think why did you choose
or New Year’s resolution so of course
you can make your reason a little bit
more specific so for example many of you
say like I want to study English but
like why do you want to study English
you could say like I want to study
English so I can understand my favorite
movies for example or I want to move to
a new company so I can get more job
experience for example or I want to lose
weight so I can run a marathon so you
can be very specific with your goals
please think about that so given with
your goal you talked about your goal
before your specific your smart goal
before then think about why why so let’s
discuss so next question for today will
be why why did you choose your new
year’s resolution why did you choose
your new year’s resolution so this is
this should be your goal the goal you
described in question number one today
and here’s a reason for it so in my case
I said I want to pass the top level of
the Japanese language proficiency test
that’s my goal for one of my goals for
the year so I could say I want to pass
the test so I can become a more accurate
and faster translator mmm Richard asked
what do you mean timely about about this
so timely timely is like something
that’s it’s kind of like a reasonable
time period for you so depending on
where you are in your career or in your
life like is this it is this is the
timing for this goal appropriate for you
so like if like I like I just like this
is my job
but if I suddenly decide like I’m going
to go to culinary school and become a
chef it’s like is that a very time legal
me this is the right time for me to do
that so I don’t know maybe for somebody
but timely means like is it a good time
is it an appropriate time for you to be
considering that goal yeah yeah okay so
why did you choose your New Year’s
resolution so like I said I want to pass
test so I can become a faster and more
accurate translator hello nice I want to
learn English so I can get a good job
get a good job get a good job don’t
forget your article they’re great uh
John he says I want to learn English so
I can live in Canada in two or three
years very nice very specific good um
what else
mmm nothing else yet I want to
understand and learn English okay so why
why so I can so what is your reason what
is your reason I want to learn English
so I can move ah ah zoo here hi on
facebook says I want to be a scientist
so I can help humanity ooh very exciting
CS Li says I want to keep up with my
work so I can be more professional very
nice let’s remember remember be specific
be specific what specifically do you
want to do what specifically do you want
to do trying Trang says I want to keep
up with my classmates so I can go
everywhere and meet everyone and be more
confident nice nice great other ones
lots of improve English improve English
so why why so again helping like we’re
thinking about why you want to do these
things why do you want to do these
things
Jason says I want to move to another
company so I can improve my skill set
and get more money so very nice
I want to move to another company so I
can improve my skill set and get more
money
nice nice hahaha our producer very nice
so yeah very specific immeasurable goal
achievable
maybe realistic and timely for you nice
one Jason excellent very excellent
Nelson says I want to exercise every day
so I can get healthier very nice that’s
a good goal too many people have that
goal I think um Rosario on Facebook my
new year’s resolution is to get a job
yeah great good luck good luck so Marcio
says I want to get a better job too our
mom says I want to bring peace so I can
live comfortably
and Iman says I want to pass PTC B exam
what’s great okay lots of good goals so
please think about the reason why do you
want to do why is that your goal why did
you choose your new year’s resolution
alrighty then um let’s go to break
number 2 for today a break number 2 huh
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um but okay let’s go to our last topic
the last thing I want to talk about so
first we talked about um how to set your
goals was one how to explain the reason
you chose your goal finally today let’s
talk about how you plan to achieve your
goal how you plan to achieve so remember
your goal should be achievable let’s
discuss a few ways to explain your plans
for your goal um so I think maybe time
is going quickly so I want to introduce
maybe a couple of different ways to
describe your plans so if someone says
how are you going to do that how are you
going to study you could say I’m going
to ba ba ba
or I’m planning to blah blah blah like
these so I’m going to and I’m planning
to so let’s think about the difference
between these two I’m going to sounds
very confidently I know this is my
course this is what I’m going to do it
has been decided before the conversation
by the way if you have missed this point
this grammar point check our past live
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might be a whiteboard lesson about it
too so for more on this grammar point
going to check the YouTube channel so
going to sounds like I have decided this
is this is really going to happen I’m
confident my plan 100% I’m planning to I
am planning to it’s like in my mind this
is what I’m thinking about I’m planning
to blah blah blah but maybe like I
haven’t registered for a course yet or I
haven’t taken the next step yet so these
are a little bit different these are a
little bit different so if for example
like you say I want to improve my
English you could say like I’m planning
to study every day for five hours maybe
I don’t know and that’s one
I’m going to study every day for five
hours going to sounds more confident it
sounds like there’s a little more
emphasis behind your thinking so please
consider this planning sounds like maybe
it’s it’s only a plan it’s only a plan
it’s not in action yet so let’s use
these to explain the goal you talked
about them so our last question for
today then how do you plan to achieve
your goal for 2018
how do you plan Oh Denise says I’m going
to Florida ah to learn to speak English
maybe for hot on YouTube yeah smart you
can totally apply it and this is not a
language only goal this is not a
language only go yeah anytime um an
awesome YouTube says how can I get the
cheat sheet someone tell me yeah so if
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can it’s like 15 seconds okay so what
are you going to do um Johnny says I’m
planning to study five hours per day
every day wow that’s a lot is it true is
it true um si yes Lee says I’m going to
practice learning English at least two
hours a day so I’m going to practice
English I’m going to study I’m going to
quit smoking okay good that’s a very
clear specific goal Denise says I’m
planning to I’m planning to get a new
boyfriend that’s funny alright good luck
with that very nice good luck with that
um other things I’m going to get a job
good I’m planning to learn French
okay so many of you again to go back to
this your I we have your goal set so
like I’m I’m going to learn French I’m
going to learn English but now we’re
zooming in so to achieve that what are
you going to do so I’m planning so I’m
going to study vocabulary for 30 minutes
a day five days a week is my goal it’s
like that’s how
I’m going to achieve my goal so think
about the small things what are the
daily things our producer says I’m going
to watch the new Star Wars movie ten
times to improve my Star Wars knowledge
okay so she has a very specific goal
sure goal is to improve her Star Wars
knowledge so she’s going to watch the
new Star Wars movie ten times good so a
lot of you are still saying like I’m
going to study English I’m going to
learn English yeah great fine
specifically specifically what are you
going to do to achieve that goal I’m
going to study with PDF cheat sheets
three times a day I’m going to like
watch videos every evening some of you
do that so specifically are you going to
do to achieve your goal
so Kajal nice one I’m going to study
English for two hours everyday great
great okay other things I’m going to I
trying says I’m going to watch your
videos everyday thank you thank you
thank you we’re going to make a lot of
videos this year we’re going to make a
lot of videos Richard says I’m planning
to get my English 101 account to improve
my speaking skills thank you thank you
yeah so what is our goal this year what
would you say like we’re our goal is to
make our goal is to make a lot of new
content this year our specific okay I’ll
make a SMART goal to finish today’s
lesson so our goal is what to make how
many new videos this year do you think
365 just kidding our producers joking
and saying 365 new videos this year but
I think we could do a hundred right we
can do a hundred new videos yeah okay so
we can say I am going to my like our
maybe our new year’s resolution is to
make 100 new videos for the English
Channel for example so that’s a specific
goal so how are we going to achieve the
goal so we’re going to do live
broadcasts every week and we’re going to
shoot whiteboard videos every week and
do other shoots in this room actually
to achieve our goal to work towards
achieving our goal oh yeah in my ask
Alicia series and then I’m going to make
videos at my house do as you as some of
you have already seen so the next ask
Alicia I finished updating I finished
editing late last night so you’ll see
that on Saturday okay Hugh there’s a lot
to do this year as you can see so I hope
that this is helpful for you like
someone said no it’s not just for
language learning this is good in
general for like goal setting I think so
please consider these points okay I’m
late so we’re going to end today’s
broadcast here thank you so much for
joining in our first live broadcast of
2018 it was really good to connect with
you guys again and there are many
familiar faces and many new faces in the
chat today so that’s quite exciting many
new goals are coming in - awesome so
please think about that and what you
want to do and I hope we can help you
achieve your goal of learning English of
course - so we’re going to finish
today’s livestream but um this live
stream will be back next week next week
we’ll be back January 10th
Wednesday January 10th at 9 p.m. Eastern
Standard Time is going to be the next
broadcast that’s going to be so Eastern
Standard Time is New York City time New
York City time our topic will be
exchanging contact information how to
exchange contact information many of you
have asked about this so that will be
our topic for next week okay so thank
you all again for joining in today and
good luck with your studies this year of
course and I hope that we can help you I
hope that if you have questions please
ask us like you can submit questions
like to me for the ask Alicia series at
English class 101 comm / ask - Alicia
you can find that that’s a resource for
you of course your classmates our
resource for you the PDF cheat sheets we
talked about our resource for you and of
course you can check us out at English
101.com for lots and lots of other
things too so thank you so much for
joining us again this year we’re going
to continue to make lots of exciting
stuff throughout 2018 so I will see you
next week January 10th Wednesday 9 p.m.
Eastern Standard Time until then good
luck with your studies have a nice week
have a nice weekend and I will see you
again soon bye bye
you