How to make an English study plan for 2022
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is alicia and in this week’s live lesson
we are going to talk about how to make a
study plan for 2022. i always like to
start the year with a lesson like this
to help people as they decide their
goals for the year and to give you some
tips about some steps you can take to
hopefully help you achieve your goals as
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lesson as i said is about making a study
plan for
- so today’s lesson
i have six steps so i’ve made a six-step
process i hope you can follow for any
language actually this is not just for
the english language
but this will be six steps to hopefully
help you to
choose your goals and understand your
level and what to work on next okay so i
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is now all right so today we’re going to
talk about a six step process to make a
2022 study plan assessing yourself and
choosing your goals checking your skills
and looking at your resources and your
schedule okay so let’s go through these
one by one uh there’s a lot of
information so let’s get going so
everybody is different right everybody’s
different so these steps are i
wrote these steps to hopefully help you
each person understand for themselves
the next step
okay so let’s begin step one step one is
to assess yourself assess yourself so
assess means to check yourself right so
that means these two questions asking
yourself for your language skills what
am i good at and
what do i need to improve what am i good
at and what do i need to improve so this
one don’t say what am i bad at like try
not to be so negative a key here for
today’s for today’s lesson it’s very
important this little heart be nice to
yourself okay so you don’t have to say
i’m bad at or
i can’t do this or i can’t do that you
can improve those bad spots right like
we all have weak points so think about
those things as like things to improve
about yourself okay that’s the purpose
of studying something right the purpose
of working on something is to improve
right so
be honest with yourself be honest with
yourself so what am i good at doing i’m
good at x y and z
and what do i need to improve so like i
said be kind to yourself because
everybody has weak points right so it’s
totally natural
to not be perfect right so here’s one
very basic example
i’m good at talking about my hobbies and
my life
but
i need to improve
my ability to talk about the news
okay i’m good at talking about my
hobbies and my life but i need to
improve my ability to talk about the
news
so this is a very general one so all of
you everybody’s a little different i’m
good at this and i need to improve that
right so
think about generally your general kind
of status right now so it doesn’t have
to be super specific but generally for
yourself okay
then after you think about this what am
i good at what am i not so good at okay
then
step two choose your goal choose your
goal okay maybe i should put like think
of this as choose your next goal right
so choosing your goal if you have
followed this channel or this video
series for a while you’ve probably seen
me talk about smart goals before yeah
but this is a very important concept so
choose your goal
this is important because i see a lot of
comments in the chat in uh ask alicia
submissions in other comments and
messages whatever so many people write
to me and say my goal is to be fluent in
english yes we all want to be fluent in
the language we’re studying but that’s
not a very good goal to set for yourself
of course of course it’s we we know we
want that thing but we need to give
ourselves targets right we need to have
something to aim for yeah
so
that’s the reason
smart goals are a good idea
so what is a smart goal smart stands for
these words here so a smart goal
has these qualities these
characteristics okay so a smart goal is
specific
it’s a very specific goal so not i want
to be fluent in english it’s not very
specific okay
we choose something specific i want to
learn this vocabulary word i want to
learn these 10 vocabulary words very
specific right
a smart goal is measurable this means we
know when we achieve the goal so for
example when you study 10 vocabulary
words if your goal is to study 10
vocabulary words you achieved it we can
measure did i do it or not if your goal
is i want to be fluent it’s really hard
to measure fluency you can take a test
but it’s not a perfect measurement right
so measurable is a smart goal
achievable achievable so that means it’s
possible to do it so if you if you are a
super beginner and you say i want to be
fluent in english next month
it’s probably a little too difficult
like it’s probably not going to happen
so your goal should be achievable
realistic realistic so this means that
something is yes it’s possible to do but
also it’s good for your schedule and
your lifestyle right now so maybe you
think okay i want to learn
uh
2000 vocabulary words
in
three months it’s like oh but
do i have time to study
so much every day maybe i don’t know but
is it realistic for you for your life
for your schedule okay
so think about this point too for your
your own schedule
and
time bound time bound in the past i’ve
called this timely i think but no today
i’m going to use time bound time bound
means there’s a deadline for it so for
example by next month or by the end of
the year and so on so your goal has a
deadline to it so for example i want to
be fluent
is it specific no is it measurable no is
it achievable
maybe but we don’t know when we achieve
it right is it realistic maybe perhaps
yeah is it time bound no so this is not
a very good goal
what’s an example of a smart goal
i want to learn 300 new vocabulary words
by the end of february
okay
is it specific yes 300 vocabulary words
is it measurable yes we know when we
achieved it
is it achievable yeah 100 or sorry 300
words in one month and a few days okay
that’s possible to do is it realistic i
have time in my schedule to do this
is it time bound yes i have a deadline
the end of february so set your goals
in smart ways okay don’t choose big
vague goals right you need to have a
target if you just sit down to look at
textbooks every day with no goal
how do you know where you’re going so
make sure you set goals okay
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and comments hello everybody saying
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um
flying spaghetti i missed your
explanation of time bound what’s that
time bound means you have a deadline so
there is a time limit essentially a time
limit for your goal you have a deadline
okay so make your goals smart make a
smart goal for yourself
okay so let’s go to quick break and then
we’ll go to part two but this is step
one assess yourself so check yourself
and be nice and step two choose your
goal so this is your bigger goal yeah
your general goal okay in part two we’re
going to look at uh checking your skill
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okay so
this part part three is about checking
your skills checking your skills your
specific skills so reading writing
speaking listening vocabulary how do you
check your skills okay so i’ve talked
about this before but
you can make or google search google
make or google a list of can i
style questions so this is something
that’s called a can
do
list if you do a google search you will
find them you’ll find a bunch many many
many many examples so check this out for
example
they are questions like can i introduce
myself can i introduce myself or can i
order food on the phone can i order food
on the phone or can i give a
presentation
so we answer these kinds of questions so
a list of these has a lot of different
questions with a lot of different levels
so we have usually three answers
we can use for these questions we can
say yes i can introduce myself for
example yes i can introduce myself
myself or
um a little but it’s hard a little but
it’s hard or no i cannot do that thing
so these answers are important because
they show us kind of the next place to
focus our time and energy
okay
so
for example can i introduce myself if
the answer is yes you can think to
yourself okay great that’s great i’m
going to move on so great move on to the
next thing you don’t need to study how
to introduce yourself hello my name is
okay great i got it next go to the next
thing okay
then
if your answer though is no that’s also
okay can i give a presentation no okay
that’s fine
later so focus on that later that’s not
the focus for now
what you want to look at is these
answers so can i order food on the phone
maybe a little i can do it a little bit
it’s hard or it’s difficult so
this one this is your focus answer so to
these questions that you say it’s a
little bit difficult
why that’s your next question why is
that difficult for you why is it a
little challenging for example
i don’t know the grammar i don’t know
the grammar i need or
not enough vocabulary so i don’t know
enough vocabulary words
or
speaking is really difficult for me or
my listening skills need improvement
or a very common one low confidence
right okay
so
break this down
this
look at the list of questions
find the ones you can do a little bit
and focus on those so ask yourself why
is this difficult for me
and then
solve the problem so
solving this problem so finding the
answer or working on
this issue is your mini goal right so
you have small goals
inside your big goal so for example can
i give a presentation
a little bit it’s kind of hard for me
why
speaking
professionally is really difficult okay
so that’s my mini goal solving this
problem
is my mini goal so i need to work on
that thing that is my new focus okay so
for this one low confidence though uh
this one this is of course slightly
different from building language skills
to work on confidence definitely do
things that you enjoy do things that
help you to understand yourself better
you have to practice you have to get out
there and do things and try things to
build your confidence yeah build your
courage
it’s important it’s absolutely important
okay
all right so
let’s uh go to uh one more quick break
and then we’ll go to the last part i’m
looking for your questions i don’t see
any questions right now is this all okay
uh what is mini goal your mini goal so i
said earlier in part one
i said here step two choose your goal
right choose your goal so that’s your
big goal like i want to learn uh
how to
i don’t know order a pizza on the phone
maybe that’s my goal for the month or
that’s my goal maybe maybe a bigger goal
is better but if you want to learn like
i don’t know 3 000 vocabulary words in
the next year big goal you have mini so
mini means small very very small so you
have a small goal inside your big goal
whatever your big goal is you need small
goals inside that so this process helps
you to understand the next to work on
and the next little goal
for you to work on to work on to put
your energy towards okay
all right uh good good good good
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step four for for making your study plan
step four check your resources check
your resources what did this mean
what does this mean sorry it means
look at
the things you can use to study what can
you use
to help yourself so what can i use to
help me solve the problem or problems
from step three
okay so you have your little goal
you need to work on what are you going
to use to work towards your little goal
okay so
you can use textbooks very popular of
course you can use textbooks maybe an
app a language learning app or a
vocabulary study app
youtube videos maybe youtube videos
flash cards podcasts maybe you decide to
go to a language school
you have a private teacher you get a
language exchange partner you use social
media or movies tv music there are so
many different resources maybe you have
one that’s different from this list
so why is this important because
sometimes
for example people get to the goal part
they say okay my goal is to learn how to
give a presentation but they don’t know
what resources they’re going to use so
when you decide to start your study
session and you don’t know what you’re
going to use to study that’s a problem
because you need to have something in
front of you right you need to know
today’s lesson like topic or today’s
focus information right so it’s
important to have something ready to go
every time you sit down to study so you
have a target for that day right so a
big theme is always having a target
always having some kind of goal to work
towards so if you don’t have a goal you
just get kind of scattered
so focusing is very important putting
your energy in one direction
okay so think about this what can i use
to help me solve this problem i have
okay
then
step five set
your schedule set your schedule this is
your study schedule so key question for
this step
when
or and or how often am i going to use
the resources to study
when and or how often am i going to use
the resources to study
okay for example
i’m going to go to language class once a
week i’m going to go to language class
once a week okay there’s my schedule or
maybe
vocabulary study okay my vocabulary
study is 15 minutes am and pm that means
morning and night 15 minutes in the
morning 15 minutes at night this is my
vocabulary study schedule
or maybe one youtube lesson a day one
youtube lesson a day
okay so
make sure you choose a study schedule
you can keep right so for example
sometimes people start and they say i’m
gonna study like two hours every day or
something and maybe if you sign up for
like an intensive language class with
the school you can do that but if you
try to do too much sometimes people feel
overwhelmed they feel it’s too much and
then they quit right so if you’re
worried start small at first for example
vocabulary study like 15 minutes if you
can find 15 minutes in your day to study
vocabulary or 10 15 minutes to watch a
youtube video that’s a really good place
to start one of my tricks uh my favorite
tricks is i set a timer like when i feel
like low like my motivation is low i use
my phone i set a timer i say okay i’m
going to do this thing for 10 minutes or
i’m going to do this thing for 30
minutes or whatever just starting
sometimes is the hardest part yeah so
that’s a trick that i sometimes use
okay so just if it’s difficult for you
it’s sometimes really difficult for me
to like keep a schedule when there are
many interesting things happening so
start small if it’s hard for you 10
minutes or 15 minutes and then you can
get bigger and bigger okay so this is
step five set your schedule okay so you
have your resources you have your goal
then schedule
and of course
reward yourself this is the last step so
obviously you have to after you set your
schedule you do
you do the studies you have to do the
thing take action okay
but the last step after you do your
study session right is to reward
yourself reward yourself so that means
give yourself a present or do something
nice for yourself or make a nice comment
to yourself like good job
whatever it is for you
do something nice for yourself after
every study session and goal so after
you finish your study session you can do
something really small for yourself like
maybe you just say good job or maybe you
enjoy your favorite snack or you do
something that makes you feel good
same thing after you achieve a goal so
you do something to celebrate the thing
maybe you achieve your big goal for the
year you go out for dinner or you decide
to spend some money on something big
whatever make sure
there’s also this rewarding feeling of
studying like we don’t want it to feel
like
ugh like it’s so it’s so horrible right
it’s hard for sure it’s okay
for this thing to be hard it’s normal
for this thing to be hard so we can also
find ways to help ourselves appreciate
the process a little bit more
okay yeah so this is the six step
process plus of course taking make sure
to take action to set your schedule and
do your studies right okay so these are
the six steps i’ve prepared for today to
help you hopefully make a study plan for
the year okay achilles says eat pizza as
a reward there you go there’s a great
one that sounds good to me that’s a good
reward i think okay so these are six
steps that you can use i hope to create
your own study plan for 2022. i hope
this is helpful for you
uh oh wow that was about perfect timing
so i’ll show today’s lesson boards again
so you can take a screenshot if you want
to use this to create your own study
plan so again first make sure to assess
yourself check yourself what am i good
at what am i needing to improve right
now step two is to choose your big goal
what is your goal for the year make it
smart step 3 check your skills you can
google for a list of can do questions to
help yourself here and then look at
what’s difficult and break down why to
set your little goals step four check
your resources so what am i going to use
to study
step five set your schedule and of
course do
the studies and of course step six
reward yourself yeah so i hope that
doing this process will help you um
to understand yourself of course and
also help you to be more efficient in
your learning yeah and of course when
you finish a goal just repeat this
process again so go to the next thing so
you assess yourself go to the next goal
go to the next list
uh if you have been watching for
many years maybe maybe you already have
a can do list so a really interesting
thing to do is review your old can do
lists you’ll probably find some things
you said i can’t do now you can do them
it’s actually really really cool to
review your old can-do list so if you’ve
been watching
these these videos for a while and you
have a can do list go check the old one
and see if your answers have changed
that’s a really good way to track your
progress okay all right i have to finish
there for today that was super fun i
liked this lesson very very interesting
okay i have to finish up for today but
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next week i’m going to talk about how to
make basic adjective comparisons this
will be a basic grammar lesson next week
so this will be a great one for beginner
level beginner level learners beginner
level or if you want to refresh your
brain
feel free to join so check it out we’ll
talk about
comparisons next week it’ll be a good
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