How to talk about your English goals for 2022
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live lesson i’m going to talk about how
to talk about your study goals for the
year so in this week’s live lesson i’m
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uh our
lesson topic for the day let’s talk
about our lesson topic for the day if
you missed it earlier today we’re
talking about how to talk about your
study goals for the year so uh i’m going
to do this lesson in three parts uh i
designed this i hope so that it’s easy
for you to answer three key questions uh
to work on your goals for the year so
this is what we’re going to do today i’m
going to speak a little more slowly
we’re going to cover three main
questions first what is your goal and
we’re going to talk about good goals
two what steps are you going to take to
achieve your goal and three what are
your study resources so i have these
three kind of key questions to
help you make a plan for yourself
this is just a different way that you
can approach your study goals for the
year or your other life goals for the
year so um if you have other questions
or want some other ideas you can check
my past videos about making study goals
especially at the beginning of the year
so have a search on facebook or youtube
okay let’s get started if you haven’t oh
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shared good all right let’s get started
so first let’s begin with the first
question here
very important one to think about it’s
okay to take some time to think about it
first what is your goal what is your
goal so i have talked about goal setting
a lot on this channel setting a good
goal is very important so what is a good
goal how do you know if you chose a good
goal or not a good goal your goal should
be specific it should be measurable so
that means you know when you achieved it
or if you failed that’s okay
you should know that it’s realistic
something you can actually do
and you have a timeline yeah you have a
deadline for it so if you have seen this
channel maybe you’ve seen me talk about
smart goals before that’s the concept
behind our goal setting good goal
setting
okay so let’s look at some examples of
really nice goals very straightforward
goals they’re not easy but they’re very
straightforward yeah these are good
goals so i’m going to pass test so this
test is your test a language proficiency
test or some other kind of certification
test whatever so i’m going to pass this
test yeah this is a good goal because
it’s very specific it’s very clear right
pass or fail so we can measure did i
achieve the goal or not that’s a good
goal right and
if this is your goal for the year you
have a timeline right in one year i’m
going to pass this test okay
so this is an example of a nice clear
goal
okay here’s another one my goal is to
learn 2 000 new vocabulary words my goal
is to learn 2 000 new vocabulary words
so again this is a good goal because
it’s very specific right 2 000 new
vocabulary words is very clear and we
know if we reached the goal or didn’t
reach the goal did i learn only one
thousand then i didn’t reach my goal
right
this also these goals i created are for
one year but of course you can make
smaller goals we’re going to talk about
that in part two okay
so this is another example
of a specific goal okay one more i’m
going to take one year of language
courses i’m going to take one year of
language courses so again this is one
that’s very easy to measure so did i
take language courses for one year or
not right this is one action we want to
measure for one year
okay
so
we’re going to cover
how to break these down in part two the
steps to reach your goal in part two so
you can send your goals in the chat a
lot of you i’ve seen already a lot of
you are just writing my goal is to learn
english this year this is not a good
goal right i understand your point but
think about it in a different way this
is a very common request people say how
do i get fluent how do i learn how do i
do this my goal is to speak like a
native speaker those are really
difficult to measure
so this example goal this is a very
common goal i see this year i’m finally
going to be fluent it’s like what does
that mean
like how do you measure that so why is
this not a good goal it’s not specific
what is fluent how do you know when you
reached fluency it’s not measurable you
can’t measure your fluency like you can
take a test yeah but a test is not
like a measurement of communication
skills right
and it maybe isn’t realistic like if you
are a super super super beginner in a
language you’re studying it’s probably
not realistic to go oh i’m gonna be
super fluent in one year
so try to avoid try not to use this kind
of goal instead choose these specific
goals give yourself a target to aim at
yeah
okay so keep this in mind don’t say to
yourself i’m going to be fluent this
year i’m going to be fluent it’s really
hard to measure and you don’t know it’s
hard for you to have a target if you do
that so we’ll talk about some more small
goals later
okay i want to finish with one more
point here i read this in a book
recently and i really really like this
if you’re not sure
exactly what target you want for
yourself not just for language but if
you’re not 100 sure like um what do i
want to study this year or what’s my
what’s my focus thing this year this is
something i liked i’m going to learn
about x
y and z this year i’m going to learn
about x y and z this year so for example
maybe you have three topics that are
interesting to you and you don’t know
yet like which one should i study like
which one should i focus on a lot maybe
you can say i’m going to read a book
about x
y and z three different topics this year
that can be another really good goal if
you’re not sure
about what to do okay so this is when i
i realized i’ve i found in a book
recently i thought it was a nice one to
share
okay
phew okay some people are sending some
examples many of you are still writing
this goal i just said this is not a good
example of this is not a good example of
a goal i’m going to be fluent is not a
good goal why it’s not specific it’s not
measurable not realistic think of a
different way to write your goal my goal
is to learn new vocabulary words my goal
is to pass a test
my goal is to take a language lesson
every week right
some of you are still writing this goal
in the chat
try to think of a different way
ana what’s up ana says one of my goals
this year is to watch 10 movies in
english without subtitles yeah anna you
crushed it
one of our team members she’s the best
awesome goal anna great one great one
okay
uh all right so this is part one what is
your goal make it specific you are
helping yourself by making a more
specific goal this helps you to have a
target right if you have no target where
are you aiming right so give yourself a
target okay cool that is part one uh if
you want to know more about this goal
setting search for smart goals oh it’s
snowing oh how nice okay let’s go to a
quick break and then we’ll go to part
two okay uh if you missed it earlier the
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okay
uh
oh there’s a good goal in the youtube
chat aida i hope i said your name right
aida aioman my goal is to learn 3 000
new vocabulary words this year super
that sounds like a challenge good luck
with that that’s a good goal
okay
andre says i’m going to watch all of
alicia’s videos that is huge i think i
think there’s probably like at least a
thousand like good luck
okay all right let’s go to part two part
two extremely important so part one what
is your goal right it’s very important
to have a goal part two the next thing
to ask yourself
what
steps are you going to take to achieve
your goal
what steps are you going to take to
achieve your goal so if you’re like uh i
i i i
sorry i forgot your name to study three
thousand vocabulary words in a year how
do you do that or if you’re anna how do
you watch 10 videos without subtitles
how do you break down those goals and
give yourself small targets every week
to hit
here are some examples okay so for
example i’m going to take lessons three
times a week i’m going to take lessons
three times a week so for example maybe
your goal is to give a business
presentation this year that’s a great
goal
how so i’m going to take lessons three
times a week
okay
so this is just one example of something
to do
if your goal is to pass a test this year
i’m going to take a practice test once a
month
so this could help you to prepare for
the test so once a month taking a
practice test or maybe once every three
months taking a practice test so these
are ways that you can make small steps
or bigger steps toward your goal
here’s another one for vocabulary
studiers some of you i know this is
always pumped something for me
i’m going to study vocabulary for 20
minutes a day i’m going to study
vocabulary for 20 minutes a day so like
10 minutes in the morning 10 minutes in
the evening for example okay so these
are your small goals your daily goals
your monthly goals or your weekly goals
yeah
okay
i want to talk about these two now so i
know of course this is a language
learning channel this is a language
learning uh focused lesson but i know
lots of people i see your comments and i
see your questions and messages
sometimes a lot of people ask about
building confidence right so confidence
in your communication skills
and feeling
a lot of you i think feel very nervous
when using your second language of
course i completely understand i did and
i do sometimes so think about some
things you can do to build your
confidence have a confidence goal as
well
for example i’m going to do things i
enjoy to build my confidence so maybe if
you feel like
i don’t do much that makes me happy work
on building your confidence too or give
yourself other small things to achieve
in your life to build your confidence so
don’t forget to build your confidence
your mental skills too
or
for uh another personal development
point i’m going to look at my weak
points
and learn about how to improve them i’m
going to look at my weak points and
learn about how to improve them so if
you’re like i need to study vocabulary
but it’s so hard for me to make a
schedule maybe you can say okay i’m
going to look at time management skills
i’ll take like three months and really
focus on time management skills maybe
i’m bad at that i’m mad at that
so time management skills so i’m going
to work on improving these skills right
so these aren’t directly language skills
but they’re very closely related yeah so
build take time to build your confidence
take time to build your other skills and
work on those weak points if you know
you have a weak point take some time and
think about how to improve it yeah
okay
oh good some some goals are coming in
alaradam says listen to a podcast in
english every week yeah nice nice nice
um
colo says i’m going to watch one video
each day from alicia nice that’s cool
okay uh pookie zesa says my goal for
this year is to build my own business uh
an online shopping page super okay great
great that sounds awesome
uh edvin says what is your goal alicia
oh my goal this year i’m uh i’m working
on building my interview skills so i’m
taking lessons
with a teacher about once a week
to talk about uh recent news topics and
other topics related to my work so
that’s what i’m going to work on to
build my vocabulary and my interviewing
skills in japanese yeah okay
uh one more the last one
this is one i also do i started doing
this years and years ago and it’s been
good and challenging here’s another
small step you can take i’m going to
write social media posts in the language
i’m studying i’m going to write social
media posts in the language i’m studying
so for example sometimes i see some of
you have like a twitter feed that’s just
in the language you’re studying that’s
great in my case i try to write like
when i post on instagram usually i use
instagram i always write it in english
and in japanese i try to like 95 of the
time right english and japanese i
challenge myself to always use
my second language uh to yeah it helps
me to find new vocabulary words and i
have to think in a different way about
how to communicate the idea
so these are just a few examples of
steps you can take to work towards your
goal of course building language skills
but also working on your personal skills
yeah
okay
uh
all right
i don’t see any other questions so i
think we’ll stop here for part two then
so think about this for yourself what
steps are you going to take to achieve
your goal what do you want to achieve
how do you need to get there break it
down and you can do this for any goal
right not just your language goals okay
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what are your study resources what are
your study resources so this means what
are you going to use to study so this is
important because maybe you have your
goal maybe you have many steps to
achieve your goal but some people go
okay what should i even use to study i
know what i want to do i know how i need
to get there so
if you know your study resources
you can sit down at your desk or at the
tv or whatever you already know
everything you already have everything
you need to succeed for that study
session right so let’s review some
things you can use for your study
resources if you have other ideas send
them in the chat if you have
recommendations for youtube channels or
podcasts or books or whatever send them
in the chat and you can share them with
your digital classmates yeah so some
examples for vocabulary studiers like me
flash cards especially spaced repetition
flash cards i talk about these a lot we
have spaced repetition flashcards at
englishclass101.com you can use those
there are some other services on the
internet where you can find spaced
repetition flashcards spaced repetition
if you don’t know this repetition right
means repeating something yeah every day
or every week right when you when you
study with flash cards you repeat the
vocabulary words right
so
spaced repetition means there’s a little
break in between
when you see
the new flashcards when you review the
flashcards so these help you to study
because they give you a break between
the words that are easy for you yeah if
a word is easy for you you see it less
often if a word is hard for you you see
it more often so you can find these at
english class 101.com or wherever you
like to use spaced repetition flashcards
so i love flashcards for um
vocabulary study helped me a lot
uh okay next of course a textbook if you
have a textbook that you use great maybe
you do one chapter each week or like one
grammar point every three days or
something so if you have a textbook
that’s great
your teacher is also a resource your
teacher is also a resource of course uh
your teacher when i say your teacher i
mean the teacher in your classroom or in
your community lots of you send me
messages every day there are millions of
you so i can’t get to all of your
messages
live ones sometimes yeah but talk to
your teacher ask your teacher questions
that’s what they’re there to do right
they’re there to help you ask your
teacher questions make mistakes in front
of your teacher so they fix you you know
so don’t be afraid of your teacher
don’t be afraid ask those questions in
your lessons that’s the point that’s the
purpose yeah so don’t forget your
teacher don’t forget your teacher
uh also youtube channels are definitely
a resource so of course
there are language learning channels
like ours english class 101
and of course many other super super
great language learning channels too
also don’t forget check out content
check out youtube channels that are
english speaking but not language
learning right so look for a youtube
channel that’s about your hobby in
english yeah so this can be a really
good way to pick up vocabulary words
that you already want or sorry
vocabulary words that are about your
hobbies about the things you’re
interested in
okay so youtube channels uh can be
definitely super helpful also you have
the person’s face and you have captions
sometimes or subtitles sometimes so this
is a really good resource
next resource language learning apps or
language learning websites so i know
many of you use our app on our website
thanks so much for that but make sure if
you have a subscription somewhere make
sure you use it every day or maybe you
have some email service thing or some
kind of language practice website make
sure you use that resource okay
and then conversation partner
conversation partners of course super
popular uh if you have an online one
yeah just make a weekly weekly
arrangement or something like that so
you both can practice
others of course tv
movies and social media these are great
resources however just make sure
that when you use these
you don’t just do passive study so
passive study means for example you turn
on a movie in english in the background
and you clean your house but you don’t
pay attention so make sure if you use tv
and movies social media or even youtube
channels make sure you also
actively participate you listen actively
or you find new vocabulary words in that
media yeah so don’t be passive always
about your studies okay
uh next one for some people for some
people if your family and friends are
native speakers use them as a resource
practice with them you know practice
your new language skills with your
family and friends with the people you
already know
okay
all right and then the last ones of
course are books and podcasts and
journals so when i say journals i mean
you write something every day you know
so make sure that you are creating
something with the language you’re
learning okay so take notes
write little interesting vocabulary
words you find there are so many things
that you can do to improve your language
skills there are so many good uh study
resources
omen says if you’re a native speaker and
you see a new word written that you have
never seen in your life how do you know
how to pronounce it i always had that
question oh yeah uh in my case i’ve i
see a new word this happens all yeah all
the time you see a new word in an
article or book somewhere i
take that word and i type it into
merriam-webster’s dictionary so search
for english dictionary and google
merriam-webster will come up in the
search results they have that’s the
standard american english dictionary
they have a pronunciation button next to
each word you can click the audio icon
and it will play the pronunciation of
that vocabulary word that’s how i check
the pronunciation of new words or if you
read a ipa you can also check uh the
pronunciation that way
okay
phew all right so these are some
resources to use but basically i want to
i want to give you i hope a very simple
three-step process for your goals this
year so one what is your goal don’t make
this your goal what is your goal make a
specific goal for yourself part two ask
yourself what steps
are you going to take to achieve your
goal and three what are your resources
okay so break those things down to make
yourself uh your goals for the year all
right cool phew it is time to wrap up
for today so i hope that you found
something helpful i hope that you got
some information
about good goal setting especially as i
said before i’ve made a lot of videos
about goal setting in the past so do a
quick youtube search on the english
class 101 youtube channel and you can
find the past lessons about this i
talked about smart goal setting in many
videos in the past so you can search for
that too
okay all right so i have to finish up
for today but if you want to take a
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ready here you go so today we talked
about uh your goal how to set your goal
the steps you take to achieve your goal
and your study resources so i hope that
you got some good ideas all right
i will be back next week here is next
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