How to Boost Your Motivation Learn More... by Adding Others to the Mix
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okay today’s topic is
how to boost your motivation and learn
more by adding others to the mix
if you’re learning a language all by
yourself then you should know that
there’s a way to boost your chance of
success boost your motivation your
progress it’s simply by including other
people in your language learning journey
and in today’s episode you’ll discover
one how adding a human dynamic boosts
your motivation and two how you can
apply this tactic to your language
learning
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jump into today’s topic
how to boost your motivation and learn
more by adding others to the mix
part one how adding a human dynamic
boosts your motivation
so first here’s a question for you how
do you think most people start learning
a language leave a comment
most people start learning by themselves
they’ll either watch youtube videos like
this download an app or if they’re a
little more serious by a textbook
but after the first week or month most
self-learners also end up falling off
because of a lack of motivation it’s
pretty hard to motivate yourself and
keep yourself going it’s hard because
you have to one rely on yourself to
motivate yourself two do the learning
and three do the practice all of this is
a lot of work for one person
sure there’s a small group of super
self-motivated people out there that can
do it and stick with it but that’s not
the case for most of us
so then if you want to boost your
motivation and not have to rely on
yourself that’s where you should start
getting other people involved in your
language learning journey
just picture a graph where on the y-axis
you have motivation and on the x-axis
you have the chance of success so first
you have self-study and that’s probably
closest to lower motivation and probably
a low chance of succeeding
as you move further to the right where
you start involving tutors or joining
group classes the higher your motivation
and chance of success becomes
does this mean motivation is lowest when
you’re on your own yes and no there are
people who are very motivated on their
own but motivation tends to come and go
for many of us and the last thing you
want to do is rely on a feeling that may
not always be there but when you start
including more personal connections live
interactions maybe someone you speak
with at a cafe you have more reasons and
more pressure to keep on going for
example if you have a tutor that expects
you to do homework and come prepared
next time if you have a language partner
whom you want to impress or if you’re in
a language class you want to be better
than other students the point is the
more people you involve the more anchor
points and commitments you have to the
language and these boost your motivation
in psychology this is called social
facilitation or the audience effect when
you’re with other people or when you
think someone is watching you you put a
little pressure on yourself and for many
people this can have a positive result
but if you’re on your own you wouldn’t
try so hard
so just to recap a lot of us start
learning on our own and in the case of
language learning there will always be
self-study involved but if you want to
take it to the next level then you
should follow that graph
the only issue is the more you go up
that graph the more expensive it gets
it’s very affordable to learn on your
own once you start involving others such
as a teacher it starts getting expensive
so it’s up to you as the learner here so
if you’re interested in adding a human
dynamic what can you do
part two how you can apply this to your
language learning
one give our premium plus plan a try and
get access to your own teacher you also
get weekly assignments from your teacher
which adds a nice layer of
accountability to your learning
two enroll in an online class and this
is something we started offering for a
few of our major languages japanese
english chinese italian korean french
and spanish three get an online or
in-person tutor now teachers and classes
can be pricey but there are other ways
to learn with others
four get a study buddy or join a
learning community learning and
competing with others will definitely
have a positive impact on your
motivation and language progress
five simply talk with others about your
language goals and your current progress
when you’re surrounded by people talking
about how much they’ve learned or what
goals they hit or miss you’ll be more
inspired to hit your own goals
six track your progress and share it on
your social media for others to see for
example if you keep a daily planner
write in i did three lessons today or
spent 30 minutes on learning a language
and share that
once you start involving more people in
your language journey whether for
learning or for practice adding that
extra human element will boost your
productivity and motivation and help you
reach your language goals
so thank you for watching this episode
of monthly review
next time we’ll talk about how to learn
a new language in the new year
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