So as my username @benlearns suggests, I love to learn new things. For the last few years I have been studying Japanese and Mandarin, but I haven’t gotten that far. For japanese, I have finished a textbook and have had conversations with native speakers, but I have trouble with intermediate and advanced grammar and topics.

My new mission

Over the next 3 months I want to accomplish these goals

-learn 1,000 new words and phrases
-Have weekly conversations with native speakers
-Finish The Textbook Genki 2
-At the end, conduct a 15 minute conversation with a native speaker.

How I will accomplish these goals

Learn 1,000 new words and phrases

To do this I will use the app memrise, to use spaced repetition to memorize 10-15 words a day.
Everyday, I will try to review these words and make sentences with them.

Have weekly conversations with native speakers

I will use the website and app italki, to connect with language partners and have skype lessons with native speakers.

Finish the Textbook Genki 2

I will try and read a little bit of a chapter each week and then ask any questions I have in my skype lesson.

Conduct a 15 minute conversation with a native speaker

If you have ever heard of the add1challenge this is from that. What the #add1challenge is, is a challenge where you learn a language for 90 days and then have a 15 minute conversation with a native speaker at the end. I will be doing this to see how far I have come and fluent I have gotten.

For everyone who wants to learn a language but haven’t yet I encourage you to follow along with these posts and learn with me.

Wish Me Luck

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