Comments on: How to achieve a New year’s resolution to learn a language: turn it into a mission

By: Fast Jay

Fast Jay — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:37:19 +0000

Hey, well, i might as well post my mission for this year as well.

I can already hold a decent convo in Spanish, but by the end of the year i want to be able to understand the Spanish spaniards use between themselves (on radio, on television, movies) which is a lot harder than speaking with somebody.

By: KC

KC — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 02:45:13 +0000

Wow I would say you are doing great in learning English, congratulations and keep it up!

By: Goŝka

Goŝka — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 17:47:27 +0000

I've made some new year's resolutions conncted with learning languages and you're just writing about it!
I think I'll succeed no matter how you call it. but thanks for the tip of short term goals:)

By: Benny the Irish polyglot

Benny the Irish polyglot — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 08:01:27 +0000

Glad to see other polyglot readers! I'll get into discussing how I maintain all of my languages at some stage, and that advice mat help you!
If you are learning Czech, I hope my post with tips on why it isn't so hard helps you! If I can learn it in 2 months with no real motivation (as I discussed in the “brick wall” post), then someone genuinely interested can do so much more!!
Polyglot is way more used in other European languages than in English – but yeah it exists! Hope to see more comments from you in future Madame Rosetta Stone!

By: Benny the Irish polyglot

Benny the Irish polyglot — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 07:59:00 +0000

Missions are way more fun and I have achieved them much more than the “hopes” of resolutions
I also really love this new look for my site!!

By: Benny the Irish polyglot

Benny the Irish polyglot — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 07:58:30 +0000

Excellent mission! I hope you have a good plan of action to go with that Best of luck with your missions!

By: Benny the Irish polyglot

Benny the Irish polyglot — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 07:57:34 +0000

Thanks!! I agree that it's a huge improvement and makes the site look a wee bit more professional

By: Elisianna

Elisianna — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 09:44:46 +0000

Just discovered your website a couple of days ago and have already read a lot here. I've taken French (immersion for 7 years), Spanish, German, Italian and Japanese in school and you've inspired me to keep all of them up and get better at them. I find languages to be extremely FUN. I love to hear them spoken, I love to speak them, and to write. I get excited learning about grammar.

I quite randomly decided to start learning Czech a couple of days ago… and this is perfect inspiration. I am definitely making it my new years MISSION to get it to a good level within a few months…

Oh and I didn't even know that “polyglot” was a word… my friends just call me “Rosetta Stone” (or crazy)…=P

By: Gullit

Gullit — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 06:35:23 +0000

I like your approach of thinking of it as a mission! ;D
It sounds like much more fun!
btw, i like this new layout.

By: elthyra

elthyra — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 21:17:15 +0000

Happy New Year ! My mission in 2010 will be to read a novel or watch a movie in Russian without subtitles, and of course to get better at English Love the new layout by the way!

By: Johano

Johano — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 08:14:20 +0000

Just want to say I really like your new design!

By: Benny the Irish polyglot

Benny the Irish polyglot — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 04:56:29 +0000

Best of luck with your missions!! Your English is already excellent Just make sure to practise it as much as you can and not to give up even when it seems hard, and you'll be fine

By: Benny the Irish polyglot

Benny the Irish polyglot — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 04:55:34 +0000

Thanks for the positivity! All the best to you too!

By: Benny the Irish polyglot

Benny the Irish polyglot — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 04:55:11 +0000

Thanks again for your help with the design tweaks

By: Benny the Irish polyglot

Benny the Irish polyglot — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 04:53:41 +0000

Best of luck with that! Please follow the advice I've given in this post and have a plan of action and stick to it despite difficulties and you can achieve it

By: joanna_haugen

joanna_haugen — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 03:01:48 +0000

I don't normally make New Year's resolutions either, but the one thing I'd like to do this year is learn Spanish. That's one reason I've subscribed to your blog. Here's hoping you can help me achieve my goal!

By: Randy

Randy — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 02:24:49 +0000

As I like to say, if you strive for unrealistic goals, even your failures will be amazingly successful.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 22:03:21 +0000

Love the redesign, man! Good article; and keep up the good work for the next year. Happy New Year!

By: Tomek

Tomek — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 20:22:49 +0000

Hi Benny, happy new year! In 2010 year my mission is read all the books which I have (I have some English and Polish fiction and non-fiction). Reading English books increase my English I hope . Next mission will be to speak more in English to achieve fluency (thanks for your tips of this), because this is my Achilles' heel

Greeting from Poland
Tom