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M E M B E R S O N LY
2016
JANUARY
01
INNER CIRCLE
THIS MONTH
GET A BIG HEAD START WITH YOUR
LANGUAGE PROFILE CHEAT SHEET
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Welcome to the Inner Circle,
listeners.
The Inner Circle is exclusively for
those of you who took on our 2016
Challenge.
It's a monthly, no-holds barred
newsletter giving you tried and
tested learning methods to help
you reach your language goals
this year.
Last year, I set out to reach 30
minutes of Spanish conversation
by December 31st, 2015. I ended
up hitting 45 minutes. Why that
goal specifically? Well, compare it
to a goal like “become fluent in
Spanish.” When will you be fluent
by exactly? Will you learn with
books? Somehow? Someday?
It’s too vague!
Tried and tested
learning methods to
help you reach your
language goals
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Speaking for 30 minutes by December 31st, 2015
had 3 points that guaranteed success:
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It was small and realistic as a yearly goal.
I wasn’t aiming for big, vague “fluency.”
It was measurable. Either I hit 30 minutes or
I didn't. I’d always know.
It had a deadline. Instead of waiting for
someday, I set a strict date. Either I hit the goal
by that date or not.
A NEW YEAR, A NEW LANGUAGE,
A NEW GOAL.
This year, I’m learning German. If you’re wondering
“why German,” it’s because I took on Spanish, Italian
and in the past Chinese. And Japanese was the first
language I have arguable mastery over. This time, I
wanted a language that was similar to English.
German and English have a lot of points in common
which should make learning easier this year.
And my goal? I’m aiming for 30 minutes of German
conversation by December 31st, 2016. Normally,
when one starts learning a language, I recommend
writing out a self-introduction and your list of
interests in that target language. Why? We all talk
about ourselves. We all introduce ourselves. This
time, I also built my language profile. What’s that,
you ask? It’s the topic of today’s Inner Circle.
So, in this Inner Circle Lesson, you will learn...
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If you haven’t set a New Year’s resolution or a
goal, there’s still time. You can learn all about
setting successful goals in January 2014’s Inner
Circle edition.
Why You Need a Language Profile
When You Start Learning
MY PRO
FILE
How I Started Learning German
in 2016 with this Method
How You Can Make Your Own
Language Profile Cheat Sheet
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WHY YOU NEED A LANGUAGE PROFILE
WHEN YOU START LEARNING
What exactly do I mean by a language profile?
And why should you make one when you start
learning a language?
As mentioned above, normally I suggest starting
out with these two steps:
∞ Writing out your self-introduction in your
target language
∞ Writing about your interests
That’s simply because you’ll be introducing yourself
and talking about yourself with every new
conversation you have. These give you immediate
talking points to use and get you speaking from day
one, whereas most learners just read page one of a
textbook.
Now, a language profile is your personal cheat
sheet of relevant and practical phrases.
What do I mean by that? Well, let’s take myself into
consideration. I’m 40 years old. I’m busy. I have kids.
What kind of phrases and conversation topics do you
think I use because of this?
I’d want to know these in German.
Similarly, consider a 20-year-old learning a language.
A college student. They’ll have di erent topics they
want to talk about. A future career, for example.
They’ll want to learn slang.
The point is, what they’re learning won’t be
applicable to me and vice versa.

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