My Language Goals
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My Language Goals

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Hello everyone!

I'm back with a post in English this time, since I'm much more confident with that than with German (would anyone be interested in Greek posts as well?)! Greece is back in lock-down until the end of November so I think it's a good time to focus on my languages again, even though I have some work for uni as well.

German:

German is my main language and the one I've been studying for the longest. It's also the only one I'm having actual classes in, with a teacher. My main goal for this year are to prepare for the B1/B2 exam (and pass it, of course). The problem is, that the exams were supposed to be held in November but now no one knows what exactly will happen with the COVID situation... We don't even have an announcement so I'll just keep studying and hope for the best. My second goal is to read at least one complete book in German. I've already started one but I'm just 60 pages in (out of 600). I still have a lot of unknown vocabulary that I have to look up which is making it more tiring.

Korean:

Even though I've been studying Korean for a few years I see very little progress... What I want to do now is to review all the Talk To Me In Korean lessons I've already studied so I refresh my memory on grammar. My biggest problem, though, is that I have very limited vocabulary knowledge, even on a very basic level. Another thing I want to do, is to finish a few Korean dramas I've started, if you can count it as a language goal. I wanted to also take the TOPIK 1 exam but this year it was also cancelled, not because of COVID but because of the very little interest unfortunately. I hope it's back again next year, when I'll be much more prepared.

Italian:

This summer I started learning Italian with my mum. She was interested in the language and I thought, why not add another language as well. We found some books and online resources and just started learning a few stuff. Now that I'm back home and in quarantine, I think it's a good opportunity to get back at it. I don't have a specific goal for Italian apart from wanting to learn some grammar and vocabulary on a very basic level.

Russian:

As if I didn't already try to learn three languages, I kind of want to learn Russian as well now. I know this is a huge mistake and it won't get me anywhere (since I already find it extremely difficult to focus on 2-3 languages) but that never stopped me! My only goal for now is to learn the alphabet and the correct pronunciation and maybe a few basic words.

I know my language goals are very very vague but I've never been someone to have specific ones. Maybe that's the problem and why I don't make a lot of progress but I'm not really good at following programs! Corrections are always welcome on my English as well!

See you on my next post,

Evelyn

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