Language Challenges & Maintaining Your Streak Language Challenges & Maintaining Your Streak 语言挑战和保持连胜

The advantage of a challenge is that you're saying, okay, for the next The advantage of a challenge is that you're saying, okay, for the next 挑战的好处是你说，好吧，下一个

30 days or for the next 90 days, I'm gonna push myself a little further. 30 giorni o per i prossimi 90 giorni, mi spingerò un po' oltre. 30 天或接下来的 90 天，我要更进一步。

Hi there, Steve Kaufmann here. 大家好，这里是 Steve Kaufmann。

Uh, today I wanna talk about the next series of challenges at LingQ, 90-Day 呃，今天我想谈谈 LingQ 的下一系列挑战，90 天

Challenges or 30 Day Challenges.

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So, uh, I have been involved in a number of language challenges at LingQ. 所以，呃，我参与了 LingQ 的许多语言挑战。

Why do I do it and why do I think it's a good idea for, for learners 我为什么要这样做，为什么我认为这对学习者来说是个好主意

to push themselves in this way? 以这种方式推动自己？

Um, you know, one of the main issues, in fact I've said before that the, 嗯，你知道，主要问题之一，事实上我之前已经说过，

the with language learning is a function of, of attitude and of 语言学习是态度的函数

time, time spent with a language.

Uh, so attitude.

A large part of attitude is of course our motivation. 很大一部分态度当然是我们的动力。

How keen we are. Wie geil wir sind. 我们多么热心。

And in an ideal world, every day we wake up and we just can't wait そして理想的な世界では、私たちは毎日目が覚め、待つことができません 在一个理想的世界里，我们每天醒来都等不及了

to start learning our language. 私たちの言語の学習を開始します。 开始学习我们的语言。

We can't wait to listen.

We can't wait to read, and we're happy and everything is, you know, on the up and up. Non vediamo l'ora di leggere, e siamo felici e tutto è, sai, sempre più in alto. 我们迫不及待地想阅读，我们很高兴，一切都在顺利进行。

Unfortunately, that's not always the case. 不幸的是，情况并非总是如此。

There are days when we don't feel like listening to our, 有时候我们不想听我们的，

whatever we're listening to. 无论我们在听什么。

There are days when we're discouraged, when we're busy, we invent all kinds of 有灰心的时候，有忙碌的时候，我们发明各种

reasons why we needn't bother, and yet we know that, you know, staying with it. reasons why we needn't bother, and yet we know that, you know, staying with it. motivi per cui non dobbiamo preoccuparci, eppure lo sappiamo, sai, stare con esso. 我们不需要打扰的原因，但我们知道，你知道，坚持下去。

This idea of continuity is so important to language learning. 这种连续性的想法对语言学习非常重要。

Even a little bit every day is gonna keep us moving in the direction of fluency 每天一点点都会让我们朝着流利的方向前进

or whatever, you know, our goal is.

So that's one of the reasons why at LingQ we have a number of sort of, 所以这就是为什么在 LingQ 我们有很多这样的原因之一，

call it tricks to keep people going. 称之为让人们继续前进的技巧。

Uh, the statistics in themselves are motivating. 呃，统计数据本身就很鼓舞人心。

They're motivating to motivating to me. 他们激励着我。

How many words have I read? 我读了多少字？

How many words have I saved? 我保存了多少单词？

In other words, how many LingQs have I created? 换句话说，我创建了多少个 LingQ？

How many hours have I listened? 我听了几个小时？

When I look back in my profile page, and I see when I started and when 当我回顾我的个人资料页面时，我看到我什么时候开始的，什么时候开始的

I was active and how active I've been over the last little period 我很活跃，在过去的一小段时间里我有多活跃

all of this is motivating to me. 所有这些都激励着我。

So the statistics are in themselves motivating, but the advantage of a したがって、統計はそれ自体が動機付けになりますが、 因此，统计数据本身就具有激励作用，但

challenge is then you're saying, okay, for the next 30 days or for the next 90 days, challenge is then you're saying, okay, for the next 30 days or for the next 90 days, 挑战就是你说，好吧，在接下来的 30 天或接下来的 90 天里，

I'm gonna push myself a little further. 我要更进一步。

And one of the things that I think the LingQ team has done that's, that's really 我认为 LingQ 团队所做的其中一件事就是，这真的

good now is that whereas before you had to have, you know, you had specific targets. good now is that whereas before you had to have, you know, you had specific targets. 现在的好处是，以前你必须有，你知道，你有具体的目标。

Like you had to save so many words. Like you had to save so many words. 就像你不得不省下那么多话一样。

In other words, create so many LingQs uh, you had to read so many words, In other words, create so many LingQs uh, you had to read so many words, 也就是说，创造了那么多的LingQ 呃，你要读那么多的字，

you had to listen so many hours. you had to listen so many hours. 你不得不听这么多小时。

There are very specific, you know, activity related, uh, targets. 有非常具体的，你知道的，与活动相关的，呃，目标。

And that's a bit unfair because, you know, as I often say, you wanna keep 这有点不公平，因为，正如我常说的，你想保留

doing the things that you enjoy doing.

So some days you're more inclined to listen or maybe

you only have time to listen.

Some other days you're more inclined to read.

Maybe you're reading material that you've already gone through.

Some other day, you're going through new materials, so you're,

you're creating new LingQs.

And so by kind of merging, funging, every... Und so durch eine Art Verschmelzung, Verschmelzung, jedes...

every activity into the, the concept of coins, as long as you maintain the

target you've set for coins, uh, which you can do in a variety of different

ways, you are able to maintain a streak. Möglichkeiten, Sie sind in der Lage, einen Streak aufrechtzuerhalten.

So not only is the target important and the idea that you're committed, つまり、目標が重要であるだけでなく、あなたがコミットしているという考えも重要です。

30 or a 90 day, uh, challenge important, but I found this desire

to maintain my street kept me going.

And so you wanna be careful that you set a level in terms of the coins per

day that is sufficiently challenging without being too difficult, so

that it's kind of, you're pushing yourself, but it's not too easy.

And if you're able to do that, then you get a great sense of sense of satisfaction

because we know that the brain, if the brain is confronted with a task that's

a little difficult and is able to do it, there is a great sense of satisfaction.

If the task is too easy, then there is very little stimulus from that.

If the task is so difficult that we simply can't maintain that level of

activity, then it's discouraging.

So it's important to choose a level that that works for you, that pushes

you without being too difficult and occasionally I, what I do, if I fall

behind and I lose my streak, then I'm able to take the coins that I've earned zurück und ich verliere meinen Streak, dann kann ich die Münzen nehmen, die ich verdient habe

and use them to repair my streak.

So if I, if I have a streak of 30 days, and then for whatever reason

now I wasn't able to do anything, the next day I'm able to repair my streak

so that I now have a 31, 32, 33.

And just keep that streak going.

So, you know, and some of us may be into several languages, so

that's a bit of a disadvantage that you can't merge across languages.

So the solution there is to set, not to tough a target in each of two or

three languages so that you're able to maintain your activity in those languages.

And so, uh, let's say, Uh, gonna have a tougher sort of goal in, say,

in my case, Persian and a somewhat lower goal in Arabic and Turkish.

Then I don't have to spend a lot of time on the minor languages to maintain

that lesser, you know, goal, maintain my streak, but at least I'm staying

in touch with those languages while I focus more effort on my main language.

So check the, uh, uh, challenges at LingQ.

Commit yourself to a challenge.

You'll be happy you did.

And then you can follow how other LingQ members are doing by going to

the community page and seeing who, you know, who has the longest streak,

who has, uh, you know, created the most LingQs and so forth and so on.

So it's, it's a fun way to connect with others, which also is important

in language learning, because sometimes we can feel that it's a bit of a lonely

activity, but once we realize we're part of a larger community that, uh, are

working on whatever language it might be, the language you're learning or some other

language, you can see the sort of, uh, level of activity in different languages.

I find that quite motivating.

So with that, I would encourage you to get involved here in the new year

in, uh, some kind of a challenge, 30 or 90 days push yourself.

Not so hard that you can't keep up, but not so easy that you don't really

feel that you've achieved very much.

So best of luck to you on your challenges and uh, you'll see in these, uh,

videos that I'll leave with you that I have had challenges in a number of

languages and it has pushed me forward.

So good luck to you.

Bye for now.