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Steve's Language Learning Tips, Power Language Learning Week 4: Managing Your Time When Learning a New Language

Power Language Learning Week 4: Managing Your Time When Learning a New Language

Hi there, Steve Kaufmann here today to talk about language learning again, of course, and to talk specifically about managing your time -- time management. If you enjoy these videos, please subscribe. If you like the video, give me a thumbs up if you want.

First of all, why do I even do these videos or why do I spend so much time on language learning. It's because I like doing it. I enjoy learning languages. It gives me a lot. It fills my life with things that are interesting to me. I could be doing other things. Who knows why we devote ourselves to this or that activity. It's important, though, to think that what we are doing is worthwhile, then we derive satisfaction from doing it. That's certainly my approach to language learning. I enjoy doing it. I enjoy sharing my enthusiasm with others and sharing my experience with others. I probably spend more time on language learning than most people. So, to that extent, what I do may be a valuable point of reference for others.

So, managing our time… I'm going to talk about three points, actually. Obviously, right now where I'm committing myself to learning three languages every day, Arabic, Persian and Turkish, time management becomes an issue. Otherwise, I'll just do one of these languages and run out of time to do the others or won't find enough time to put any significant amount of time in any of them. So

The first thing I've done is to make sure that I have some very specific, concrete goals. Not a general goal like I want to speak three languages, but rather specific goals. The number one goal I've set for myself is to create 100 links every day in each language.

Creating Links

People ask, what does that mean? If you go to my website, the one that I use that I co-founded with my son LingQ.com, you will see that the act of looking up a word that we have not seen before, which is highlighted in blue on the system, is called creating a link. You then see a number of possible meanings for that word. It's then saved to your database and a number of functions and assists to learning that word and learning the language are activated on the website.

Concrete Goals

Goal number one for me is to create 100 links in each language. That means once I reach 100 I go to the next language. Once I've gone through all three languages, at least I've covered that. So that is a concrete goal.

The goals that drive language learning for me are creating links. That means you're forcing yourself into new material. You're discovering new material. You're not just staying with things that are easy and familiar. You have to find blue words, words you haven't seen before. You have to move forward into material you haven't read before.

The second thing is the overall number of words you read is an important counter, so I do watch it. The linking activity, creating these links, drives me, but I want to make sure that I read material where I've perhaps already gone through and created the links, but I'll read them again.

The third major driver of my language learning is listening, but the listening is much easier because I listen whenever I can. I don't deliberately sit down to listen. I listen while doing the dishes. I listen in the car. I listen while exercising. I listen on the bicycle. I listen.

Now, of course, since I'm now doing three languages, if I look at my statistics I find that my reading number, if I look over the last month let's say, looking at my statistics in LingQ (you can go to your profile and you see last week, the last two weeks, last month, the last three months, whatever you want to look at, you'll see what your level of activity has been) I see that my number of links is off the chart because nobody is creating 300 links a day like I am, so I'm well beyond the sort of targets that LingQ assigns.

On my reading, I'm more or less keeping up to my target in each language. That means I am reading a lot combined. But, of course, in each individual language I'm more or less keeping up to the targets at LingQ, so about 1,500 words in each of those languages.

When it comes to the listening, I'm doing less listening than is recommended because I'm dividing my listening up between the three languages. The listening is usually just the dead time, when I'm doing something else and, therefore, I listen.

So I have those goals. The driving goal is to create links, but I do follow my reading number and my listening number. The rest will take care of itself. Converting links to known, known words, all of that will naturally increase as I continue linking, listening and reading because as I come across words that I've linked before, that I've seen for the third, fourth, fifth, eighth time, eventually I move them to known.

Those are the goals. So that's point number one in terms of time management.

Be Prepared to Experiment

Point number two, be prepared to experiment. Find which way of learning, which way of using your time works best for you. For example, when I started I would just think of making sure that I save 100 links every day. Then I'd find that it would be 10:30 at night and I'd look up my statistics and I only had 50 links in Turkish or in Arabic. So then I'd have to sit there at 10:30 at night and go through material, which I don't really like to do because before going to bed I'll read a book in English on something.

I don't necessarily want to be under the gun to create 100 links at 10:30 at night, so what I've now decided to do is the first thing in the morning I create my 100 links in each language. I have also decided that wherever I find material that has a lot of unknown words, I go through and I just link the blue words. I don't read the words in between because it takes too long, especially in Arabic and Persian where I'm reading in the Arabic script, which I'm not very good at so it goes very slowly. Turkish is a lot faster because it's written in the Latin alphabet. So I through there and before my wife gets up I've gone through and I've knocked off 100 links created in each of three languages. Now I can relax because I've got that behind me.

Now, that's something that I just started doing a week ago. We'll see how that goes, but so far I'm enjoying it. I think that's a good way to go. After that, I find time to read. When I read, typically, I'm going to find yellow words, previously saved links where I now know those words. I'm not setting myself a target. When I come across them I move them to known or I move them from status 1 to status 2 or status 3.

Again, it's explaining how LingQ works, but if I go through a lesson just linking then the system thinks I've read that lesson. So if I read it a second time I don't manually add reading. However, if I read it a third time I might manually add the reading number. Although, the manually-added reading number is not counted in your activity index, something to think of.

In a way, I'm cheating because when I go through there creating those links the system thinks I've read that article or that lesson, but I haven't. Then I make a point of going back to read again, listen and read to make sure I go over that material properly and read it because reading is very important. So I experiment.

Now, it may be in two weeks that I find that there is some other combination of these activities that works better for me, but right now I'm enjoying it. I find that even going through and linking a bunch of new words is exposure to these words at some level and then when I go back in later I've kind of gone over the same material a second time, this time going through every word, whereas before I was just jumping word to word. Of course, a lot of this material is, for example, podcasts that I've downloaded and then I listen. So I'm going over sort of the same material in different ways understanding parts of it each time, but I do sense, definitely, that I hear the three languages more clearly. I am making more sense of these three languages, so, so far, I feel this is working.

Whatever You're Doing, Try to Enjoy It

That brings me to the third element of managing your time. First of all, set yourself goals. Don't be afraid to experiment and to vary your activities. Third of all, whatever you're doing, try to enjoy it and try to believe that what you are doing is worthwhile. I believe that what I am now doing is worthwhile, that it is working, that I am improving, that I understand these podcasts when I listen to them much better than I did before. That's my impression. I feel good about what I am doing. I don't wish I were doing something else. I don't wish that I were, I don't know, reviewing words in an Anki deck or whatever. However, if you like reviewing words in an Anki deck make sure you enjoy doing that and that you believe that that is worthwhile doing.

So managing your time, a part of that is also to feel that whatever activity you're committed to doing or whatever method of learning you use, you think that's a good use of your time. You feel happy about what you're doing. I think an important element of managing your time is sort of staying in the moment and thinking that this is where I want to be and this is what I want to be doing.

So there you have it, that's my little spiel with reference to my own experience on managing your time as a language learner. Again, if you would like to receive my 10 emails on 10 Tips on Language Learning, please click on the button here on the screen. I look forward to your comments, bye for now.


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Hi there, Steve Kaufmann here today to talk about language learning again, of course, and to talk specifically about managing your time -- time management. Hola, Steve Kaufmann está aquí hoy para hablar de nuevo sobre el aprendizaje de idiomas, por supuesto, y para hablar específicamente sobre la gestión del tiempo... la gestión del tiempo. Olá, Steve Kaufmann está aqui hoje para falar novamente sobre a aprendizagem de línguas, claro, e para falar especificamente sobre a gestão do seu tempo - gestão do tempo. If you enjoy these videos, please subscribe. これらのビデオを楽しんでいる場合は、購読してください。 Se gostar destes vídeos, subscreva-os. If you like the video, give me a thumbs up if you want. Se gostares do vídeo, dá-me um polegar para cima se quiseres.

First of all, why do I even do these videos or why do I spend so much time on language learning. Antes de mais, porque é que faço estes vídeos ou porque é que passo tanto tempo a aprender línguas. 首先,为什么我要制作这些视频,或者为什么我要花这么多时间在语言学习上。 It's because I like doing it. É porque gosto de o fazer. I enjoy learning languages. Gosto de aprender línguas. It gives me a lot. Dá-me muito. It fills my life with things that are interesting to me. Preenche a minha vida com coisas que são interessantes para mim. I could be doing other things. Podría estar haciendo otras cosas. Podia estar a fazer outras coisas. Who knows why we devote ourselves to this or that activity. なぜ私たちがこの活動やその活動に専念するのか誰にも分かりません。 Quem sabe por que razão nos dedicamos a esta ou àquela atividade. It's important, though, to think that what we are doing is worthwhile, then we derive satisfaction from doing it. Es importante, sin embargo, pensar que lo que hacemos merece la pena, pues así obtendremos satisfacción al hacerlo. É importante, no entanto, pensar que o que estamos a fazer vale a pena, pois assim sentimos satisfação ao fazê-lo. That's certainly my approach to language learning. Essa é certamente a minha abordagem para o aprendizado de línguas. I enjoy doing it. Gosto de o fazer. I enjoy sharing my enthusiasm with others and sharing my experience with others. Gosto de partilhar o meu entusiasmo com os outros e de partilhar a minha experiência com os outros. I probably spend more time on language learning than most people. Provavelmente, passo mais tempo a aprender línguas do que a maioria das pessoas. So, to that extent, what I do may be a valuable point of reference for others. ですから、その範囲で、私がしていることは、他の人にとって貴重な参考になるかもしれません。 所以,从这个意义上说,我所做的可能对其他人来说是一个有价值的参考。

So, managing our time… I'm going to talk about three points, actually. Portanto, gerir o nosso tempo... Vou falar de três pontos, na verdade. Obviously, right now where I'm committing myself to learning three languages every day, Arabic, Persian and Turkish, time management becomes an issue. Obviamente, ahora que me estoy comprometiendo a aprender tres idiomas cada día, árabe, persa y turco, la gestión del tiempo se convierte en un problema. Obviamente, neste momento em que estou a comprometer-me a aprender três línguas todos os dias, árabe, persa e turco, a gestão do tempo torna-se um problema. Otherwise, I'll just do one of these languages and run out of time to do the others or won't find enough time to put any significant amount of time in any of them. Caso contrário, farei apenas uma dessas linguagens e ficarei sem tempo para fazer as outras ou não encontrarei tempo suficiente para dedicar uma quantidade significativa de tempo em nenhuma delas. So

The first thing I've done is to make sure that I have some very specific, concrete goals. A primeira coisa que fiz foi certificar-me de que tinha objectivos muito específicos e concretos. Not a general goal like I want to speak three languages, but rather specific goals. Não um objetivo geral como "quero falar três línguas", mas sim objectivos específicos. The number one goal I've set for myself is to create 100 links every day in each language. O objetivo número um que estabeleci para mim próprio é criar 100 ligações por dia em cada língua.

Creating Links Criar ligações

People ask, what does that mean? As pessoas perguntam: o que é que isso significa? If you go to my website, the one that I use that I co-founded with my son LingQ.com, you will see that the act of looking up a word that we have not seen before, which is highlighted in blue on the system, is called creating a link. Si vas a mi página web, la que yo utilizo y que cofundé con mi hijo LingQ.com, verás que el acto de buscar una palabra que no hemos visto antes, que aparece resaltada en azul en el sistema, se llama crear un enlace. Se for ao meu sítio Web, o que utilizo e que co-fundei com o meu filho LingQ.com, verá que o ato de procurar uma palavra que não vimos antes, que está destacada a azul no sistema, se chama criar uma ligação. You then see a number of possible meanings for that word. Em seguida, vê uma série de significados possíveis para essa palavra. It's then saved to your database and a number of functions and assists to learning that word and learning the language are activated on the website. Em seguida, é guardada na sua base de dados e são activadas no sítio Web várias funções e ajudas para aprender essa palavra e aprender a língua.

Concrete Goals Konkrete Ziele Objectivos concretos

Goal number one for me is to create 100 links in each language. O objetivo número um para mim é criar 100 ligações em cada língua. That means once I reach 100 I go to the next language. Once I've gone through all three languages, at least I've covered that. 3つの言語すべてを読み終えたら、少なくともそれについては説明しました。 Depois de ter passado pelas três línguas, pelo menos isso já está coberto. So that is a concrete goal. Trata-se, portanto, de um objetivo concreto.

The goals that drive language learning for me are creating links. Para mim, os objectivos que orientam a aprendizagem de línguas são a criação de ligações. 对我来说推动语言学习的目标是创建链接。 That means you're forcing yourself into new material. Isso significa que se está a forçar a entrar em material novo. You're discovering new material. Está a descobrir material novo. You're not just staying with things that are easy and familiar. Não se fica apenas pelas coisas que são fáceis e familiares. You have to find blue words, words you haven't seen before. É preciso encontrar palavras azuis, palavras que nunca se viram antes. You have to move forward into material you haven't read before. É preciso avançar para material que nunca se leu antes.

The second thing is the overall number of words you read is an important counter, so I do watch it. Lo segundo es que el número total de palabras que lees es un contador importante, así que lo vigilo. 第二に、あなたが読んだ単語の総数は重要なカウンターなので、私はそれを見ています。 A segunda coisa é que o número total de palavras lidas é um contador importante, pelo que o controlo. The linking activity, creating these links, drives me, but I want to make sure that I read material where I've perhaps already gone through and created the links, but I'll read them again. A atividade de estabelecer ligações, de criar estas ligações, motiva-me, mas quero ter a certeza de que leio material que talvez já tenha lido e criado as ligações, mas que vou voltar a ler. 创建这些链接的链接活动激励着我,但我想确保我阅读了我可能已经浏览过并创建了链接的材料,但我会再次阅读它们。

The third major driver of my language learning is listening, but the listening is much easier because I listen whenever I can. Der dritte Haupttreiber meines Sprachenlernens ist das Zuhören, aber das Zuhören ist viel einfacher, weil ich zuhöre, wann immer ich kann. O terceiro grande motor da minha aprendizagem de línguas é a audição, mas a audição é muito mais fácil porque ouço sempre que posso. I don't deliberately sit down to listen. わざと座って聞くことはしません。 Não me sento deliberadamente para ouvir. I listen while doing the dishes. Oiço enquanto lavo a loiça. I listen in the car. Estou a ouvir no carro. I listen while exercising. I listen on the bicycle. Estou a ouvir na bicicleta. I listen.

Now, of course, since I'm now doing three languages, if I look at my statistics I find that my reading number, if I look over the last month let's say, looking at my statistics in LingQ (you can go to your profile and you see last week, the last two weeks, last month, the last three months, whatever you want to look at, you'll see what your level of activity has been) I see that my number of links is off the chart because nobody is creating 300 links a day like I am, so I'm well beyond the sort of targets that LingQ assigns. Agora, claro, uma vez que agora faço três línguas, se olhar para as minhas estatísticas, descubro que o meu número de leituras, se olhar para o último mês, digamos, olhando para as minhas estatísticas no LingQ (pode ir ao seu perfil e ver a última semana, as últimas duas semanas, o último mês, os últimos três meses, o que quer que queira ver, verá qual foi o seu nível de atividade), vejo que o meu número de links está fora do gráfico porque ninguém está a criar 300 links por dia como eu, por isso estou muito para além do tipo de objectivos que o LingQ atribui.

On my reading, I'm more or less keeping up to my target in each language. No que diz respeito à minha leitura, estou mais ou menos a acompanhar o meu objetivo em cada língua. That means I am reading a lot combined. Isso significa que estou a ler muito em conjunto. But, of course, in each individual language I'm more or less keeping up to the targets at LingQ, so about 1,500 words in each of those languages. Mas, claro, em cada uma das línguas estou mais ou menos a cumprir os objectivos do LingQ, ou seja, cerca de 1500 palavras em cada uma dessas línguas.

When it comes to the listening, I'm doing less listening than is recommended because I'm dividing my listening up between the three languages. リスニングに関しては、リスニングを3つの言語に分割しているため、推奨よりもリスニングが少なくなっています。 No que diz respeito à audição, estou a ouvir menos do que o recomendado porque estou a dividir a minha audição entre as três línguas. 在听力方面,我的听力比建议的要少,因为我将听力分为三种语言。 The listening is usually just the dead time, when I'm doing something else and, therefore, I listen. A audição é normalmente apenas o tempo morto, quando estou a fazer outra coisa e, portanto, ouço.

So I have those goals. Por isso, tenho esses objectivos. The driving goal is to create links, but I do follow my reading number and my listening number. El objetivo principal es crear vínculos, pero sigo mi número de lecturas y mi número de escuchas. O objetivo principal é criar ligações, mas eu sigo o meu número de leitura e o meu número de audição. 驱动目标是创建链接,但我也会关注自己的阅读量和收听量。 The rest will take care of itself. The rest will take care of itself. El resto se hará solo. O resto encarregar-se-á de si próprio. 剩下的就交给我们自己吧。 Converting links to known, known words, all of that will naturally increase as I continue linking, listening and reading because as I come across words that I've linked before, that I've seen for the third, fourth, fifth, eighth time, eventually I move them to known. Convertir los enlaces en palabras conocidas, conocidas, todo eso aumentará de forma natural a medida que siga enlazando, escuchando y leyendo, porque a medida que me encuentro con palabras que ya he enlazado antes, que he visto por tercera, cuarta, quinta, octava vez, con el tiempo las paso a conocidas. Convertendo links em palavras conhecidas, tudo isso aumentará naturalmente conforme eu continuo conectando, ouvindo e lendo, porque conforme encontro palavras que vinculei antes, que vi pela terceira, quarta, quinta, oitava vez , eventualmente eu os movo para conhecidos.

Those are the goals. São esses os objectivos. So that's point number one in terms of time management. Das ist also Punkt Nummer eins in Bezug auf Zeitmanagement. Portanto, este é o ponto número um em termos de gestão do tempo. 因此,这是时间管理的第一要点。

Be Prepared to Experiment Prepare-se para experimentar 准备好进行实验

Point number two, be prepared to experiment. Ponto número dois: estar preparado para experimentar. 第二点,准备好进行实验。 Find which way of learning, which way of using your time works best for you. Descubra qual a forma de aprender, qual a forma de utilizar o seu tempo que funciona melhor para si. For example, when I started I would just think of making sure that I save 100 links every day. Por exemplo, quando comecei, pensava apenas em garantir que guardava 100 ligações todos os dias. Then I'd find that it would be 10:30 at night and I'd look up my statistics and I only had 50 links in Turkish or in Arabic. それから私はそれが夜の10:30であることがわかり、統計を調べたところ、トルコ語またはアラビア語で50のリンクしかありませんでした。 Depois, às 10:30 da noite, consultava as minhas estatísticas e só tinha 50 ligações em turco ou em árabe. So then I'd have to sit there at 10:30 at night and go through material, which I don't really like to do because before going to bed I'll read a book in English on something. Então tinha de me sentar às 10:30 da noite e rever o material, o que não gosto muito de fazer porque antes de me deitar leio um livro em inglês sobre qualquer coisa.

I don't necessarily want to be under the gun to create 100 links at 10:30 at night, so what I've now decided to do is the first thing in the morning I create my 100 links in each language. Ich möchte nicht unbedingt unter der Waffe sein, um um 10:30 Uhr nachts 100 Links zu erstellen. Deshalb habe ich mich jetzt entschlossen, als erstes am Morgen meine 100 Links in jeder Sprache zu erstellen. 夜の10時30分に100個のリンクを作成するために、必ずしも銃の下にいる必要はありません。そのため、今朝最初に、各言語で100個のリンクを作成することにしました。 Não quero necessariamente ter de criar 100 hiperligações às 10:30 da noite, por isso decidi criar as minhas 100 hiperligações em cada língua logo de manhã. 我不一定想在晚上 10:30 冒着风险创建 100 个链接,所以我现在决定做的第一件事是早上我用每种语言创建 100 个链接。 我不一定要在晚上 10:30 创建 100 个链接,所以我现在决定早上第一件事就是用每种语言创建 100 个链接。 I have also decided that wherever I find material that has a lot of unknown words, I go through and I just link the blue words. Também decidi que, sempre que encontro material com muitas palavras desconhecidas, passo por ele e ligo apenas as palavras azuis. I don't read the words in between because it takes too long, especially in Arabic and Persian where I'm reading in the Arabic script, which I'm not very good at so it goes very slowly. Não leio as palavras intermediárias porque leva muito tempo, especialmente em árabe e persa, onde leio na escrita árabe, que não sou muito bom nisso, por isso é muito lento. 我不读中间的单词,因为它需要太长的时间,尤其是阿拉伯语和波斯语,我正在阅读阿拉伯语文字,我不太擅长,所以读得非常慢。 Turkish is a lot faster because it's written in the Latin alphabet. O turco é muito mais rápido porque é escrito em alfabeto latino. So I through there and before my wife gets up I've gone through and I've knocked off 100 links created in each of three languages. Also bin ich durch und bevor meine Frau aufsteht, bin ich durchgegangen und habe 100 Links, die in jeder der drei Sprachen erstellt wurden, abgeschlagen. Então eu passei por lá e antes que minha esposa se levantasse, já passei e derrubei 100 links criados em cada um dos três idiomas. Now I can relax because I've got that behind me. Agora posso descontrair-me porque já ultrapassei isso. 现在我可以放松了,因为我已经把它抛在脑后了。

Now, that's something that I just started doing a week ago. Isto é algo que comecei a fazer há uma semana. We'll see how that goes, but so far I'm enjoying it. Veremos como vai, mas até agora estou gostando. I think that's a good way to go. Penso que é uma boa maneira de o fazer. After that, I find time to read. Depois disso, arranjo tempo para ler. When I read, typically, I'm going to find yellow words, previously saved links where I now know those words. 私が読むとき、通常、私は黄色の単語、以前に保存されたリンクを見つけ、それらの単語を今知っています。 Quando leio, normalmente, vou encontrar palavras amarelas, ligações previamente guardadas onde agora conheço essas palavras. I'm not setting myself a target. Não estou estabelecendo um alvo para mim. When I come across them I move them to known or I move them from status 1 to status 2 or status 3. Quando os encontro, passo-os a conhecidos ou passo-os do estado 1 para o estado 2 ou para o estado 3.

Again, it's explaining how LingQ works, but if I go through a lesson just linking then the system thinks I've read that lesson. Novamente, ele está explicando como o LingQ funciona, mas se eu passar por uma lição apenas vinculando, o sistema pensa que li essa lição. So if I read it a second time I don't manually add reading. Portanto, se eu ler uma segunda vez, não adicionarei a leitura manualmente. However, if I read it a third time I might manually add the reading number. No entanto, se eu ler pela terceira vez, posso adicionar manualmente o número da leitura. Although, the manually-added reading number is not counted in your activity index, something to think of. No entanto, o número de leitura adicionado manualmente não é contabilizado no seu índice de atividade, algo a ter em conta. 不过,手动添加的阅读数不会计入您的活动指数,但需要注意的是。

In a way, I'm cheating because when I go through there creating those links the system thinks I've read that article or that lesson, but I haven't. De certa forma, estou trapaceando porque quando passo por lá criando esses links, o sistema pensa que li aquele artigo ou aquela lição, mas não li. 在某种程度上,我在作弊,因为当我在那里创建这些链接时,系统认为我已经阅读了那篇文章或那节课,但我没有。 Then I make a point of going back to read again, listen and read to make sure I go over that material properly and read it because reading is very important. Depois, faço questão de voltar a ler, ouvir e ler, para me certificar de que leio e revejo corretamente o material, porque a leitura é muito importante. So I experiment. Por isso, faço experiências.

Now, it may be in two weeks that I find that there is some other combination of these activities that works better for me, but right now I'm enjoying it. Pode ser que daqui a duas semanas eu descubra que há uma outra combinação destas actividades que funciona melhor para mim, mas neste momento estou a gostar. I find that even going through and linking a bunch of new words is exposure to these words at some level and then when I go back in later I've kind of gone over the same material a second time, this time going through every word, whereas before I was just jumping word to word. Acho que, mesmo passando e ligando um monte de palavras novas, estou a ser exposto a essas palavras a um certo nível e, depois, quando volto a elas mais tarde, já passei pelo mesmo material uma segunda vez, desta vez analisando cada palavra, enquanto antes estava apenas a saltar de palavra em palavra. Of course, a lot of this material is, for example, podcasts that I've downloaded and then I listen. Claro que muito deste material é, por exemplo, podcasts que descarreguei e depois ouvi. So I'm going over sort of the same material in different ways understanding parts of it each time, but I do sense, definitely, that I hear the three languages more clearly. Portanto, estou a rever o mesmo material de formas diferentes, compreendendo partes dele de cada vez, mas sinto, definitivamente, que ouço as três línguas mais claramente. I am making more sense of these three languages, so, so far, I feel this is working. Estou a compreender melhor estas três línguas, por isso, até agora, sinto que está a funcionar.

Whatever You're Doing, Try to Enjoy It

That brings me to the third element of managing your time. Isto leva-me ao terceiro elemento da gestão do tempo. First of all, set yourself goals. Em primeiro lugar, estabeleça objectivos para si próprio. Don't be afraid to experiment and to vary your activities. Não tenha medo de experimentar e de variar as suas actividades. Third of all, whatever you're doing, try to enjoy it and try to believe that what you are doing is worthwhile. I believe that what I am now doing is worthwhile, that it is working, that I am improving, that I understand these podcasts when I listen to them much better than I did before. Acredito que o que estou a fazer agora vale a pena, que está a resultar, que estou a melhorar, que compreendo estes podcasts quando os ouço muito melhor do que antes. That's my impression. É essa a minha impressão. I feel good about what I am doing. Sinto-me bem com o que estou a fazer. I don't wish I were doing something else. Não gostava de estar a fazer outra coisa. I don't wish that I were, I don't know, reviewing words in an Anki deck or whatever. However, if you like reviewing words in an Anki deck make sure you enjoy doing that and that you believe that that is worthwhile doing. No entanto, se gosta de rever palavras num baralho Anki, certifique-se de que gosta de o fazer e de que acredita que vale a pena fazê-lo.

So managing your time, a part of that is also to feel that whatever activity you're committed to doing or whatever method of learning you use, you think that's a good use of your time. Por isso, gerir o seu tempo é também sentir que qualquer atividade que se comprometa a fazer ou qualquer método de aprendizagem que utilize é uma boa utilização do seu tempo. You feel happy about what you're doing. Sente-se feliz com o que está a fazer. I think an important element of managing your time is sort of staying in the moment and thinking that this is where I want to be and this is what I want to be doing. Penso que um elemento importante da gestão do tempo é permanecer no momento e pensar que é aqui que quero estar e é isto que quero fazer.

So there you have it, that's my little spiel with reference to my own experience on managing your time as a language learner. Da haben Sie es also, das ist mein kleines Spiel in Bezug auf meine eigenen Erfahrungen mit der Verwaltung Ihrer Zeit als Sprachschüler. Eis o meu pequeno discurso sobre a minha própria experiência de gestão do tempo enquanto estudante de línguas. 因此,您所拥有的,这就是我在管理自己作为语言学习者的时间方面的经验而感到不满。 Again, if you would like to receive my 10 emails on 10 Tips on Language Learning, please click on the button here on the screen. Mais uma vez, se quiser receber os meus 10 e-mails sobre 10 dicas para aprender línguas, clique no botão aqui no ecrã. I look forward to your comments, bye for now.