100 Goals you can have as a language learner

 

Originally posted by Lovely Blue Panda

A follower of mine asked me what are some realistic goals when you’re learning languages but before giving you 100 examples, I want to mention that you can have daily, weekly, monthly or/and yearly goals. If you get easily distracted and need motivation, set goals for each category; however, if you can focus and be motivated for a longer period of time, you might not need daily or/and weekly goals.

Also, the numbers/minutes/hours are an example, you can change them according to your time, resources, motivation, etc.

Daily goals

1. Read 1 article in your target language.
2. Learn 10 words.
3. Learn 1 poem in your target language.
4. Learn a song in your target language.
5. Watch a movie.
6. Read 1 page from a book in your target language.
7. Sing 1 song in your target language.
8. Talk with a native for 10 minutes.
9. Learn 2 idioms.
10. Translate 1 song.
11. Translate 1 poem.
12. Write 1 short text about anything.
13. Watch 1 episode from your favorite show dubbed/subbed.
14. Get 50 points on Duolingo.
15. Make a vocab list.
16. Learn 1 new grammatical concept.
17. Think in your target language for 10 minutes
18. Read to a podcast for 15 minutes.
19. Learn 1 tongue twister.
20. Spend 15 minutes on WordBrewery.
21. Play on Babadum for 15 minutes.
22. Use Clozemaster for 15 minutes.
23. Listen to an audiobook for 10 minutes.
24. Revise your notes for 20 minutes.
25. Learn 1 vocab list.

Weekly

1. Read 10 articles in your target language.
   
2. Read 2 books for children.
3. Learn 5 poems.
4. Learn 3 songs.
5. Watch 3 movies.
6. Learn 10 grammatical concepts.
7. Talk for 2 hours in your target language.
8. Learn 5 vocab lists.
9. Learn 100 new words.
10. Finish 8 lessons on Duolingo. (I mean the entire bullet/dot/set of mini-lessons)
11. Watch 10 episodes from your favorite show in your target language subbed/dubbed.
12. Learn 30 idioms.
13. Write 3 A4 pages about anything.
14. Translate 5 songs.
15. Learn 3 vocab lists.
16. Revise with the help of some tests online for 2 hours.
17. Change your phone settings to be in your target language.
18. Make a summary of the books you’ve read.
19. Read 10 pages from a complex book in your target language. 
20. Make 5 vocab lists.
21. Write a motivational text of 10 lines for you in your target language about why you enjoy learning languages.
22. Think for 2 hours in your target language.
23. Translate 3 pages from a book in your native language.
24. Translate 3 pages from a book in your target language.
25. Discover 10 new songs in your target language.

Monthly

1. Learn 350 new words.
   
2. Read 1 advanced book in your target language.
3. Finish a grammar book.
4. Finish 10 stories for kids.
5. Learn 80 idioms.
6. Learn 20 vocab lists.
7. Finish 35 lessons on Duolingo. (the bullets/dots/set of mini-lessons)
8. Make 20 vocab lists.
9. Watch 10 movies in your target language subbed/dubbed.
10. Translate 10 songs.
11. Learn 10 poems.
12. Learn 5 songs.
13. Talk to natives for 10 hours. 
14. Write summaries for every chapter/article you’ve read.
15. Watch 15 YouTube videos in your target language.
16. Make a story of 5 minutes while looking at a random picture on Google.
17. Understand a song (that you don’t know) without checking the lyrics too often.
18. Read 20 articles.
19. Make a dish while reading the recipe in your target language
20. Revise for 20 hours.
21. Keep a journal with your daily progress and at the end of the month, read how many things you achieved.
22. Read to a podcast for 24 hours.
23. Think in your target language for 24 hours.
24. Play babadum/clozemaster for 10 hours.

Yearly

1. Be mistaken for a native.
   
2. Know 50 poems.
3. Be able to sing most Disney songs in your target language.
4. Watch movies without subs.
5. Learn 10.000 words.
6. Read 10 advanced books.
7. Finish Duolingo/whatever course you use.
8. Be able to think in your target language effortlessly.
9. Master irregular verbs.
10. Have at least 5 native friends that talk to you in your target language.
11. Be proud you didn’t give up.
12. Study a bit daily.
13. Finish 3 grammar books/workbooks/books for advanced learners.
14. Have a decent accent.
15. Be able to read without translating anything.
16. Watch more movies in your target language than your native one/English.
17. Have favorite YouTubers that are native to your target language.
18. Keep a diary and read how your year has been.
19. Be able to talk about advanced stuff.
20. Have very detailed descriptions.
21. Know the most popular songs in your target language.
22. Read mostly in your target language.
23. Know several new recipes that are cooked only in the country where your target language is spoken.
24. Being able to say that you’re bilingual/multilingual/a polyglot.
25. Learn your next language through the one that you mastered already.