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It is the first dream of the new Year.

So I'm very excited to be back with everyone again this week to kick off the year in a positive fashion.

Our topic is how to make a personal study plan for 2020.

In this lesson, I'm going to talk about goal setting how to set good goals for yourself, how to set the right kind of goals.

I'm also going to talk about a process, a flow that you can use to keep your studies continuing to make sure that your studies are always moving forward.

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So, as I said today is going to be about setting goals.

I'm going to focus on setting goals, uh, and also helping build a plan helping you to kind of keep your studies going forward said that you don't fall flat, you don't hit what's called like that intermediate plateau plateau is like a flat part of land where we don't go up or down.

So there's an intermediate point, that minute middle level, where we get stuck sometimes.

So I'm going to talk about this today.

But first I'm going to share today's live lesson and then I'm going to begin.

I'm going to start today by talking about something that I talk about a couple times every year.

I suppose I'm going to talk about the concept of goal setting specifically what's called smart goal setting.

So I'm going to slow down.

Uh, my speaking at speed a little bit.

Now I'm going to start today's lesson by talking about setting the right goal, setting the right goals.

So I know I see your comments of every day and a lot of you write comments that I want to speak English fluently.

I want to talk like a native speaker.

So you have, like these very big ideas, that which is great.

That's a positive thing for sure, but I want to emphasize Thean importance.

I want to share.

I want to remind everybody how important it is.

Toe have very specific goals, so smaller goals inside your bigger goal.

So I want to talk first today about setting goals in the most effective way you can.

So we use this or I like to use this What's called smart goal setting.

So you can see the first letter of each word.

Here s M a R T.

This spells smart.

So what is a smart goal?

A smart goal is a goal that has all of these different points inside it.

So a smart girl is something that is specific.

Specific.

So, for example, this I want to be fluent is not a specific alike.

I want to be fluent in English or I want to be fluent in Chinese.

Whatever language you're studying, this is not a smart goal.

This is not specific.

So choosing something specific is, for example, I want to learn 500 new vocabulary words like That's a very specific goal or I want to learn all the words all the vocabulary words on this pdf something like that.

So you choose something that's very specific, so you know exactly what the goal is.

Second m the M in smart stands for measurable, measurable.

So measure so measuring something.

Imagine like a ruler.

Yeah, you're able to measure the length of something or you can measure time with a watch So how are you going to track your goal?

You need to make sure your goal is measurable.

So in other words, how do you know when you achieve the goal?

How do you know if you didn't achieve the goal?

So, for example, with a goal like study, 500 vocabulary words or learn 500 vocabulary words, you can measure it.

Did I do it or not?

Or with learn all the vocabulary words on this PDS you can check.

You can measure.

Did I do it or not?

So make sure your goal is measurable.

You can't measure fluent like, yes, you can take tests.

But there are many different types of tests and there are different levels of fluency.

Right?

So make sure that your goal is measured.

Third is achievable.

Achievable?

That means is it actually possible to do that?

So if you are a beginner error here, maybe even like intermediate.

But you haven't studied for a while and you say, like I want to be, uh, giving a research presentation next month like that's just not possible, probably for most people, it's not achievable.

It's not something we can achieve.

So there's a very, very low chance of success.

So choose a goal that is achievable.

Like again, like learn 500 vocabulary words.

By April, something like that is much more achievable.

Next, realistic, A realistic goal.

So that means does the goal like match with your your lifestyle is the goal match with your schedule as well.

So maybe the goal is achievable, but for you, like maybe you're super busy and you don't have three hours to use for study every day.

So make sure your goal is realistic.

So please keep this in my don't like.

Overwhelm yourself with everything you need to do.

Finally, isn't timely, timely, so timely.

Think of timely here as meaning.

Does it match your life?

Does it match your needs right now?

Is it something that you can focus your energy on right now?

So maybe if you're like changing jobs or changing houses or your you have many different things going on in your life right now, maybe is really, really difficult to create a super focused study plan, so make sure that your goal matches your life situation right now.

So this is what's called a smart tickle, a goal that means all of these points is a smart girl.

So some examples of this are, as I said, learn 500 new vocabulary words by April.

So smart goal, because it's specific 500 new vocabulary words.

It's measurable.

We understand.

Did I do it or not?

Like, Did I learn 500 words or not?

I can track it.

It's achievable, so it sounds like something that it's actually possible to do.

Is it realistic?

Yeah, it's 500 words.

I can break that down each day each week.

Is it timely?

Sure, maybe for this person, it's a very timely goal.

I have a vocabulary.

Another example is this.

Learn how to talk about my hobby in the next six weeks.

Learn how to talk about my hobby in the next six weeks.

So I have a six week time period to talk about my hobby.

So that means I need to be able to have a conversation about my hobby.

Maybe I have a conversation partner, and I can check whether I was able to do it or not.

So this is another specific goal past the proficiency test.

I know lots of you take proficiency test liked OIC and Total.

What else is there?

Bullets.

There's so many, um so if maybe passing a proficiency test is your goal, that's great.

Just make sure it's, you know, you break down your goals, make sure you break down your studies.

I'll talk about that later, too.

And finally just another small.

But actually, these are my favorite kinds of gold.

Sorry, it's kind of hidden by the banner.

There.

I wrote it too far down on the board.

I will read it.

It says.

Be able to order a pizza over the phone by next month.

Be able to order pizza over the phone by next month.

This means pick up the phone and order a pizza.

So this is an example of, ah, daily life goal.

And actually, these are my favorites because they're very like, what should I say?

You can't really, um, planned for them until you realize you're not able to do it.

So this was something I wanted to be able to do.

Like in my studies for Japanese.

I knew I wanted like to call a taxi to my house one day, and I knew that I needed to like the vocabulary for that.

So I looked up the vocabulary for it and thought through like the sentences I would need.

So these kinds of everyday life goals, I think, are really, really great, because you can kind of understand how to use them right away.

So this is how I wanted to start today's lesson by talking about smart goal setting.

All right, eh?

So as we continue through today's lesson, maybe send your goal.

Send your goal in the chat and we can take a look and get some ideas.

Maybe some of you are stuck a little bit with ideas for gold, so try to send a few through.

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OK, we'll take one quick break there and then I'm going to talk about making your study plan.

So this part I have designed a lovely flow chart style presentation for this.

We're going to talk about how to build and continue a study plan.

I've hopefully got some hints here for people of every level, so let's take a quick break and then we'll continue.

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This morning this afternoon this evening, depending on where you were.

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So with that, let's continue to the meat of today's presentation, the main focus of today's topic.

How to make your study plan So it's kind of a cycle.

Um, we're going to look at how to make this plan for ourselves and continue making the plant.

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