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Career
Finding Joy in the Journey: Ryan’s Story: Hebrew transformed from a hobby to an everyday necessity in Ryan’s role as Public Relations Coordinator at Shevet Achim
Michael’s Journey: skills acquired during his study of Arabic launched a unique career that has taken Michael all over the world
Soft Skills and Language Learning: Emily’s Story: although her target language hasn’t become an integral part of Emily’s career, the skills she acquired through the experience have
Using Your Target Language in Your Career…Or Not!: listen as four former students of Arabic discuss how learning Arabic transformed their careers and personal lives
Comparison
Why You Should Skip Comparing: read about the dangers of comparison and how one student realized it was holding him back from having his own valuable learning experiences
Coping
Stress Coping Strategies: ideas to help you make a plan to mitigate the effects of stress
What Does Avoidance Look Like?: includes suggestions for resisting the urge to turn and run from your stressors
Deliberate practice
Break it Down: How to Hone Your Language Skills Fast: learn how to portion skills you want to learn into smaller pieces to make your studying more targeted
Journaling as a Means to Promote Active Learning: includes insight into how journaling helped improve Hannah’s goal setting
Seeing the Future: Why You Should Practice Visualization: how visualizing success can help you keep your sights set on your specific goals
The Key to Optimizing Your Language Practice Time: discover what “deliberate practice” means
Visualizing Success: Anna’s Story: Anna’s vision of the Chinese proficiency she wanted to achieve drove her to make her practice more deliberate and effective
Extroversion/Introversion
So…you’re an introvert?: see how introverts and extroverts alike can succeed in language learning
Feedback
The Key to Optimizing Your Language Practice Time: getting feedback is an important way to make your practice more deliberate
Why You Should Be Watching (Or Listening To) Your Language Game Film: recording yourself can help you get immediate feedback– even from yourself
Goals/Goal-setting
Break it Down: How to Hone Your Language Skills Fast: breaking big goals into smaller portions makes them more approachable
Kylie’s Story — As Told Through Her Weekly Journal Entries: Kylie shares what kind of goal-setting worked best for her
Seeing the Future: Why You Should Practice Visualization: how visualizing success can help you keep your sights set on your specific goals
Setting Your Course: a simple guide to setting effective goals
Journaling as a Means to Promote Active Learning: check out how journaling helped improve Hannah’s goal setting
Journaling
Kylie’s Story– As Told Through Her Weekly Journal Entries: read some of Kylie’s journal entries from her study abroad
Journaling as a Means to Promote Active Learning: includes insight into how journaling helped improve Hannah’s goal setting
Mindfulness
Mindfulness: learning to be more mindful of your thoughts and feelings can improve your ability to address them
Motivation
Fatma’s Story: discover how remembering her motivation for learning Arabic helped Fatma to persevere through challenges
Perfectionism
Michael’s Journey: includes Michael’s advice for combating perfectionism in language learning
Turning Perfectionism Into a Strength: learn about maladaptive perfectionism and how it may be holding you back
Stress
Recognizing Stress: take the first steps to discovering how stress manifests in your mind and body
Stress Coping Strategies: learn how to mitigate the stress you encounter in your language learning journey
What Does Avoidance Look Like?: get tips for fighting the urge to avoid the hard things
Study Abroad
Kylie’s Story– As Told Through Her Weekly Journal Entries: take a peek into Kylie’s study abroad experience
Making the Most of Study Abroad: Arturo’s Heads-up Choices: learn from Arturo’s example how you can prepare for and maximize a language learning experience abroad
Visualization
Seeing the Future: Why You Should Practice Visualization: learn how this skill helps athletes and language learners alike improve their performance
Visualizing Success: Anna’s Story: Anna’s vision of the Chinese proficiency she wanted to achieve drove her to make her practice more deliberate and effective