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Probably my favorite tool!

Yeah! I'll share it once it is all done!

Thanks! I'll check out those podcasts!

Nick @nicolasbolt.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Building a new system to capturing my goals and breaking them down into easier to achieve goals! #langsky

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One thing I wish I did earlier in my language learning journey: Listen to podcasts. It is sooo helpful with improving my ability to hold conversations now because it isn't nearly as hard to understand spoken language after listening to so many podcasts. #langsky

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Nick @nicolasbolt.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

This is my current language study routine! Any suggestions for improvements? Trying to create unreasonable expectations but still want to make good progress in each language. #langsky

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Nick @nicolasbolt.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

I'm building a database of language learning activities for myself! The goal with this is to have a list of activities I can pick from to decrease any resistance to starting a study session. I am going to spend some time today adding more ideas to what I already have! #langsky

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Nick @nicolasbolt.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Goals for this week: - 1 French podcast + summary of the episode - 3 spanish course videos - 5 french journal entries - 3 lessons on Language Transfer for Spanish I think I'm starting to get a routine set for the year! #langsky

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Nick @nicolasbolt.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

One thing that has really helped my language learning is taking lessons with multiple teachers instead of only one. I have 3 different teachers that I take lessons with. Monday - 1 hour Spanish lesson Friday - 30 min French lesson Saturday - 1 hour French lesson (every other week)

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Nick @nicolasbolt.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Currently I'm tracking a study log and a resource list grouped by Type and by Level. Anything I am missing? I've considered adding a journal but ended up putting that inside the study log. Seemed easier to have one place to go for each study session. #langsky

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Nick @nicolasbolt.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

I spent some time reworking my Notion template for language learning. The dashboard page has a task planner/manager and then each language is in it's own card which holds my study log and resource list. Hopefully this will increase my organization for my studying! #langsky

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Nick @nicolasbolt.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Thanks! It's been going well so far! I've been trying to systemize my learning better so that I can learn future languages better and faster!

Nick @nicolasbolt.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

I might add some explanations to each of the topics in the Grammar Tracker. This way, the Grammar Tracker is more than just a checklist but a tool to learn each concept in the language. Maybe I should add a short quiz to test understanding as well. Any thoughts on this?

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Nick @nicolasbolt.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Some things I've learned after learning French and will do better when I learn Spanish: - Start taking lessons with a tutor right away (I use Preply and iTalki) - Practice speaking and listening from day 1 - Focus my learning on words that are relevant to my life Anything else to add? #langsky

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Nick @nicolasbolt.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

I waited when I was starting to learn French to start journeling and I think that was a mistake. Now with Spanish, I'm trying to start writing right away! It helps me internalize what I've learned better

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Nick @nicolasbolt.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Yeah! There are playlists for course videos up until at least C1

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Nick @nicolasbolt.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

A big part of my Spanish learning recently has been using this video course on Youtube. I really like how it also includes listening and speaking practice. A big thing I ignored at first when learning French! Hoping to get the basics down with this and a tutor on Preply! #langsky

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Nick @nicolasbolt.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Thanks! I would love to hear what you think about it!

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Nick @nicolasbolt.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

I'm all in on my Spanish learning this year. Starting from the beginning, this is going to be my focus this week! I'm going to try to get as far into this as I can but still making sure to fully understand each concept before going to the next! #langsky

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Nick @nicolasbolt.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

That's amazing! Congrats!!

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Nick @nicolasbolt.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Nice! I like the idea of creating a roadmap like this! I'm pushing forward with only Romance languages for the time being but I like the idea of creating a long term vision! Good luck!

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Nick @nicolasbolt.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Goals for this week: - Listen to another Autoctone podcast and write a summary - Speak 500 words into FluentBurst - Complete the first few sections of the A1 Grammar Tracker for Spanish - Complete 3 Spanish course videos Trying to manage both French and Spanish now! #langsky

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Nick @nicolasbolt.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Pretty good week! ✅ podcast and summary complete ✅ chapter in my D-Day book read ✅ spoke more than 500 words into FluentBurst ❌ Finish A1 level in the Spanish Grammer Tracker The grammar tracker goal was a little too ambitious this week, I'm going to break it down smaller now!

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I'm going through the master Spanish academy courses on YouTube! I'm also writing a journal entry every study session and I'm building an app to help me practice speaking! I'm also planning on using spanishdict.com exercises it has native speakers in clips to help with listening as well!

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Welcome! I'm also learning Spanish this year!

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Trying a new way of tracking language learning activities. Each week I am going to put it into a table in Notion. That way I can keep track of weekly goals to make better progress! I might try to change the database views to something more appealing but I think this could help me a lot! #langsky

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Nick @nicolasbolt.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

I have been working on a tool to structure my learning and help me track my progress so I built a Grammar Tracker tool. It's free and the link is in the pinned post on my profile if you want to check it out!

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I hope it is useful for you! This is still the first version so if there are things that should be added or improved in some way, let me know and I'll make the updates!

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Nick @nicolasbolt.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Introducing the Language Learner's Grammar Tracker! A free tool to track your progress from A1-B1 in English, French, or Spanish. I’m using it to structure my Spanish! More languages & levels coming soon! I would love to hear your feedback on it! #langsky fluentburst.com/resources/gr...

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Nick @nicolasbolt.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Yeah makes sense! That is also probably why it is important to find the right tutor so that they know enough to talk about those things!

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Nick @nicolasbolt.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

How do you decide what to focus on during your speaking practice? I try to either practice a roleplay scenario like going to a hotel or a debate topic to practice expressing my opinion. Just talking about my day all of the time gets a little boring after a while. #langsky

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Nick @nicolasbolt.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Oh nice! Yeah I do something similar I always start a tutoring session by sending over some sentences I wrote recently so that we can put focus on that each time! Fluentburst is an app I'm building to help me speak better! I'm trying to create some tools that will help me learn languages better!

Nick @nicolasbolt.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

How do you balance learning grammar with practicing real conversations? I try to work in new grammar topics into my writing first and then try practicing it in my speech with FluentBurst. The goal for me is to always bring every grammar topic into my speech as soon as I can. #langsky

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Nick @nicolasbolt.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Goals for this week: - Listen to an episode of the Autoctone podcast and write a summary - Read a chapter in my current French book: La bataille de D-Day - Speak 500 words in FluentBurst - Complete the A1 level in the Grammar Tracker

Si vous avez besoin de quelqu'un avec qui étudier, faites-le moi savoir!

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That is so nice! I wish you the best of luck getting to fluency and being able to do that!

Yeah I get that! But I'm sure over time you will get better at that! Teaching is a tough challenge!

That would be an amazing change! Getting a job using your target language would be so much fun!

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Thanks for the recommendation! I'll check it out!