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‘Notice How Far You’ve Come’
How far have you come in your study of a foreign language? Where
did you start? What abilities did you have the first day? What
abilities in the foreign language did you have in the first
week? What abilities do you have in the foreign language do you
have now?
Many learners of foreign languages neglect to note their
progress in the foreign language. They trip themselves up in
their futile quest for perfection by comparing their current
level of fluency to a level of perfection unattainable even
among native speakers of that language, rather than comparing
themselves to where they started and how much progress they’ve
made in the language. This mistake can sabotage your success in
a foreign language!
If you want to master a foreign language and become a brilliant
speaker of that language, it is essential that you note the
progress that you have made in order to support your future
progress for these three reasons:
1. If you don’t note the progress that you are making as you are
making it, it is easy to belittle your accomplishments and
forget that you’ve done anything special or extraordinary. If
you don’t realize how much your fruit your efforts are bearing,
you might stop watering the tree.
2. If you know where you were when you started, and you know
where you are now, you can feel good about what you have
accomplished. If you feel good about something you are more
likely to continue doing it. This is a major factor in keeping
yourself motivated to do the things you know you need to do in
order to reach your goals in a foreign language, especially at
those times when you might prefer to do something else.
3. When you examine the path you have taken to get where you
are, you can notice what techniques and approaches are working
well for you and giving you the great results that you want, and
you can notice the techniques or strategies that are giving you
less than fabulous results, and you can adjust to continuously
refine your ability to master a new language.
Having a goal of wanting to be the very best you can in a
foreign language is great and I applaud you for your commitment.
In order to reach your goal, be sure that you take note of and
celebrate your progress over the vast distance you’ve come.
Here’s to Your Success!
Teresa Bolen
Copyright 2006 by Teresa Bolen. All rights reserved.
Teresa Bolen is the author of Master Plan to Master Exams:
How to Discover Your Hidden Abilities to Create the Success You
Desire. FREE ‘Academic Excellence Report’ http://www.MasterPlanToMasterExams.com
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