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You live a new life for every new language you speak. If you know only one language, you only live once.
β a Czech proverb
Welcome back, Polyglot Friends!π
Today we will do something fun and that is…
Making a polyglot bucket list. β¨
Because learning a language isn’t always about Studying
They are also about HAVING FUN!
π·What is a Polyglot Bucket List?
You for sure know what a bucket list is, but
have you ever heard about a Polyglot Version of it?
Well, just like a normal Bucket List
a Polyglot Bucket List is a list of goals you want to achieve but…
Related to language learning!π
It can be anything.
From the easiest tasks
Like read 10 pages in Korean
To big dreams like
Move to Japan π
Nothing is too big or small
Your Polyglot Bucket List isn’t supposed
to be a realistic five-year plan.
It’s supposed to be
a collection of things that make you think:
“Wait… how cool would it be if I could do that?”
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π Hot Girl Tip
Don’t learn new words in isolation!
Make a sentence you actually use in daily conversation using that word and learn the whole sentence.
πLet’s Make a Polyglot Bucket List Together!
Grab your journal or notes app and
Write down what you would like to achieve
In your language learning
It doesn’t matter if it’s something
Achievable now or in 10 years
It matters just that
It is your goal or dream.
Some things might happen next month.
Some might happen in five years.
And some might stay on your list forever.
That’s okay too.
Get your bucket list down
And come back to it whenever
you need motivation
or when you need to
Remind yourself why you started the language,
To reignite the spark that
Made you curious about the language
In the first place.
πΈAn Example of a Polyglot Bucket List
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- Learn 10 languages to an intermediate level
- Move to Korea to be surrounded by the language
- Enter a University in Japan
- Get a big girl job in Spain
- Visit 5 countries where I can speak the local language
- Invent with a friend our own language
- Have my first conversation in Arabic
- See my favorite Korean artist in a concert
- Meet your French PenPal
- Learn a Sign Language
- Volunteer in Portugal in Portuguese
- Have a trip in Italy where you use Italian
- Read a novel in Korean
- Go on a trip just to practice a language
- Take a month long language class in Turkey
- Understand a conversation you overhear at a cafe abroad
- Make a phone call in Japanese
- Have a dream in a foreign language or more
- Have someone compliment you on your language skills
- Have a conversation and only after realise that you didn’t have to translate anything in your head
- Send your first letter in Polish
- Help someone learn your native language
- Attend an international language meetup / conference
- Give a presentation in Chinese
- Write a paper or a book in Korean
- Be an interpreter for your friends or an institution
- Reach C1 level in 5 languages
- Get 10 language certificates
- Learn a language using your 3rd or 4th language
- Learn 4 languages with different writing systems
- Have someone ask you “How many languages do you speak?” and genuinely struggle to answer. π
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π Reflection/journal prompt
What beliefs are stopping you from learning THAT language?
Is it that it’s too hard?
That you don’t have enough time?
That you can’t study it on your own?
That you are capable?
Write the answer down and for each one find an alternative positive thought or solution to your problem.
Reminder
Your Bucket List
DOESN’T HAVE TO BE LONG
OR HAVE 10 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
It has to have goals that genuinely excite you
And make you go:
I really want to learn this language!
And it doesn’t need all the goals others have
It just needs to have your goals
Tailored to you and your interests.
So don’t compare your list to others.
We all have our own unique language learning journeys.
πΈ Polyglot Bestie Challenge
Write a short fantasy story in your target language. Make a cool protagonist and let them have the craziest adventure ever. Write all you can and just write the words you don’t know in English. Don’t stop to look them up. You don’t want your story idea to just fly away. After you finish the whole story, look for the missing words.
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π Tell Us, Polyglot Bestie…
What are 5 things you are definitely adding to your Polyglot Bucket List?
π We’d love to read your answer in the comments.
See you on the next adventure, Polyglot Bestie. π
