IWTYAL 003: How can I stay motivated in my language learning?

Welcome episode 3 of the I Will Teach You A Language podcast!

In today's episode we feature a question from Adam: “How can I get back on the horse and keep myself motivated after a bad week of learning?”

In this episode:

• What does it mean to “fall behind” in your language learning?
• Are your expectations realistic?
• Does it matter if you don't study for a week?
• Whenever you find yourself getting frustrated, try being kind to yourself

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• You can't control how much you learn
• Learning is not linear
• Why taking a break can be a good thing

Some specific tactics for staying motivated:

• Make sure you have a schedule and routine
• Do something different, add some variety to your routine

Today's quote

“Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.”
– Winston Churchill

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Olly Richards

Creator of the StoryLearning® Method

Olly Richards is a renowned polyglot and language learning expert with over 15 years of experience teaching millions through his innovative StoryLearning® method. He is the creator of StoryLearning, one of the world's largest language learning blogs with 500,000+ monthly readers.

Olly has authored 30+ language learning books and courses, including the bestselling "Short Stories" series published by Teach Yourself.

When not developing new teaching methods, Richards practices what he preaches—he speaks 8 languages fluently and continues learning new ones through his own methodology.