My Language Learning Goal for 2026 ⭐️🎉 - what are your goals? · TrustyChinese

My Language Learning Goal for 2026 ⭐️🎉 - what are your goals?

大家好！Hi everyone! 😊

It’s the time for setting goals for the New Year. I like to set 10 goals for each year, which includes my one(s) for language learning. My suggestion for language learning is to pick a big, inspiring goal, then break it down into realistic, achievable chunks.

This year (aside from maintaining my Mandarin of course!) my goal is to re-gain my fluency in speaking French. 🗣️🇫🇷

I learnt French for years in school and reached a decent intermediate level. However, as the saying goes, if you don’t use it you lose it. When I started learning Mandarin, that became my priority and I stopped practicing French almost completely. Therefore, over the years, my French passive knowledge has remained but my active skills of speaking and writing have diminished greatly.

So my plan this year is to change that! I have a trip to Marseille booked in May and I would love to be able to speak more confidently and fluently again by that time.

My approach is going to be…

✅Step 1: Shadowing practice to improve pronunciation and intonation (I already do a lot of this using apps / podcasts/ videos etc., but I want to practice more regularly.)

✅ Step 2: Speak with others and get feedback (This is the biggest area I need to work on!)

✅ Step 3: Daily immersion (I listen to French music a lot! But I need to incorporate more speaking immersion into my daily/weekly routine).

⭐️My big, inspiring goal is: Speak French more fluently by May.

🎯 My smaller, more realistic daily / weekly targets:

> Listen to French podcasts a few times a week. (Comprehensible input).

> Shadow French phrases/sentences several times a week. (Using apps/textbook audios/youtube videos/ podcasts etc.)

> Find a language partner and practice speaking French with them, with feedback.

> Speak out loud to myself in French more often e.g. narrating my daily activities, express my thoughts out loud using French. This can help me to realise very quickly what I can and can’t say.

📝 You can use our Weekly Checklist resource to help you plan your smaller targets and make consistent progress towards your goal this year: https://trusty-weekly-flow.lovable.app

💬 Let me know in the comments - what is your Mandarin learning goal for the year? What are your smaller targets to help you achieve this?

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