Tag: personal growth

Staying Motivated: Affirmations For Learners

Staying Motivated: Affirmations For Learners

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Dear readers, whether you’re visiting this blog for the first time or are a regular, thank you for stopping by. This post is meant to be a little treat if you’re looking for affirmation, understanding, and support—particularly if you’re feeling stuck or unmotivated in your learning journey. Since our main focus here is language learning, I’ll approach it from that perspective again, but keep in mind: these thoughts apply to anyone working to acquire a new skill through hardship and frustration. When progress feels slower than expected and you start to feel lost or disheartened, I hope you’ll come back to this post.

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Fluency vs. Accuracy

Fluency vs. Accuracy

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When it comes to language learning, two terms appear again and again: fluency and accuracy. Both are important goals, but what do they really mean—and how are they different? More importantly, once you’ve moved beyond the intermediate stage, what practical steps can you take to strengthen both? In this article, we’ll break it down and give you clear strategies to keep improving.

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The Beauty of New Beginnings

The Beauty of New Beginnings

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Writing and posting articles tagged “my diary” still feels a little tricky for me. Not just because it’s something new and not typically done on this website, but primarily because it’s personal. And the reason I’d like to continue going this personal here on my blog, which is primarily devoted to English as a second language, is that I believe what I have to share relates to learning in a broad, meaningful sense. Learning a language is just part of the lifelong learning journey many of us are fortunate to be on.

So, the purpose of this blog entry is to encourage you, my reader, to think about how our priorities change over time and how beautiful that change can be. To put this into a more practical, language-learning perspective, I’ll focus on the importance of self-acceptance and giving ourselves some slack when undertaking a challenge as big as mastering a foreign language. If you find this aspect particularly interesting, please check my post “Finding Joy in Growth, Not Perfection.” Now, let’s dive into what I actually mean by a new beginning.

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