recently, i’ve felt the disappointing weight of the “intermediate plateau.” i feel like i know enough words to communicate, but i don’t know what i want to know in order to be able to express myself, handle complex topics, or feel comfortable in more native conversations.
because of this, i decided to start a 90 day challenge where i learn 1,000 words in 90 days. this is actually really doable! that’s only about 12 words per day and, since i prefer to learn words in the context of entire sentences, i’ll hopefully be able to master more than just 1,000!
accountability
in order to keep myself accountable, i’ll be posting daily updates starting march 1st where each day i share the new words i mastered that day. i’ll talk a bit about my progress and how i feel the words i’m learning are influencing my conversations with natives as well as my general fluency with the language.
i’ll tag each post with #90dvc for record-keeping!
will i skip days?
considering i don’t think 11-12 words per day is too difficult, i’m going to do my best not to skip any days and consistently learn new words each day. if i do that, i’ll be done with the challenge in june!
can other people join this challenge?
definitely! i’m sure there are other, similar challenges like it but i encourage anyone that feels they don’t know enough vocab to challenge themselves to learn the vocab necessary to feel more comfortable with their target language. for me, that means breaking it up into 90 days of dedicated vocab study.
if you’d like to ask me questions, please do so here! otherwise, i will begin this challenge on 2018 march 1, and do my best to post everyday under #90dvc.