One month into a new year and one month into four new languages. Here’s my language learning goals for February 2020 and a review of how it all went last month.

Your Free Language Planner

One thing that’ll really help you to get the language learning you want done this month is to take some time to plan out what it is you want to do and achieve. If you’re not sure where to start, the free planner is a good place.

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And, if you want a little more guidance, you can always go one step better and get The Solo Language Learner Planner, which is much more detailed and reusable for all the months of all the years!

Your Free Teacher Planner

And if you’re teaching and looking for some order, I’ve now got a free teacher planner to share with you. Yay! Click below to download your free Teacher Planner.

Just like for learners, there’s also a much more in-depth and helpful version available for you too, teachers! It’s called The Online Language Teacher Planner and you can get it right here.

Language Learning Review for January

My language learning goals heading into the new year were all about 4 new languages for me: Welsh, Cornish, Manx, and Scottish Gaelic.

I set not so much a monthly goal but a goal to start by getting familiar with the essential words and structures to help me say more.

Using the Essential Vocabulary I shared last month in this blog article, I’ve been building up a similar and simple vocab in all four languages.

There’s been lots of listening – I’ve listened to Say Something In… level 1 challenge 1 in Welsh, Cornish and Manx at least 4 times each now on my daily walks.

That’s been really helpful and it’s something I look forward to as well. It’s something that’s built up over time as a habit, which means it’s now really easy to do and has become a regular part of my day.

The only downside is that I struggled to find a similar audio course for Scottish Gaelic, which meant I felt that language was lagging behind! But it’s all good now, and I listen to the Colloquial audio from their website on my phone. It’s not a perfect solution, but it’s better than before.

I also found a Teach Yourself Gaelic set in the library that I’ve added that to my phone too.

Language Learning Goals for February

Although I’m happy with my progress so far, I do want a little more base knowledge before booking any lessons for any of these languages. I’ve been doing lots of speaking (out loud and to myself!) but don’t have time in February (read: it’s not a priority) to book lessons.

Now that we’re beginning to see shape to Language Stories filming, I know I can focus more so on Manx and Welsh first.

I’m very much loving Cornish, but as I don’t think we’ll get there for filming until the summer, I know that I can think a little less about that for now.

I also have some resources to share with you for each of the languages, because I’m very keen to show how easy it is to find stuff for languages that you may not think so at first.

Welsh

Say Something In Welsh – my main resource I’m using as the core to my learning.

Gwenno – Kerstin introduced me to Gwenno a while back. I think when we were driving through Croatia to Ljubljana for the Polyglot Conference a couple of years ago. It was a multilingual roadtrip that involved lots of 90s dance music and us taking turns to pick our favourite artists in different languages. Gwenno’s first album is predominantly in Welsh.

SAM SAM TAN! – I had a revelation one morning, that I share don Instagram, whilst reading a dialogue in my Welsh book. Someone was from Pontypridd. That made me think of Pontypandy, where Fireman Sam lives. That made me wonder if Fireman Sam is in Welsh.

I then discovered that Fireman Sam is Welsh and there’s some old episodes and the theme tune on YouTube. I’ve found my Welsh Shakira. His name is Fireman Sam.

Memrise – There’s a good selection of courses in Welsh on Memrise.

Duolingo – Duolingo’s Welsh course is a thing!

Easy Welsh – I love re-watching this small selection of Easy Welsh videos on YouTube.

S4C Clic – Kerstin mentioned a TV show on S4C, the Welsh TV channel, called Cariad@iaith. It’s about 8 celebrities learning Welsh and it’s quite a good thing to watch at this stage as they’re all learning too so there’s lots of footage of them in class and out and about pracgising what they’re learning. Perfect learner viewing!

Glossika – I recently discovered that Glossika is free for Welsh, Manx, and Scottish Gaelic (among other languages too). This is perfect as a supplmentary resource for me as I enjoy using Glossika.

Cornish

Say Something In Cornish – my main resource I’m using as the core to my learning.

Go Cornish on Memrise – I’ve started with this Cornish course but there’s some more too.

Go Cornish – The people behind Go Cornish have put together a selection of resources here.

Gwenno again! – Ok. So I feel slightly trolled that I’d been listening to Eus Keus? for at least a year before I learnt it’s a song asking if there’s cheese. Not mad though. Also Tir Ha Mor was featured on the Netflix show Sex Education, which is very cool.

An audio course – I haven’t yet started it yet but there’s another audio course here.

Manx

Say Something In Manx – my main resource I’m using as the core to my learning.

Memrise – I’ve started with this Manx for Beginners Memrise course. There’s more courses too.

Manx Language on YouTube – there’s a good collection of helpful videos here.

Culture Vannin – There’s also some hosted on the Culture Vannin YouTube channel too.

Glossika – I recently discovered that Glossika is free for Welsh, Manx, and Scottish Gaelic (among other languages too). This is perfect as a supplmentary resource for me as I enjoy using Glossika.

Scottish Gaelic

Gaelic with Jason – I looove these video lessons! They make you feel like you’re actually in the classroom with Jason. Great!

Speaking Our Language – Oh wow. What to say? If Sam Tan wasn’t enough on the nostalgia front, Speaking Our Language is pulling out all the stops. Those telephones have cords! Nationwide used to sell houses?! Someone save Mrs MacLeod from this terrible marriage – she looks terrified!

Memrise – I haven’t started any yet but there’s some Scottish Gaelic courses on Memrise.

Duolingo – Just recently launched, the Duolingo Scottish Gaelic course now has more people learning than there are native speakers.

Glossika – I recently discovered that Glossika is free for Welsh, Manx, and Scottish Gaelic (among other languages too). This is perfect as a supplmentary resource for me as I enjoy using Glossika.

Goals On Film!

Watch my current progress with all four languages in this months check-in video below…

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How did your language learning go this month? What are your language goals for next month? Share in the comments below!