It happens to be the start of 2020 as I put pen to paper (well, it was). The time feels right to start a new blog. It's time for a New Year's resolution. It's time for a challenge. A language acquisition challenge.
Initially, I thought of setting a 365-day goal. But I feel that would be too gimmicky - it doesn't feel authentic. Plus, I have life that I'd like to live alongside of this project. Life-work balance and all that.
So I'll take it fairly easy. I've no problem with that - I've already opted to work only part time (0.6). And in a couple of years I'll be eligible to retire. All in all, I'm not going to turn this into a big deal. I wish to spend no more than a couple of hours per day on this exercise. In terms of language-learning, therefore, I'll see how I fare with just a few languages, not too many. I'll settle for an even dozen.
I've selected them according to the alphabet. They each start with a different letter, so that'll make it easier to name and keep track of them.
- A is for Arabic
- C is for Chinese
- D is for Dutch
- E is for English (which I don't count as one of the 12)
- F is for French
- G is for German
- H is for Hindi
- J is for Japanese
- M is for Maori
- N is for Norwegian
- P is for Polish
- R is for Russian
- and S will be for Spanish
I think that's a fair swag.
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