New Years Language Challenge Video Pledges (Part II)

New Years Language Challenge Video Pledges (Part II) See Who’s Taking this Year’s Challenge If you are taking this year’s challenge we’re  giving away 50 free ITC if you make a video challenge pledge.Life Hacks research  has shown that if you put yourself up to something by doing it in public, you follow through because others are watching.  So use peer pressure to your advantage!  So help out your fellow language learners participating in the challenge!  Leave them words of encouragement on their notebook entries!  And don’t forget to sign up for yourself, and get 2015 of to a great start! This is  the second blog listing of New Years  Language Challenge Video Pledges.  Watch the videos from the first post below. Part I Here WolDstn  from the United States is learning  Portuguese Woldstn is taking the challenge  because his family will soon be moving to Brazil and he needs to be able to speak the language.  His goal is to be able to carry out a conversation with somebody from Brazil in Portuguese.  We  wish him the best of luck and hope he and his family enjoy their time in Brazil.  You can cheer him on here. Javier from Spain is learning English Javier wants to improve his English fluency over the 6 weeks.  He wants to be able to pass the  Official school of English exam, which would put him at a B1 level.  He thinks that taking classes through italki is one of the best ways of doing so and we must say we couldnt agree more.  We wish Javier the best in his studies and you can too by writing on his notebook entry. Phillip from the United States is learning Chinese Phillip is moving to Beijing in 2 days.  So he needs to keep build on his 5 months of Chinese studies to be able to live abroad.  He can already use everyday pleasantries, so his new goal is to be able to descriptively describe how to cook a dish in Chinese.  This is because he is a cook by trade and he wants to be able to talk about his profession in Chinese.  We wish him the best!  You can too here. Helen from the United Kingdom is learning French Helen hasnt studied French in a long time and she is taking the Challenge so that she has the confidence to speak with confidence. She finds the French accent and pronunciation particularly difficult and really wants to make improvements on this end. Shes excited to get going so please wish her the best of luck here. Mak  from India is learning English Mak, a native Assamese speaker is from India and is taking the Challenge to improve his English. He speaks in his native Assamese during the first part of this video which for us here was really cool. Maks goal is to learn 50 phrasal verbs and to improve his pronunciation and his English speaking accent. Hes already very fluent in English so we hope that after 20 hours, hell reach his goal. Send him some words of encouragement in his notebook entry here. Liz  from the United States is learning Spanish Liz has studied Spanish for about 20 years and still doesnt speak it as well as she would like. She has lots of Spanish speaking friends, has a great love of the language and wants to travel to Spanish speaking countries in the future. She already has a good foundation in the language as you hear in the video below and just wants to improve and get better. Wish her the best of luck by commenting on her notebook entry here. Scott from the United States is learning Spanish. Scott is an attorney from the Midwest portion of the United States.  He finds it difficult to learn the language as the majority of people in his surrounding area all speak English.  He has taken lessons in the past and has visited Spanish speaking countries, but would like to be able to speak Spanish better than he does now.  Wish him luck! Bob Kaucher  from the United States is learning Italian. Bob is starting from scratch.  He has never taken Italian before but thinks that this is a great way to start.  He recommends the italki language challenge to anybody who is starting off learning a new language!  We truly wish him the best as he goes forth with his goals and hope that he can develop an Italian base to build off of over the next few weeks.  Wish him luck!   Alex Chen  from the United States is learning Korean, Chinese and Japanese Alex Chen is a from San Jose in the U.S. and is now in Korea teaching English. He is taking the Challenge to not only learn one language but 3! Alex is tackling 3 of the toughest languages to learn in Asia Chinese, Japanese and Korea. Wish Alex good luck in improving all 3 languages by sending your words of encouragement here. New Years Language Challenge Video Pledges (Part II) See Who’s Taking this Year’s Challenge If you are taking this year’s challenge we’re  giving away 50 free ITC if you make a video challenge pledge.Life Hacks research  has shown that if you put yourself up to something by doing it in public, you follow through because others are watching.  So use peer pressure to your advantage!  So help out your fellow language learners participating in the challenge!  Leave them words of encouragement on their notebook entries!  And don’t forget to sign up for yourself, and get 2015 of to a great start! This is  the second blog listing of New Years  Language Challenge Video Pledges.  Watch the videos from the first post below. Part I Here WolDstn  from the United States is learning  Portuguese Woldstn is taking the challenge  because his family will soon be moving to Brazil and he needs to be able to speak the language.  His goal is to be able to carry out a conversation with somebody from Brazil in Portuguese.  We  wish him the best of luck and hope he and his family enjoy their time in Brazil.  You can cheer him on here. Javier from Spain is learning English Javier wants to improve his English fluency over the 6 weeks.  He wants to be able to pass the  Official school of English exam, which would put him at a B1 level.  He thinks that taking classes through italki is one of the best ways of doing so and we must say we couldnt agree more.  We wish Javier the best in his studies and you can too by writing on his notebook entry. Phillip from the United States is learning Chinese Phillip is moving to Beijing in 2 days.  So he needs to keep build on his 5 months of Chinese studies to be able to live abroad.  He can already use everyday pleasantries, so his new goal is to be able to descriptively describe how to cook a dish in Chinese.  This is because he is a cook by trade and he wants to be able to talk about his profession in Chinese.  We wish him the best!  You can too here. Helen from the United Kingdom is learning French Helen hasnt studied French in a long time and she is taking the Challenge so that she has the confidence to speak with confidence. She finds the French accent and pronunciation particularly difficult and really wants to make improvements on this end. Shes excited to get going so please wish her the best of luck here. Mak  from India is learning English Mak, a native Assamese speaker is from India and is taking the Challenge to improve his English. He speaks in his native Assamese during the first part of this video which for us here was really cool. Maks goal is to learn 50 phrasal verbs and to improve his pronunciation and his English speaking accent. Hes already very fluent in English so we hope that after 20 hours, hell reach his goal. Send him some words of encouragement in his notebook entry here. Liz  from the United States is learning Spanish Liz has studied Spanish for about 20 years and still doesnt speak it as well as she would like. She has lots of Spanish speaking friends, has a great love of the language and wants to travel to Spanish speaking countries in the future. She already has a good foundation in the language as you hear in the video below and just wants to improve and get better. Wish her the best of luck by commenting on her notebook entry here. Scott from the United States is learning Spanish. Scott is an attorney from the Midwest portion of the United States.  He finds it difficult to learn the language as the majority of people in his surrounding area all speak English.  He has taken lessons in the past and has visited Spanish speaking countries, but would like to be able to speak Spanish better than he does now.  Wish him luck! Bob Kaucher  from the United States is learning Italian. Bob is starting from scratch.  He has never taken Italian before but thinks that this is a great way to start.  He recommends the italki language challenge to anybody who is starting off learning a new language!  We truly wish him the best as he goes forth with his goals and hope that he can develop an Italian base to build off of over the next few weeks.  Wish him luck!   Alex Chen  from the United States is learning Korean, Chinese and Japanese Alex Chen is a from San Jose in the U.S. and is now in Korea teaching English. He is taking the Challenge to not only learn one language but 3! Alex is tackling 3 of the toughest languages to learn in Asia Chinese, Japanese and Korea. Wish Alex good luck in improving all 3 languages by sending your words of encouragement here. New Years Language Challenge Video Pledges (Part II) See Who’s Taking this Year’s Challenge If you are taking this year’s challenge we’re  giving away 50 free ITC if you make a video challenge pledge.Life Hacks research  has shown that if you put yourself up to something by doing it in public, you follow through because others are watching.  So use peer pressure to your advantage!  So help out your fellow language learners participating in the challenge!  Leave them words of encouragement on their notebook entries!  And don’t forget to sign up for yourself, and get 2015 of to a great start! This is  the second blog listing of New Years  Language Challenge Video Pledges.  Watch the videos from the first post below. Part I Here WolDstn  from the United States is learning  Portuguese Woldstn is taking the challenge  because his family will soon be moving to Brazil and he needs to be able to speak the language.  His goal is to be able to carry out a conversation with somebody from Brazil in Portuguese.  We  wish him the best of luck and hope he and his family enjoy their time in Brazil.  You can cheer him on here. Javier from Spain is learning English Javier wants to improve his English fluency over the 6 weeks.  He wants to be able to pass the  Official school of English exam, which would put him at a B1 level.  He thinks that taking classes through italki is one of the best ways of doing so and we must say we couldnt agree more.  We wish Javier the best in his studies and you can too by writing on his notebook entry. Phillip from the United States is learning Chinese Phillip is moving to Beijing in 2 days.  So he needs to keep build on his 5 months of Chinese studies to be able to live abroad.  He can already use everyday pleasantries, so his new goal is to be able to descriptively describe how to cook a dish in Chinese.  This is because he is a cook by trade and he wants to be able to talk about his profession in Chinese.  We wish him the best!  You can too here. Helen from the United Kingdom is learning French Helen hasnt studied French in a long time and she is taking the Challenge so that she has the confidence to speak with confidence. She finds the French accent and pronunciation particularly difficult and really wants to make improvements on this end. Shes excited to get going so please wish her the best of luck here. Mak  from India is learning English Mak, a native Assamese speaker is from India and is taking the Challenge to improve his English. He speaks in his native Assamese during the first part of this video which for us here was really cool. Maks goal is to learn 50 phrasal verbs and to improve his pronunciation and his English speaking accent. Hes already very fluent in English so we hope that after 20 hours, hell reach his goal. Send him some words of encouragement in his notebook entry here. Liz  from the United States is learning Spanish Liz has studied Spanish for about 20 years and still doesnt speak it as well as she would like. She has lots of Spanish speaking friends, has a great love of the language and wants to travel to Spanish speaking countries in the future. She already has a good foundation in the language as you hear in the video below and just wants to improve and get better. Wish her the best of luck by commenting on her notebook entry here. Scott from the United States is learning Spanish. Scott is an attorney from the Midwest portion of the United States.  He finds it difficult to learn the language as the majority of people in his surrounding area all speak English.  He has taken lessons in the past and has visited Spanish speaking countries, but would like to be able to speak Spanish better than he does now.  Wish him luck! Bob Kaucher  from the United States is learning Italian. Bob is starting from scratch.  He has never taken Italian before but thinks that this is a great way to start.  He recommends the italki language challenge to anybody who is starting off learning a new language!  We truly wish him the best as he goes forth with his goals and hope that he can develop an Italian base to build off of over the next few weeks.  Wish him luck!   Alex Chen  from the United States is learning Korean, Chinese and Japanese Alex Chen is a from San Jose in the U.S. and is now in Korea teaching English. He is taking the Challenge to not only learn one language but 3! Alex is tackling 3 of the toughest languages to learn in Asia Chinese, Japanese and Korea. Wish Alex good luck in improving all 3 languages by sending your words of encouragement here.