Language Learning Log 2022Week 21 (23.05 - 29.05)Banner photo: I did another tarot reading this week

Language Learning Log 2022
Week 21 (23.05 - 29.05)

Banner photo: I did another tarot reading this week: Strength, Judgement and Queen of Wands appeared in my 3-card spread. Then the Wheel fell out too. That’s a pretty strong reading (3 major arcana and a very strong minor arcana!) and three of those cards have all appeared in recent spreads too. Now is definitely the time to seize opportunities that come my way!

Norwegian

• 1x journal entry
• 1xHistoriske kjendiserpodcast
• 1xEkkopodcast
• 1x italki lesson (60m)
• Read 22 pages of Kakerlakkene

Japanese

• Duolingo
• FluentU
• 2x italki lessons (1h 30m)
• Listened to the radio
• 2xHow to be Likable in a Crisis episodes

Not the busiest week language-wise because I’ve been very focused on work. I’m feeling pretty burned out right now, but gotta wait 3 weeks until my week off. I can’t quite believe how crazy booked up I am right now on italki! I already have over 80 lessons booked in June, which considering I’m taking a week off as well is quite a lot! I think this month I’ve taught something like 130 lessons? Crazy. That’s the most since I started teaching and I was inundated with trial lessons. Normally I average 100-110 a month (although that dropped in February and March when I was preparing for the Bergenstest and closed a lot of my calendar). I’ve had a number of students messaging me asking me if I can possibly open time slots for them because they can’t find a slot in my calendar. I wasn’t planning on raising my prices until July, but maybe I’ll have to raise them sooner. Who knows, maybe I really can make it as an ESL teacher!

I continued watching How to be Likable in a Crisis this week. I still don’t understand more than an occasional word without the subtitles, but it’s still good because I’ll often recognise words I’ve recently learned and it makes me feel like I’m making progress (even if it’s small and I’m a long way from actually understanding!)

I got a free trial of FluentU. I don’t think it’s worth $144 a year, so I’ll cancel my subscription before the end of the trial, but for now it’s okay. I’m learning new vocabulary and I quite like its reviewing method (seeing the vocabulary in sentences and repeating a few times, plus being able to build your own flashcard decks) but other than that I’m not that impressed lol. For $144 a year I’d expect more original content and grammar/culture tips, but it’s mostly just fancy flashcards (with questionable pronunciation) and Youtube videos. I’ll stick with Duolingo thanks (which also has questionable pronunciation but at least it’s free).