How can you improve your skills learning a language 1 hour a week?
When I started Spanish lessons, I had one class a week, it lasted an hour and it flew by, you know the old saying, ‘time flies when you’re having a blast’, and it did. The classes weren’t; nose to the grind, non stop, right class let’s crack on with it because you only have one hour, there was everything in there, reading, listening, writing and the all important speaking skills with a large dollop of fun. I knew I was improving after just a few lessons, I had more confidence, I would speak to people and not pretend to be deaf!
It was important for me to have some form of consistency, I’m anal, a little bit OCD, an organised freak and luckily, my classes fit my afflictions. Same day, same time, brilliant! However, I know what you’re thinking, if I couldn’t make a class would I miss out on something really important? Kinda, there’s a lot goes into an hour so I bent over backwards to make my class. The beauty is though, that Nika is super flexible, so don’t just write off a lesson because you can’t make it, just ask, you never know unless you ask.
What’s also important is getting off my ass and having somewhere to go, I could quite happily sit at home streaming Netflix all day, who couldn’t, but I wouldn’t get anything done. So having that classroom environment is so important, you’re in the zone, learning and not thinking shall I have pasta or rice for dinner or, just one more episode of House of Cards then I’ll get backside into gear…
To be honest, I was learning, practising, loving it but I wanted more, so, I asked about options for 2 classes a week, and yeah of course, you know it, anything is possible, big yay! This would mean I would be learning more and, being the busy head that I am, not forgetting stuff, I could keep on top of my studying. Awesome.
Whether you want to learn once a week or twice a week, you can do it and you’ll love it!
What do you think, we’d love to know what works best for you, 1 hour a week or more lovely lessons.
Louise
Photo: Aljosa.
