How Do You Motivate Yourself When Learning a Language?

Read some statements about it and find the one that best describes you!
I watch movies and TV shows and enjoy the feeling when I can understand a word or a sentence.
I imagine that one day I will visit or live in that country!
Being in places where people speak the language is great motivation.
I make friends with people who speak that language.
Imagine that you could speak to everyone in the world. You would have freedom to go anywhere, do anything, meet anyone! It’s a great motivator.
I like to find funny words in the language I am learning!
Listening to songs in the language encourages me to work to understand them!
I try to read books, newspapers and websites in that language. It makes it seem more real!
I study other aspects of the culture too, which makes it more rewarding to study the language.
I change the ways I study frequently so it doesn’t get boring!
Talking with native speakers of the language is great practice and motivation!
I always set a concrete language goal for the future. Achievable goals are a great motivator!
Make learning fun! If you are bored by what you are doing, find another way to do it!
Watch YouTube videos of other people who have successfully learned the language. This will really inspire you to study!
I enjoy using the language to order at restaurants from the countries I am learning about!
Do you want to listen to all these sentences? So click here.

TED Ideas worth spreading! Aren’t you still part of it?

TED is a nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of short, powerful talks (18 minutes or less). TED began in 1984 as a conference where Technology, Entertainment and Design converged, and today covers almost all topics — from science to business to global issues — in more than 100 languages. Meanwhile, independently run TEDx events help share ideas in communities around the world.

TEDx is an international community that organizes TED-style events anywhere and everywhere — celebrating locally-driven ideas and elevating them to a global stage.

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This last weekend Blumenau hosted the TEDxBlumenauWomen, an independently organized event, one of the two licenses granted to Brazil, to hold the TEDWomen2017: Bridges , a three-day conference about the power of women and girls to be creators and change-makers, which took place in New Orleans a few days ago.

“Let’s take part of this global conversation about our shared future! The more you enter into it, the more you will take out!”

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Idéias alinhadas!

O TEDxBlumenau é uma vivência de compartilhamento de insights de mentes inquietas e corações sensíveis! Maria Lujan Tubio, com uma formação acadêmica invejável, experiência em sala de aula e sensibilidade, chega a um modelo de educação que pratica, a autonomia, curiosidade, presença, participação, autenticidade, espontaneidade e amor. Feliz em perceber nossas práticas alinhadas!

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TEDx Blumenau: Ideas worth spreading

This Sunday, April 30, Blumenau has hosted the 10th TEDxBlumenau event. It’s the local edition of a global initiative that gathers people to inspire action.

TED is a nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of short, powerful talks (18 minutes or less). TED began in 1984 as a conference where Technology, Entertainment and Design converged, and today covers almost all topics — from science to business to global issues — in more than 100 languages. Meanwhile, independently run TEDx events help share ideas in communities around the world.

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I’ll be posting some of the talks as soon as they are released.

See more at http://www.tedxblumenau.com.br/ and https://www.facebook.com/tedxblumenau/