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From https://lingua.ly/blog/language-learning-goals/

Meredith Cicerchia writes, “For business. For school. For fun. There are so many reasons why you might want to learn languages and depending on yours, you’ll have different goals. Let’s take a class of English speakers studying beginners Spanish for example. You may be looking to communicate with native Spanish speakers on your next trip abroad. This means that beyond the set curriculum, you will want to focus on building up your conversation skills by mastering common greetings, such as how to introduce yourself and useful phrases. The tools needed to achieve a communicative goal might include extra tutoring sessions with a native speaker, finding a language exchange partner and spending more time on pronunciation and fluency vs. grammar.

“However, another student who needs Spanish language skills in order to pursue a research degree at a foreign university, may not be so focused on speaking. Their goals will likely be oriented to learning high frequency vocabulary in a given subject area, improving reading comprehension and perfecting writing skills with attention to spelling and common grammar constructions. You’re both studying the same language but you will have very different goals which should be factored into how you learn!”

Read the full blog post, which includes suggestions for setting specific and achievable learning goals, at https://lingua.ly/blog/language-learning-goals/