Josh Kaufman stated during his speech in the video, The first 20 hours-- how to learn anything “If you put 20 hours of focused, deliberate practice into that thing, you will be astounded.”. Using Kaufman’s 4 steps he presented, it helped me learn anything for the reason that I had the chance to thoroughly understand what I wanted to learn. This essay will describe the practice and motivation I went through to teach myself something new that follows along the “20 hours” Josh Kaufman accentuated. As long as I maintain a routine of studying what I desire to learn for “45 minutes a day for about a month”, whereas I can detect the improvements I’ve made, as Josh Kaufman states. The first step is to “Deconstruct the skill” in which I set a goal
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Just as Josh Kaufman stated, “we don’t like to feel stupid”, therefore giving me the motivation to prove that I’m not stupid and that I can learn Korean as anyone else can too. Committing to learning anything was something difficult for me to do, but I slowly overcame the “initial frustration barrier” that Josh Kaufman voiced and made me “stick with the practice”, in which I will reap out the rewards in the end. Sticking to the routine I set out in the beginning, I can confidently say that I can at least fluently read and write in Korean. Although, I cannot fluently speak Korean, I know that I’m still improving if I continue to stick to my routine.
At this point, I can read anything in Korean, but I still struggle to have a conversation with others in Korean. I started out knowing nothing of the language, to be able to read fluently in Korean, in a span of 2 months. I haven’t necessarily become an expert in the language that can equal to a native speaker from Korea, but I reached the point where I’m continuing to improve the more I practice and analyze my mistakes. Broadening my sources like in the first step, gave me the opportunity to reach out to reliable sources that will focus on the weak points that I struggle …show more content…
Even so, I started from just learning the basic structure of learning of a language, which is their alphabet and sentence structure. As a result, I used the 4 steps Josh Kaufman presented, making me learn whatever I needed. I may not be fluent in the language as I wanted to be, I’m at the stage where I can continuously practice and correct my mistakes. For this reason, my obsession with Korean pop music keeps me motivated to carry forward to learning Korean. Nevertheless, I will continue on striving to my goal of being able to fluently speak Korean. At the same time, learn the Korean culture and the history between South Korea and North
Just as Josh Kaufman stated, “we don’t like to feel stupid”, therefore giving me the motivation to prove that I’m not stupid and that I can learn Korean as anyone else can too. Committing to learning anything was something difficult for me to do, but I slowly overcame the “initial frustration barrier” that Josh Kaufman voiced and made me “stick with the practice”, in which I will reap out the rewards in the end. Sticking to the routine I set out in the beginning, I can confidently say that I can at least fluently read and write in Korean. Although, I cannot fluently speak Korean, I know that I’m still improving if I continue to stick to my routine.
At this point, I can read anything in Korean, but I still struggle to have a conversation with others in Korean. I started out knowing nothing of the language, to be able to read fluently in Korean, in a span of 2 months. I haven’t necessarily become an expert in the language that can equal to a native speaker from Korea, but I reached the point where I’m continuing to improve the more I practice and analyze my mistakes. Broadening my sources like in the first step, gave me the opportunity to reach out to reliable sources that will focus on the weak points that I struggle …show more content…
Even so, I started from just learning the basic structure of learning of a language, which is their alphabet and sentence structure. As a result, I used the 4 steps Josh Kaufman presented, making me learn whatever I needed. I may not be fluent in the language as I wanted to be, I’m at the stage where I can continuously practice and correct my mistakes. For this reason, my obsession with Korean pop music keeps me motivated to carry forward to learning Korean. Nevertheless, I will continue on striving to my goal of being able to fluently speak Korean. At the same time, learn the Korean culture and the history between South Korea and North