New Years Language Challenge Video Pledges (Part III)

New Years Language Challenge Video Pledges (Part III) See Who’s Taking this Year’s Challenge If you are taking this year’s challenge we’re  giving away 50 free ITC if you make a video challenge pledge.Life Hacks research  has shown that if you put yourself up to something by doing it in public, you follow through because others are watching.  So use peer pressure to your advantage!  So help out your fellow language learners participating in the challenge!  Leave them words of encouragement on their notebook entries!  And don’t forget to sign up for yourself, and get 2015 of to a great start! This is  the second blog listing of New Years  Language Challenge Video Pledges.  Watch the videos from the previous posts below. Weve had so many that its better to just make multiple posts so they dont get too long! Part I Here Part II Here Iván Vallés Pérez  from the Spain is learning  English Iván is a data analyst and is taking the challenge  because he wnats to improve his English fluency. His goal is to be able to speak to English speakers without any problems and is committing to taking two 1 and 1/2 hour sessions per week for the Challenge! Please cheer him on here. Holly from the United States is learning French. Holly is going to graduate school in Paris  next year, so she wanted to improve her French as quickly as possible.  Her goal is to speak with a native french speaker for 1 hour a week for the next 6 weeks.  We wish her the best in the challenge and hope she finds her experience in Paris to be very rewarding.  Cheer her on! Amy from China is learning French and Portuguese. Already fluent in English and Chinese, Amy has been taking French for a year and wants to add Portuguese to her repertoire as well. She wants to to be able to speak in French for 30 minutes with a native speaker without frustrating the other speaker.   With regards to Portuguese, she has the same goal but only wants to speak for 5 minutes.  Wish her luck! Mr. Coffee from France is learning English. Mr. Coffee wants to improve his English over the next 6 weeks.  He hopes to come as close as possible to being able to speak like a native English speaker.  English is certainly not an easy language to learn so we wish him all the best in his  endeavors.  Cheer him on! Zhang Drawping from China is learning English Zhang Drawping (who also goes by the name of P!nk Zhang) hails from Shenzhen, China and is a Product Designer for Fisher Price. She wants wants to improve her English over the next 6 weeks. As you can tell from the video, she already speaks very well but still feels like she can speak more fluently as she needs to use her English for work. Her goals are to improve her confidence and fluency. Please everyone cheer her on for this challenge! Aravinth from India is learning German Aravinth is starting from scratch and speaks no German and he hopes that this language challenge will give him the ability to reach A2 level German and the ability to understand very basic German conversation. Were always impressed with challengers who begin a new language from scratch! Send him some words of cheer her on as we all know how hard it is to learn a new language from scratch Pierre Bredel from Brazil is learning French and English Pierre Bredel should be given a medal. This is his 3rd consecutive Language Challenge. Hes finished and made Public Video Pledges for the past 2 challenges as well. Hes continuing with his English and French studies and hoping to bring both languages to the next level. Send your words of encouragementto Pierre and wish him the best! Nancy Wang from the United States is learning Chinese Nancy is another past winner of our previous Language Challenges. She actually participated in our 2014 New Years Language Challenge (view her 2014 Public Video Pledge here)and won that and is now taking her Chinese to the next level by taking on this years challenge. Shes at a solid intermediate level and wants to improve her natural speaking and listening ability as well as her self-confidence speaking Chinese. Give her some words of support here! Click here to view her 2015 New Years Challenge Public Video Pledge here Lauren from the Barbados is learning Korean We got our first Video Public Pledge from Barbados! Lauren is learning Korean because shes always wanted to learn the language but has never really gotten around to it. Another very important reason is that she really wants to understand her Korean dramas (and not wait until the English subtitles are added). After the Challenge she also hopes to be able to have a conversation in Korean. Cheer Lauren on here by commenting on her Notebook entry! AndrewR756 from the United Kingdom is learning Russian and Vietnamese AndrewR756 wins the award for most unusual language pair that he is learning for the Challenge Russian and Vietnamese. Hes going to be doing this as well as an hour of listening each day. He also pledges to do an after video once the Challenge is completed. Were all rooting for you! If youd like to send him some words of encouragement, please comment on his Notebook entry here! Mulliro from Brazil is learning Russian Mulliro is a Community Tutor on italki and teaches Portuguese As you can see and hear in his video, he already speaks at a basic level but he really wants to bring up a level. but hes also taking the Challenge to really improve his Russian. Please cheer him on by leaving a comment on hisNotebook entry here! Maxine from the United States is learning Spanish Maxine has always wanted to learn Spanish and will be travelling to Spain in May. Her goal is a very practical one she wants to be able to use Spanish when she travels to Spain in bars, restaurants etc Shes picked some very popular teachers so she will try to fit in as many sessions as she can when they are free. Please  cheer her on! Tom from the United States is learning Italian and Russian If you need some inspiration on learning a language, you need to watch this video. Tom is a Polyglot and this is his 4th straight Language Challenge where he is now taking on Italian and Russian. As he states in his notebook entry, For the previous ones, I have improved my french and Norwegian. (Norwegian) The previous challanges have helped me alot to speak more quickly, travel in europe, and find friends I otherwise wouldnt have met at all. Tom is one of those inspirational challenger that you aspire to be. Please cheer him on for this challenge! Hes only learning 2 languages this time around ?? New Years Language Challenge Video Pledges (Part III) See Who’s Taking this Year’s Challenge If you are taking this year’s challenge we’re  giving away 50 free ITC if you make a video challenge pledge.Life Hacks research  has shown that if you put yourself up to something by doing it in public, you follow through because others are watching.  So use peer pressure to your advantage!  So help out your fellow language learners participating in the challenge!  Leave them words of encouragement on their notebook entries!  And don’t forget to sign up for yourself, and get 2015 of to a great start! This is  the second blog listing of New Years  Language Challenge Video Pledges.  Watch the videos from the previous posts below. Weve had so many that its better to just make multiple posts so they dont get too long! Part I Here Part II Here Iván Vallés Pérez  from the Spain is learning  English Iván is a data analyst and is taking the challenge  because he wnats to improve his English fluency. His goal is to be able to speak to English speakers without any problems and is committing to taking two 1 and 1/2 hour sessions per week for the Challenge! Please cheer him on here. Holly from the United States is learning French. Holly is going to graduate school in Paris  next year, so she wanted to improve her French as quickly as possible.  Her goal is to speak with a native french speaker for 1 hour a week for the next 6 weeks.  We wish her the best in the challenge and hope she finds her experience in Paris to be very rewarding.  Cheer her on! Amy from China is learning French and Portuguese. Already fluent in English and Chinese, Amy has been taking French for a year and wants to add Portuguese to her repertoire as well. She wants to to be able to speak in French for 30 minutes with a native speaker without frustrating the other speaker.   With regards to Portuguese, she has the same goal but only wants to speak for 5 minutes.  Wish her luck! Mr. Coffee from France is learning English. Mr. Coffee wants to improve his English over the next 6 weeks.  He hopes to come as close as possible to being able to speak like a native English speaker.  English is certainly not an easy language to learn so we wish him all the best in his  endeavors.  Cheer him on! Zhang Drawping from China is learning English Zhang Drawping (who also goes by the name of P!nk Zhang) hails from Shenzhen, China and is a Product Designer for Fisher Price. She wants wants to improve her English over the next 6 weeks. As you can tell from the video, she already speaks very well but still feels like she can speak more fluently as she needs to use her English for work. Her goals are to improve her confidence and fluency. Please everyone cheer her on for this challenge! Aravinth from India is learning German Aravinth is starting from scratch and speaks no German and he hopes that this language challenge will give him the ability to reach A2 level German and the ability to understand very basic German conversation. Were always impressed with challengers who begin a new language from scratch! Send him some words of cheer her on as we all know how hard it is to learn a new language from scratch Pierre Bredel from Brazil is learning French and English Pierre Bredel should be given a medal. This is his 3rd consecutive Language Challenge. Hes finished and made Public Video Pledges for the past 2 challenges as well. Hes continuing with his English and French studies and hoping to bring both languages to the next level. Send your words of encouragementto Pierre and wish him the best! Nancy Wang from the United States is learning Chinese Nancy is another past winner of our previous Language Challenges. She actually participated in our 2014 New Years Language Challenge (view her 2014 Public Video Pledge here)and won that and is now taking her Chinese to the next level by taking on this years challenge. Shes at a solid intermediate level and wants to improve her natural speaking and listening ability as well as her self-confidence speaking Chinese. Give her some words of support here! Click here to view her 2015 New Years Challenge Public Video Pledge here Lauren from the Barbados is learning Korean We got our first Video Public Pledge from Barbados! Lauren is learning Korean because shes always wanted to learn the language but has never really gotten around to it. Another very important reason is that she really wants to understand her Korean dramas (and not wait until the English subtitles are added). After the Challenge she also hopes to be able to have a conversation in Korean. Cheer Lauren on here by commenting on her Notebook entry! AndrewR756 from the United Kingdom is learning Russian and Vietnamese AndrewR756 wins the award for most unusual language pair that he is learning for the Challenge Russian and Vietnamese. Hes going to be doing this as well as an hour of listening each day. He also pledges to do an after video once the Challenge is completed. Were all rooting for you! If youd like to send him some words of encouragement, please comment on his Notebook entry here! Mulliro from Brazil is learning Russian Mulliro is a Community Tutor on italki and teaches Portuguese As you can see and hear in his video, he already speaks at a basic level but he really wants to bring up a level. but hes also taking the Challenge to really improve his Russian. Please cheer him on by leaving a comment on hisNotebook entry here! Maxine from the United States is learning Spanish Maxine has always wanted to learn Spanish and will be travelling to Spain in May. Her goal is a very practical one she wants to be able to use Spanish when she travels to Spain in bars, restaurants etc Shes picked some very popular teachers so she will try to fit in as many sessions as she can when they are free. Please  cheer her on! Tom from the United States is learning Italian and Russian If you need some inspiration on learning a language, you need to watch this video. Tom is a Polyglot and this is his 4th straight Language Challenge where he is now taking on Italian and Russian. As he states in his notebook entry, For the previous ones, I have improved my french and Norwegian. (Norwegian) The previous challanges have helped me alot to speak more quickly, travel in europe, and find friends I otherwise wouldnt have met at all. Tom is one of those inspirational challenger that you aspire to be. Please cheer him on for this challenge! Hes only learning 2 languages this time around ??