Comments on: Why you need goals to learn Chinese efficiently

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By: nommoc

nommoc — Sun, 25 Aug 2013 15:11:30 +0000

Goals while a bit “formal” for the perhaps informal learning community, are indeed important.

As to the benefit of goals, I read the following illustration, it would be like getting in a cab and telling the driver, just drive me around until you run out of gas. Doing such will only result in wasting time and money.

Goals are like a destination, we need them to keep ourselves on track and reduce waste in all areas.

Especially with Chinese, it can be a big endless trek off into no where without goals. Especially in the beginning setting not only reasonable goals, but goals that have real value in relation to learning progress, will help.

Goals help keep us heading in the correct direction and help keep us motivated as we make progress towards and/or reach our goals.