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My New Goals

Thankfully I completed my goals for the first half of the semester. However I’m going to have new goals for the second half of the semester.

A.) My short term goal is to connect with students through epals. This will help me learn more about their culture and it will help me improve my Spanish.

B.) I can do this by sending out as many emails as I can until I get responses back.

C.) I will know when I completed my goal when I am talking to students through epals more frequently. I would like to complete this goal in two weeks.

A.) My midterm goal is to work on my follow up questions to have better conversations. Also I would like to email the woman I found with the fashion blog. It would be great to learn about the trends and styles where she lives and then compare them to the styles here in America.

B.) I can complete this goal by commenting on her blog more and continue sending her emails. Also I will share my Twitter and Skype information with her.

C.) I will know when I completed my goal when I am learning more about Spanish fashion and talking to her more frequently. Also I will be able to have better conversations and ask follow up questions more frequently. I would like to complete this goal in four to five weeks.

A.) My long term goal is to have more fluent conversations on Skype. This is important because the only way I can improve my Spanish is to practice it more. Hopefully these conversations will help me become more fluent and more comfortable speaking Spanish.

B.) In order to complete this goal I will have to make more connections on Skype and talk to people more. Not only on chat though but also using a microphone.

C.) I will know when I completed this goal when I feel comfortable having a conversation in Spanish and when I am speaking more fluently and not stumbling over words. I would like to complete this goal in seven to eight weeks.