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Setting goals in life can help you achieve a lot. However, when you're learning a language it can be hard to set tangible goals. A common goal is to "be fluent", but what does "fluent" mean? If you can order lunch at a restaurant are you fluent? If you can give an academic speech at a university are you fluent? If you can read and understand a novel are you fluent? What if you make a small mistake, are you not fluent?

Here are some examples of good goals you can set in your English learning:
- Memorize a song you like and be able to sing it at karaoke
- Finish a chapter of a book in English and take note of the words and phrases you're unsure of (then ask your teacher about it!)
- Write and give a speech in English
- Pass an exam at a certain level (for example, TOEFL)
- Memorize 10 vocabulary words
- Practice speaking/reading/writing for 10 minutes a day

What are your English learning goals?




  

Last weekend, I went to a Bamboo Forest in Soja, Okayama. It was very interesting. I have never been to one and there aren't any in the United States.

I enjoyed the fresh air and green bamboo as well saw a small shrine there. I thought about how much history Japan has compared to the United States. There is a lot to do and see in Japan. I hope I can travel more.

I told my students about my experience at the forest and they suggested I go to Kyoto and see the huge one there. I have been to Kyoto before with a friend, but I didn't get to go see it. It can get very hot there.

It has been hot lately in Japan. 80 degrees. I hope I can eat a lot of ice cream to cool down!
Have you been to a forest?