THE ULTIMATE GUIDE

TO LEARNING & MASTERING

LANGUAGE

2022 EDITION
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This exclusive guide was designed to help you reach your language goals with the help of our
learning system. Inside, you will learn...

• Part 1. How to Set Successful Goals • Part 4: The 3 Secrets to Staying Motivated
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• The elements of a successful goal • Part 5: 30 Actionable Ways to Learn a Language Right Now
• How to set a routine • How to practice and improve speaking, reading,
• What to do if you fail writing, listening, vocabulary and grammar

• Part 2: 7 minutes & 7 seconds to language • Part 6: The 7 Tested, Timeless Learning Techniques & Study Tools
learning success • How to take full advantage of the Premium &
• A super simple routine you can implement Premium PLUS study tools

• Part 3: How to Turn Your Goal Into Reality with • Part 7: Bonus Content
Your Day-by-Day Planner • Radical SHOCK THERAPY to Master a Language
• How to plan out your routine •
• Note: Planner Inside • The Embarrassing Technique for Speaking More of Your
Target Language

To your fluency,

Peter Galante
Founder, InnovativeLanguage.com
 Problem: The number one reason why most language
learners fail is because they set huge, vague goals like “I

PART 1 want to be fluent” or “I want to speak.” Oh, yeah? By when?

How will you get there? How much time will you dedicate
on a weekly basis? And what is fluency to you? Do you
want to speak about the economy in extreme detail or just
be able to talk with friends? These vague goals tend to set
you up for failure.

Bad goals:
• I want to improve my speaking skills
• I need to learn more words
• I’d like to be fluent in Japanese and Korean...some day

HOW TO SET
• I want to lose weight

Good goals:

SUCCESSFUL
• Speak for 1 minute by the end of this month. Deadline:
August 31st.
• Learn 100 new words by the end of this month. Deadline:

GOALS
October 31st.
• Finish 60 Audio lessons by the end of this month.
Deadline: November 30th.
The solution here is... aim for smaller goals. More specifically: small, measurable and
realistic goals with a deadline. Take a look at the good goals again. They are:

• Small – so that you don’t overwhelm yourself with a
big, vague “someday, maybe I’ll reach it” goal.
• All goals are limited to 1 month.
• The 100 word and 1 minute goals are smaller than
“learning words” or “becoming fluent.”
• Measurable – so that you know when you’ll reach it
• 100 words is measurable. Either you remember all
100 or you only master 95.
• 1 minute is measurable. You can time
yourself speaking.
• 60 lessons is measurable. Either you finished all
the lessons or you’re at lesson #42.
• Realistic – so that it’s EASY enough to fit into your
routine and accomplish.
• If you do the math, learning 100 words in a month
is learning 25 words a week. That’s just 5 words a
day for 5 days out of the week, or around 3 words
a day for every day of the month. Anyone can
learn 3 easy words.
• Speaking 1 minute of conversation by the end of
the month is realistic. You can easily take up 10
seconds with a greeting and an introduction of
yourself and where you’re from.
• Finishing 60 Audio lessons in a month can be
realistic if you can do 2 lessons a day for the
month. Each lesson is about 3 to 10 minutes in
length. If you can devote up to 20 minutes a day
to learning – whether on a walk or a commute to
work - this can be easily done.
 Now, let’s turn your goal into a reality. The next step is to create a
routine.
And, all these goals have a
deadline. Why? Because
Let’s say your goal is to learn 100 words by the end of this month.
when will you start speaking?
However, you can apply this to any goal you set. How will you accomplish
Someday, hopefully? Specific
it? Just work backwards. Do the math; learning 100 words is...
deadlines get things done
• Learning 5 words a day for 5 days of the week for 4 weeks.
sooner rather than later.
• Learning 3-4 words a day every day for the month.
They make realizing your
• Or whichever other variation you’re most comfortable with.
dream of learning and
speaking a language happen
Now that you know how many words you should learn per day (or week)
sooner
to hit your monthly goal, let’s move on to the actual daily routine.
than “someday.”
Answer these questions.
• What?
And deadlines are your final
• Study 5 words a day.
mark of success or failure.
• How? (How will you get it done?)
Either you know all 100
• Study 5 new words provided in the 2,000 Core Word List with
words, finished all 60 lessons
Flashcards.
and hit the 1-minute mark, or
• When? (When will you study?)
you did not.
• At 9PM, every weeknight. 5 days out of 7 days of the week.
• For how long?
So, what’s your small,
• 10 minutes.
measurable goal for this
• Where?
month?
• At home, at the computer.

Write it down.
Now, you have your routine planned, all you have to do is put in the time
until you reach your goal.
 First of all, congratulations! There’s a good reason why we highly
recommend these small, measurable goals – because they’re easy
WHAT TO enough to achieve...and they work! Once you hit the first one, you
gain the confidence and knowhow for setting goals and sticking

DO WHEN
with them.

Now, let’s say you learned 100 words in a month. If you’re

YOU HIT comfortable with learning that much in a month, do 100 for the
next month. Keep the goal and routine. If it was TOO easy, which is
not a bad thing, then for your next monthly goal, scale up to 120

YOUR GOAL
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words. By the end of the next month you’ll know 220 words as your
goals add up as you learn for the next 6 months. Just picture this:
Month 1: 100
Month 2: 120
Month 3: 150
Month 4: 160
Month 5: 170
+ Month 6: 160
That’s 860 words learned in 6 months. Or, if you aim for 1 minute of
conversation by the first month – just imagine – you could be
speaking for over 15 minutes in 6 months, instead of hoping to learn
and speak... one day, sometime in the unknown future.

Now, let’s say you only hit 50 or 70 words. In other words, you
came up short.
 WHAT TO Don’t beat yourself up over it. There could be many reasons
why – some may be even out of your control. If your initial
goal was not realistic for your current daily routine, then

DO IF YOU maybe you need to aim a little lower if you come up short.

So, here’s what you should do:

MISS YOUR • Forget fast. This was just one minor stumble and not worth
thinking about too much.
GOAL • Don’t beat yourself up. There could be many reasons why
you didn’t reach a goal; some may be even out of your
••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• control. It’s possible that your current schedule — work,
school, life — is just too busy for this specific goal.
• Don’t double up on your goals next month to “punish”
yourself or make up for lost time. If learning 100 words was
not realistic, then 200 won’t be realistic either.
• Aim lower. If 100 was not doable, try 80 or 70 next month-
or even 50. The point of these goals is to make them easy
and realistic enough for you to achieve. You can always
scale back up later.
• And try again.
 Now, you know:

• Examples of good and bad goals

• How to set successful goals

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• How to set a routine
• How to adjust your goal and routine if you fail

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Later on in this guide, you’ll find get a day by day
calendar-planner that you can print and fill out

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with your:

• Monthly goals
• Deadlines

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• Daily Routines

This will help you reach your language goals and

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keep you on track.

Now, in the next section, you’ll learn one easy

routine that I’ve used successfully.
 In the last section, you learned about setting goals and

PART 2 routines.

You saw some concrete examples of goals.

But what about routines?

Here's a super simple one you can try immediately. It

requires just 7 minutes and 7 seconds.

7 MINUTES & What do you think? 7 minutes is a small amount of time,

right? But, that’s all you need to get going with your

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7 SECONDS
language learning routine and stay on track to mastery. If
you’ve had trouble sticking to language learning in the past,
this is for you.

TO LANGUAGE 1. How To Develop a Learning Routine in 7 Minutes & 7

Seconds a Day

LEARNING 2. Why This Amount of Time Is All You Need To Get Started
3. How You Can Apply It As Well Based on My Examples

SUCCESS
“AN EASY EXAMPLE OF A ROUTINE”
 HOW TO DEVELOP A LEARNING ROUTINE
1 IN 7 MINUTES & 7 SECONDS A DAY.

Where did this number come from? This idea comes
from YouTube. See, it’s very easy to get stuck on a
YouTube loop. Time just flies by. One day, as I caught
myself going from video to video, and realizing I was
wasting my time... I noticed one video was 7 minutes
and 7 seconds long.
Nothing less. Think of it as a small, measurable and
daily goal to hit.
Now, I know a lot of self-help, motivational books say
it’s all about getting to work in the “morning, morning,
morning.” I’m the opposite. This doesn’t work for me.

What was the video about about? I don’t remember. For the first week of this month, language was the last
thing I did, right before bed.
But this number stuck with me. It’s small. It’s specific.

This is where I kind of came up with the idea “7

minutes and 7 seconds to success.”

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See, if I have time to watch videos, and let that time fly
by so easily, I could definitely fit in room for language
studies. So, here’s what I did. MINUTES
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7 SECONDS
I applied this to my language studies. I decided to
study 7 minutes and 7 seconds a day.
Here’s my process:
• I’d press start on the stopwatch in the Clock App on my
iPhone. I’d set that nearby.
• I’d start a lesson on the Level 1 pathway. Now, quite a lot
of these lessons are less than 7 minutes.
• I’d review the lesson notes, the vocabulary and flashcards
for that lesson to fill up the time.
• Or, I’d just continue on to the next lesson.
• At 7 minutes and 7 seconds, I’d stop.
The goal? Simply to put that time in. That’s it.
Then, I’d be done. I mentioned our Audio/Video lessons;
that’s just one way to study. If I wanted to learn just vocab,
I’d spend that time drilling Flashcards. Same thing with
videos on YouTube.
Surprisingly, I’d often go over the time limit and go as high
as 15 minutes. It was that easy to maintain.
And that’s the ultimate goal here – to make your learning
routine super simple to start and super simple to keep
going. Kind of like how it’s easy to start a YouTube
watching spree... and keep going.
This routine worked so well in the first week that language
learning went from being the last thing I did in a day to my
lunchtime routine. I’m still not a morning person, but you
can see that the priority went way up.
I was able to do this every day, for the whole month.
need a way to actually stick to learning, this is for you.
Onward.
 WHY THIS AMOUNT OF TIME IS ALL
2 YOU NEED TO GET STARTED
Routines are the cornerstone of success.
If you can stick with a routine, you’re on guaranteed to
master your language.
The nice thing about 7 minutes and 7 seconds is that it’s
short. It’s almost psychological trickery that you play on
yourself. It’s easy. It’s non-threatening. You don’t worry all
day long about having to put in hours and hours of study
like college students do. And realistically speaking, that
time flies by!
And there’s simply no excuse not to find 7 minutes and 7
seconds in a day... when a day is 1,440 minutes.
As mentioned earlier, it’s like your small, measurable goal
for the day.
All you have to do is hit that number every day.
Then you’re done. Listeners, if you have a tough time
getting into a language learning routine, definitely apply
this tactic.
 HOW YOU CAN APPLY IT BASED
3 ON MY EXAMPLES

As you know, every single day and at first, right before bed, I’d start a stopwatch and start a
lesson in The Top 25 Questions Pathway.

• The only goal was to put in a minimum of 7 minutes and 7 seconds of learning.
• You can definitely go over like I did, but 7 minutes and 7 seconds is the absolute minimum.
• If your lesson is under 5 minutes, you can simply move onto the next.
• You can also review with the lesson notes and the lesson vocab.
• Send a message to your Premium PLUS teacher for 1-on-1 learning.

The easiest way to apply this is to set aside 7 minutes and 7 seconds in a day and jump into
it. And to be honest, you don’t even need to plan to set aside 7 minutes and 7 seconds. It’s
that simple.

If you’re commuting and that takes 20 or 30 minutes, that’s a perfect chance to squeeze this
in. Once your stopwatch hits 7 minutes and 7 seconds, you’re done.
 Now that you have a better understanding of

PART 3 routines, let’s turn your goal into reality.

How?

With this day-to-day planner that will help

you visualize and plan what you need to do. If
you’ve broken down your goal, as instructed
in part 1 (and answered the questions: what?
how? when? where? for how long?), you can

TURNING fill in that information here.

Here’s an example of what a day by day

YOUR GOAL schedule can look like.

INTO REALITY
WITH YOUR

PLANNER
MONTH 1 GOAL Speak 1 Minute of Language DEADLINE August 31st, 2022

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY

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Take lesson #1 of the Review Lesson #1 Take lesson #2 Review Lesson #1 Practice the Conversa-
Level 1 Pathway - Listen to the dialogue tion from Lessons #1
track & 2 with the Dialogue

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- Lesson audio
- Read lesson notes - Reread lesson notes Tool
- Take quiz - Practice speaking
with the dialogue tool

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Take lesson #3 Review Lesson #3 Take lesson #4 Review Lesson #4 Practice the Conversa-
tion from Lessons #3
& 4 with the Dialogue
Tool

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Take lesson #5 Review Lesson #5 Take lesson #6 Review Lesson #6 Practice the Conversa-
tion from Lessons #5

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& 6 with the Dialogue
Tool

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Take lesson #7 Review Lesson #7 Take lesson #8 Review Lesson #8 Practice the Conversa-
tion from Lessons #7
& 8 with the Dialogue
Tool
MONTH GOAL DEADLINE

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY

 When we talk about motivation: there’s the motivation to start
something. For example, people get motivated to learn a new
language because they like to travel or like a certain culture. We
won’t be talking about that.

PART 4 Then, there’s the motivation to keep going and to actually stick
with your goals. And that’s the topic for this eBook: How to stay
motivated and keep on going.

First, here’s a question: If you want to stay motivated with a

language or any goal, what do you usually do?

While you think about your answer, let’s get to the first secret of
motivation...

Number one: Action comes first.

Back to the question above. If you’re like most people, you think
about all the results you’ll get. Then, you go and try it. That’s how
we all start. First, we want to get motivated and inspired. Then we
start doing it. This may be helpful for starting things but not so

THE 3 SECRETS
much with continuing things. Wishing for motivation is like read-
ing about “how to go for a walk outside” instead of going outside
for a walk. Instead of doing the thing, you’re on the sofa, thinking
about doing it.

TO STAYING Action must come first.

So, if you want to stay motivated with language learning, what do

MOTIVATED
you do?

You should jump in and start learning first BECAUSE this will boost
your motivation. Real motivation comes from experience and
seeing results.

So what happens is...

First, you do a language lesson. You learn a conversation, some
words, and a grammar rule or two.
Then, you do a second lesson. You start recognizing words
based on what you’ve learned in lesson 1 — and that feels good.
Now, you know 2 conversations — and that's progress. You start
feeling you can do more. So you go and do more.
So, take action first. Press the play button on a lesson and jump
right into it. The motivation to continue comes after.
Number two: Have a go-to study method.
What do I mean by that?
Here’s an example: When you go to work, usually there are tasks
you do first. The easy ones. Like, checking email and planning
tasks for the day. These are your go-to tasks, right? They’re easy
to do, you don’t have to think too hard, and they get you going.
If work was a highway, the go-to tasks are the onramp that
eases you into it.
With language learning, you need to have that 1 go-to study
method that is super simple for you. Like listening to an audio
lesson and reading along. Or even re-listening to one specific
lesson because you like it, like you would with a song. Or review-
ing your notes from the day before. Some of our Inner Circle
members start with writing. They write out the lesson dialog.
And it’s good because... there’s no thinking involved, you just
copy it out. It’s easy to do.
Why do this? What does this have to do with motivation? This
takes the “what am I supposed to do today” thinking out of the
equation. So, you can ease yourself into language learning
without any resistance. So you don’t need to motivate yourself,
you just slide into language mode.
So, have a go-to study method that you can always start with,
and that way, you can jump in without thinking.
Number three: Always have goals.
As an example, think about your friends. Do you have that one
friend that’s always up to something - some project? They’re
working on a song. Or, they’re making videos. Or they’re build-
ing something.
They’re very motivated people, aren’t they? Do you ever wonder
how they stay motivated? It’s because they are always working
on something. They’re always giving themselves something to
do. This goes back to “taking action.” If you’re not learning or
working, you can’t stay motivated.
So, you need to apply this to language learning. How would you
do that?
You need goals and things to look forward to.
For example, if you’ve signed up for a language proficiency test,
now you have something to work on. And because the test will
be held on a certain date, you’ll always have that date in mind.
You can make it a goal to finish 30 audio lessons on our site.
Or, choose 1 easy audio lesson and make it a goal to memorize
the dialogue.
So, always have something to do, and you’ll never have to worry
about motivation.
Recap:
1. Action comes first
2. Have a go-to study method.
3: Always have goals.
 PART 5
So far, you learned all about goals, routines and
successful planning.

You’ve set your goal. You’ve planned out your

routines.

Now, whether your goal is to improve your speaking,

listening, reading or writing, here are some ways that

30 ACTIONABLE you can start learning right now.

WAYS TO LEARN
A LANGUAGE
RIGHT NOW
PRACTICE
1 Simply press play and take any of our audio or video lessons.

LISTENING Listen to the dialog track only to immerse yourself in the target language.

•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 2 This is a great way to see how much you understand!

Hint: Listen to one dialog 5x a day for optimum exposure.

3 Download completed lessons or dialogue tracks and create a playlist that

you can review on repeat.

4 Take the Listening Comprehension Lessons that quiz you on how well you
understand the dialogue.

5 Request Listening Assignments from your Premium PLUS teacher.

PRACTICE
6 Shadow – listen and repeat – the lesson dialog that you hear in every lesson.

SPEAKING
•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 7 Read the lesson dialog – found in the Dialog section and Lesson Transcript
– out loud.

8 Record yourself with the Voice Recorder – found in the Dialog section – to
compare your speaking and pronunciation with native speakers’.

9 Record voice messages and send them to your Premium PLUS teacher,
via the MyTeacher tool, to have your speaking analyzed and corrected.

10 Request Speaking Assignments from your Premium PLUS teacher.

PRACTICE
11 Copy out the lesson dialog by hand.

WRITING
•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 12 Write a comment in the lesson’s comment section using the words and
grammar you’ve learned. Our teachers will respond with feedback.

13 Create sentences with the new words you learn with the Word of the Day,
Vocabulary Lists or the Core 100-2,000 Word Lists.

14 Dictation: Write down the dialog as you hear it while playing an audio or
video lesson.

Send samples of your writing to your Premium PLUS teacher, via the

15 MyTeacher tool, to get feedback and corrections!

Hint: Users’ are asked to send in a 1-paragraph self-introduction
to get started.
PRACTICE
16 Take the Reading Comprehension Video Lessons that quiz you on the
text presented in real-world situations.
READING
Read along with the Dialog or Lesson Transcript when you take an
•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 17 audio or video lesson. You’ll simultaneously improve your listening
skills as well.

18 Save the Lesson Transcript and Lesson Notes as PDFs, print out, and
review at a later date.

19 Set a goal of reading a dialog five times per day. Why? Repetition is
the mother of all learning, so your reading will only get better.

20 Request Reading Assignments from your Premium PLUS teacher.

 HOW TO
21 When taking an audio/video lesson, review the key vocab for
that lesson in the Vocab Section.

LEARN NEW
22 Sign up for the FREE Word of the Day and get new words
delivered to your inbox daily.
WORDS &
23 Learn words and phrases based on themes, holidays and

PHRASES real-life topics with the Free Vocabulary Lists. Always updated!

Save newly learned words and access them all in one place
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24 with WordBank for future review.
Hint: Save words from Vocab Lists, Core Word Lists, WordBank
and Audio/Video Lessons to the WordBank.

Learn words fast with Spaced Repetition Flashcards that sort

25 the words and quiz you so that you never forget them.
Hint: Create Flashcard Decks from words found in the Vocab
Lists, Core Word Lists, WordBank and Audio/Video Lessons.
 HOW TO
26 Listen to Audio lessons. With every conversation presented, you learn
the grammar rules that are used in the lesson.
LEARN
GRAMMAR 27 Search for the Grammar Point. Use the Advanced Search to find
lessons that contain the specific grammar point you’re after.

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28 Access the Grammar Bank. Unlock detailed write-ups covering 100+
grammar points.

29 Use Learning Paths to access courses that are specifically dedicated to

improving your Grammar.

30 Request Grammar Assignments from your Premium PLUS teacher.

 PART 6
You know how to start learning and improving your
speaking, listening, reading and writing listening skills.

But do you know about all of the Study Tools that are
available to you?

Do you know how to squeeze the most value out of

each one?

THE 7 TESTED, In this section, you will learn how to apply our
technology - the Study Tools - and learn faster with

TIMELESS timeless and tested techniques.

LEARNING
Here are the 7 study tools you must take advantage of.

TECHNIQUES &
STUDY TOOLS
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The learning technique you can apply here is shadowing. This
simply means repeating the lines out loud as you hear them. So

THE TECHNOLOGY: as you listen to the dialogue, you can read along and read out
loud and shadow the native speaker. This is one proven
technique that will seriously improve your speaking.
Line-by-Line Audio
But that’s not all. There are other ways you can learn with the
•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Line-by-Line.
You can also...
• Perfect your reading and comprehension skills. Read along as
you take a lesson and understand everything.
• Perfect your listening skills by listening to lines of the dialog
again and again.
• Perfect your pronunciation by recording yourself and
comparing with a native speaker.

So, shadowing, pronunciation, listening, reading and

comprehension – all important skills that you can improve with
this proven tool.
THE TECHNOLOGY:
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The technique here is...having more talking points.
The problem most beginners have is that they run
out of things to say. Their vocabulary is limited. They

The Vocabulary Lists can’t talk about the things they’re interested in and
they can’t last very long in a conversation.

•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Building a list of talking points will not only help you
speak MORE of the language, but you’ll also have a
list of words and phrases for topics you’re truly
interested in.

The Vocab Lists give you all of the relevant words

and phrases for specific topics that you’d otherwise
have to look up in a dictionary. You get it all up front.

But it gets better. You can send your lists to the Word
Bank or your Flashcards. These are two powerful
study tools that we’ll get into next.
 3 The learning technique here is...building your own
language profile.

THE TECHNOLOGY: Let’s recap: the Word Bank is your personal collection
of words. Any new word you learn or you’re interested
in, you can save it there.
The Word Bank And just as we mentioned talking points before, you
can send the Vocab Lists to the Word Bank. You then
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have a collection of words and phrases that match
your interests and lifestyle – your language profile.

Your language learning profile is your personal list of

words and phrases that are most relevant to you.

to talk about – their kids, their work, their busy day,

20-year-old wants to talk about. The 20-year-olds will

probably want to know slang and talk about going out.

With the Word Bank, you can create your very own
language learning profile.
 4 The technique here? It’s spaced repetition learning.

THE TECHNOLOGY: Spaced repetition? Let’s explain what that means!

Picture this: You’re sitting in front of a teacher. They show

Smart Flashcards you cards with vocabulary on them, one by one. The answer
is on the back. Either you know it or you don’t.

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If you don’t know a word or a phrase, your teacher will make
sure to show you that card more often, until you master the
meaning. And the easy ones? You’ll see them a lot less, but
enough to keep them in your memory.

Essentially, your teacher sorts the words based on your

needs. You study the words. And the ones you struggle with,
you’ll see much more often.

And the Flashcard system will sort it all for you. In fact, you
can use this next tool with our Flashcards.
 5 This is a list of the 2,000 must-know words and phrases.

THE TECHNOLOGY:
The technique? Curated words that you absolutely need
for fluency.

The Core Word Lists
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The fact is that there are tons of words out there that you
don’t need to know.
That’s why this is so important. Here, you get carefully
selected words and phrases broken down by category, and
they’re a must for everyday life.

Now, even 2,000 is a bit overwhelming, right? However,

each category has around 100 to 500 words. And even

2000
these can be broken down by subcategories (such as
Everyday Words: Adjectives, Questions, Numbers and
Common Actions) to make learning easier.

WORDS
The Core Word Lists give you just the words and phrases
you actually need to know.

Remember, to master them, send them to your Flashcards.

 The technique is timely, relevant and cultural lessons.

6 So, imagine today is a holiday in Japan, and you’re learning

Japanese. The truth is, most learners will never know about it.
But with the Daily Dose, you get timely lessons, holiday lessons

THE TECHNOLOGY: and cultural lessons. Why’s this so important?

Talking points.
The Daily Dose of The Daily Dose App gives you topics to talk about. If you can
talk to a native speaker about a holiday or a cultural point, you’re
Language App making some serious language learning progress.

Remember, the reason most beginners do not advance is that,

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vocabulary aside, their talking points are limited to greetings and
set phrases like “How are you?” and “Yes, I can eat that food.”

You already have full access to this App and with it, you get
daily, bite-sized lessons.

Also, what makes this tool so powerful is that it keeps you on

track and motivated with daily reminders. Motivating yourself
can be tricky, but the Daily Dose does not quit on you, listeners.
You get daily reminders. You build consistency.

And consistency is extremely important for success in language

learning and anything else in life.
 7 The learning technique? Getting instant feedback.

Feedback from a native speaker is, by far, the fastest way to

improve.

THE TECHNOLOGY: Since a lot of our listeners don’t have immediate access to
native teachers...or simply cannot attend classes, this serves
1-on-1 Learning with as the next best solution. It’s a solution that combines a
massive language learning system with a native speaker who
knows the ins and outs of the lessons you’re taking.
Your Premium PLUS
You get direct, 1-on-1 access to your own teacher and this is,

Teacher
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without a doubt, the best language practice you can get. With
this you can:
• Send language questions
• Send casual exchanges for practice
• Ask for learning advice
• Send voice recordings of yourself
• Send videos or images
• Receive personalized assignments
• Be held accountable for your progress

Now, if you have the Innovative Language 101 App, you can
get in touch and learn with your teacher anywhere, anytime.
 PART 7

BONUS CONTENT
 Lessons Inside:
1. How Loss Aversion Can Help Boost Your Motivation
2. What a Small Group of Dedicated JapanesePod101

A Members Did to Reach Their Language Goals

You may not realize but you made a crucial step.

You've parted with hard earned money. You invested in

yourself and consummated your commitment to
fluency. It’s the biggest, and most important step
towards commitment you can make. Why?

What’s so important about paying money?

RADICAL The technical term is loss aversion, and it's a powerful

motivator. The idea is simple. People strongly prefer to

SHOCK avoid losing even more than winning. In fact, a bunch

of really smart guys in white lab coats discovered that
psychologically speaking, losing is twice as powerful

THERAPY TO as winning.

MASTER A In short, it hurts A LOT more to lose $10 dollars than it

does to get $10. In fact, it hurts twice as much to lose
$10 than to get $10.

LANGUAGE So how does this help you learn languages?

Well, you paid for access. Without any discounts, a monthly Premium
subscription is $25. So based on the principle we learned above,
approach your studies this way:

By not using our site, you’re losing your $25 investment every month.

Now, are you more inclined to study after looking at it that way? You
should at least be considering it. Stay with me.

I want to share a powerful personal experience.

One that changed me from skimming through my Chinese studies,

back when I was studying Chinese, to obsessively making sure I was
learning as much as possible.

Back then, I had a private Chinese lesson once a week on the outskirts
of town. It was pretty far and out of the way. And kind of a hassle to get
there. But, I never, ever missed my class.

particular class?

No, my teacher’s appearance and my passion for language are not the
top reasons. Ready for the secret?

My teacher fined me once for missing a class.

Yep. Take - the - cash - out - of - your - pocket -
right - here - right - now - fine. I’ll never forget. I
missed a class, and didn’t tell her. I showed up the
next week, and she said, “Take out your wallet, and
give me $30 dollars.” In disbelief and shock, I
managed to mutter, “Come again?” as I looked
around to see if I was on camera or something.
She replied, “You wasted my time and yours. $30
now, please.”
I took out my wallet as if I were in a trance. Took
out the money and handed it to her. 3 brand new
$10 bills. I remember every detail. And, this was in
on top of paying for the class I missed!
And you know what I never, ever did again, right?
I never, ever missed another class. From that day
on, I started to rapidly improve by studying for the
class. Months later...our private 45 minute classes
were 90% in Chinese.
ARE YOU READY TO TRY A RADICAL
METHOD TO LEARN 5X FASTER?
Here’s an Experiment We Did on our
JapanesePod101 Website...
Many years ago, several passionate students were
determined to not fail again at learning their
language. They decided to join an experimental
program called "Fluency At All Costs Bootcamp,"
based on my experience. Mavericks who enrolled in
this course got access to the same website as other
subscribers.
Everything was exactly the same, except for one
tiny thing.
Students that did not access our site at least once
every 5 days were fined $10. That’s right. $10, in
addition to the subscription fee.
In case you think this sounds absolutely insane...
You’re right. That’s exactly why we never advertised
this. Imagine the reactions! It was meant only for our
most serious learners who knew just how powerful
loss aversion is as a motivator.
So, how do you think this group did?
That’s right. They completed courses faster. Used the
site longer. You name it, they did better. Across the
board they outperformed regular users.
In fact, they did 5x better! They loved it! They even
enjoyed the course more. And we... well, we were
stunned.
Want to guess what the average fine was?
Yep. Around $10. People fined once learned their
lesson. And FAST. Most achieved complete success
and were never fined again. Interesting, right?
This radical tactic worked for me. A $30 dollar fine
helped me get my Chinese from zero to upper
intermediate level. I never missed another class, and
the more I went, the faster the progress.
What does this all mean? Is this an advertisement for the Fluency
At All Costs Bootcamp?

No. That was an experiment. And, honestly, the concept might

be too shocking for most casual language learners.

What it means is... Loss aversion is a powerful motivator if you

take advantage of it. When you invest your hard-earned money
in a language resource, you’re more likely to pull more value
and improve faster.

And it’s not even about money. Money is just one example
since it has value. If you sincerely value your time, you’ll learn
faster than any casual learner because you know you’re losing
time in exchange for mastering a language.

KEY TAKEAWAY: IN SHORT, YOU MUST HAVE

SOMETHING TO LOSE.

A $30 fine helped me get my Chinese from zero to upper

intermediate level. A $10 fine got most of our experimental
members scrambling to improve their Japanese faster than our
regular members.
 Lessons Inside:
1. Why you must adjust to your environment
2. How to take advantage of limited time that you’d
otherwise waste

B So, what exactly is so motivating about a plane flight?

I’ll tell you! First of all, I really like flying. And I like it
because I get a snapshot of what the average person does
during any given time. Imagine being on a flight. The seat

3 EFFECTIVE
• People are eating
• People are watching TV
• People are getting up to go to the bathroom

LANGUAGE • Or, they’re sleeping

LEARNING
This is what the majority of people all over the world are
doing at any given time. If they’re not at work or school,
they’re eating, sleeping, watching TV or sitting in the

HABITS YOU’LL bathroom. And the airplane gives me a random sample of

what the typical person does.

LEARN ON A Before you ask, you’re right... There’s nothing motivational

about that.

PLANE Don’t worry. There’s more.

First, this is great for adult learners and self-learners
that aren’t learning in class. In class, you can take a
look and see who’s doing well and who’s falling
behind and gauge where you stand amongst them.

But as an adult language learner, you don’t get that

luxury. You’re mostly on your own. So the plane is
nice because you get a random sample of the
population. And 98% are just eating, sleeping or
watching TV.

However, there is always that 2%. There’s always

that one, two or three people on the plane that are
hard at work. You get up to go to the bathroom and
you always spot one. Their light is on. They’re
absorbed in their tasks. You get up 2 hours later,
and they’re still at it.

This is what’s so incredibly motivating to me. This

2%. These hyperproductive people that can get
work done – anywhere, anytime. So let’s get into
the first point. And you will find out how this applies
to language learning.
 1
That 2%. They are those hyperproductive people
who can get work done anywhere, anytime. At
home. On the plane. On the train. And on the plane,
especially, the factors really are against you. It’s
cramped. It’s dark. There’s turbulence.
WHY YOU MUST You might think this is odd, but I like to stop by their
seat and chat with them. Just to see what they’re
ADJUST TO YOUR doing, how they’re able to work and how they get
the motivation. And on one flight, some time ago,

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one lady was willing to talk. I asked her how she
could just sit down and do her tasks. What she said
was this: “There’s never a good time or place to do
anything. You just do it anyway.” All the people I’ve
spoken to on flights have said something similar.

And you don’t often hear answers like that. Usually,

people give you nice, soft advice like...

“Learn a language when you’re comfortable...”

“Learn a language when you have free time...”

“Learn a language when you’re in the mood...”

Or even... “Maybe language just isn’t your thing...”

But she was right. There’s never a
perfect time or a perfect place. You
might have work or school. Then you
have kids. Someone’s birthday or
wedding is coming up. Then other
responsibilities. Sometimes you just
want to take it easy. Then, you get sick
and just want to sleep.
So, when IS a good time and place?
In terms of language learning: there’s
never a good time or a good place.
This is a fact. Years and years of
surveys sent to our users show us the
same result – Time is the #1 reason
people don’t learn a language.
There’s never a perfect time. There’s
never a perfect place.
This is why you must learn to adjust
to your environment.
• If you have a smartphone and you’re on the train, there’s no
reason you can’t open up a lesson and start learning
• If you have a notebook open, practice writing out conjugations
or all of the adjectives you know or want to know
• If you’re walking, just listen to audio lessons to train your ear
• If you’re on the plane and it’s cramped, well, you’re just going to
have to do it anyway!
I do this at the gym with audiobooks. And not only do I get to work
out, but I also keep my language on track, as well as take care of
the books I want to read… err, listen to!
What do you do?
You need to internalize that fact: there will never be a perfect time
or place to learn. Don’t wait for that perfect moment – just start
anyway. But I know that it’s one thing to say this, and another thing
to actually do it.
So, I wanted to know exactly how they could sit down and work.
Let’s get into the second point.
 2 When you fly, what do you do with your time? In other
words, how do you designate or label that time?
In my case, flight time means entertainment time. If
my flight is 7 hours,
HOW TO TAKE I normally think “I can fit about 3 movies” into this
space of time. I label it as entertainment time.

ADVANTAGE OF Language learning doesn’t come to mind – at least, it

hasn’t until now.

LIMITED TIME Another example would be if you were on the train for
30 minutes.

THAT YOU’D How do you, consciously or subconsciously, label that

time? Most people see it as “necessary” yet wasted

OTHERWISE time that they use to stare at their phones. So, what do

asked the lady on the plane how exactly she’s able to

WASTE sit down and work, she asked me....

What’s the first thing do you think of when you get on

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You already know: in the past, my answer would have

While most people imagine watching a ton of movies, she
can I get done in the next 7 hours?” This is definitely not a
question you’d ask yourself if you weren’t at work or at
school. A lot of people don’t. That’s why it’s only one or
two people doing work on a plane.
It’s the same with language learning.
There’s plenty of time that we waste because of how we
label it. Commutes become ‘necessary wasted time’.
Walking from point A to point B becomes ‘necessary
wasted time.’ That time after work or school is often
labeled as “thoughtless entertainment.”
At least for me, I know that at 8PM after work is done, it’s
family time. No work. No languages. And like most people,
I’ll be eating, watching TV, going to the bathroom and
sleeping! Just like the people on the plane. We don’t take
advantage of the limited periods of time we have. So, if
you can reassess how you spend your time, whether
you’re commuting, at home or at lunch, and then ask
yourself the question...
How can I put these next 30 minutes... or 7 hours...to use?
What is your answer?
In my case, my answer would be: I would learn language.
If I’m classifying my commute time as wasted time, it’s a
good chance to reassess the value of that 30-minute train
ride and see how much I can learn. If I have 4 hours of free
time after work and am automatically marking it as “family
and TV time,” I need to see if I can fit in at least 30 minutes
of extra study time.
In other words, that 2% of people you encounter on the
using time otherwise wasted to your advantage as well.
“How can I put these 7 hours of flight time to use?”
So, what did I do after asking this question? Let’s move
onto the final point.
 3 On the flight back, I asked myself how I could put this
limited 7-hour time frame to use. The answer is
obvious – by studying Spanish.
THE IMPORTANCE What did I do next? I stopped thinking. I switched my
mind into study mode and dove right in. And 4 out of
OF DEVELOPING the 7 hours went into studying Spanish. The rest of
course, were used for sleeping, bathroom and eating.
What exactly did I do?

• I listened to SpanishPod101 lessons with the

MINDSET Innovative Language 101 App
• I read the reading assignments from my
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• I switched over to reviewing words with the
Custom Lists App
• I wrote out vocab and sentences in my notebook
for extra review
• And I alternated as soon as I got tired of one method
Every person that I see working with the light on... they Seeing them working while the majority of people were
always say the same thing: Don’t wait. Start. Don’t spend just eating, sleeping and watching TV was incredibly
time thinking about it. Don’t say “I’ll do it in 5 minutes.” motivating. So I put in the work.

Again, this is all easy to say and write about, but hard to do.
What do you do?

Essentially, you

stopping all thought and getting to work.

top, you just need to get to work. That’s it.

This habit can only be built like a muscle. Consistently and

over time.

Reading about it might give you a small ounce of

inspiration. Doing it again and again will give you much
better results. And in my case, seeing the 2% hard at work
was enough to snap me back to reality.
 First, this is not a new method.

In fact, I don’t know why I didn’t use it earlier... it’s like rocket fuel in
terms of boosting your language progress.

C It’s simply... talking out loud to yourself in your target language.

That’s it. But don’t discount this method just because it’s simple;
there’s a ton of benefit in it for you.

Where’d I get this idea from?

Here’s a quick story. I used to teach English in Japan and I had one
very high level student. Now, 9 out of 10 high-level English
speakers have lived overseas and learned by being in
THE EMBARRASSING English-speaking environments, at least in my experience.

TECHNIQUE FOR This one was the exception.

He had never left the country.

SPEAKING MORE OF I asked him, “How’d you get so good?” He told me his secret: he
spoke to the TV and to himself. With the TV, he mimicked what the
YOUR TARGET actors said. He responded to them as if he was having
conversations with them. And when he was talking to himself, he’d
LANGUAGE describe everything that he was doing in English. It worked for him.
So, I figured I should try it for myself with Japanese. I started
speaking to myself in Japanese.
 Picture this: I’d wake up in the morning, get out of bed

1 and I’d ask myself, “What am I going to do today, Peter?”

I would walk myself through everything I was going to do

through the day – a play by play. “I will eat breakfast,”

THIS IS WHERE ”I will go to work,” and so on.

And as I did each activity, I’d say it out loud in Japanese.

IT GETS
Let me give you a breakdown. First, you speak out loud.

EMBARRASSING. Second, you say everything that you do in the future,

present (present continuous) and past tense.
For example...
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• “I’m going to brush my teeth.”
• And while you do it, “I’m brushing my teeth.”
• And afterwards, “I brushed my teeth.”
Third, I recorded myself. Why? See, the one pitfall of
this technique is that if you
make mistakes, no one will correct them for you.
That’s why I recorded everything, so I could have a
native speaker review it later. Of course, there were
mistakes that weren’t discovered until I had someone
review the recording.
But, getting feedback is the fourth and most critical
step of the technique. You need to get feedback if
you want to improve.
That’s the technique in a nutshell.
1) Speak out loud.
2) Talk about the action – before, during, and after.
3) Record yourself.
4) Get feedback & corrections from a native speaker.
Good
Night
What are the benefits to this?
• If you want to get better at speaking in your target
language, you need to... speak. So, by speaking
out loud, you’re directly practicing the skill. And of
course, the more you do it, the better you get.
• You’re able to talk about your daily routines –
which everyone talks about in real life anyway.
“What’d you do this weekend? - I did this and
that.”
• You learn a lot of practical phrases and vocab
along the way. If you didn’t know how to say “I’m
going to work,” you do now.
• You indirectly solidify your grammar by talking
about what you will do, are doing and have done.
• With enough practice, you speak faster, more
clearly, and you don’t have to stop and struggle to
remember words.
• With the help of a native speaker, you can improve
your pronunciation and correct any mistakes you
make along the way.
As you can see, tons of benefits! So how did this
help me speak more?
 Back when I was learning Japanese, I relied on friends and tutors.

2
Now that I’m casually studying German, I have a Premium PLUS
subscription with GermanPod101, which comes with 1-on-1
teacher access.

What I did was, I recorded 3 messages a day. I’d summarize my day.

HOW I When I started out, it was... “I wake up. I brush my teeth. I go to work.”

APPLIED THIS That’s one message, about 10 seconds long. In the afternoon, it’d be
something like “I ate a sandwich.

TECHNIQUE would be about what I had for dinner and “I watched TV.”

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So 3 messages a day; one for the morning, afternoon and evening.

That was a grand total of 45 seconds of me speaking German. Not

exactly impressive, right?

The next day, my Premium PLUS teacher would respond with

corrections. She told me how to improve, what to say, and new
variations of expressions. So, instead of just saying “I had breakfast,
I went to work...” My sentences would become more detailed
and expressive.
On the second day, I applied her corrections and
suggestions.
I sent her my audio messages for the day- morning.
afternoon, and evening. I actually started including text
messages so I could practice writing AND so she could
read along.
With every submission and round of feedback, my
German got a lot better and I could express myself in
greater detail. Remember, my first day’s recordings were
45 seconds in total.
By day 30, I was at 8 minutes.
If it sounds too good to be true, remember, we’re NOT
talking about politics or splitting the atom. I was simply
talking about my daily routine. Just to give you a
comparison:
• Day 1: I wake up. I brush teeth. I go to work. This was
what I sent on my first day.
• Day 30: This morning I woke up, I brushed my teeth, I
ate breakfast. I didn’t like breakfast but I ate it. I had juice.
I talked to my kids. I talked to my wife about our plans for
dinner. I left the house at 9 o'clock in the morning.
Simply by getting feedback, suggestions, and corrections,
I was able to drastically improve my speaking skills.
Again, the technique, speaking out loud, is not new. But
when you combine it with technology like Premium PLUS
and have access to your own teacher, it becomes much
Imagine how far your language could go in terms of
speaking if you speak out loud and get non-stop
feedback.
So, how can you do it?
 The first step? Let go of your pride!

3 It’s embarrassing to talk to yourself, or even to the voice

recording app on your phone. And that’s especially true
with a family around you. My wife understands, but my

HOW YOU CAN kids were getting onto me. “Why are you talking to
yourself, daddy? Why are you on the phone? Why are you
repeating things?”
APPLY THIS WITH And if you do it outside... people give you looks.

PREMIUM OR Now, if you’re a Premium PLUS user, follow my process.

PREMIUM PLUS 1) Open up My Teacher on the site or on the Innovative

Language 101 App.
•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 2) Speak out loud. Record a summary of your morning,
afternoon and evening. That’s 3 messages. Start simple.
3) Send these messages to your teacher.

You’ll be improving on a daily basis, guaranteed. Your

advice on how to improve and speak with greater detail.

Remember, be proactive and ask questions. A closed

mouth doesn’t get fed! So ask questions! Ask them how
you can sound more natural, and ask for more variations
that you can use.
 4 If you’re a Premium user....

Try Premium PLUS. Or you can just as

easily record yourself with your phone.
DO THIS EVERY There should be a voice recording app on
most devices.

DAY TO MAKE This is the process I was using with

Japanese. Except I used an actual recorder
FAST PROGRESS because iPhones weren’t out yet!

Then, make sure someone checks it to fix

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To your fluency,
Peter Galante
Founder, InnovativeLanguage.com