{"id":2416,"date":"2013-01-01T09:00:06","date_gmt":"2013-01-01T14:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/?p=2416"},"modified":"2014-08-06T10:39:33","modified_gmt":"2014-08-06T14:39:33","slug":"new-years-resolutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/new-years-resolutions\/","title":{"rendered":"New Year&#8217;s resolutions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The new year is a time for reflecting on the past, including old habits, and thinking about the future, including making new goals.\u00a0 It is a common tradition for people around the world to make New Year&#8217;s resolutions* on the first of January, which happens to be today!\u00a0 A New Year&#8217;s resolution is a commitment that a person makes to themselves and others to change their ways. People make resolutions all the time, of course, but at the beginning of a new year people often feel more energetic and excited about making changes. So, what type of resolutions do people usually make?\u00a0 Here is a short list of the type of resolutions Americans generally make:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Exercise more<\/li>\n<li>Eat healthier food<\/li>\n<li>Lose weight<\/li>\n<li>Save more money<\/li>\n<li>Quit smoking<\/li>\n<li>Go back to school or study more<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These are very general resolutions, and it is more common for people to make more specific resolutions.\u00a0 Having a more specific goal is also helpful in being able to accomplish that goal!\u00a0 I&#8217;ve put together some specific English language learning goals for 2013 that you might want to look through and choose from (or modify**) to fit your language learning objectives.<\/p>\n<p>English language learning resolutions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Spend 1 hour every day studying English<\/li>\n<li>Speak in English for at least 20 minutes everyday<\/li>\n<li>Try the Transparent Language <a href=\"http:\/\/whichisenglish.transparent.com\/\">Which is English?<\/a> game<\/li>\n<li>Learn and use one new English word everyday<\/li>\n<li>Read an entire book in English<\/li>\n<li>Check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/learn.english.language?fref=pb\">Transparent Language English Facebook<\/a> page regularly to learn new English words and practice reading in English<\/li>\n<li>Always count (use numbers) in English<\/li>\n<li>Find a native English speaker and make a weekly language exchange &#8220;date&#8221; (where you get to practice your English and the other person practices speaking with you in your native language)<\/li>\n<li>Start saving money to take short trip to an English speaking country for an immersion experience<\/li>\n<li>Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/\">Transparent English Language Blog<\/a> at least 2 times a week<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As you make your New Year&#8217;s resolutions for 2013, don&#8217;t forget about you English language learning resolutions and that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.transparent.com\/\">Transparent Language<\/a> is here to help you meet your goals!<\/p>\n<p>* resolutions = a formal decision to do something<br \/>\n** to modify = to make a small change to something, to transform<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"275\" height=\"183\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2013\/01\/new-years.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><p>The new year is a time for reflecting on the past, including old habits, and thinking about the future, including making new goals.\u00a0 It is a common tradition for people around the world to make New Year&#8217;s resolutions* on the first of January, which happens to be today!\u00a0 A New Year&#8217;s resolution is a&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/new-years-resolutions\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":85,"featured_media":2426,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[251485,251484,273692],"class_list":["post-2416","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","tag-esl-resolutions","tag-goals","tag-new-years-resolutions"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/85"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2416"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2416\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4222,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2416\/revisions\/4222"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}