I'm doing 24 things
One of the things that helped me to learn Russian so quickly was my observation about how words are constructed. Specifically, the effects of prefixes on word roots.
I have taken the time to create a helpful visual representation of these concepts, in hopes that I can help others to see things as easily as I did. Please have a look!
Randem's Life List
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1. learn italian
2 entries6,451 people -
2. learn to speak italian
2 entries1,376 people -
3. speak Italian fluently
1 entry348 people -
4. learn to speak Italian fluently
1 entry100 people -
5. italian
1 entry33 people -
6. learn to speak fluent Italian
1 entry39 people -
7. see all the NFL stadiums
1 entry1 person -
8. Learn to Salsa
2 cheers1,413 people -
9. Learn to fly a helicopter
1 cheer293 people -
10. travel to europe
1 cheer2,497 people -
11. Go to Times Square for New Year's Eve
2 cheers128 people -
12. Go skydiving
1 cheer7,726 people -
13. Learn to tango
2 cheers1,172 people -
14. visit all 50 states
1 entry . 1 cheer8,529 people -
15. publish a book
1 cheer2,521 people -
16. Travel to South America
436 people -
17. memorize the presidents
173 people -
18. be on Jeopardy!
176 people -
19. buy a porsche
81 people -
20. Be in a Movie
1 cheer1,671 people -
21. See the Cubs win the World Series
1 cheer119 people -
22. Watch "The Wizard of Oz" at the same time as listening to Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon"
1 cheer414 people -
23. go to Mexico
532 people -
24. Go to Canada
666 people
How I did it
It made me
indifferent 
How I did it: I received a lot of comments about Esperanto on my language-learning web site Fluent Every Year, so I looked into this language one afternoon, and then I commented on Twitter that it looked so easy I could probably learn it fluently in one week. That became a challenge, and so I did. You can read about my one-week Esperanto challenge at my web site. Read how I did it…
It made me
indifferent
How I did it: I received a lot of comments about Esperanto on my language-learning web site Fluent Every Year, so I looked into this language one afternoon, and then I commented on Twitter that it looked so easy I could probably learn it fluently in one week. That became a challenge, and so I did. You can read about my one-week Esperanto challenge at my web site. Read how I did it…
It made me 
How I did it: I did it by putting a lot of time and energy into immersing myself in the Russian language. That means lots of studying, along with listening to Russian music, watching Russian television shows and movies, and spending time with Russian-speaking people. Read how I did it…
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One trick I use when studying a foreign language is to use music to learn. Here is an example of how I use Andrea Bocelli to learn Italian: http://www.fluenteveryyear.com/2010/02/learn-italian-vocabulary-from-andrea-bocelli/
One way that I love to learn a foreign language is through music.
Here is how I use Andrea Bocelli to learn Italian:
http://www.fluenteveryyear.com/2010/02/learn-italian-vocabulary-from-andrea-bocelli/
