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 entries6,556 people -
2. learn to speak italian
2 entries1,384 people -
3. speak Italian fluently
1 entry349 people -
4. learn to speak Italian fluently
1 entry99 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 cheers1,409 people -
9. Learn to fly a helicopter
1 cheer291 people -
10. travel to europe
2 cheers2,529 people -
11. Go to Times Square for New Year's Eve
2 cheers130 people -
12. Go skydiving
1 cheer7,876 people -
13. Learn to tango
2 cheers1,155 people -
14. visit all 50 states
1 entry . 1 cheer8,961 people -
15. publish a book
1 cheer2,571 people -
16. Travel to South America
441 people -
17. memorize the presidents
171 people -
18. be on Jeopardy!
176 people -
19. buy a porsche
85 people -
20. Be in a Movie
1 cheer1,699 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 cheer406 people -
23. go to Mexico
543 people -
24. Go to Canada
687 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/
