Language learning is a full-time job and you are in charge of your language learning. Understanding this is probably the biggest factor in succeeding in language learning. It is not like a college class that you attend where you receive information. You cannot learn a language simply by going to class. You will receive things from your teacher but you will also tell them what you want from them. You will devise learning activities for yourself for your personal study and community time. You should expect to spend 30-35 hours a week learning language between class time, personal study and community time (time interacting with people in the language).

Class time 15 hours, personal study time 10 hours, community time 5-10 hours and of course.
Class time 8 hours if studying 1:1 or 12 hours if in a class, personal study 10h, community time 5-10
hours.

Class time
Personal study should include work on vocabulary, comprehension, fluency, exercises (workbook) and
pronunciation. Ideas on how to work on each area are in the doc Activities for Language Learning.
Community time- speaking and listening with people. Ideas on how to do this are in the doc Activities
for Language Learning.

• Keep track of your hours. You can use a chart where you record your hours for each activity. This will
  help you stay on track.
• If you have a language coach, speak weekly with them to touch base, get ideas, ask questions.
• Meet once a month with your language coach for a more in-depth time to answer questions, set goals,
  learn new techniques, work out problems, and celebrate achievements.