One of the most popular excuses for not learning a foreign language is something along the lines of “Oh, I could never find the time.” Sadly, this is also often a self-fulfilling prophecy. Many language learners drop out of their classes or give up on their polyglot plans, because they are convinced that there is no time in their schedule.
I have known this to be true for many learning plans I’ve made. So recently, I started paying closer attention to the way I plan and carry out my work. Today, I’m sharing with you a simple planning tool which makes it easier to find more time – for learning a foreign language, studying something else, or just about anything.
Wiktor (Vic) Kostrzewski (MA, DELTA) is an author, translator, editor and project manage based in London. When he works, he thinks about languages, education, books, EdTech and teachers. When he doesn’t work, he probably trains for his next triathlon or drinks his next coffee.
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Two things are true at once: 1) language teaching and learning methods are still not innovative enough, and 2) any predictions about “the next big thing” for polyglots have, so far, been shaky at best. So the idea for this post is simple: I will try to write down some crazy, strange, big ideas for the future of language learning – almost too big to come true. This is one of those posts you want to come back to in ten years’ time… 
