Pick up a habit

  Year Of English   "Setting resolutions is great, but what’s even better is picking up habits."

In Western cultures, it’s customary to set New Year’s Resolutions. A New Year’s Resolution is a goal that you set for yourself to achieve during that year.
Setting resolutions is great, but what’s even better is picking up habits.
The number one requirement for learning English this year is to practice every single day. 

You have to do something in English every day this year. Can you commit to that?
The minimum is 10 minutes. Even on your busiest day, you can spare 10 minutes. So here’s your assignment:

1. Print out a 2014 calendar and hang it on your wall.
2. Every day that you practice English, cross out the day with a big “X”.
3. Make sure that every day gets crossed out. Try not to leave any blanks!

Now let’s do today’s practice. Here are some phrases that were used in this email. 

Make some sentences of your own with each one and say them out loud:

• Western cultures
• set a resolution
• set a goal
• achieve a goal
• the number one requirement for (verb+ing)
• commit to (noun)
• every single day
• That’s why + (sentence)
• the minimum is (an amount)
• even on your (adj.) day
• spare (some time)
• cross out (a day on a calendar)
• • • make sure that + (clause)