I’m SO excited to announce the first #SpeakatHomeTonight Challenge! I’ve been thinking about how I can help you all achieve the most language learning in the shortest month of the year and since I like to keep things interesting, I’m challenging all of you (and myself!) to #SpeakatHomeTonight every night of February! 
Here’s how it works: I will post a video teaching you how to say something in another language. For 7 days, use my video as a prompt to practice your spoken language skills or film yourself doing something on your own! The goal is to SPEAK! It will feel awkward and uncomfortable but push past that because that’s exactly the threshold you’d like to get through to become fluent, comfortable, and confident speaking the language that you want. Use the hashtag #SpeakatHomeTonight so I can find your posts on all social media platforms. Being able to hear yourself and your progress is SO helpful!! Don't be shy. Join in at any time, on any platform. Record yourself on video practicing the language. It’s so helpful to see and hear your progress. You can watch and listen along to the video that I post every day and try to repeat and mimic what I am saying. You can add your own name and city to the short, German introduction video I've posted below. Watch, listen, and repeat. You’re speaking German! As always, please let me know if you have any questions! Stay in touch with me here, over on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest, and like, comment and let me know if you accept my challenge! Remember to subscribe on YouTube.
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Learning a Language Online
Recently named the number one satisfying hobby by the Cut, I wholeheartedly agree and am thrilled to be a teacher who continues to be a language student. I love languages and I jumped at the opportunity to partner with Lingoda! We love languages. Lingoda offers online language lessons with qualified native speaking teachers. In virtual classrooms you learn together with teachers and students from all over the world. You can see, hear and interact with each other - like in a traditional language school, just online. Languages bring people together and build bridges between cultures. Learning a language is like learning to see the world through different eyes. And we love what we do. Lingoda's goals completely align with Speak at Home Tonight's vision to make learning easier and more accessible to all. Not everyone has the possibility to attend traditional language schools and there are many inconveniences and discomfort involved: time spent commuting back and forth to school, being forced to learn at fixed times, progress is either too slow or too fast, the learning content is completely generic and classes can be very expensive, especially to learn with a native speaking teacher. The best feeling in the world to a teacher is helping people achieve their goals -by providing the highest quality learning experience. I'm thrilled to be partnering with them. I took several German classes over the last few weeks and am truly impressed by the high standards of quality Lingoda delivers. Start learning today: here's $50 Off! It's a privilege to announce Lingoda is offering €50/$50 off to Speak at Home Tonight's readers/viewers all around the world! Use code: NIKKI. There is no reason to wait any longer - learning another language has been on your to-do list forever, it keeps you young and healthy, and what else are you going to do this winter? Plus, don't you want to take a trip somewhere to use those language skills or impress someone with your foreign language skills? Impress yourself with how much you can learn (from home!) It is so much fun! Let me know which language you are going to learn first! As always, please let me know if you have any questions! Stay in touch with me here, over on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest, and like, comment, and subscribe on YouTube. 
Slow German Lesson 13:
Der Neujahrsvorsatz/The New Year's Resolution {Deutsch/German} Hallo, wie geht's euch? Mir geht es ganz gut. Ich entspanne mich ein bisschen Zuhause. Bei mir ist es gemütlich denn draußen ist es ganz kalt. Also, ich wollte sehen ob ihr irgendwelche Vorsätze getroffen habt. Also hast du einen Neujahrsvorsatz? Möchtest du vielleicht mehr lesen? Oder vielleicht ein bisschen weniger auf dem Handy zu sein? Also...möchtest du vielleicht dreimal pro Woche ins Fitnesstudio gehen? Lass mich wissen was du machen wirst! Was hast du vor dieses Jahr? Also frohes neues Jahr 2018! Wir sehen uns bald. Tschüss! {Englisch/English} Hi, how are you all? I'm doing quite well. I'm relaxing a bit at home. It's really cozy here because outside it's quite cold. So I wanted to see if you guys have made any resolutions? So, do you have a New Year's Resolution? Would you maybe like to read more? Or maybe spend a little less time on your cell phone? So...would you like to maybe go to the gym three times per week? Let me know what you will do! What are you planning to do this year? So, Happy New Year 2018! I'll see you soon. Bye! As always, please let me know if you have any questions! Stay in touch with me here, over on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest, and subscribe on YouTube. 
On the Radio
Last week, I had the opportunity to be a guest on The Hustle Hour radio show with my friends Mike and Diane. I have been inspired by my friend Mike Tepedino, entrepreneur (restaurant owner, media business owner, radio host, all around bad ass) since high school and was so excited to have the chance to appear as a guest on his show with his wife Diane, The Hustle Hour. You Won't Be PERFECT Right Away It was so much fun to have a conversation with positive business owners who can attest to the fact that you have to fail in order to succeed. They know that in order to get what you want, you have to fail sometimes. It will be a humbling experience. It will be difficult and take a lot of hard work and grit. But they also know that it is absolutely worth it. It was so much fun to hang out with them and I loved sharing my love of learning other languages with them! 
How I Have Fun at Work In case you missed it, I talked about how I figure out how people learn best and then teach them in an in immersive approach. I spoke about how I switch things up and use my student's personal interests to personalize each lesson. Some of my students are into soccer and some are into Poland's Next Top Model. I modify each lesson to be fun and interesting - I don't like to be bored! I also spoke about how I think in so many languages and how embarrassing myself got me better and more fluent. It was such a motivating and fun hour that flew by. I'm constantly inspired by this duo and am looking forward to everything they will achieve in 2018! Thank you so much for having me! Posted by Michael Tepedino on Thursday, 28 December 2017 Follow Mike & Diane on Instagram, Facebook, and their website. As always, let me know if you have any questions and stay in touch with me here, over on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest, YouTube! Leave on a comment on my latest YouTube video telling me which language you are currently learning :) 
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Nikki PršaPolish-American Polyglot, Language Expert, German Teacher, M.Ed., married to my dream guy, the Croatian Sensation. Let's connect! 
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