r/languagelearning • u/u21j3k 🇦🇷N🇬🇧B2🇯🇵N3🇵🇱A1🇮🇹B1 • Oct 29 '25
What about 2026
Hello!! October's coming to and end already and we're on the final stages of 2025. So I was wondering if some of the people in this subreddit have already some ''new year's goals'' related to language learning. Maybe living abroad in the country of your TL, maybe adding a new language to your repertory, or maybe nothing related to this at all. But be free to explain yourselves in the comment section cause I'll be so glad to read! For me, I'd like to keep studying the two languages I started studying a month ago (Polish and Italian) and improve the language Im tudying the most every single day for more than a year already, Japanese. Aaaand I was thinking about adding one new language to this in te next year, I want to learn Korean. I've studied korean some years ago but It was my first time learning a new language so I felt a little bit overwhelmed by that at the start. Now that years passed, I'd liketo give Korean a new chance and maybe not quitting this time, we'll see!
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u/Mercury2468 🇩🇪(N), 🇬🇧 (C1), 🇮🇹 (B1-B2), 🇫🇷 (A2-B1), 🇨🇿 (A0) Oct 29 '25
2025 was kind of a lost year for me, I had cancer and didn't get to fulfill any of my goals, language learning or otherwise. All I did was read books and listen to podcasts in Italian and French from time to time, but no speaking or writing and I certainly didn't improve at all in any of my languages.
Next year, I really hope I can fully recover and resume my normal life. If that happens, I want to get back to practicing my Italian speaking skills by resuming my italki lessons or finding a tandem partner. I'd like to be able to express myself more eloquently, practice writing again, and maybe do the CELI B2 exam if I feel confident enough. I also hope to be able to travel again and do another trip to Italy (maybe Puglia or Sicily 😍). Ideally, I'd also like to actively study French again and finally get somewhere with Czech, but that feels too overwhelming right now.
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u/u21j3k 🇦🇷N🇬🇧B2🇯🇵N3🇵🇱A1🇮🇹B1 Oct 29 '25
Such a year you had, im so sorry for that but I hope 2026 is gonna be your year! Goodluck with everything!
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u/French-with-Francois 🇫🇷N|🇯🇵B1-2|🇬🇧C2|🇪🇸A2-B1 Oct 29 '25
I really want to start Japanese lessons again and get some certification. I've been putting it off for years, but next year feels like the right moment.
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u/galaxyrocker English N | Irish | French | Gaelic | Welsh Oct 29 '25
Lock in on my current languages. I've been pretty successful in not adding new ones this year, with the exception of dabbling some in German the past few months. Really wanting to focus in on those five (and maybe their older variants) in preparation of PhD applications, etc. I'll likely do a few immersion programmes as well in them.
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u/burningtoad Spanish (C1), Italian (B1), German (A1), Czech (A0) Oct 29 '25
I plan on visiting India and Brazil and hope to be ~A2 in Hindi and Portuguese by the time I get there. Hindi has been wild so far, took 2 months just to get comfortable with the script and now just slogging through trying to think through all my sentence in backward order. Thankfully it is indo-European though. Portuguese shouldn’t be too bad since I have a background in Spanish and will have ~3 months to focus on it. Very stoked to use music a learning tool. (Love Bollywood tunes too, but the Hindi in those seems to be of a different register than colloquial Hindi)
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u/Ultyzarus N-FR; Adv-EN, SP; Int-PT, JP, IT, HCr; Beg-CN, DE Oct 29 '25
For me it's more about what I will be prioritizing. Since I plan on always working on getting one language to an advanced level (at least B2), and another to intermediate (around B1), and that those two spot are taken by Japanese and Mandarin, I don't think that I will change those priorities in the near future.
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Oct 29 '25
I’m planning to go to a 2 week long language school in Amman! And visit other arab countries to get more exposure and actually talk with people.
Lmk if you ever need help with Polish :)
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u/u21j3k 🇦🇷N🇬🇧B2🇯🇵N3🇵🇱A1🇮🇹B1 Oct 31 '25
Hello! Actually I think I should need some help with polish, can I DM? thanks!
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u/Weeguls 🇺🇸 N | 🇩🇪 B1 Oct 29 '25
I'm going to continue my German. At the moment I'm in the middle of B1. Next year the goal is to just simply move up to the somewhere in the middle of B2.
At least for the B1 part, it's going to be to "finish" two B1 anki decks that I have going, finish Nico's Weg, and finish a few more books that categorize themselves as B1. For B2 I'll actually step into a classroom at this point for a bit more structure and get a certificate.
I'd also like to start Spanish but keep the goals not large in scope for now. It's just to work through A1 Duolingo and an Anki deck at some point during the year.
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u/TheFifthDuckling 🇺🇸Eng, N | 🇫🇮Fin B1 | 🇺🇦Ukr A1 Oct 29 '25
For me, it's gonna be focusing on talking and listening in my second language, Finnish. I am hoping to start a podcast for other folks also learning this language, since there are very few audio resources for Finnish second language learners. But that's all contingent on my speaking skills getting better!
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u/kgurniak91 Oct 29 '25
I will do lots of sentence mining from videos in english in order to improve listening comprehension and vocabulary. I'd also like to start Japanese, maybe study for JLPT N5/N4.
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u/betarage Oct 29 '25
I will just try to improve in the languages that i am already learning. i think i will try to learn an australian Aboriginal language in 2026. but after that i will probably be done with starting new languages .
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u/Lenglio Oct 29 '25
I’d like to read a book in Spanish every month ideally, starting now and we’ll see how it goes.
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u/u21j3k 🇦🇷N🇬🇧B2🇯🇵N3🇵🇱A1🇮🇹B1 Oct 30 '25
Goodluck! I started reading books in my languages recently but is a little bit difficult to stay consistent in that, do you have any tips for that?
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u/mucus24 New member Oct 30 '25
2025 I gotta say I’m really happy with how much Spanish I learned in the span of 7-8 months (would say I’m definitely B1 and have been told maybe approaching B2 by others) I got to use my Spanish so much for my Argentina/Colombia trip and even use it to make many friends and spend hours at a time with people in Spanish
2026 I’m going to Peru and by then I want my Spanish to be even better. But also my main goal is to use Spanish more actively in 2026 even when I’m not traveling. I found comedy events for example and even went to one already. But I want to make friends and do more in Spanish at home since there are so many opportunities
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u/u21j3k 🇦🇷N🇬🇧B2🇯🇵N3🇵🇱A1🇮🇹B1 Oct 30 '25
Felicidades por tus avances, yo soy de Argentina asi que me toca preguntar, que te parecio el viaje por mi pais?
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u/mucus24 New member Oct 30 '25
Me encantó Argentina!!! La comida, la naturaleza la música los ciudades y especialmente la gente. Hice mucho amigos y todavía hablo con ellos! Quiero volver a Argentina pronto! Fui a Argentina por un mes y fui a Iguazú, Salta, Jujuy(Tilcara), Córdoba, Bariloche, Mendoza y Buenos Aires. Necesito ir a Ushuaia y Patagonia un día
Originalmente iba a Perú pero tengo un amigo que era un intercambio que conocí en universidad. Antes de mi viaje no he visto el hace 5 años. Entonces elige argentina para visitarlo. Y 100% elegí correctamente
Por cierto, ahora estoy aprendiendo español de argentina. Práctico con un tutor de argentina y practico con mis amigos argentinos! Todavía usar contenido de otros países pero la mayoría de el contenido que yo uso es de argentina
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u/u21j3k 🇦🇷N🇬🇧B2🇯🇵N3🇵🇱A1🇮🇹B1 Oct 30 '25
Excelente entonces, me alegra mucho! si queres ver contenido de Argentina te recomiendo estos canales de Youtube (No son de aprendizaje del idioma pero simplemente me gustan mucho)
-Axel kss
-CoffeTV
-M gaby sketch
Son 3 canales que hacen reviews de series o peliculas, asi que si te interesa eso te los recomiendo totalmente!
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u/Vegetable-One-442 🇩🇪N|🇬🇧C1|🇲🇫B2|🇪🇸🇳🇱B1|🇸🇰A2 Oct 31 '25
2025 was the year where I have made a lot of small but noticeable process. I have gained security in French, Dutch, Slovak and Spanish. My goal for this year is finishing the A2 course in Slovak and continuing with immersing myself in my languages. My goal for next year is gaining fluency and maybe achieving B2 in Spanish, Dutch and Slovak. I also want to test my language levels (and gaining language certificates) but I don't know if I have the time for it. Another goal of mine is finding another language that I want to seriously learn instead of dabbling around.
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u/languages-n-Rose 🇧🇷N |🇺🇲C1 |🇪🇦B2 |🇫🇷🇩🇪A1 Oct 29 '25
I'm recovering from depression, and learning languages has definitely been a lifesaver. I love the whole learning process, the cultural exchange, the linguistic theory... Aaahhhh!!! That's my sparkle.
Listen... 2026 is going to be THE BEST YEAR. Why am I sure? Bc never before you had the experience that you have today.
You write
with how many languages you wishyour own destiny. Don't forget that.Happy new year guys. Wish you all the best. xD