Starting next week, I'm going to be teaching English to kids in Paris. So it only seems fitting that I should hone my language skills at the same time. I've made it my new years' resolution to improve my skills in four languages. By the end of the year, I want to be able to:
- Read a Henning Mankell novel in the original Swedish without having to reach for a dictionary
- Build a web app from scratch in Ruby
- Have an intelligent conversation with soemone in French about a book we've both read
- Use a full-stack Javascript framework like Node, Ember, or Angular to rewrite my Real World Index website
Programming languages are still languages, right? Here's my weekly schedule, in case any of these resources pique your interest:
| Day | Language | Resources |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | Basic Swedish | SwedishPod101 Audio lessons |
| Tuesday | Ruby | Codecademy |
| Wednesday | ||
| Thursday | Advanced French | Duolingo |
| Friday | Full-stack Javascript | 7-Week javascript course on Reddit |
| Node.js for Beginners | ||
| Node and Angular series from Scotch | ||
| NodeSchool | ||
| Codewars | ||
| Dash | ||
| Saturday | ||
| Sunday |
Ruby Tuesday, get it?
I'll need to beef up my list of resources for Swedish, Ruby, and French, but this should be enough to get me started for the first month or so.
Happy new year!
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