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Happy July!

I achieved a lot in June, and I'm excited for my language studies in July, which will be guided by a new language challenge, 75 Fluent.

Since we are now at midyear, it’s a good time to check in on the goals I set at the start of the year.

I hadn’t looked at my project board until recently, and I was surprised to see how many goals I’d already completed. One goal that surprised me the most was A4: 10% of total reads for the year in my target languages.

Technically, I can’t mark it as complete until the end of the year, but I was curious what my progress was. So far, 10 of the 32 books I’ve read this year have been in French, which works out to 31%!

The goals I haven’t started yet are still very achievable by the end of the year, as long as I don’t forget about them. The only two that may not be completed are B3 and E2, since they depend on whether I take and pass the JLPT exams.

I finished reading L’Étranger this month!

At the pace I was reading, I wasn’t expecting to finish it yet, but I found some motivation near the end of the month and ended up reading the rest of the book.

Original French Plans for June:

✅ Start part 2 of L’Étranger
✅ Review vocabulary from part 1 of L’Étranger

My June goals were simple, and I ended up doing even more than I planned. Not only did I start Part 2 of L'Étranger, but I finished the entire book. By the end, I had saved more than 700 new words from it. I’m slowly learning and reviewing them now.

July Plans for French:

Study French for at least 1 hour each day
Read 2 chapters of Le Petit Prince each week
Read Mon Mari
Continue reviewing vocabulary from part 1 of L’Étranger
Reach 3,600 known words on Migaku.

Since I'm participating in 75 Fluent, I'm doing a variety of activities every day to learn French. I’m using a lot of different resources, so instead of setting a deadline to finish them, I’m going with the flow.

June marked the end of my Japanese classes. I’m really happy I stuck with them until the end. To finish the course, we had to prepare and deliver a presentation, which became my main project for the month. Now I’m looking forward to returning to independent study.

Original Japanese June Plans:

✅ Work on the Japanese presentation script and PowerPoint
✅ Give my Japanese presentation
✅ Complete lesson 3/14 of the Migaku Japanese Academy 1 Course

July Plans for Japanese:

Start Chapter 4 of Migaku Japanese Academy.
Increase known words on Migaku (currently 170)
Read short stories on YomuYomu.

I had a lot of fun at the beginning of the month adding all of my known Mandarin words to Migaku.

June ended up being busier than I expected because of travel and finishing my Japanese classes, so Mandarin didn’t get as much attention as I had hoped.

Original Mandarin June Plans:

✅ Input known words into Migaku (2,617 → 2676)
➖ Watch videos or dramas to ease back into the language

July Plans for Mandarin:

Find a resource to use to study Mandarin
Increase Migaku vocabulary

The 50 Coffee Breaks series now has a Mandarin book, and I'm thinking of using it as the resource that helps me ease back into studying the language.

For July, my main goal is simply to have fun with my languages.

Thanks to 75 Fluent, I’m tracking both my French study time and the activities I complete each day. I always enjoy looking back on my study logs, and sharing them also gives you a chance to discover the resources I’m using.

How did your June studies go, and what are your plans for July?

A Mid-Year Language Check-In

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