Today marks four weeks since August 14, 2023. By now, I had hoped to complete both “American Accent Training” and “IELTS Speaking 1 Basic Tutorial”. However, due to lack of sufficient time, I’ve managed to cover only about 50 pages. The challenge has been finding a way to dedicate an independent time slot without infringing on my existing work responsibilities. The initial plan was to allocate 21 hours per week for this purpose, but this has proved to be impractical.
My revised time allotment includes 2 hours each weekday morning from 5:40-7:40, giving me a total of 10 hours. I can fit in another 2 hours on three evenings per week from 19:00-21:00, adding 6 more hours to the tally. Finally, I can manage a 2-hour slot on Sunday from 13:00-15:00. This brings the grand total to 18 hours each week.
Therefore, the reality of my situation calls for a reassessment of my original study plan. I have to acknowledge that I can commit only 18 hours per week to this endeavor.
Based on the previous plan, here is an optimized version to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
Phase One: Basic Pronunciation (2 weeks)
- Study “American Accent Training”
- Practice: Record 10 monologue audios each 100 seconds long, reading aloud the script
Phase Two: Speaking and Listening Training (4 weeks)
- Study “iOS App Development with Swift” at Coursera
- Study “Advanced Programming in Swift” at Coursera
- Practice: Record 20 monologue audios each 100 seconds long, talking about any topic
- Practice: Ask questions on Stackoverflow
Phase Three: Reading and Text Expression Training (6 weeks)
- Study “svelte issue” for 25 hours at GitHub
- Study “flashbots docs & issue” for 25 hours at Flashbots Docs and GitHub
- Practice: Participate in Svelte Discord discussion group for 1 hour per day
- Practice: Ask questions on Stackoverflow
- Phase Test Goal: Speaking B1, Listening B1, Writing B1, Reading B2
Phase Four: Grammar Learning (6 weeks)
- Study “American Accent Training: Grammar”
- Study “Apple developer docs” at Apple Developer
- Practice: Memorize some English poetry
- Practice: Answer questions on Stackoverflow
- Practice: Record 30 monologue audios each 100 seconds long, talking about any topic
Phase Five: Comprehensive Training B2 (6 weeks)
- Watch the American series “Star Trek” and “Westworld”
- Study “IELTS Listening 1 1200 Questions” - Part of the content
- Study “Apple developer docs” at Apple Developer
- Practice: Discuss “Westworld” and “Star Trek” plot with AI oral English teacher
- Practice: Memorize some English poetry
- Practice: Answer questions on Stackoverflow
- Phase Test Goal: Speaking B2, Listening B2, Writing B2, Reading B2
Phase Six: Comprehensive Training C1 (12 weeks)
- Attend a computer system design course (English) hours at Educative
- Study “IELTS Speaking 1 Basic Tutorial” - Part of the content
- Practice: Discuss “Westworld” and “Star Trek” plot with AI oral English teacher
- Practice: Answer questions on Stackoverflow
- Practice: Real conversation practice on Hellotalk, three times per week, each for half an hour
- Practice: Solve problems on Leetcode, three times per week, each problem at a time
- Phase Test Goal: Speaking C1, Listening C1, Writing C1, Reading C1
This refined plan reduces the weekly commitment from 21 hours to around 18 hours, making it more manageable.
To create an English immersive environment for myself, from this blog post onwards, blog content will be written in English.