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Dedicado a mi madre y a mi padre, que me ensearon apersistir en los buenos tiempos y en los malos.

Dedicated to my mom and dad who have taught me tosustain through the good and the bad.

Persistir, escrito por Aaron G. Myers

Traducido del ingls por Elena RodrguezAngelina para Prudl Language Services,LLC www.prudl.com

Copyright 2011

Sustaining by Aaron G MyersCopyright 2011

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Table of Contents

1. A Word Before

2. Motivation

3. Commitment

4. Attitude

5. A Word After

ndice

1. Prlogo2. Motivacin

3. Compromiso

4. Actitud

5. Eplogo


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PRLOGO

Empieza y no pares

El gur idiomtico Greg Thomson dice que dejando

a un lado un puado de problemas, lo ms difcil deaprender un idioma es empezar. Lo segundo ms difcil

es no dejarlo Este pequeo manual que he escrito

para darte nimos se centra en la segunda parte de esta

reflexin: no dejarlo. Seguir con ello. Dedicarle tiempo.Persistir. Esto se aplica a muchas otras cosas de la vida

que nos parecen difciles: aquellos que consiguen sus

metas es porque persisten. El xito inmediato es una

anomala con la que no debemos contar.

Lo que busco con este texto es, por encima de

todo, impulsar a los estudiantes de idiomas hacia el

xito. Cuando miro, observo, o conozco a personas quequieren aprender un idioma pero no consiguen el xitodeseado, me doy cuenta de que el pronstico de

Thomson es totalmente cierto.

Creo que nunca he conocido a una persona que

piense que no es buena idea aprender otro idioma. Todo

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A WORD BEFOREGet Started, Dont Stop

Language guru Greg Thomson observes that, if we

ignore a whole bunch of problems, the hardest thingabout language learning is getting started. The second

hardest thing about learning another language is not

quitting. The subject of this small work of

encouragement then is the second half of that thought.Not quitting. Keeping at it. Putting in the time.Sustaining. It is probably true about much in life that we

see as difficult; those who achieve their goals keep at

them. Instant success is an anomaly that we dare notcount on.

In my writing I want more than anything else to

empower language learners toward success. As I observe,

watch, and get to know people who want to learnanother language but who have yet to find the success

they desire, Thompsons prognosis seems exactly on the

mark.

I dont think I have met a single person whodoesnt think it is a good idea to learn another language.
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el mundo coincide en que es importante. A todos les

interesa, pero muy pocos se ponen a ello.

Ponerse a ello era precisamente el tema de un

curso online gratuito que cre, llamado El viaje de diezsemanas. En l, guo a las personas que quieren

aprender otro idioma hacia una vida de compromiso con

el propio aprendizaje. Es cierto que empezar es un reto,pero todos podemos superarlo con un poquito de ayuda.

De todas formas, si ests leyendo este libro es

porque probablemente ya has empezado. El reto

entonces ahora es continuar. El diccionario define as lapersistencia: mantenerse constante en algo, durar

por largo tiempo. Para tener xito en el aprendizaje de

otro idioma tenemos que poner empeo en perseverar

durante un perodo prolongado de tiempo. Necesitamospersistir.

Hoy quiero hablaros de tres factores muy

importantes, que son la clave para que prosigis vuestro

aprendizaje de idiomas hasta conseguir vuestrosobjetivos. Probablemente habr muchas otras formas de

enfocar dichos factores, y seguramente tambin haya

otros factores que aadir a la lista. Pero despus de mi

propia experiencia, mi observacin de otras personas y

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Everyone agrees it is important. Everyone is interested,

but few get started.

Getting started is the subject of a free e-course I

created calledThe Ten Week Journey. In it I walk thosewho are interested in the idea of learning another

language into the committed life of the language learner.

Getting started is indeed a challenge, but one we can allovercome with a little help.

If you are reading this small booklet though, you

have probably already gotten started. The challenge now

is to keep going. The dictionary defines sustain in thisway: to cause to continue or be prolonged for an

extended period or without interruption. In order to be

successful as a language learner we need to find it in

ourselves to continue at it for an extended period oftime. We need to sustain.

I want to talk to you today about three important

factors that are key in order for you to sustain yourlanguage learning for the time needed to achieve yourgoals. There are probably a lot of different ways to think

about these and probably a lot of other factors that could

be added to my list. These are the three things I have

identified from my own experience, from my observationof others, and
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mis lecturas sobre el tema, yo me quedo con estos tres.

Pues bien: los tres factores que hay que tener en

cuenta para persistir en el aprendizaje de un idioma son

estos:

1. Motivacin

2. Compromiso

3. Actitud

Durante los prximos tres captulos os ayudar a

entender cmo potenciar estos factores, para quepodis continuar con el viaje y encontrar el xito.

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from reading about the subject.

The three most important factors to consider for

sustaining language learning are:

1. Motivation

2. Commitment

3. Attitude

In the next three sections I hope to help you

understand how to foster these so that you can sustainthe journey and find success as a language learner.


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MOTIVACIN

La motivacin es el alimento del aprendizaje de

idiomas.

-John Fotheringham

Creo que todos entendemos la importancia de lamotivacin en nuestra vida. Todos hemos pasado por

momentos de gran motivacin: nos levantamos

endiabladamente temprano para ir de pesca,

conducimos toda la noche para estar con la familia elda de Navidad, nos privamos durante meses de nuestra

racin diaria de Starbucks para poder comprarnos un

iPad La motivacin es algo muy poderoso. Pero

tambin sabemos cmo es estar desmotivado y noquerer levantarse de la cama, ni salir por la puerta para

ir a correr, ni hacer ese proyecto para la escuela o eltrabajo. Pero la motivacin es lo que alimenta el

aprendizaje de idiomas, y por eso debemos esforzarnosen crear ms motivacin as como en potenciar la que ya

tenemos.

Uno de los grandes daos que nos ha causado el

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MOTIVATIONMotivation is the fuel that feeds the language

learning lifestyle.-John Fotheringham

I think we all understand the importance of motivation inour lives. We have all experienced times of great

motivation. We wake up unfathomably early and put

ourselves through significant discomfort to make thefishing trip happen; we drive through the night to be withfamily for Christmas morning; we forgo our daily dose of

Starbucks for months in order to save for the new iPad.

Motivation is powerful stuff. But we also know what it

feels like to be unmotivated; to not want to get out ofbed in the morning; to not want to step out the door for

that run; to not want work on that project for work or

school. But motivation is the fuel that feeds language

learning and we must work to both create more of it andfoster what we already have.

One of the great disservices institutional education

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sistema educativo ha sido convencernos de que

aprender es por naturaleza difcil, aburrido y tedioso.

Y en gran parte, nuestro aprendizaje en la escuela es

as: aburrido y tedioso. Pero sa es una calamidad queno tenemos por qu aceptar. Yo mismo saqu malas

notas durante el instituto, y no porque no fuera

inteligente, sino porque estaba desmotivado. Porsupuesto, yo era un adolescente y estaba pasando la

edad del pavo, pero cuando echo la vista atrs

comprendo que estaba desmotivado en el colegio

porque no me interesaba. Me pareca algo inservible,

desagradable y desde luego nada exitoso. Hay variascosas que pueden alimentar tu motivacin, pero hoy

quiero compartir contigo cuatro de ellas.

stas son las cosas que alimentan la motivacin:

1. Inters

2. Determinacin3. Disfrute

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done to us is to convince us that learning is by nature

tedious, boring, and hard. For the most part, our

learning in schools is just that, tedious and boring. It is

an unfortunate calamity however that we need not

accept. I was a C- student throughout high school, not

because I wasnt smart enough but because I was

unmotivated. I was of course a teenager and had that

going against me, but I now look back on that time and

see that I was unmotivated to do well in school because it

was not interesting to me, it seemed unrelated to

anything purposeful in life, was not enjoyable, and was

not marked by success. Motivation is fueled by manythings, but I want to share these four with you today.

The stuff that fuels motivation:

1. Interest

2.

Purpose3. Joy

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INTERS

Tu prioridad como estudiante de idiomas debera

ser centrarte en temas que te interesen. Si te gustapescar truchas, busca libros, podcasts, programas de

televisin o vdeos de internet relacionados con lapesca. Si te gusta coser, encuentra revistas sobre

costura en el idioma que ests aprendiendo. Si eres fan

de lo fantstico, busca El Seor de los anillos doblada

en ese idioma. Si aprendemos con temas que no nosinteresan, muy pronto nos aburriremos y perderemos la

motivacin, lo que nos llevar ya sea a continuar por lafuerza o a abandonar.

DETERMINACIN

A nadie le gusta trabajar demasiado duro ni disfruta

de un trabajo al que no le ve sentido. Erwin McManusescribi; La vida que se vive ms intensamente es

aquella en la que existe una urgencia apasionada que se

alimenta de una finalidad. Si no tienes un destino, un

propsito o un horizonte claro a la hora de aprender unidioma, pronto perders la motivacin. Por suerte,

encontrar un propsito en el aprendizaje de idiomas es

bastante fcil. Lo que necesitas es un poco de tiempo

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INTEREST

As a language learner, your first priority should be to

think about learning the language through topics that are

of interest to you. If you are a bass fisherman, then youneed to find books, podcasts, television programs,Youtube videos about fishing. If you are a quilter, find

magazines in the language about quilting. If youre into

fantasy, find The Lord of the Rings movies dubbed in the

language you wish to learn. Working to learn somethingyou are not interested in moves quickly into the realm of

boring, which crushes motivation and forces us to either

press on through sheer will power or to quit.

PURPOSE

No one likes busy work and no one enjoys a job inwhich they find no purpose. Erwin McManus wrote, The

life that is most powerfully lived is the one that findspassionate urgency fueled by a sense of destiny. If you

do not have a purpose, a destiny on your horizon forlearning the language, you will soon lose motivation.

Thankfully, finding purpose in language learning is pretty

easy. The thing you may need to do is to take a bit of

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para pensar en ello y definir cul es exactamente tu

propsito. Por qu motivo estudias ese idioma? Qu

provecho puedes sacar de ello? Qu pueden ganar los

dems (tu familia, tus hijos o incluso los propioshablantes nativos) de tu conocimiento de la lengua?

Encuentra tus motivos. Encuentra tu propsito.

DISFRUTE

Todos tendemos a querer seguir haciendo aquellas

cosas con las que disfrutamos. se es el motivo por el

que los nios siempre piden un minuto ms, o por elque a veces nos acostamos a las tantas por leer una

buena novela. La falta de disfrute puede convertir las

cosas ms interesantes, significativas y gratificantes enun suplicio que inmediatamente queremos abandonar.

Todos lo hemos vivido: el viaje que hemos estado

planeando y esperando durante meses, de pronto se

estropea por el mal tiempo o un acompaante

inadecuado. Encontrar la forma de que elaprendizaje de un idioma siga siendo divertido es un

asunto clave a la hora de crear motivacin y

potenciarla.

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to think about and define more clearly just what your

purpose is. What is the reason you are learning it?

What will you gain from it? What will others, your

family, your kids, the native speakers of the language,gain from your knowledge of the language? Find the

reason. Find the purpose.

JOY

We tend to want to keep doing things that we

enjoy. Its the reason why kids are always asking forone more minute and why we sometimes stay up

way too late reading a great novel. Lack of

enjoyment can quickly make even the most

interesting, purpose filled, and rewarding activities adrudgery that we soon quit. We have all been there;

the trip weve planned for and looked forward to for

months, ruined by horrible weather or bad company.

Finding ways to keep language learning enjoyable is

an important part of fostering and creatingmotivation.


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XITO

El xito alimenta al xito. Un pequeo logro al

principio nos ayuda a avanzar ms rpido, a la vez queincrementa nuestra motivacin. Encontrar formas de

demostrarnos nuestro propio xito ya desde el principiodel aprendizaje, es una tarea importante que todo

estudiante debe tomar en serio. Cualquier obstculo

aislado puede actuar como una bofetada que nos haga

seguir adelante y tener presente el esfuerzo querequiere obtener resultados. Recuerdo que cuando era

nio le la biografa de Magic Johnson, el jugador de losLakers. En su biografa contaba que cuando era

pequeo, en el patio del colegio divida el tiempo quetena para jugar entre chicos que jugaban mucho mejor

que l, chicos que tenan su mismo nivel y chicos a los

que saba que poda machacar. Jugar con los mejores le

ayud a no confiarse demasiado; jugar con los de su

nivel le permiti perfeccionar su juego, y jugar con lospeores le ense a tener dominio y confianza. Magic

conoca el poder del xito, por eso lo convirti en parte

de su rutina. Por supuesto, los chicos a los que Magicmachacaba eran dos aos mayores que l!

Como estudiantes de idiomas, necesitamos crearnos

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SUCCESS

Success breeds success. A little success early on

will help us to gain momentum as our motivation

increases. Finding ways to make sure you are

succeeding, early on in language learning, is animportant task that all beginning language learners

must take seriously. An occasional set back can act as

a kick in the pants to get us going and remind us of the

effort we need to put forth to succeed. I rememberreading the Los Angeles Laker great, Magic Johnsons

biography as a kid. In it he remembers back to theplayground and how he divided playing time between

games with kids way better than himself, with kids athis level, and with kids he knew he could destroy.

Playing with the better kids kept him from getting

complacent. Playing with kids his own level allowed

him to hone his skills. Playing with the younger kids

taught him how to dominate and to have confidence.Magic knew the power of success, so he made sure it

was a part of his routine. Of course for Magic, the kids

he dominated were all two years older than him!

As language learners we need to proactively

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oportunidades para triunfar de forma proactiva.

Tenemos que elegir actividades que sabemos que

dominamos. Por supuesto, estas actividades son

diferentes para cada uno de nosotros, pero si el xitoalimenta el xito, es primordial que hagamos

actividades que podemos dominar.

Ahora bien: cmo conseguimos esta sensacin dedominio?

Aqu van algunas sugerencias:

Haz una coleccin de grabaciones que entiendasy que te gusten. Debes entender cada palabra de

estas grabaciones. Pueden ser desde cuentos

para nios hasta tu propio diario corregido ygrabado.

Vuelve a leer un libro que te encante y te sea

familiar.

Vuelve a ver una de tus pelculas favoritas.Emplea la maana del sbado en ver Dora la

exploradora o cualquier otro dibujo animado en

la lengua que ests aprendiendo.

Haz una visita al hablante nativo de esa lengua

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opportunities for success. We need to choose

activities that we know we can dominate. This is

different for all of us, but if success breeds success, it

is imperative.

How do we do this dominating as language

learners though?

I have a few suggestions:

Create a growing collection of recordings that

you understand and enjoy. You should reallyunderstand everything in them. These could be

kids stories or your own corrected and recorded

journals.

Reread a favorite book with which you are

familiar.

Re-watch a favorite movie. Spend Saturdaymornings watching Dora the Explorer or otherchildrens cartoons in the native language.

Visit with the one native speaker with whom

you have had the most fulfilling and successful

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con el que hayas tenido las conversaciones ms

gratificantes.

Algunas de estas cosas pueden parecer aburridas.

Seguramente Magic tambin se aburri muchas veces deencestar una y otra vez sin ningn tipo de esfuerzo para

ganar dos puntos ms cuando jugaba con los peores.

Pero cada vez que encestaba, mejoraba tanto suconfianza como sus habilidades. Se estaba preparando

para el siguiente nivel; para el partido con los mejores.

Potenciar paso a paso tu propio xito te ayudar a

prepararte para el gran juego que ser tu vida comohablante de otro idioma entre la comunidad nativa.

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Some of these may seem boring. Magic may have

also been bored at times out there, effortlessly drivingthe lane for two more points. But every time he drove

the lane he increased both his confidence and his

abilities. He was preparing himself for the next level,for the next game with the big kids.

Creating intentional times of success then will

help prepare you for the big game of a language

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COMPROMISO

El goteo constante consigue horadar la piedra ms

dura.

Lucrecio

El compromiso es algo que nos intimida. Si somossinceros, casi ninguno de nosotros est realmente

comprometido con nada. O no lo estamos en el sentido

que representa la anterior cita. Compromiso es

Michael Jordan. Compromiso es el loco Dean Karnazas,que corre tres maratones seguidos por pura diversin.

Compromiso es el escritor Seth Godin, que escribe una

entrada en su blog todos los das, todos y cada uno de

los das, durante aos. El compromiso es algo de loque la gran mayora de nosotros carecemos, al menos

para aprender un idioma. Por supuesto que nos interesa,pero cualquier observador externo tendra dificultades

para encontrar pruebas reales de que estamosverdaderamente dispuestos a hacer todo lo que sea

necesario.

As que eso es todo? Deberamos simplemente tirar

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COMMITMENTConstant dripping hollows out a stone.

-Lucretius

Commitment is an intimidating topic. Most of

us, if we are honest with ourselves, arent all that

committed to anything. Were not committed in

the sense that the quotation above represents.Commitment is Michael Jordan. Commitment is

that crazy Dean Karnazasguy who runs three

marathons in a row just for fun. Commitment is

writer and change agentSeth Godin, writing a blogpost every day, every single day, for years.

Commitment is something that the vast majority of

us dont have a lot of, at least not for languagelearning. We are interested of course, but anyoneobserving our lives would be hard pressed to find

real proof that we are truly committed to do

whatever it takes.

But is that it? Should we just throw up our
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la toalla? Si no estamos lo suficientemente

comprometidos, estamos perdidos? Por suerte no; no

estamos perdidos. Hay esperanza.

Pero antes de hablar de la esperanza, quiero quesepas que si quieres aprender un idioma, tienes que

comprometerte. Quiz no tanto como Michael Jordan,

pero si no te comprometes, nunca aprenders otroidioma.

Te voy a contar un secreto: Seth Godin no naci ya

comprometido. Dean Karnazas no naci comprometido.

Segn sus propias palabras, Dean sola ser un vagocomparado con lo que es hoy. Pero tena inters en

correr, y se convirti en un corredor. En un corredor

comprometido. No ocurri de la noche a la maana, sino

que le llev algn tiempo, como ocurre con tantas otrashistorias de compromiso. Sospecho que a ti tambin te

ha pasado. Haz un escner rpido de tu vida: con qu

cosas ests comprometido ahora y no lo estabas en lainfancia?

A m personalmente se me ocurren unas cuantas:

Mi mujer

Mis hijos

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hands and toss in the towel? If we are not committed

enough to do what it takes, are we just out of luck?

Thankfully no, we are not out of luck. There is hope.

Before I go on to the hope though, I do want tolet you know that in order to be successful in learning

another language, you will need to be committed.

Maybe not Michael Jordan committed, but if you are

not committed, you wont learn another language.

I want to let you in on a little secret. Seth Godinwas not born committed. Dean Karnazas was not

born committed. By his own reckoning, Dean was

once a couch potato compared to what he is today.

He was someone who had interest in running, who

became a runner, a committed runner. It didnt

happen over night, but was a transformation that took

place over time, as it does in so many stories of

commitment. I suspect that it has happened to you

as well. Make a quick scan of your life. What would

you say that you are committed to today, that you

were not committed to as a kid?

I can think of a few for myself:

my wife

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Mi fe

Cepillarme los dientes (ltimamente

tambin pasarme el hilo dental)

Hacer ejercicio para estar sano

Ayudar a los dems a aprender idiomas

En todos estos ejemplos, excepto en el de mishijos, al principio yo tena un inters que luego se

convirti en compromiso. Aunque tambin hay cosas conlas que nacemos ya comprometidos: en el caso de mis

hijos, cuando nacieron yo ya estaba comprometido conellos. Otro ejemplo: los nacidos en Chicago no eligen ser

fans de los Bears; simplemente lo son. Lo llevan en la

sangre. De todos modos, este tipo de compromiso a

priori es inusual.

Antes de conocer a mi mujer, yo no estabainteresado en ella. Estaba interesado en la idea de tener

una mujer, pero no en ella. Ni siquiera saba que exista.

Pero poco despus de conocerla, me interes por ella yese inters se fue convirtiendo en compromiso a medida

que pasaba ms tiempo con ella. Todo lo que hice fue

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my faith

brushing my teeth and more

recently, flossing

exercising for my health helping others learn language

In all of these examples, except for my kids, Iwas first interested but my interest later became

commitment. There are a few things we are born

committed too. In the case of my kids, they wereborn and I was committed to them. As anotherexample of this, those born in Chicago may have no

real choice in being a Bears fan, they just are. Its in

the blood. This sort of unchosen commitment is rare

though.

Before I met my wife, I was not interested in

her. I was interested in the idea of a wife, but nother. I didnt even know she existed. Shortly after I

met her though, I was interested and my interest

quickly moved to commitment as I spent more time

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pasar tiempo a su lado, y mi compromiso sigui y sigue

creciendo.

En cambio, mi hijo de seis aos an no est nada

comprometido con lavarse los dientes. No me preocupamucho, porque todos los adultos que conozco se lavan

los dientes, y estoy seguro de que en algn momento

durante los prximos aos, mi hijo se comprometertambin con su propia higiene bucal.

Comparto contigo estos dos ejemplos para subrayar

cmo pasamos del inters al compromiso, pero tambin

para aclarar las dos maneras en que esto puede suceder.Algunas veces ocurre de forma natural, como mi

compromiso con mi mujer. Fue un proceso de auto

perpetuacin: como yo estaba interesado en ella,

pasaba tiempo con ella. El tiempo que pasaba con ellaacrecent mi inters, por lo que decid pasar ms

tiempo con ella. El compromiso surgi de manera

natural y ni siquiera tuve que esforzarme demasiado. Nodigo que el matrimonio no precise de esfuerzo, cuidadoy cario. Pero al principio, fue algo que me sali solo.

Mi hijo en cambio no tiene inters por lavarse los

dientes. Es una odisea conseguir que se los cepille. Pero

nuestra labor como padre y como madre es ensearle a

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and my commitment grew and it continues to grow.

On the other hand, my six year old son is in no way

committed to brushing his teeth, yet. This doesnt

bother me though, because every adult I know iscommitted to brushing their teeth. At some point in

time over the next few years, I am quite sure my son

will become a committed teeth brusher as well.

I share these two examples to highlight how we

move from being interested to being committed, but

also to highlight the two different ways that

commitment happens. Some happen very naturally,like my commitment to my wife. It was a self

perpetuating process. I was interested so I spent time

with her. This time spent, increased my interest and so

I spent more time with her. Commitment came out of anatural growth in our relationship and I didnt have to

work at it too hard. Not that marriage doesnt require

a lot of work, nurturing, and tender loving care. At thebeginning though, I couldnt help myself.

My son on the other hand has little interest in

brushing his teeth. It is like pulling teeth to get him in

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tener costumbres saludables, (como lavarse los dientes),

y por eso hacemos que se los lave todas las maanas y

todas las noches. Tambin le advertimos sobre las

enfermedades de los dientes y le contamos historiasterrorficas sobre las agujas y el taladro del dentista,

pero al final lo que mejor funciona es hacer que se los

lave. Le estamos ayudando a crear un hbito.

Si haces algo durante el tiempo suficiente, incluso

algo en contra de tu voluntad, al final adquieres un

hbito que luego es difcil romper. Nuestros esfuerzos

para que nuestro hijo se lave los dientes se hacen menoscostosos a medida que va adquiriendo el hbito. Y el

hbito es, al fin y al cabo, otra forma de compromiso.

Necesitas estar comprometido con tu aprendizaje

del idioma para conseguir tus objetivos. Ningn idiomase aprende de repente. Desearlo en tu cabeza no es

suficiente; necesitamos convertir nuestro inters en

compromiso para lograr nuestra meta. Por suerte, comoya hemos visto, el compromiso se puede desarrollar. Nopasamos del inters al compromiso de forma inmediata,

sino dando pasos lentos y firmes. Nuestro objetivo

debera ser entonces dar pasos pequeos pero

consistentes que nos conduzcan hacia el compromiso.

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though is to help him form healthy habits in life, teeth

brushing included, so we make him brush his teeth each

night and each morning. We educate him too, warningof tooth decay and telling terrifying stories of long

needles and the dentist drill, but in the end the thingthat works best is just making him do it. We are

helping him form a habit.

If you do something long enough, even something

against your will, it will form a habit that is hard to

break. Our struggles at getting teeth brushed have

gotten progressively easier as he has begun to form the

habit. And a habit is just another form of commitment.

In the end you will need to be committed to

learning the language in order to actually accomplish

your goal. Learning another language will not justhappen. Wishful thinking will not be enough. Where

we were once interested, we need to develop a strong

commitment to achieve the goal. Thankfully, as we

have seen above, commitment can be developed. Wewill not be fully committed right away, but by taking

deliberate and focused steps, we can begin to move

from interested to committed. Our goal then

should be to take consistent, small steps toward beingmore committed.


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El compromiso, al ser una palabra, no se puede

medir. Decir que tenemos que comprometernos es algo

difcil de entender: cmo de comprometidos debemos

estar?, tan comprometidos como Michael Jordan?Teniendo en cuenta este dilema, creo que sera

perjudicial decirte simplemente que necesitas

comprometerte. Lo que s te dir es que tienes quetrabajar para avanzar desde el inters hacia el

compromiso. Debes hacerlo un poquito cada da. El

objetivo no es estar totalmente comprometido as de

repente, sino comprometerte un poco ms cada vez. Ysta es una meta a la que todos podemos aspirar.

Nos movemos entonces del inters al compromiso

de la misma forma en que yo me compromet con mi

mujer y en que mi hijo se est comprometiendo alavarse los dientes. Lo hacemos dedicando tiempo al

idioma y a la gente que lo habla, y a la vez,

desarrollando hbitos que nos ayuden a seguirdedicando tiempo al idioma y a la gente que lo habla.

Sobre todo, necesito que confes en que eres capaz

de desarrollar el compromiso necesario para ser un

estudiante de idiomas de xito; en que puedes

abandonar el valle del inters y escalar paso a paso la

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Committed, as a word, is not measurable. To say that

we need to be committed then is not something that

any of us can wrap our minds around. How committed dowe need to be? Michael Jordan committed?

Understanding this dilemma, I feel it would be a

great disservice to just tell you that you need to be

committed. What I will tell you, however, is that youneed to be working to move yourself from the point of

being interested to the point of being more committed.

You need to do this a little bit every day. The goal, then,

is not to be somehow magically and amazinglycommitted; but instead to be a bit more committed with

each new day. This is a goal to which we can all aspire.

We move from the point of being interested to that

of being more committed in the same way that I becamemore committed to my wife; and in the way that my son

is becoming more committed to brushing his teeth. We

do this by spending time with the language, the people

who speak it, and by forming habits that keep usspending time with the language and the people who

speak it.

Above all else, I need you to believe that you can develop

the commitment needed to be a successful languagelearner; that you can leave the valley of interest and


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montaa del compromiso. Cuando llegues arriba, sers

capaz de verlo todo desde la cima.

Antes de comentar el ltimo factor, necesito

hacerte una advertencia sobre el compromiso: igual quela motivacin, el compromiso puede menguar;

especialmente al principio. Si repaso la lista de cosas

con las que hoy por hoy estoy comprometido, una cosaha desaparecido en los ltimos aos y es mi compromiso

con la vida rural. Cuando vivamos en el campo, en

Dakota del sur, mi mujer y yo nos habamos

comprometido a llevar una vida sencilla: a vivir conpoco, proteger el medio ambiente, reciclar y en

definitiva, a vivir fuera de la corriente de materialismo

que veamos a nuestro alrededor. Decidimos vivir sin

televisin, sin telfonos mviles y sin ordenador. bamosa la compra andando o en bici mientras todos los dems

conducan. Pero ms tarde nos mudamos a Estambul,

una ciudad de casi 15 millones de habitantes. En una

nueva cultura, con un nuevo idioma y un nuevo grupo deamigos, aquel compromiso desapareci. De hecho, vimos

cmo desapareca, lamentndonos de la prdida pero

sin poder hacer mucho al respecto.

El compromiso es como un rbol cuyas races sehacen ms profundas con el tiempo. En un momento

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take small steps daily to climb the mountain of

commitment. Then you will be able to take in the

view from the top.

Before I move on to talk about our last factor, Ineed to give you a warning about commitment. Like

motivation, commitment can wane, especially in the

beginning. If I look back to the list of things I amnow committed to, one thing has disappeared in the

last few years and its my commitment to simple

living. While living in rural South Dakota, my wife

and I were committed to a simple life, living withless, conserving resources, recycling and living

somewhat outside of the mainstream of the

materialism we saw around us. We chose not to

have a TV, cell phones or a computer. We walked orrode a bike to the grocery store when others drove.

But then we moved to Istanbul, a metropolitan city

of nearly 15 million. In a new culture, a new

language and with a new set of friends around us,the commitment faded. We watched it fade in fact;

lamenting the loss, but seemingly unable to do much

about it.

Commitment is like a tree whose roots go deepwith time. At a certain point,


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dado, las races son tan profundas que ya nadie puede

sacudir el rbol. Michael Jordan intent dejar el

baloncesto, pero slo aguant un ao: despus tuvo que

volver. Sus races eran demasiado profundas. Si ereslector de blogs, vers que esto ocurre continuamente.

Aparece un nuevo bloguero lleno de energa que escribe

cinco artculos a la semana. Un ao despus desaparece.Pero imagnate a alguien como Seth Godin o Leo

Babauta descuidando sus blogs: es inconcebible, porque

sus races son demasiado profundas.

As que sta es la advertencia: si tus races no son losuficientemente profundas, tu compromiso est en

riesgo de desaparecer. Las races slo crecen con tiempo

y dedicacin. Como pasa con los rboles, el alimento y

el terreno adecuado acelerarn el ritmo de crecimientode las races. As que pon en tu vida aquellas cosas que

alimentan el compromiso. Llena tu librera de libros en

el idioma que ests estudiando. Llena tu ipod con

msica en ese idioma. Cmprate un billete de avin!Pero al igual que pasa con los rboles, hay cosas

que pueden detener el crecimiento. Cuidado con esas

cosas. Lbrate de ellas. Desconecta la televisin por

cable si pasas mucho tiempo viendo Prison Break.Elimina de tu vida las cosas que puedan amenazar tu

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these roots are deep enough for the tree to no

longer be shaken. Michael Jordan tried to retire

from basketball and only lasted a year before he hadto come back. The roots were too deep to stay

away. If you are a reader of blogs, you see this

happen all the time. A new blogger comes on line,

full of vigor and energy and five blog posts a week.A year later, they are nowhere to be found. But

imagine someone like Seth Godin orLeo Babauta

discontinuing their blogs. Its inconceivable. The

roots are too deep.

So the warning is this. If the roots are not deep

enough, your commitment is in danger of fading.

Roots only go deep with consistency and time. Like

a tree, nourishment and the right soil will speed therate at which the roots grow. So put the things in

your life that are going to nourish commitment.

Fill your library with movies in the language your

learning. Load up your ipod with music in thelanguage. Buy a plane ticket! But also like a tree,

bad stuff can stunt growth. Beware of this stuff.

Get it out. Cancel the cable TV if youre spending

too much time with Prison Break. Purge things fromyour life that threaten your commitment.
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compromiso. Piensa en estas cosas a medida que

avanzas paso a paso hacia tu compromiso con el

aprendizaje del idioma.

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Think about these things as you take consistent steps

toward growing your commitment to learning the

language.


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ACTITUD

Nada en este mundo puede impedir que un

hombre con la actitud mental apropiada consigasus metas, o ayudar al hombre con la actitud

mental equivocada.

Thomas Jefferson

Llegados a este punto, me doy cuenta de que puedoestar sonando como un pattico episodio de Oprah. La

verdad es que no quiero sonar como un gur de la

autoayuda sensiblero que te acaricia el lomo mientras te

dice cmo superar la adversidad con pensamientospositivos. As que voy a ir al grano contigo.

No se puede ignorar el hecho de que aprender otro

idioma requerir trabajo duro, disciplina, puntualidad

en las tareas y una actitud apropiada. Jefferson tienerazn: la actitud mental adecuada es la clave para

conseguir el objetivo de aprender otro idioma. Creo que

todos estaremos de acuerdo en esto. Comprendemos la

importancia que tiene la actitud porque est presenteen nuestro da a da: en el colegio, en las reuniones de

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ATTITUDENothing can stop the man with the right mental

attitude from achieving his goal; nothing onearth can help the man with the wrong mental

attitude.

- Thomas Jefferson

At this point I realize that I am in danger ofsounding like a bad episode of Oprah. I have no

desire though to sound like a touchy feely, self-help

guru who massages your emotions while feeding youa line about overcoming adversity with positive

thoughts. So I want to shoot straight with you.

There is no getting around the fact that

learning another language will take hard work,discipline, time on task and the right attitude.

Jefferson is correct; the right mental attitude is the

key to achieving our goal of learning another

language. I think we can all easily agree on this. Weunderstand the importance of our attitude because

we see it play out every day; at school, in board


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empresa, en nuestra labor como padres, en el trfico.

A veces es nuestra propia actitud y a veces es la de otra

persona, pero el hecho es que nuestra actitud hacia unhecho o actividad tiene posiblemente ms efecto que

cualquier otra cosa que hagamos, y afecta a los

resultados ya sea para bien o para mal. Esto ocurre

tambin cuando estudiamos otro idioma.

Si tener la actitud adecuada es tan importante, y si

una actitud positiva nos ayudar a conseguir nuestros

objetivos, cmo creamos o potenciamos dicha actitud

para convertirnos en estudiantes de xito? Por supuesto,algunos de nosotros necesitamos pensar en esto ms que

otros. Existen expresiones como ver el vaso medio

lleno o medio vaco porque tenemos diferentes

temperamentos y personalidades. Para algunos, laactitud positiva es ya parte de su personalidad. De

todas formas, estoy convencido de que

independientemente de cul sea tu carcter, si has

decidido por ti mismo estudiar otro idioma ya estsempezando con la actitud correcta. A lo largo de las

prximas pginas, quiero ofrecerte algunas ideas acerca

de cmo potenciar y proteger esta actitud positiva.

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meetings, as parents, and in traffic. Sometimes it is

our attitude and often it is another persons

attitude; but the fact remains that our attitudetowards an event or activity do more than perhaps

any other thing we do, either positively or negatively

affecting the outcome. Language learning is no

different.

If the right attitude is important, if a positive

attitude will help us achieve our goals, how do we

foster and/or create that attitude so that we can be

successful language learners? Some of us need tothink about this more than others of course. We have

expressions like seeing the glass half full or half

empty, because we have different dispositions and

personalities. For some, a positive attitude is justpart of who they are. I am confident though, that no

matter what your disposition or make up is, if you

are choosing on your own accord to study another

language then you are at least starting with the rightattitude. I want to offer a few ideas about how to

foster and protect this positive attitude over the

next few pages.


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Las expectativas y la realidad

Imagina que llevas puesta una muequera de goma.

Si la estiraras 2 cm y la soltaras de golpe contra tu

mueca, seguramente te dolera un poco. Si aumentases

la distancia a la que la estiras, el dolor aumentaratambin significativamente. Por tanto, la distancia a la

que estiras la goma est directamente relacionada con

el dolor que te produce cuando choca contra tu mueca.

Del mismo modo, cuanto ms se alejan nuestrasexpectativas de la realidad, ms nos duele luego el

golpe.

Como estudiantes de idiomas, cuanto ms

minimicemos los tortazos de las expectativas frustradas,mejor ser nuestra actitud hacia el aprendizaje. Una

buena medida preventiva que puedes tomar para

proteger tu actitud es escuchar las experiencias de

personas que han pasado por tu misma situacin.

Habr das penosos

En estas lneas, quiero dejarte claro que algunosdas sern penosos. Pensars que has olvidado todo lo

que habas aprendido hasta entonces; abrirs el libro y

te parecer que ests leyendo griego en vez de ruso. El

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Expectations and Reality

Imagine you are wearing a rubber band around

your wrist. If you were to pull it one inch away from

your wrist and let it snap you, it might hurt a bit. Ifhowever you pulled it four, five, or six inches awayand let it snap, the pain would significantly increase.

The distance you pull it away from your wrist then is

directly related to the intensity of the pain you will

feel when it snaps. In the same way, the further ourexpectations are from reality, the greater the pain

will be when the snap occurs.As language learners then, the more we can

reduce the snaps of unmet expectations, the betterour attitude towards language learning will fare.

Listening to others who have gone before you can be

an important preventative measure that you can

take to protect your attitude.

Some Days are Going to Stink

Along those lines, I want to tell you upfrontthat some days are going to stink. You will think

youve forgotten everything you have learned up to

that point. You will open a book and it will all look

Greek - even though its Russian.


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nativo con el que tan fluidamente solas conversar te

dir que has empeorado. (Y si es de una cultura muy

directa, igual directamente te dice que das pena). Esosdas llegarn; es inevitable. Pero tambin se irn, y

debes dejarlos ir. Deja que pasen pronto y sigue

adelante. No significan el fracaso: son solo parte del

viaje.

Protege tu salud emocional

Me gusta pensar que soy racional. De todas formas,

cuando me sincero conmigo mismo me doy cuenta deque soy tan emocional como racional. Mi actitud

depende mucho de mi estado anmico, por lo que en

das como el que acabo de mencionar, mis sentimientosse sienten apaleados y arrastran a mi actitud con ellos.

Por este motivo, como estudiante de idiomas es

importante que protejas tu salud emocional. Debes ser

consciente de tu progreso. Debes comprender lo quenecesitas. Hay una lnea muy fina entre ser retado y ser

destruido. Por supuesto necesitamos tener retos para no

caer en la autocomplacencia, pero no queremos ser

destruidos.

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The native speaker you so often converse easily with

will tell you that they think you have regressed. If

they are from a more straight talking culture, theymay just tell you that you stink. These days will

come. Its inevitable. But they will also pass andyou need to let them go. Let them go quickly and

move on. They do not signal failure. They are justpart of the journey.

Guard Your Emotional Health

I like to think that Im rational. When I am

honest with myself however, I realize that I am everybit as emotional as I am rational. My attitude rides

heavily on my emotional state, so when I have a daylike the one mentioned above, my emotions get

pummeled and often drag my attitude into the ring

with them.

For this reason it is important that you guard

your emotional health as a language learner. Youneed to be aware of how youre doing. You need to

understand what you need. It is a fine line between

being challenged and being destroyed. We need tobe challenged, of course, lest we lapse into

complacency; but we dare not be destroyed.


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Deja tu ego en la puerta

El aprendizaje de idiomas no es lugar para el

orgullo. Meter nuestro ego y nuestro orgullo en el

aprendizaje de idiomas nos limitar mucho porque nos

alejar de todo aquello que pueda daar nuestro ego,(lo cual es casi todo). Tambin puede destruir nuestra

actitud, ya que nuestro amor propio recibe literalmente

una paliza.

La alternativa es dejar nuestro ego en la puerta.

Epcteto nos recuerda que si quieres mejorar,preprate a ser considerado insensato y necio.

ste es un consejo que me dieron antes de

mudarme a Turqua:

Tienes que acostumbrarte a la idea de que vas a ser

el hazmerreir de la ciudad.

Dejando el ego en la puerta y acostumbrndonos a

ser el hazmerreir, podemos deshacernos de gran partedel dolor emocional que puede suponer un ego daado.

Es muy importante que evitemos desarrollar una

mala actitud hacia el aprendizaje de idiomas. Y es que

no hay fuerza ms poderosa y destructiva que nuestrapropia actitud. Mantn la tuya sana. Como seala Sally

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Check Your Ego at the Door

Language learning is no place for pride. Bringing

our egos and our pride into language learning will do

one of two things. It will severely limit us as we stayaway from anything that might bruise our pride, whichis just about everything. It can also destroy our

attitude as our egos take a beating.

The alternative then is to check our egos at the

door. Epictetus reminds us that if you want toimprove, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.

A piece of advice I received before moving to Turkeywas:

You need to get comfortable with the idea

that you are going to be the town clown.

By checking your ego at the door and getting used

to the idea of being the town clown, we can remove

much of the emotional pain that a bruised ego can dishout.

It is extremely important to protect ourselves

from developing a bad attitude toward language

learning. There may be no more powerful ordestructive force than our own attitudes. Keep yours

healthy. For as Sally Kempton has pointed out,


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Kempton, es difcil combatir a un enemigo que tiene

un destacamento en tu cabeza.

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It is hard to fight an enemy who has outposts in your

head.


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EPLOGO

El factor ms importante en tu viaje hacia el

aprendizaje de otro idioma eres t mismo.

Pues stas eran mis ideas sobre cmo perseverar en

el esfuerzo que requiere aprender otro idioma. Granparte de lo que he escrito se aplica tambin a la vida en

general, y por eso, espero que haya sido una lectura

alentadora a varios niveles. No creo de ninguna maneraque yo haya escrito nada nuevo. Simplemente heofrecido mi propio enfoque sobre un tema que me

parece importante; un enfoque que surge de mis

propias experiencias y observaciones. Espero que sepas

persistir en tu viaje y que te mantengas en el caminohacia el aprendizaje de un nuevo idioma.

Depende de ti.

Ahora, sigue adelante.

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A CLOSING WORDYou are the most important factor on your

language learning journey.

So those are my thoughts on how to sustain the

effort that is required to learn another language. Muchof what I have written applies to a lot of what is

important to us in life and so I hope it has been an

encouraging read on a number of different levels. I

dont, in any way, assume that I have written anythingnew here. I have merely offered my slant on a topic

that I believe is important; a slant built on my own

experiences and observations. And in doing that, I hope

that you will sustain the journey and keep on the roadto learning another language.

Its up to you.

Now keep going.


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El estudiante de idiomas normal y corriente

Hola, me llamo Aaron Myers y esta pequea gua

prctica es slo una parte de lo que hago en mi blog, El

estudiante de idiomas normal y corriente. El objetivode mis textos y de mi trabajo como orientador en el

aprendizaje de idiomas, es ayudar a estudiantes de todo

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los que empiezan a aprender un idioma a ponerse en

marcha. Esta serie de emails de diez semanas de

duracin no slo te pondr en contacto con el idiomaque hayas elegido, sino que adems te introducir en el

esquema mental de un estudiante de idiomas

autosuficiente.

Eso es todo. Muchas gracias por dedicar tu tiempo aesta lectura y espero que Persistirte ayude a seguir con

tu aprendizaje de idiomas por mucho tiempo. Me

encantara saber cmo te va, si sigues persistiendo y si

esta gua te ha ayudado en el camino.Te deseo lo mejor en tu viaje!

- Aaron Myers

Project I - 586

beginning language learner get started. This ten week

series of emails will walk you into both the language of

your choice, as well as the mindset of a self-directed

language learner.

Thats it. Thanks so much for taking the time to read

and I hope that Sustaining will be a big part of helping

you stick with your language learning for the long haul.

I would love to hear how it is going, how you are

sustaining, and how this guide has helped you along the

way.

Blessings on your language learning journey!

-Aaron Myers

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