Welcome to Chatterbox!
At Chatterbox, we’ve optimised the learning experience for you
We understand that starting your study, especially if you have not recently been in a more formal learning experience, can be difficult to do.
At Chatterbox, we’re determined to prove to you that study is not scary, and to support your success in learning as best we can! We’ve explicitly optimised the learning experience for you; busy professionals who have committed to developing their language ability whether for personal or professional reasons.
Start by setting your schedule
Schedule a daily 15 minutes in your calendar at the same time each day to start learning – this will not only provide a useful reminder, giving yourself a daily deadline will also help ensure you remain motivated to complete your daily study
Set yourself meaningful deadlines
Book as many Live Practices in advance as your schedule allows as soon as possible – like scheduling your 15 minutes of daily study every day, booking your Live Practices will help motivate you to complete the self-study required for each lesson by providing a deadline and breaking down what you need to complete into smaller, manageable parts
Start with small tasks
If you struggling to get started, set yourself specific daily tasks – don’t feel like you have to do everything all at once! For example, task yourself with completing the placement test one day, and scheduling all of your Live Practices the next
Studying with us does require a commitment, but to successfully complete your course of study you’ll only need to be learning for 15 minutes per day, and, on average, completing 1 Live Practice every 2 weeks.
Don’t delay, start today!
The sooner that you start studying consistently, the sooner this will become part of your daily routine and the greater your chances of completing your course. Challenge yourself and apply one of the following suggestions right away!
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Feeling stuck?
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If you fall behind in your studies, don’t feel the need to try catching up by studying for longer periods of time – often, if you try studying for more than 30 minutes at a time you can quickly become demotivated and avoid studying at all. Instead, try studying in smaller chunks more regularly – studying for 15 minutes 4 times in a day will keep you more motivated than trying to cram everything into a 1 hour study session.
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Generally, most people reach a peak of alertness 3 hours after waking up and then again 9 hours after waking up. This means many people experience peak periods of alertness at the start of the day towards lunch time, and then again at the end of the work day. To benefit from this, consider scheduling your daily study:
• During your commute to work
• During your lunch break
• At the end of your work day
• During your commute back home
The key point to note here is that the peak times of day that we’re most alert varies individual to individual. You can use this general guidance to help you decide when to study, but if you find these aren’t working, start noting down the times of day that you feel most alert and productive to start understanding your own patterns!
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We don’t believe there is such a thing as a bad learner! However, we also do believe that there are things we can do to optimise our learning.
• At night, before you start preparing to go to bed, try fitting in your 15 minutes of learning then! Although this may sound counterintuitive, engaging in a learning experience before you sleep may help you memorise what you’ve studied!
• Review is essential to learning a language – you may remember something initially, but if you don’t use and review this language in different ways at different times it will soon be forgotten. Set yourself the challenge of using at least 1 new piece of language that you use during your workday every day to reinforce your learning! Also, try to review language from previous lessons at regular intervals to help ensure they stick!
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To keep motivated, set personal challenges for yourself in your workday – think about how you can apply what you’re learning directly in your workplace, and try it out!
Making sure you take time to reflect on how studying is benefiting you will keep you motivated to study and increase your chances of completing your course and achieving your goals!
If you feel blocked in your learning journey, here’s some advice that may help.
Still need help?
Email us now at courses@chatterbox.io - your dedicated support team will be more than happy to provide the advice, guidance and help you need to get the best out of your learning experience with Chatterbox.