Welcome to the VietnamesePod101 Inner Circle.

Welcome to the Inner Circle. This is the monthly no-holds-barred newsletter giving you tried and tested learning methods to help you reach your language goals this year.

Last month, you learned about the power of signing up for a proficiency test… as a way to get yourself motivated. While you don’t have to follow this exact route, there is an underlying lesson: having external commitments really ramps up motivation. Also, the amount you care also goes when you pay money. In my case, signing up for in-person classes does that for me.

And for April, Kyejin focused on receptive learning, whereas I focused on productive side of things. What do these mean?