October Language Challenge Public Video Pledges (part II)

October Language Challenge Public Video Pledges (part II) Check out whos taking up our Language Challenge! If youre taking the Language Challenge and really want to succeed, were giving away 50ITC if you make a Public Video Pledge! Why would you ever want to do this? (Click here for more details) Please take some time to motivate and encourage our Public Video Pledge Challengers by commenting on their Notebook entries! This is the second blog listing of October Language Challenge Public Video Pledges. Watch the pledges from our first post below: PART I HERE Sylvia from Australia is learning Chinese If you want to see an incredible display of polyglotism check out Sylvias video. She changes tongues like a language chameleon! Now shes learning Chinese and Spanish so compliments and encouragement are welcome in her Notebook entry! Vladimir from Russia is learning English Vladimir knows what he wants: to be more confident and to have to think less about the words he uses during a normal English conversation. Thats the very definition of fluency! And thats exactly what the Language Challenge is for, to push you to achieve fluency in the language of your choice in just one month. Give him some words of encouragement on his Notebook entry! Leese from the United Kingdom is learning Spanish Leese is taking the Challenge to learn Spanish. She actually speaks quite well but would like to speak with more confidence. We actually think your accent isnt that bad no need to apologize for it! Give her some props by writing on her Notebook entry! crystalding249 from the United States is learning Spanish crystalding249 is an American living in London and is determined to improve her Spanish. She actually speaks Spanish quite well already but feels there is some room to improve. Send her some words of encouragement by writing in her Notebook entry! Spencerinpajamas from Canada is learning Portuguese We were disappointed that Spencerinpajamas was not wearing pajamas when making his Public Video Pledge however we were very happy to hear that he is most likely going to surpass the 12-hour goal for the October Language Challenge. He predicts hell be hitting 15 hours even as he has a goal of going to Brazil immediately afterwards. Send him some well wishes by writing in his Notebook entry! Brendan from the United States is learning Spanish Brendan is taking Spanish to get to A2 level so that he can speak to his Moms side of the family. He vows to take at least 2 lessons a week (youll need to hit 3 to finish the Challenge though). Wish him luck by leaving some messages on his Notebook entry! David from the United States is learning German David is taking the Challenge to learn German. Hes starting from near scratch (watch the video as he says all the phrases he can) and his goal is to build a basic foundation in German by learning the sounds, numbers, and how to pronounce words properly. Send him some words of encouragement by leaving a comment on his Notebook entry! Leigh David from the Ireland is learning Spanish and Italian Were so happy to see Leigh Davis take the October Challenge. If you havent seen his before and after video from the World Cup Challenge, you should definitely watch it. He also wrote an amazing testimonial story about his experiences learning Spanish on italki. This time around besides trying to take his Spanish to the next level (I really dont know how much better it can get) hes going to learn Italian, a language that hes just starting to learn. Give Leigh a shout on his Notebook entry! Anton Grigoryev from Russia is learning English We should have contacted Anton before we started this whole Public Pledge thing as he made a great one its almost like a commercial for italki. Antons goal is to get rid of his Russian accent and eventually speak like a naive speaker. We love that he is able to poke fun at how Russians speak English. Maybe well hire him to help with our marketing efforts in Russia. Wish him good luck by commenting on his Notebook entry! John from Sweden is learning Russian, Arabic and Chinese Most people who take the Challenge learn one language. However, there are a few very brave souls who learn two. John goes even further to learn three languages. The crazy thing is the three languages he wants to learn are probably the three hardest languages to learn Chinese, Arabic and Russian. John the Swedish language master we salute you and wish you the best for the October Language Challenge. Please salute him as well by sending him some comments in his Notebook entry! Kelsey from the United States is learning Japanese Kelsey is taking the October Language Challenge for a very specific purpose. She is going to take the JLPTN5 test in December. The Challenge is a great way to prepare for it. Shes going to be taking 4 lessons a week and will even be taking lessons when she goes to visit her sister. We love how italki is convenient like that! Wish her good luck by leave some comments on her Notebook entry! Karen from the United States is learning Cebuano We love this Public Pledge from Karen. Shes learning Cebuano, a language of the Philippines and were so happy that she can learn it on italki. We love that she finally took the plunge after wanting to learn the language for so long but never having an excuse to do so. This is exactly why we have these Challenges. And lastly, we love that our past challengers were able to inspire her to the Challenge (thanks Khang Tran for inspiring her!). Wish her well by commenting on her Notebook entry! October Language Challenge Public Video Pledges (part II) Check out whos taking up our Language Challenge! If youre taking the Language Challenge and really want to succeed, were giving away 50ITC if you make a Public Video Pledge! Why would you ever want to do this? (Click here for more details) Please take some time to motivate and encourage our Public Video Pledge Challengers by commenting on their Notebook entries! This is the second blog listing of October Language Challenge Public Video Pledges. Watch the pledges from our first post below: PART I HERE Sylvia from Australia is learning Chinese If you want to see an incredible display of polyglotism check out Sylvias video. She changes tongues like a language chameleon! Now shes learning Chinese and Spanish so compliments and encouragement are welcome in her Notebook entry! Vladimir from Russia is learning English Vladimir knows what he wants: to be more confident and to have to think less about the words he uses during a normal English conversation. Thats the very definition of fluency! And thats exactly what the Language Challenge is for, to push you to achieve fluency in the language of your choice in just one month. Give him some words of encouragement on his Notebook entry! Leese from the United Kingdom is learning Spanish Leese is taking the Challenge to learn Spanish. She actually speaks quite well but would like to speak with more confidence. We actually think your accent isnt that bad no need to apologize for it! Give her some props by writing on her Notebook entry! crystalding249 from the United States is learning Spanish crystalding249 is an American living in London and is determined to improve her Spanish. She actually speaks Spanish quite well already but feels there is some room to improve. Send her some words of encouragement by writing in her Notebook entry! Spencerinpajamas from Canada is learning Portuguese We were disappointed that Spencerinpajamas was not wearing pajamas when making his Public Video Pledge however we were very happy to hear that he is most likely going to surpass the 12-hour goal for the October Language Challenge. He predicts hell be hitting 15 hours even as he has a goal of going to Brazil immediately afterwards. Send him some well wishes by writing in his Notebook entry! Brendan from the United States is learning Spanish Brendan is taking Spanish to get to A2 level so that he can speak to his Moms side of the family. He vows to take at least 2 lessons a week (youll need to hit 3 to finish the Challenge though). Wish him luck by leaving some messages on his Notebook entry! David from the United States is learning German David is taking the Challenge to learn German. Hes starting from near scratch (watch the video as he says all the phrases he can) and his goal is to build a basic foundation in German by learning the sounds, numbers, and how to pronounce words properly. Send him some words of encouragement by leaving a comment on his Notebook entry! Leigh David from the Ireland is learning Spanish and Italian Were so happy to see Leigh Davis take the October Challenge. If you havent seen his before and after video from the World Cup Challenge, you should definitely watch it. He also wrote an amazing testimonial story about his experiences learning Spanish on italki. This time around besides trying to take his Spanish to the next level (I really dont know how much better it can get) hes going to learn Italian, a language that hes just starting to learn. Give Leigh a shout on his Notebook entry! Anton Grigoryev from Russia is learning English We should have contacted Anton before we started this whole Public Pledge thing as he made a great one its almost like a commercial for italki. Antons goal is to get rid of his Russian accent and eventually speak like a naive speaker. We love that he is able to poke fun at how Russians speak English. Maybe well hire him to help with our marketing efforts in Russia. Wish him good luck by commenting on his Notebook entry! John from Sweden is learning Russian, Arabic and Chinese Most people who take the Challenge learn one language. However, there are a few very brave souls who learn two. John goes even further to learn three languages. The crazy thing is the three languages he wants to learn are probably the three hardest languages to learn Chinese, Arabic and Russian. John the Swedish language master we salute you and wish you the best for the October Language Challenge. Please salute him as well by sending him some comments in his Notebook entry! Kelsey from the United States is learning Japanese Kelsey is taking the October Language Challenge for a very specific purpose. She is going to take the JLPTN5 test in December. The Challenge is a great way to prepare for it. Shes going to be taking 4 lessons a week and will even be taking lessons when she goes to visit her sister. We love how italki is convenient like that! Wish her good luck by leave some comments on her Notebook entry! Karen from the United States is learning Cebuano We love this Public Pledge from Karen. Shes learning Cebuano, a language of the Philippines and were so happy that she can learn it on italki. We love that she finally took the plunge after wanting to learn the language for so long but never having an excuse to do so. This is exactly why we have these Challenges. And lastly, we love that our past challengers were able to inspire her to the Challenge (thanks Khang Tran for inspiring her!). Wish her well by commenting on her Notebook entry! October Language Challenge Public Video Pledges (part II) Check out whos taking up our Language Challenge! If youre taking the Language Challenge and really want to succeed, were giving away 50ITC if you make a Public Video Pledge! Why would you ever want to do this? (Click here for more details) Please take some time to motivate and encourage our Public Video Pledge Challengers by commenting on their Notebook entries! This is the second blog listing of October Language Challenge Public Video Pledges. Watch the pledges from our first post below: PART I HERE Sylvia from Australia is learning Chinese If you want to see an incredible display of polyglotism check out Sylvias video. She changes tongues like a language chameleon! Now shes learning Chinese and Spanish so compliments and encouragement are welcome in her Notebook entry! Vladimir from Russia is learning English Vladimir knows what he wants: to be more confident and to have to think less about the words he uses during a normal English conversation. Thats the very definition of fluency! And thats exactly what the Language Challenge is for, to push you to achieve fluency in the language of your choice in just one month. Give him some words of encouragement on his Notebook entry! Leese from the United Kingdom is learning Spanish Leese is taking the Challenge to learn Spanish. She actually speaks quite well but would like to speak with more confidence. We actually think your accent isnt that bad no need to apologize for it! Give her some props by writing on her Notebook entry! crystalding249 from the United States is learning Spanish crystalding249 is an American living in London and is determined to improve her Spanish. She actually speaks Spanish quite well already but feels there is some room to improve. Send her some words of encouragement by writing in her Notebook entry! Spencerinpajamas from Canada is learning Portuguese We were disappointed that Spencerinpajamas was not wearing pajamas when making his Public Video Pledge however we were very happy to hear that he is most likely going to surpass the 12-hour goal for the October Language Challenge. He predicts hell be hitting 15 hours even as he has a goal of going to Brazil immediately afterwards. Send him some well wishes by writing in his Notebook entry! Brendan from the United States is learning Spanish Brendan is taking Spanish to get to A2 level so that he can speak to his Moms side of the family. He vows to take at least 2 lessons a week (youll need to hit 3 to finish the Challenge though). Wish him luck by leaving some messages on his Notebook entry! David from the United States is learning German David is taking the Challenge to learn German. Hes starting from near scratch (watch the video as he says all the phrases he can) and his goal is to build a basic foundation in German by learning the sounds, numbers, and how to pronounce words properly. Send him some words of encouragement by leaving a comment on his Notebook entry! Leigh David from the Ireland is learning Spanish and Italian Were so happy to see Leigh Davis take the October Challenge. If you havent seen his before and after video from the World Cup Challenge, you should definitely watch it. He also wrote an amazing testimonial story about his experiences learning Spanish on italki. This time around besides trying to take his Spanish to the next level (I really dont know how much better it can get) hes going to learn Italian, a language that hes just starting to learn. Give Leigh a shout on his Notebook entry! Anton Grigoryev from Russia is learning English We should have contacted Anton before we started this whole Public Pledge thing as he made a great one its almost like a commercial for italki. Antons goal is to get rid of his Russian accent and eventually speak like a naive speaker. We love that he is able to poke fun at how Russians speak English. Maybe well hire him to help with our marketing efforts in Russia. Wish him good luck by commenting on his Notebook entry! John from Sweden is learning Russian, Arabic and Chinese Most people who take the Challenge learn one language. However, there are a few very brave souls who learn two. John goes even further to learn three languages. The crazy thing is the three languages he wants to learn are probably the three hardest languages to learn Chinese, Arabic and Russian. John the Swedish language master we salute you and wish you the best for the October Language Challenge. Please salute him as well by sending him some comments in his Notebook entry! Kelsey from the United States is learning Japanese Kelsey is taking the October Language Challenge for a very specific purpose. She is going to take the JLPTN5 test in December. The Challenge is a great way to prepare for it. Shes going to be taking 4 lessons a week and will even be taking lessons when she goes to visit her sister. We love how italki is convenient like that! Wish her good luck by leave some comments on her Notebook entry! Karen from the United States is learning Cebuano We love this Public Pledge from Karen. Shes learning Cebuano, a language of the Philippines and were so happy that she can learn it on italki. We love that she finally took the plunge after wanting to learn the language for so long but never having an excuse to do so. This is exactly why we have these Challenges. And lastly, we love that our past challengers were able to inspire her to the Challenge (thanks Khang Tran for inspiring her!). Wish her well by commenting on her Notebook entry!