{"id":19637,"date":"2022-02-23T12:51:27","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T19:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cr-languages-portal-live.local\/?p=19637"},"modified":"2023-08-04T15:18:38","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T21:18:38","slug":"student-highlight-thomas-staley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crlanguages.com\/hi\/student-highlight-thomas-staley\/","title":{"rendered":"\u091b\u093e\u0924\u094d\u0930 \u0935\u093f\u0936\u0947\u0937 \u2013 \u0925\u0949\u092e\u0938 \u0938\u094d\u091f\u0947\u0932\u0940"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are fanatics of education of any kind. Imagine how happy we become when we see one of our students making such amazing progress like Thomas! As clich\u00e9 as is sounds, our future is in their hands, so when we see our students making progress, we want to share it with the rest of the world!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Thomas is an 18-year-old that has been taking Japanese classes with CR Languages for a little over a year now. He is taking a gap year before starting college and is trying to challenge himself to become fluent in a language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controlslist=\"nodownload\" height=\"622\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1280 \/ 622;\" width=\"1280\" controls src=\"https:\/\/crl-media.sfo3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/06234337\/crlanguages_classroom3-Whereby-8-February-2022.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Overcoming the challenge of learning a new language is one of the main reasons why Thomas chose to start taking a language class. He started embarking on this challenge at the beginning of the pandemic, starting alone and teaching himself. His goal was to learn a new language and although he started with Spanish, he changed to Japanese. He is planning on being able to use his Japanese speaking skills and studies in his career at some point as well as being able to meet and connect with new people, travel, and keep learning every day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>When we asked him about his favorite aspect of the language he said, \u201cThere are endless learning opportunities with this language. I always seem to be learning something new with Japanese.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>When we asked him what he likes most about his class he said, \u201cBeing able to have conversations with my teacher and being able to work through textbooks and assignments together, especially getting the teacher\u2019s feedback, is really helpful.\u201d He also mentions you can practice conversation best in class as well, he personally prefers having the one-on-one time with a teacher rather than being in a group class. He\u2019s in the private one-on-one Japanese class with Asayu!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Truth be told, he admits some days there is no studying because he is tired or too busy during the week. Thomas says he tends to mostly study on the weekends as that\u2019s where all his free time lies. Weekends are the best for studying and he spends about 2-4 hours studying when he can although it\u2019s good to find a balance that works for you and be able to study a little bit every day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>&#8220;I know the price of success: dedication, hard work, and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen.&#8221;<\/p><cite><meta charset=\"utf-8\"><p>Frank Lloyd Wright&nbsp;<\/p><\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, he continues to practice with YouTube, watching videos online, self-study, practice workbooks, textbooks,&nbsp;and watching \u2018Japanese&nbsp;Short stories\u2019. &nbsp;Writing assignments are also done in class so there is writing practice for him and he is able to complete assignments in class with the teacher which is helpful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Unfortunately, Thomas doesn\u2019t get much opportunity to practice conversation&nbsp;outside of class because he doesn\u2019t know anyone else who speaks Japanese. 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Having a dedicated and responsible student makes everybody happy and shows us that we can all learn if we have the dedication and patience that learning a new language requires! <a href=\"https:\/\/crlanguages.com\/hi\/%e0%a4%b8%e0%a4%82%e0%a4%aa%e0%a4%b0%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%95\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u0938\u0902\u092a\u0930\u094d\u0915 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0930\u0939\u094b<\/a> for more questions about our Japanese class or if you\u2019d like to find a study partner!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Excellent work, Thomas!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re interested in learning a new language, <a href=\"https:\/\/crlanguages.com\/hi\/%e0%a4%b8%e0%a4%82%e0%a4%aa%e0%a4%b0%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%95\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>get in touch with us today<\/strong><\/a> or check our <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/crlanguages.com\/hi\/adult-classes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">class schedules<\/a><\/strong>!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u0939\u092e \u0915\u093f\u0938\u0940 \u092d\u0940 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0915\u093e\u0930 \u0915\u0940 \u0936\u093f\u0915\u094d\u0937\u093e \u0915\u0947 \u0926\u0940\u0935\u093e\u0928\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902\u0964 \u0915\u0932\u094d\u092a\u0928\u093e \u0915\u0940\u091c\u093f\u090f \u0915\u093f \u091c\u092c \u0939\u092e \u0905\u092a\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u093f\u0938\u0940 \u091b\u093e\u0924\u094d\u0930 \u0915\u094b \u0910\u0938\u0940 \u0905\u0926\u094d\u092d\u0941\u0924 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0917\u0924\u093f \u0915\u0930\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0941\u090f \u0926\u0947\u0916\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902, \u0924\u094b \u0939\u092e \u0915\u093f\u0924\u0928\u0947 \u0916\u0941\u0936 \u0939\u094b \u091c\u093e\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902\u2026<\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":19648,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99,102],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-japanese","category-learning-language",""],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crlanguages.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crlanguages.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crlanguages.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crlanguages.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crlanguages.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/crlanguages.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19637\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crlanguages.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crlanguages.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crlanguages.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crlanguages.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19637"}],"curies":[{"name":"\u0921\u092c\u094d\u0932\u094d\u092f\u0942\u092a\u0940","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}