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Matt: In 2025, I want to get better at … kickboxing. So, I'm going to get better by going twice a week. I'm going to take my daughter with me for extra motivation. So, if one day she doesn't feel like going, I'll say, 'Come on, come and punch your dad in the face!' and she'll find that extra motivating, I guess. Now, how am I going to turn this off?
Zina: My goal for the new year is to learn German because I might be moving to Germany. I plan to start with an app to pick up the basics. After that, I'll join a class to practise speaking with others. I also want to watch German shows and listen to podcasts to get a better sense of how the language is used in everyday life. I mean, it's going to be a challenge, but I'm really excited to give it a try. Wish me luck. Tschüss!
Neil: Well, there are a million things that I should probably try and get better at in 2025 and another million I should probably start doing. But the one I'm going to concentrate on is AI. Everyone's been talking about it for the last year or so. I've been using it every day with ChatGPT and photo and video apps. And there's just so much to learn, and it's moving so fast that I think I'm going to spend a lot of time in 2025 working on that.
Elena: This year I would like to learn another language, maybe French or Spanish. I will do that with one of my dearest friends so we can both learn together. And we will use an app, that is Duolingo, or maybe we will apply to an online course.
Felix: In the new year, I would like to learn and improve my skiing skills. I've only been skiing a couple of times, so I haven't got a great level, but this winter I'm going to go work in a ski resort, where I will then be able to spend all my free time out on the slopes and skiing. So, hopefully during the ski season, I'll improve my level.
Joanna: This year I want to really improve my Catalan language. So, I speak Catalan quite well, I can communicate well, but my writing is really bad, and I've decided to take a course. I started in September, and by taking a course it's really helping me to focus on the areas that I'm weak at, and I'm realising how much I don't know after 25 years living in Catalunya. I really need to get better. That's my goal for 2025.
In this video, you can listen to some people talking about things they want to learn or get better at in 2025 and how they plan to reach their goals. Here are some of the phrases they used.
I want to get better at …
I'm going to get better by going …
My goal for the new year is to learn … because …
I plan to start with an app to pick up the basics.
The thing I'm going to concentrate on is …
There's just so much to learn.
This year I would like to learn …
We will use an app.
I would like to improve my … skills.
I hope to improve my level.
I've decided to take a course.
It's helping me to focus on the areas I'm weak at.
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- How do you plan to reach your goals?
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In 2025, I have plan to improve my English, find a new hobby, e.g., dancing maybe. I hope this year will be full of travels around the world because I want to discover beautiful places.
Hi Wera28,
I hope that you enjoy all the new things you're learning this year ... and that you plan to practise your English here with us in the Learning hub!
I also love planning (and dreaming about) trips to different places. Which ones are top of your wish list?
Best wishes,
Jo (LearnEnglish team)
In 2025, I want to be better in English. As a teacher, I want to improve my English level and update teaching techniques to make my lessons better and help my students. I'm planning to take online TESOL course and keep doing journal in English. Also my concentration is pretty bad now, easily be distracted, so I need to set time and follow schedules to finish my works.
In 2025, I want to get an approval for COE for studying abroad in Japan and I am learning languages like English, Japanese, Spanish and Korean. In these, I want to speak English and Japanese fluently. I am also trying to be that.
Moreover, I have stress for family problems. Therefore, I want this problem to end in January completely. And I am trying to build my body healthy and pretty. I want to get opportunities in my educational field. And I also want to meet my life partner. I believe that Universe's timing is not a joke.
Hi summer,
Thanks for sharing your comment with us. Good luck for reaching your goal of studing in Japan.
Wishing you a very happy and healthy 2025 :-)
Best wishes,
Jo (LearnEnglish team)
Of course, my new year's goal is the same as majority of comments below and concerns English skills. I really need pass IELTS so that I can start a getting licence process. Although my skills and confidence grow, I get stonned then I try to do written task with time limit even at home. So.. I wish I had enough power to overcome myself :)
Hi Worm!
Good luck with your English studies and I hope your confidence grows so that you get a good mark in your IELTS test. Do you have a date for it already?
~ Tina ツ
LearnEnglish team
My goal in 2025 improving my English language by practicing in many way and i hope to reach it or to be like a native, also I'm i want to improve my skills and to my career in Network associate by taking CCNA certified, I've already subscribed in course online
Hi Na33m,
Good luck accomplishing your learning and professional goals :-)
Best wishes,
Jo (LearnEnglish team)
This year I would like to improve my English skills. So, I start with a plan to pick up the basics by trying and using free links rthat are related to English. Currently, I'm working as a teacher at International School. At first, I didn't like that job too much , looking back on it, there's just so much to learn English and my mind change into be a great teacher. Therefore, I would like yo get better at teaching English in 2025.
Hi Wint Shwe Yee,
As an English teacher myself, I totally agree with you - there's so much to learn to become a great teacher, but it sounds as if you are well on the way!
Do you use the British Council's site for teachers? You'll find articles, live events and much more to help with your professional development.
https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/
Good luck!
Jo (LearnEnglish team)
One of my goals for 2025 is to improve my English and practice it as a habit. The other is to be a better developer, so I want to get into the habit of practicing let codes every day and do more projects.
Hi Anne-bug,
You mention practising English as a habit. I think it's a really good idea to try to incorporate English practice into your everyday routine. I've just read a great book called Atomic Habits by James Clear. Have you heard of it? He explains the best way to build good habits. If you search online, you can find a summary of the book and explanations of his ideas.
Good luck with your learning goals!
Jo (LearnEnglish team)
Hello everyone :)
One of my goals in 2025 is to improve my English especially at speaking and to widen the range of new words. I'm good at writing as at my work I mainly communicate with people abroad but mostly in a written form. When I'm writing I have more time to compile my sentence and to express myself as clear as I can but when I'm speaking I feel pretty insecure and not so confident. I'll try to listen more podcast or watch videos in English as well as I'm going to read some books in English. I also would like to improve my grammar and to fill some gaps :). In order to succeed in this I plan to visit Learning hub more often as well as I'm considering to take some online classes.
Hi Panny,
I'm really happy to read that you're going to visit the Learning hub regularly. It's great to see you here. It's totally normal to feel less confident in speaking than in writing. To gain confidence, you could practise by talking in front of the mirror, or record yourself speaking on your phone. Perhaps next time you'd like to record a voice message to share with us? Making small steps will gradually bring you closer to your goal :-)
Good luck!
Jo (LearnEnglish team)
I want to iimprove my English this year, so l will do my best to reach my goal
Hi SaNa Ziz ❤
That's great that you want to improve your English this year, what sort of things will you do to try and improve your English skills? Did you see my colleague, Jo, in our live event this week? It was all about achieving your goals. It's available to watch on our Community events page. I hope it gives you some more ideas!
~ Tina ツ
LearnEnglish team
In 2025, I want to improve my fluency in English. I'm looking for native speakers in English who might want to have a chat from time to time online. Maybe someone looking for the same in Spanish... we might help each other. I'm optimistic about this. Meanwhile, I'll be practicing using ELSA Speak.
Hi Felix,
I'd love to know more about ELSA as I've not heard of it before. Is it an app? I have a similar problem as I'm trying to improve my Italian skills, especially my speaking, so I am thinking of trying to find an evening class nearby. I've also started watching Italian films and TV series with English subtitles, they have to be easy plots to follow so that I understand what is going on but it's quite a good way of listening to 'natural Italian'. ツ
Good luck and I hope you achieve your goals this year.
Best wishes,
~ Tina
LearnEnglish team
I want to improve my English in 2025. I also started doing sports and need to work on my health. I plan to return to studying programming, in particular, to complete a course on Figma.
Hi Vodyk!
Good luck in your studying and I hope you succeed in returning to programming and completing the course on Figma.
Best wishes,
~ Tina ツ
LearnEnglish team
My goal for the new year is to onprove my Englis. I plan to learn with britishcouncil. an app to pick up the basics. I am going to do yoga in englisch. I also want to watch English shows and listen to podcasts to get a better sense of how the language is used in everyday life.
Hi Natalie,
I think it's a great idea to do other activities, such as yoga, in English. Doing something you enjoy whilst practising your English will make it even more motivating.
Good luck, and enjoy your learning journey :-)
Best wishes,
Jo (LearnEnglish team)
In 2025 I want to get better in Polish. I started to learn Polish and my goal is to improve language skills in English, Franch and Polish. For this I`ll listen foreing music, read foreing books and of course find new friends for communacation.
Hi vero-nika,
Good luck with your language learning!
Best wishes,
Jo (LearnEnglish team)
I want to get better at English and German. I live in Germany and need this language for my work and life here.
I will improve by taking German courses and speaking with native speakers. My goal for the new year is to do more sports.
Hi Anastasia ✿
Thanks for sharing your goals for 2025. What sort of sports would you like to do more of?
~ Tina ツ
LearnEnglish team
In this year i’ve decided to improve my english after living for almost 4 year in the USA and in order to find a job and get a new certification.
Good luck with achieving your goals this year samar_mah1348! Do you have an idea of the sort of job you'd like to do in the USA?
~ Tina ツ
LearnEnglish team
In 2025, i want to enhance my English level and improve my speaking and writing skills in French. To achieve this, i'll use an app and take courses for both languages.
Also, i want to change my work and to get a chance to work in another country, so for that i'm working on my language skills
This year, I want to get better at English and focus on my speaking skills. Also, in 2025, I would like to learn how to play a musical instrument, like bass. I always like the bass sound and I think developing a new hobby can be very interesting.
Hi vibergc,
Good luck with both of your goals. Perhaps you'll be able to combine them both at some point and sing your favourite songs in English as you play along on the bass!
Best wishes,
Jo (LearnEnglish team)
In 2025, I would like to improve my capacity building to manage my life to be more healthy and reach my hopes as a leader women
Hi Rukhosh,
Wishing you the very best of luck with your lifestyle and career goals!
Jo (LearnEnglish team)
I would like to improve my speaking and writing skills. I hope I can learn and review it consistently. If I achieve good level this year, I'll apply for a job and volunteer program.
I plan to expand my vocabulary by using them in daily life which suitable with different contexts.
This year I want to get better at speaking and writting skills.I will join a course to improve and regular practice and I hope I will be good at those skills.The reason of improving these skiils is to take a good and stable job in 2025.
Hi aartik001,
Thank you for sharing your new year goals with us, and good luck achieving them. I hope that you'll find lots of useful materials to help you here on the LearnEnglish website.
Best wishes,
Jo (LearnEnglish team)
I want to read more to improve my vocabulary and sentence structure so my audience can easily understand me.
For next year, i would like to improve my english level, reach a fluent pronunciation and can communicate with others, especially at work.
Also, I want to have a healthy life, eat better and do more excercise.
Hi melisa caro,
Thank you for sharing your goals, both for English learning and maintaining a healthy lifestyle!
Good luck with working towards them, and all the best for 2025.
Jo (LearnEnglish team)
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Hi kjaemint,
Thank you for sharing your comment. You've taken a step towards practising speaking by recording your voice message!
Even if you don't always have someone to talk to, I think choosing a topic and recording yourself speaking about it is a great way to practise. I also love your idea of keeping a journal in English. It's a great way to practise writing skills, and also to track your progress.
Good luck, and all the best for 2025!
Jo (LearnEnglish team)
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Hi Zsami82,
Good luck with your learning journeys in both Spanish and English :-)
Best wishes,
Jo (LearnEnglish team)
in 2025, i'm plannig to register with a local institute to learn spanish as a new language. also to inprove my level of conversation in english by using an application to make friends worldwide.
My goal for 2025 regarding my English practice is to stay consistent and focus on fluency. I am visiting Liverpool in June 2025 to get some speaking practice and motivate myself. Moreover, it is more important for me to review vocabulary and learn useful phrases to become more confident.