Conversation Games pt. 3

We don't learn by passively receiving information; we learn by actively exploring an unknown "domain", and practicing within that domain until we gain mastery over it. These past two weeks, you've been slowly but surely expanding your domain of French conversation mastery. Along the way, you've encountered many obstacles, and practiced many techniques for overcoming those obstacles. In my own experience, I've come to discover 6 major sub-domains to mastering oral fluency in a second language. Watch the nested videos below describing each sub-domain, then post a screenshot in #learn along with your biggest takeaways.

The fastest, most effective, and most rewarding way to master a domain is to do so with a community of fellow practitioners. In a community, you can gain insight and inspiration from other people's experiences. You can also multiply your motivation by lamenting your losses and celebrating your victories with others. Most of all, you can experience a deep sense of meaning by giving back to your community in any way you can, and serving as a beacon of insight and inspiration for others. This week, we will come together as a community to build a map of the domain. Each day, we will focus on a single sub-domain, according to the following schedule:

With your team, you will attempt to meet at least once a day to discuss obstacles, generate techniques, or practice skills within that day's sub-domain. At the end of the meeting, you will post a screenshot to the #apply channel, along with a few sentences reflecting on what you gained from that meeting.

For your conversation reports this week, you will articulate which sub-domain(s) you are focusing in your "Goals" section.

This will help you develop a clearer sense of what exactly you are practicing.

Each day at 12pm EST - we will have a group "campfire discussion", where we discuss that days' sub-domain and try to map the landscape of obstacles and techniques within it. Again, the subject will be as follows: