{"id":53980,"date":"2020-08-24T13:52:51","date_gmt":"2020-08-24T12:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/language-learning-expectations-vs-reality\/"},"modified":"2022-11-09T13:48:17","modified_gmt":"2022-11-09T12:48:17","slug":"language-learning-expectations-vs-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/en\/language-learning-expectations-vs-reality\/","title":{"rendered":"Language learning: expectations vs. reality"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":53982,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9442,9450,9448,9452],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.9 (Yoast SEO v22.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Expectations vs. Reality: Language Learning - Lingoda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We\u2019ll explain the difference between language learning expectations and reality and give you tips on managing your expectations!\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/en\/language-learning-expectations-vs-reality\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Language learning: expectations vs. reality\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We\u2019ll explain the difference between language learning expectations and reality and give you tips on managing your expectations!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/en\/language-learning-expectations-vs-reality\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Lingoda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lingoda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-08-24T12:52:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-11-09T12:48:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Language-learning-expectations-vs-reality.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1077\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jakob Straub\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@https:\/\/twitter.com\/flachrattenmann\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@lingoda\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jakob Straub\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/en\/language-learning-expectations-vs-reality\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/en\/language-learning-expectations-vs-reality\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Jakob Straub\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/ec4053e4e9b79a2cfc316d83149a58e1\"},\"headline\":\"Language learning: expectations vs. reality\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-08-24T12:52:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-11-09T12:48:17+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/en\/language-learning-expectations-vs-reality\/\"},\"wordCount\":1094,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/en\/language-learning-expectations-vs-reality\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Language-learning-expectations-vs-reality.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Learning materials for English learners\",\"Learning materials for French learners\",\"Learning materials for German learners\",\"Learning materials for Spanish learners\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/en\/language-learning-expectations-vs-reality\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/en\/language-learning-expectations-vs-reality\/\",\"name\":\"Expectations vs. Reality: Language Learning - Lingoda\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/en\/language-learning-expectations-vs-reality\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/en\/language-learning-expectations-vs-reality\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Language-learning-expectations-vs-reality.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-08-24T12:52:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-11-09T12:48:17+00:00\",\"description\":\"We\u2019ll explain the difference between language learning expectations and reality and give you tips on managing your expectations!\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/en\/language-learning-expectations-vs-reality\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/en\/language-learning-expectations-vs-reality\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/en\/language-learning-expectations-vs-reality\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Language-learning-expectations-vs-reality.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Language-learning-expectations-vs-reality.jpg\",\"width\":1077,\"height\":560},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/en\/language-learning-expectations-vs-reality\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Learning materials for English learners\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/category\/learning-materials-en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Language learning: expectations vs. reality\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Lingoda\",\"description\":\"The Online Language School\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Lingoda\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lingoda-logo_horizontal_standard_coloured.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lingoda-logo_horizontal_standard_coloured.svg\",\"width\":588,\"height\":193,\"caption\":\"Lingoda\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lingoda\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/lingoda\",\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/lingoda_official\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/lingoda-gmbh\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC6AYbs_IpIj5uwwL_8PlVyw\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/ec4053e4e9b79a2cfc316d83149a58e1\",\"name\":\"Jakob Straub\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a7787f4f06e451a9a9f2bd9492130ab3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a7787f4f06e451a9a9f2bd9492130ab3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Jakob Straub\"},\"description\":\"Jakob is a freelance writer in Barcelona, Spain, and his favorite books have pages all empty. As an expert storyteller, he publishes creative fiction in English and German and helps other authors shape their manuscripts into compelling stories. Thanks to an expertise in a wide range of topics such as writing, literature and productivity to marketing, travel, and technology, he produces engaging content for his clients. Apart from the escape that books offer, Jakob enjoys traveling digital nomad style and stays active with climbing and hiking. Find out more about him on his website or on Goodreads.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/jakobwrites.com\/\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/flachrattenmann\/\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jakobstraub\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/flachrattenmann\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/author\/jakob\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Expectations vs. Reality: Language Learning - Lingoda","description":"We\u2019ll explain the difference between language learning expectations and reality and give you tips on managing your expectations!","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/en\/language-learning-expectations-vs-reality\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Language learning: expectations vs. reality","og_description":"We\u2019ll explain the difference between language learning expectations and reality and give you tips on managing your expectations!","og_url":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/en\/language-learning-expectations-vs-reality\/","og_site_name":"Lingoda","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lingoda","article_published_time":"2020-08-24T12:52:51+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-11-09T12:48:17+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1077,"height":560,"url":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Language-learning-expectations-vs-reality.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Jakob Straub","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@https:\/\/twitter.com\/flachrattenmann","twitter_site":"@lingoda","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jakob Straub","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/en\/language-learning-expectations-vs-reality\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/en\/language-learning-expectations-vs-reality\/"},"author":{"name":"Jakob Straub","@id":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/ec4053e4e9b79a2cfc316d83149a58e1"},"headline":"Language learning: expectations vs. reality","datePublished":"2020-08-24T12:52:51+00:00","dateModified":"2022-11-09T12:48:17+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/en\/language-learning-expectations-vs-reality\/"},"wordCount":1094,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/en\/language-learning-expectations-vs-reality\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Language-learning-expectations-vs-reality.jpg","articleSection":["Learning materials for English learners","Learning materials for French learners","Learning materials for German learners","Learning materials for Spanish learners"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/en\/language-learning-expectations-vs-reality\/","url":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/en\/language-learning-expectations-vs-reality\/","name":"Expectations vs. Reality: Language Learning - Lingoda","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/en\/language-learning-expectations-vs-reality\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/en\/language-learning-expectations-vs-reality\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Language-learning-expectations-vs-reality.jpg","datePublished":"2020-08-24T12:52:51+00:00","dateModified":"2022-11-09T12:48:17+00:00","description":"We\u2019ll explain the difference between language learning expectations and reality and give you tips on managing your expectations!","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/en\/language-learning-expectations-vs-reality\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/en\/language-learning-expectations-vs-reality\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/en\/language-learning-expectations-vs-reality\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Language-learning-expectations-vs-reality.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Language-learning-expectations-vs-reality.jpg","width":1077,"height":560},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/en\/language-learning-expectations-vs-reality\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Learning materials for English learners","item":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/category\/learning-materials-en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Language learning: expectations vs. reality"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/","name":"Lingoda","description":"The Online Language School","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/#organization"},"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Lingoda","url":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lingoda-logo_horizontal_standard_coloured.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lingoda-logo_horizontal_standard_coloured.svg","width":588,"height":193,"caption":"Lingoda"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lingoda","https:\/\/x.com\/lingoda","https:\/\/instagram.com\/lingoda_official","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/lingoda-gmbh","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC6AYbs_IpIj5uwwL_8PlVyw"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/ec4053e4e9b79a2cfc316d83149a58e1","name":"Jakob Straub","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a7787f4f06e451a9a9f2bd9492130ab3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a7787f4f06e451a9a9f2bd9492130ab3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Jakob Straub"},"description":"Jakob is a freelance writer in Barcelona, Spain, and his favorite books have pages all empty. As an expert storyteller, he publishes creative fiction in English and German and helps other authors shape their manuscripts into compelling stories. Thanks to an expertise in a wide range of topics such as writing, literature and productivity to marketing, travel, and technology, he produces engaging content for his clients. Apart from the escape that books offer, Jakob enjoys traveling digital nomad style and stays active with climbing and hiking. Find out more about him on his website or on Goodreads.","sameAs":["https:\/\/jakobwrites.com\/","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/flachrattenmann\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jakobstraub\/","https:\/\/x.com\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/flachrattenmann"],"url":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/author\/jakob\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53980"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/42"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53980"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53980\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68748,"href":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53980\/revisions\/68748"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}