Daily Routine Worksheet
One of the biggest challenges in life in general, is finding time for all the things we want to do. The goal of this worksheet, is to help you find and schedule time time learn a language.
Part A – Finding time
Please think of all the “in between times” and tasks that don't require much thinking in your daily life and write them in on the chart below.
Activity
Average minutes spent per day
Commuting to work or school
minutes
Household chores (ex. washing the dishes, cooking, cleaning ...)
minutes
Breaks at work
minutes
Shopping
minutes
Waiting (ex. for the bus, doctor, next meeting/class to start)
minutes minutes minutes minutes minutes
Average total per day:
minutes
Part B – Activities that could be converted
Please think of all the language related activities you do on a daily basis in your native language – which you could potentially do in the language you are learning and write them in the chart below.
Activity
Average minutes spent per day
Reading (of any kind: book, newspaper, online, etc)
minutes
Watching television or movies
minutes
Listening to music
minutes
Playing video games
minutes minutes minutes minutes minutes
Average total per day:
minutes
Natural Language Learning (Without a Teacher) – by David Snopek
Part C – Your daily routine
Once you've created your method and found some time you can use to do it – you can build a chart of your daily routine.
Please complete the chart below with the activity, time and length.
Activity
Example: Review flashcards
Time and length
Weekday
Weekend
Before work (8:00am)
10 mins
Morning (10:00am)
10 mins