学习英语需要确定明确的学习目标，英语帮将对英语学习的目标进行专题系列文章论述，这些文章将帮助广大英语学习者，包括大学生，中小学生，自学者，出国留学人员，等等英语学习者制定自己的英语学习目标。这些文章可以给大家提供参考，欢迎大家读完文章后，将自己的英语学习目标写下来，发布到英语帮论坛，这一方面可以帮助自己整理思路，更重要的写下来的过程，就是思想上预演的过程，通过学习目标的预演，你的英语学习目标更加清晰，你的学习英语行动也更加明确，掌握英语的过程就会清晰可见。
下面以一篇网络中转载的目标文章来开始我们这一系列的英语学习目标专题文章。
目标
目标有三种：短期目标、中期目标和长期目标。
短期目标通常着眼于目前的活动，人们可以以天为单位，逐日实施。这样的目标可以在一周或不到一周、或两周乃至数月内实现。人们不应忘记，没有坚固的基础就没有坚固的建筑物；同样，不去扎扎实实地实现短期目标，我们就不可能在实现长期目标上有大的作为。在完成短期目标之后，我们应当标明日期，并在已实现的目标基础上规划新的短期目标。
中期目标以短期目标为基础。中期目标可能涉及一个学期或整整一学年，甚至可能延续数年之久。无论何时每一次你只能向前迈一步，绝不能使自己泄气或者把自己压得喘不过气来。这样每完成每一步，你就会增强对自己发展和成功能力的信心。随着列出的目标实现日期表的加长，你的动力和要求也会增加。
长期目标可能与我们对未来的憧憬有关。长期目标可能跨越五年或者更长时间。人生不是静止不变的。我们决不应当让长期目标束缚我们的手脚，限制我们的行为。
Goals
There are three kinds of goals: short-term, mediumterm and long-term goals.
Short-term goals are those that usually deal with current activities, which we can apply on a daily basis. Such goals can be achieved in a week or less, or two weeks, or possiblymonths. It should be remembered that just as a building is no stronger than its foundation, our long-term goals cannot amount to very much without the achievement of solid short-term goals. Upon completing our short-term goals, we should date the occasion and then add new shortterm goals that will build on those that have been completed.
The medium-term goals build on the foundation of the short-term goals. They might deal with just one term of school or the entire school year, or they could even extend for several years. Any time you move a step at a time, you should never allow yourself to become discouraged or overwhelmed. As you complete each step, you will enforce the belief in your ability to grow and succeed. And as your list of completion dates grow, your motivation and desire will increase.
Long-term goals may be related to our dreams of the future. They might cover five years or more. Life is not a static thing. We should never allow a long-term goal to limit us or our course of action.
