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Learning a Foreign Language
There are many Ways to learn a foreign language well!Read the suggestions below .Following these steps will give you a frim foundation.
1) Spend time
By far the most important factor is how much time you are immersed in the language.the more time you spend on the language. the faster you will learn. This means listening , reading,writing and speaking.It does not mean sitting in class looking out of the window, or listening to other students who do not speak well, or expecting explanations in your own language about how the language works .It means spending time enjoyably on whatever relates to the language you are learning.
2) Listen and read every day
Wherever you are ,listen to the language on your MP3 player and read what you are listening to. Listen to and read materials that you like,materials that you can mostly understand, or even only partly understand. If you keep listening and reading. you wil get used to the language.One hour of listening and reading each day is more effective than many hours of class time.
3) Focus on words and phrases
Build up your vocabulary .You'll need lots.Start to notice words and how they come together as phrases.Learn these words and phrases through listening and reading.Read online,using online dictionaries, and make your own vocabulary lists for review. Soon you will run into your new words and phrases elsewhere. Gradually you will be able to use them. Do not worry about how accurately you speak until you have accumulated plenty of words through listening and reading.
4)Take resonsibility for your own learning
If you do not want to learn the language. you won't. If you do want to learn the language,take control. Choose content that interests you, that you want to listen to and read.Look up the words and phrases that you need in order to understand your listening and reading.Do not wait for someone else to show you the language or tell you what to do.Discover the language by yourself, like a child growing up. Talk when you feel like it. Write when you feel like it.A teacher cannot teach you to become fluent but you can learn to become fluent if you want to.
Do not worry about what you cannot remember, or cannot yet understand, or cannot yet say,it does not matter. You are learning and improving.The language will gradually become clearer, but this will happen at a pace that you cannot control. so sit back and enjoy.Above all,make sure you spend enough time with the language.That is the greatest guarantee of success.