Thursday 26 September 2013

Tips To Learning Any Language Quickly

By Alexandra Peterson


There really is no need to struggle and fret over learning a new language. It doesn't matter if you're learning for school, work or our own pleasure, the time it takes to become fluent and to master any foreign language can be significantly slashed with a few simple tips and tricks. When you become frustrated or feel that you're stuck with your progress in learning a new language, I want you to think of these simple steps to learning any language that you desire.

Make the most of what is around you and reach out to the local immigrant community to help you to learn your new language. There's a very good chance that there are groups of people new to your country who would be happy to help you to learn to speak their language. Often they meet on a weekly basis or you can post an advertisement asking for help. This arrangement often benefits both you and the native speaker since they will often also want to practice their English with a native speaker. It really is a win-win situation.

Repeating new words with all of your senses can help speed up the process of learning a new language. Write the word that you're trying to learn, listen to it, imagine it in your mind and repeat the words that you're trying to learn over and over again until it become ingrained in your mind. After a while, these words will come to you naturally without any effort and bombarding your brain with the word will speed the learning process along.

Most of us have a lot of spare time in our days that could be used learning a new language. Instead of becoming frustrated with traffic as you commute to work or ride the bus or train to work, take advantage of this wasted time and practice your new language. Listening to recordings and practicing speaking are a great way to pass the time and improve your pronunciation. If you use public transportation you might feel a little strange repeating the words out loud but listening is still a good use of this wasted time.

Even if you're not fluent in the language that you're trying to learn, watching movies in that language can help you and also boost your confidence. The ability to listen and comprehend are stretched and you might surprise yourself with how much you understand. Let your mind soak up all the words and even if you don't understand everything at the moment, you'll become familiar with these words and it will be easier to learn them in the near future.

Any task is learned basically through repetition and becoming fluent in a new language is no different. It doesn't matter what you're trying to learn, time on task is the only way to train your mind to understand and speak a different language. Try not to become frustrated with yourself if you don't remember something. Simply understand that after repeating a word or phrase a certain number of times it will finally come naturally to you. Speaking a foreign language to someone from a foreign land is one of the biggest compliments and bonding tools that you can have at your disposal and it is a skill that you should be proud of so don't quit. Soon you'll be fluent and that's something to be proud of.




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