Learning a new language can be really challenging, frustrating, and sometimes just downright difficult. Also, figuring out the best way to learn a new language? That seems nearly impossible.
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Learning a new language can be really challenging, frustrating, and sometimes just downright difficult. Also, figuring out the best way to learn a new language? That seems nearly impossible.
The quickest way to learn a new language efficiently is to immerse yourself in a culture where your target language is used. Think about how a baby learns her first language; she learns by absorbing information directly from native speakers and imitating them. As soon as you start learning a new language, it is very important to also include cultural sources as your channels to learn. I have a habit of picking a movie/TV series I enjoy and watching some of the dialogue-heavy scenes repeatedly. I watch them with English subtitles for the first few times, and later I watch them without subtitles as I become familiar with the dialogues. Finally, I try to read the dialogues out loud. This has been a great way to practice my listening and speaking skills. The great thing about it is that you can keep yourself motivated easily if you pick shows you enjoy. Also, communicating with native speakers directly is the another great way to put your language skill into practice. You can look for communities of people who speak your target language in your city, attend social events that let you meet native speakers. If you prefer practicing a language with native speakers online, there are also many options of language learning apps that match people up based on their language preferences. Apps such as HelloTalk and Tandem are quite popular.
There’s no easy or easiest way to learn a language than surrounding yourself with it. Learning a language can be quite expensive, but thanks to the internet you can achieve a lot of progress without spending a nickel. Google some language-learning websites, there are lots of them and I can’t list them all. You will find some that are pretty much like virtual courses, and others that are more like conversation classes, putting you in touch with other people learning the same language or even native speakers who are learning your own language and looking forward to exchange their knowledge with you. My personal suggestion is a website/mobile app called Duolingo. With just a few days on it you can cover the basics pretty fast. After you achieve a basic understanding of the language with Duolingo or any other platform of your choice, try to get to know the culture of the countries that use the language you’re learning. Start watching their TV shows with subtitles, listen to their music, read their local blogs and websites about subjects that interest you so that you can still have some sense of familiarity. Make sure you bring as much of the language and its background culture into your life as possible. You may be able to communicate by learning a language through intensive courses and books, but then you will just be translating the language into your own worldview. The only way to understand the real meaning of each word is to understand how it fits in the culture of the native speakers.