This document provides a list of 10 tips for effective language learning from the author's personal experience studying French. The tips include looking up words in the dictionary and learning surrounding words, watching movies with subtitles in the target language, watching news broadcasts to practice comprehension, using Google to check grammar, reading children's books for exposure, learning about the culture through food, singing songs, following personal interests in the target language, speaking as much as possible, and traveling to an area where the language is spoken. The author encourages readers to share their own tips in the comments.
Why Most Fail in Language Learning & How You Can SucceedJohn Fotheringham
If an adult fails to learn a foreign language (and most do), most of us assume they simply don’t study hard enough or just aren’t good at languages. It’s certainly true that some learners are lazy, and given the same methods, certain folks tend to pick up languages faster than others. But neither of these is the real issue; both are but symptoms of the underlying problem: 1) crappy methods, 2) crappy materials, and 3) crappy attitudes.
Why Most Fail in Language Learning & How You Can SucceedJohn Fotheringham
If an adult fails to learn a foreign language (and most do), most of us assume they simply don’t study hard enough or just aren’t good at languages. It’s certainly true that some learners are lazy, and given the same methods, certain folks tend to pick up languages faster than others. But neither of these is the real issue; both are but symptoms of the underlying problem: 1) crappy methods, 2) crappy materials, and 3) crappy attitudes.
Why some people struggle to learn languagesSteve Kaufmann
Hi everyone, my name is Steve Kaufmann. I have achieved varying degrees of fluency in 15 languages, and look forward to learning more.
Why do some people struggle to learn a new language? Here is a few points I want to share to help you achieve your goals with language learning!
Visit my blog for more tips, advice, and motivation.
http://blog.thelinguist.com/
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Check out these 8 reasons why learning English as a second foreign language is so important today, especially for your successful IT career. Don't forget to share your thoughts with us.
If you understand how English is important for you, then there is the next question: HOW can you improve your English skills? Check this presentation to find out the 10 best ways of making your English better.
Why some people struggle to learn languagesSteve Kaufmann
Hi everyone, my name is Steve Kaufmann. I have achieved varying degrees of fluency in 15 languages, and look forward to learning more.
Why do some people struggle to learn a new language? Here is a few points I want to share to help you achieve your goals with language learning!
Visit my blog for more tips, advice, and motivation.
http://blog.thelinguist.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lingosteve
Youtube: https://goo.gl/aJ9P2T
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lingosteve?fref=ts
Check out these 8 reasons why learning English as a second foreign language is so important today, especially for your successful IT career. Don't forget to share your thoughts with us.
If you understand how English is important for you, then there is the next question: HOW can you improve your English skills? Check this presentation to find out the 10 best ways of making your English better.
Have you ever asked yourself:
- how babies learn language and how that's different from learning a foreign language
- how easy or difficult it is to teach English as a foreign language
- how a language teacher comes to grips with finding out and explaining language rules
- how to describe the different ways people talk and write English
- what sort of person makes a good language teacher and whether you might be that sort of person?
If your answer to any of these questions is 'yes', then this course should interest you.
What are the aims of the course?
The main aim of this course is to act as a taster for anyone who feels they might like to pursue an interest in language or language teaching. It is designed to fascinate and intrigue but above all to be clear and straightforward about the nature of the English language. For instance, it highlights the variety and diversity displayed by English. The differences between colloquial English, conversational and written English may seem at first obvious, but they are not and they are not always mirrored in other languages. In Arabic-speaking countries, educated people sometimes use classical Arabic in speech as well as in writing, whereas less educated people speak only colloquial Arabic. The differences in convention between the two languages must be well understood by teacher and learner alike if confusion and misunderstanding are not to result. But this course is not just about the system and use of language. The information it provides is always set in the context of learning development, both the learning that you will be doing as course user and the learning achieved by learners of a Foreign language.
A second aim of language and learning awareness is to promote English language teaching (ELT) as a profession rather than as just a backpacker's passport. You might think the days are gone when to get into teaching English as a foreign language (EFL), the first step was to 'practice' on a class, without so much as a day's training. Sadly this does still happen, and of course is fair neither to the learners nor the 'teacher'. I hope that this course will persuade anyone who isn't persuaded already how important it is to counter this state of affairs.
A third aim has been to sensitize the user to issues and principles rather than dazzle them with names and difficult terminology. The course is written in a direct, personal style and any terms which might possibly pose a problem are either fully explained in the text or appear in a glossary which can be accessed at any time. In general, it has been kept jargon free. If at any stage you come across a point which you don't find easy to follow, don't worry or give up. It may become clearer later, so it's worth carrying on and returning to it if you need to. Be prepared to side-step a stumbling block rather than treat it as a barrier to the rest of the course.
Source: https://ebookschoice.com/what-is-language-and-how-do-we-learn-it/
10 Proven Tips to Enhance your IELTS Speaking SkillsWizdom Academy
So, are you ready to improve your speaking skills for the IELTS test? Through this presentation, we are sharing a useful list for speaking tips that will surely help you to enhance your speaking skills.
30 incredibly effective tips and tricks to learn a new languagetakelessons
No matter what language you're learning, study smarter with these language-learning tips!
http://takelessons.com/blog/tips-and-tricks-to-learn-a-new-language