Learning a foreign language is an exciting project, but it requires a lot of investment. On my blog Le Monde des Langues, I make articles and videos to help you get there. Here are seven tips that will make it easier for you to learn any language.
It’s always the same problem when we take a new resolution: how to get started? Where to start? Generally, it is at this point that we postpone until later and end up giving up.
No more excuses, we have listed for you all the good tips and tricks for learning a foreign language.
Have an active approach
Use the language from the beginning of your learning. After all, that’s why you launched into this project, isn’t it? Speak and write with pride, even if you only know five sentences! In this way, you will gain self-confidence very early. Following language courses is not everything, it’s a state of mind!
Do not neglect the oral
At first, use phonetics to tame sounds that do not exist in our language and listen to everything that is within your fingertips: movies, series, songs, conversations… At the same time, practice repeating often to acquire good intonation.
Don’t stay alone
Meet native speakers of your target language as soon as possible to chat with them, near you or on the Internet. If they learn English, they will be all the more motivated to help you.
Admit that talking with human beings is more motivating than staying one-on-one with a book! Learning a language is also sharing!
Stop thinking in your native language
Each language has its own functioning, so stop comparing everything to your language. If you approach your new language with a new eye, you will understand it much faster, especially its grammar.
Immerse yourself in the language
If possible, go to practice your new language in the country where it is spoken. Otherwise, you can create an immersion bubble without even leaving your home!
Learn the vocabulary you need, with the right techniques
Drop the vocabulary lists and use this much more effective method called spaced repetition. Many phone applications allow you to do this, why deprive yourself of it?
Then, be sure to learn the vocabulary you really need, to express your own ideas and understand your interlocutors. You will memorise it more easily in this way.
Work regularly and maintain your motivation
Learning a foreign language is not done in a day or a month. Find your source of motivation and maintain it so that your project to learn this new language always makes sense to you. Make time to exercise a little every day: half an hour a day will take you much further than you think.
If you follow these very simple tips, you will greatly increase your chances of fluently speaking your favourite foreign language. I wish you a lot of fun in your learning.
