How To Learn A Foreign Language Properly

Some truths: Foreign language courses are in a class apart where you must never play for time

. Procrastination equals failure in foreign language courses so you must spend a minimum of 15 minutes each day and a minimum of 3 hours a week. Utilize all the spare time you have though it is not recommended that you spend more than 45 minutes learning the language per session.

Split your study up into several small sessions. If you are serious about passing the examination then attend classes regularly. Some occasional review of all material you have learned previously is also very important to your success - for example, the vocabulary. Here are some ideas to make the learning of different sections of a foreign language course simpler.

Perusing through printed matter: Try to comprehend what is written rather than worrying too much over unknown words. Read the chapters of the text book in small bits every day.

Start to communicate: Do not feel embarrassed if you make mistakes, simply hear what others are talking about and start to speak. You can have a good practice of the foreign language if you speak out loudly to yourself, to others in the same class or with your dog or cat at home.

Scribbling: Know how to pen down ideas everyday till it comes naturally to you. Request a friend to dictate some small paragraph of the language and then find out how much of it has been written correctly.

Medley of helps: You ought to have a goal and a good reason for studying the foreign language and develop good feelings towards it. Be clear about your learning goals and the avenues you ought to take to achieve those goals. 1.f you need help get it and do not be afraid to ask questions or ask for help for fear of sounding stupid, or being embarrassed. There is nothing to feel embarrassed when you need help or have questions in your mind. 2.Get audio tapes of the language and listen to them or make you own tapes and listened to yourself in order to perfect your pronunciation. 2.To better your pronunciation, the best way is to listen to audio tapes of the language or you could record something yourself and listen. 3.Different colored flash cards can be used for building vocabulary like one set of colors for the genders and another set of colors for the different grammars like noun, verb and adjective. 4.Practice in study groups and become good friends with some of your classmates because they can help you out.

by: Marsha Belluci

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