5 Hacks of Successful English Learners

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some language learners progress more

quickly than others is this because

they’re smarter more talented or maybe

just lucky this is not the case most of

the time a lot of what determines your

success in a language is the amount and

consistency of the time you put into it

and the way that you go about practicing

in this video we’ll take a look at five

techniques of successful language

learners that you can use in your own

studies number one hit the easy targets

start with easy attainable goals in the

beginning you might want to do as much

studying as possible when you first

start learning a new language but this

is a good way to get burned out fast by

all of the obstacles you’ll hit whether

you’re trying to learn ten basic

vocabulary words a week or just want to

review some grammar that you’ve already

studied and might need a refresher on

having easier goals to get you started

on your language learning journey can

make it easier to keep progressing and

then when you hit those goals

you feel motivated to make even more

challenging ones it’s okay to start

small and work towards hitting the

harder targets but when you’re just

starting to learn a language go for the

easier ones rather than overwhelming

yourself with too much at once there’s

always been a bit of debate in the

language learning world as to whether or

not you should learn grammar explicitly

or implicitly a lack of grammar should

never keep you from trying to speak a

foreign language

however implicit learning by itself

doesn’t work well when dealing with more

complicated grammar number two break

down the most difficult parts of the

grammar tenses verb conjugations noun

inflection there are a lot of tough

spots you’ll find in grammar as you come

across these foreign grammar concepts

take some time to study and practice

them hone in on one aspect at a time and

practice it by writing out sentences or

simply by speaking read different

grammatical explanations and example

sentences

while you don’t want to spend all your

time grinding out grammar exercises 10

or 15 minutes a day of focused practice

will help you master these otherwise

difficult areas of the language another

great way to master grammar is to work

with whole phrases or conversations this

isn’t as easy to do while you’re

speaking with someone but it can be done

by listening to audio our language

podcast lessons are ideal for this

because they feature native

conversations that you can pause or

replay over and over again as you study

and work through a conversation first

look at the words and phrases that you

do know then without resorting to a

translator or dictionary do your best to

figure out what any new or unfamiliar

words mean after that feel free to look

them up if you work this way with whole

sentences you’re much more likely to

internalize the new grammar number three

practice with native speakers language

course books apps and podcasts are all

great ways to learn the language but

eventually the rubber will have to meet

the road and you’ll need to start using

what you learn the best students take

every opportunity they can to practice

the language with real people you might

not be learning the most popular

language but even so there are still a

lot of other learners out there trying

to master it like you take advantage of

this and try to link up with a meet-up

or a language exchange in your town or

city this way you can connect with other

learners and get tips and tricks from

them that might help in your own studies

if you’re unable to find an exchange in

your area take the search online and you

can even find some native speakers on

free sites that connect language

learners around the world here you can

help out a native speaker who’s learning

your language you can learn from each

other it’s a win win number four

focus on being understood not being

perfect

undoubtedly when you begin to speak with

native speakers you will make a lot of

mistakes this is a natural part of the

language learning process in your first

few conversations you’ll probably

mispronounced miss conjugate or

altogether forget words but that’s okay

learn to embrace these mistakes as long

as you’re practicing with a native

speaker who can give you accurate

feedback those mistakes can do nothing

but help you improve after getting

feedback on your mistakes the next most

important thing in your spoken language

practice will be to keep the

conversation going if you make a mistake

correct it and move on if you can’t

remember a word do your best to describe

it in your target language to your

language partner use what words you have

in order to be understood even if your

sentence or addiction comes out a little

weird number five keep a journal in your

target language most people talk about

how important it is to speak a language

you’re learning but not nearly as many

mention how powerful writing in the

language can be writing in your target

language lets you use all the material

you’ve learned but without the demands

of a real-time conversation writing is

also an excellent way to expose the

words or phrases you don’t know or are

unsure about you can write in an

old-fashioned paper journal and do your

best to check it or have a friend look

over it you can also write entries

online and have them corrected by native

speakers while it’s not always easy to

speak successfully it is always

rewarding use these tips as a guide to

jumpstart your progress no matter what

keep your head up and after a bit of

patience and hard work you’ll be

speaking your target language soon

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