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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