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Do not try to learn too much at once. The average brain can deal with learning
about ten new words per week ! |
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Regular learning and PRACTICE are important. Don’t be afraid of going back over
work. Language learning is all about repetition and committing words to memory. |
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Do not overuse the dictionary. If you look up every new word you come across
then your progress will be painfully slow. Only look up words which you come
across a lot. Eventually they will start to annoy you ! Try and get “the gist”
of a piece of writing or speech. With perseverance the language will start to
make sense. |
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Use the “Internet”. There is a great wealth of material out there both written
and spoken. Read about and listen to things which interest you. Words like
“sport” and “music” are virtually the same in most languages. Go on to any of
the “search engines” such as “Google” and instead of typing “.com” or “.co.uk”,
type “.de” for German, “.fr” for French or “.es” for Spanish. |
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If you have “Sky” or cable TV find out what foreign language channels are
available. Some are free – some you have to subscribe to. |
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Finally, try and spend some time in a country where the language is spoken.
There really is no substitute for this. Have a go at speaking. It will be
difficult at first but you have to start somewhere ! |
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GOOD LUCK ! |