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Sounding more native in a new language
- Accent. Time with a native, a good Youtube video explaining the sounds, and practice for a few hours may be all that you need!
- Intonation. The pitch, rise, fall, and stress of your words. When you repeat sentences, you have to mimic the musicality of them.
- Work on your social and cultural integration. Observe people directly, or watch videos of natives youād like to emulate from a target country. Really try to analyze everything that someone of your age and gender is doing, and see if you can mimic it next time you are speaking.
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Rote repetition isnāt enough.
Coming up with mnemonics about your target word helps glue the word to your memory way more effectively. Basically, you tell yourself a funny, silly, or otherwise memorable story to associate with a particular word.
Focus on one language at a time until you reach at least the intermediate level. Take each language one by one, until you reach a stage where you know you can confidently use it. And then you may just be ready for the next ones!
You must speak the language right away if your goals in the target language involve speaking it.
- Learn some basic vocabulary.
- Do this for a few hours, and then set up an exchange with a native speakerāsomeone who has spoken that language their whole life.
Cognates are ātrue friendsā of words you recognize from your native language that mean the same thing in another language.
For instance:
- Words like Action, nation, precipitation, solution, frustration, and thousands of other -tion words are spelled exactly the...
- A completely free course that keeps getting better is DuoLingo.
- The Foreign Service Institutes
- The Omniglot Intro to languages
- BBC languages
- Aboutās language specific posts
- The huge database on Forvo
- Rhinospike
- Google Translate....
- From the start, speak at least an hour a day in the language. Have varied conversations.
- Ensure that your conversation is improvingānot just āgeneral language skillsā through some vague list of words.
- Lots of practice and study to improve those spok...
To start developing your SMART goal (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, and Time-bound) in a language, become familiar with the European Common Framework that defines language levels.
- Know how well you want to know the language.
- To...
In English, just 300 words make up 65% of all written material. We use those words a lot, and thatās the case in every other language as well.
Use flash cards of the most frequently used words (or words themed for a subject you are more likely to talk about)
Research has confirmed that adults can be better language learners than kids.
Studies have found that under the right circumstances, adults show an intuition for unexplained grammar rules better than their younger counterparts.
- To hear the language consistently spoken, you can check out TuneIn.com for a vast selection of live-streamed radio from your country of choice.
- To watch the language consistently, see whatās trending on Youtube in that country rig...
You canāt ever truly ālearnā a language, you get used to it. Itās not a thing that you know or donāt know; itās a means of communication between human beings. Languages should not be acquired by rote aloneāthey need to be used.
One of the best things you can do in the init...
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You can choose a friend who also wants to learn the language. Agree to talk in your language of choice at least once per day or whenever you talk to each other.
Your friend does not have to be a native speaker. But, 10% of your time should be speaking with an advanced or native speaker. U...
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