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| sebngwa3 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 6165 days ago 200 posts - 217 votes  Speaks: Korean*, English | Message 1 of 2 09 March 2014 at 2:29am | IP Logged |
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What is the most efficient way of learning French? Chinese? Japanese?
Is there a particularly special way that you know which is not well known but works well? For me, I get inspired to learn French time to time (I've been wanting to learn it but never made much progress) and read some on About.com and then get tired after 5 minutes and the cycle repeats itself. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| iguanamon Pentaglot Senior Member Virgin Islands Speaks: Ladino Joined 5263 days ago 2241 posts - 6731 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese, Haitian Creole, Creole (French) | Message 2 of 2 09 March 2014 at 3:24am | IP Logged |
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The first step and the most effective way is to get started and then follow- The second step- which is: is to keep at it. The third step is to keep at it. The fourth step is to keep at it, etc. The key is to be consistent and persistent. You must be your own motivator. Most successful learners are motivated by passion and desire for the language they wish to learn. If you don't have that for any of the languages you've mentioned, neither I nor anyone else can help you to get it. I've taken the liberty to have a glance at your posting history and it shows an interest in languages but a lack of passion for learning any particular one.
You must take language-learning from an abstract idea (Gee, I'd really like to learn a language, they're so fun, it'd be really cool to speak one!) to a reality. Normally, I'd recommend that you follow my approach to language-learning, The multi-track approach, but that's for people who have a real passion to learn a language. This time, I'm going to recommend that you just be consistent and persistent with whatever method you choose. Don't give up when the going gets tough- be tougher. One foot in front of the other gets us walking. One lesson at a time, continuing to advance, gets us learning- despite the "boring", tedium of routine, that persistence will get you going. Assimil alone WILL NOT teach you French, Japanese or Mandarin. No course on it's own will do that, but something structured like that may be what you need to develop a routine and most importantly- to stick to that routine. After you get to about Lesson 30 or so, have another look at my advice on the multi-track approach. There's also French in Action, Pimsleur French, Michel Thomas, FSI and DLI French, etc.- a thousand courses. Pick one or two and make it happen. Others can tell you more about how to use courses effectively. Courses alone just aren't my thing. You learned English, you can learn another language too. The main thing is to get started and focus on learning a language on your own instead of talking about it. That's the most efficient way. Get started, keep at it, don't give up, show up, and make it happen. Edited by iguanamon on 09 March 2014 at 3:31am 8 persons have voted this message useful |
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