BelgoHead Senior Member Belgium Joined 6313 days ago 120 posts - 119 votes Studies: French, English* Studies: Esperanto
| Message 1 of 6 23 August 2007 at 6:07pm | IP Logged |
I found the best possible conditions to learn a new language.
By early next month i expect to be moving To libya.
Ofcourse they speak Arabic there.
What i want to know is when learning a new language they say "immersion" is the best way to learn a new language.
Well now is my chance.
How can i learn Arabic from just talking with people.
What are some useful strategies to imply when picking up a language?
I will taking the optional Arabic class at the school i will be going to. So beyound that how i can i prepare myself for a new language?
Edited by BelgoHead on 23 August 2007 at 7:24pm
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Kiajw Newbie United States Joined 6327 days ago 16 posts - 19 votes Studies: Spanish, Korean
| Message 2 of 6 25 August 2007 at 2:32am | IP Logged |
You know, I honestly don´t think that you have to go to a country in order to learn the language. I think that in order to get the best out of your experience do as much as you can now to learn and be able to read so that when you get there you are merely growing and fine tuning. THat´s what I think. Anyone else?
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BelgoHead Senior Member Belgium Joined 6313 days ago 120 posts - 119 votes Studies: French, English* Studies: Esperanto
| Message 3 of 6 25 August 2007 at 2:38am | IP Logged |
no you dont understand im not moving there to learn arabic it just so happens im moving there so i guess ill learn arabic while im there....
Im was just asking if there was any tip's on learning a language when your "immeresed" in it.
Like easy ways to pick up words you know?
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Captain Haddock Diglot Senior Member Japan kanjicabinet.tumblr. Joined 6778 days ago 2282 posts - 2814 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: French, Korean, Ancient Greek
| Message 4 of 6 25 August 2007 at 2:51am | IP Logged |
Every day, learn something new and use it with the locals. :)
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LuckyNomad Groupie Korea, South Joined 6357 days ago 79 posts - 89 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese, Korean
| Message 5 of 6 25 August 2007 at 4:35am | IP Logged |
Hello BelgoHead
I have the same situation. I live and work in Korea and I am learning Korean. Before I came to Korea, I didn't know any Korean, but I did know the general structure of the gammar because it is the same as Japanese.
Here's some tips;
1. Stay away from expats as much as possible. Try to only make friends with Libyians.
2. Study Study Study. Learning through immersion requires effort. You must be active in learning.
3. Keep your ears open. You'll hear certain words and phrases, over and over again during the same time or situation. It doesn't take very long to figure out phrases like, "let's go, let's eat, come here."
3. Try to quickly aquire the vocabulary of a 4 year old. I, you, give, do, go, here, write, read, no, yes, what, who, when, why, book, etc.
4. Learn the script. On your way to work every day, try and figure out what the signs on the stores mean. You'll see them everyday, so it's good practice rather than looking at indecipherable words all the time.
5. Talk to people using whatever ability you have. At first, I would say things to my co-workers like, "Do you like coffee?" "It's hot." Just use what you've got when you've got it, and don't be timid.
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Monox D. I-Fly Senior Member Indonesia monoxdifly.iopc.us Joined 5145 days ago 762 posts - 664 votes Speaks: Indonesian*
| Message 6 of 6 01 October 2016 at 2:15pm | IP Logged |
LuckyNomad wrote:
I have the same situation. I live and work in Korea and I am learning Korean. Before I came to Korea, I didn't know any Korean, but I did know the general structure of the gammar because it is the same as Japanese. |
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Korean sentence structure is subject-object-verb also?
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