how to learn a language quickly?
i want to learn spanish over the summer cuz i think itd be nice. any tips?
also how do you relearn a language. sounds weird ik. but english is my second language i learned it when i was 5 and then dropped my other language. i still understand the other one but its hard for me to talk because i just can't remeber the words (yet i understand them perfectly) and i have a horrible accent
thnx!
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Hey there! Get Byki. It’s a free software program that works really well for me.
I learned quite a bit of German over last summer before a trip to Germany.
I’ve used it for a couple languages and they prob have the one you want to learn too! There are a couple things that I love about it: the first was that it remembers the words you have trouble with and instead of just giving you errors and laughing at you- Byki actually helps you out with those. pretty soon the words you had the most trouble with are the ones you know REALLY WELL!! haha. the other thing I like about Byki (other than the pricetag) is that it also keeps track of ALL the words you learned, and will show you ones it thinks you’re about to get fuzzy on. keeps things real fresh! everyone learns diferently right?
my tip for using it is to do it somewhere without a lot of people and to actually SAY the words as it shows them to you. even if you’re a visual person, speaking them will reinforce this as you have to SEE the word to be able to speak it. my last tip on learning a language is to have a goal. maybe it’s something like 1hr of language study means you can play games or IM/chat/whatever for an hour, or think BIG and promise yourself a trip to a place where they speak the language you’re trying to learn… You can imagine how much fun that would be!
Also check out live mocha, it’s a social site for language learning- kinda like myspace.
You can’t learn an entire language over the summer.
You can start learning by taking summer classes, but you won’t be fluent by the end of the summer because it’s not possible.
If you want to learn Spanish over the summer, you’re going to hafta immerse yourself completely into studying it. Not only via books/audio but also by surrounding yourself with friends/acquaintances that speak the language so you live and breathe the language, day in and day out. That’s unless, of course, you happen to have a knack for learning languages and it comes to you quicker than others (I, for example, learned Russian over a period of 6 months and am fluent enough to hold a decent conversation and interpret – but I just happen to be a polyglot, of sorts, so it was fairly easy).
Try out Rosetta Stone, it’s fairly expensive but it does the trick. By the way, if you happen to know someone who works for the government or is in the military, ask them about it. I hear they get Rosetta Stone for free.
The best way to learn a langauge (or RELEARN!) is to use it. The reason you forgot your language was b/c you didn’t lose it, but if you’ve learned it once, it’s easy to get it back! You can understand it, which is a good sign! Just review everything again and it will start to come back to you very quickly. Just start reading it again, that’s using it in a way and will remind you over everything very easily.
And try to speak to your relatives, and that will help immensely. The best way to learn a language is to use it!