Knowledge of a foreign language has always been a great advantage. Many justify this by lack of time, money or any other meaningless excuses.
Do you know that the most famous translator, who knew 16 languages, studied them independently? Kato Lomb was born and lived in Hungary, she is a chemist by training. Even in her youth, she was fond of learning foreign languages, and she taught them herself with the help of textbooks and books. It is not surprising that Kato made a brilliant career, she was known around the world. Lomb even wrote the book How I Learn Languages. If you want to learn at least one foreign language, the advice of this legendary translator will help you.
10. It is necessary to learn the language every day
In the classroom is important systematic. If you have just started training, practice daily. Take some time, as much as you can. Let the classes last only half an hour, but spend them every day. Some people prefer to set aside one day a week for training. This is the wrong approach. You cannot learn the language from morning until late at night. Soon you will get tired, the information will be remembered worse. The next day, you and the half do not remember what you learned. When you understand that you have good command of the language, you can reduce the frequency of classes, but in this case, do not forget about practice. Read books, watch foreign films without translation.
9. If the desire to learn a language weakens too quickly
This happens very often. A person lights up with an idea, he begins to deal effectively, but soon his interest in learning a language weakens. What to do in this situation? Most people leave this venture. Do not be like them. Come up with your system of classes, alternate them with relaxation. If you started, bring it to the end. If all else fails, start dreaming. Think about how language skills will affect your career. Imagine that you can read your favorite works in the original, you will understand what your favorite foreign performers are singing about. You can easily go on a trip. Find your strongest incentive and think about it the moment you want to quit.
8. Context is our everything
Do not try to remember as many individual words as possible; remember them in context. By the way, this is a favorite phrase of all translators. It really is. The same words can have different meanings. Do not pay attention to the meaning of the text, the translation will be incorrect. Moreover, if you are a beginner and have difficulty understanding foreign speech, although you can easily translate fragments of the printed text. Another advantage of such a study is that the phrases seem to “pop up” in memory, as soon as you remember one word.
7. Write down ready-made individual phrases
An important rule that helps you quickly remember persistent expressions and phrases. It is not for nothing that phrasebooks are very popular among tourists. You do not have to painfully select words, doubt the correctness of the selected cases and declensions. Learn ready-made phrases. Then in your speech there will be fewer mistakes and long pauses during which you recall how one or another word is spoken. Write out ready-made phrases and use them in a conversation.
6. Mentally translate in your mind everything that catches your eye
This good habit will allow you to strengthen your knowledge. There will be no downtime in your classes. During walks, shopping, leisure and even at work, you can train. Translate store names, lyrics, t-shirt labels. You can translate not only from a foreign language into Russian, but also vice versa. Practice such activities if foreign expressions and words do not catch your eye. If you can’t remember a word, be sure to find its translation in the dictionary or on the Internet and try to remember.
5. It is useful to memorize small texts and dialogs
You probably learned small dialogs at school. At least everyone should have told the blackboard how they spent the summer. So this method is very effective. Memorize small texts, but you should not just memorize, but understand what it is about. Do not want to learn dialogs from textbooks, remember what you are interested in. Excerpts from favorite works in a foreign language, lyrics. But pay attention to the correctness of the text. If you compiled it yourself, it is necessary that the text was checked by a person who is fluent in the language.
4. Write down ready-to-use phrases and idioms
It has already been noted above how useful it is to write out and memorize individual phrases. But there is one small nuance: they must be in the first person. If you learn the necessary expressions in the third or second person, people will hardly understand what you are talking about. Get used to the right speech right from the start. Do not hope that later you will become a master of declination. Nobody has canceled the study of grammar, but it is quite difficult for a beginner to master this knowledge. It will take a lot of time.
3. Any foreign language cannot be studied in isolation
This is primarily ineffective. Remember yourself at school. If you studied the language only at the lessons of a foreign language, it is unlikely that at least now you will remember something. Hoping for teachers or foreign language courses? Know, even the most brilliant teacher will not be able to teach you if you yourself do not want to. Success depends primarily on you. You need to not only study in the classroom, but also read books in a foreign language, speak this language, and regularly listen to foreign speech. If you don’t have good conversations, include audio lessons. Find foreign penpals.
2. Do not be afraid of mistakes, fear of uncorrected errors
Do not be afraid to make a mistake. Only he who does nothing is not mistaken. It is important that all your mistakes are corrected on time. Do not rely on your memory, test yourself. If you can communicate with people who know the language perfectly, use this opportunity. They can tell you your conversational mistakes. Do not forget that it is very important to learn to conduct a dialogue.
1. Be sure that no matter what, you will learn the language!
Do not spare yourself, do not think that you will not succeed. Kato Lomb turned 90 when she began to learn Hebrew. Moreover, she planned to study Arabic. She was not embarrassed by either age or any other circumstances. Believe that you can. Above all, do not let yourself be lazy. Make yourself do it. You yourself understand that in life nothing is given just like that. Do your best, only then your life will change. A person should strive for development. And indeed in the 21st century it is simply embarrassing not to know at least one foreign language.