In order to learn a language, you must consistently teach yourself something new, without forgetting what you have already learned. In other words, you need to learn on a regular basis. But that is not all. You must also do so with enough consistency that you can tie in what you are currently learning to what you learned previously. You could learn one new word a year in the foreign language. That would be regular, but would you remember last year’s word, this year’s word, and next year’s word the following year?
Of course, my illustration is an exaggeration but sometimes as language learners we don’t realize that language is about stringing words and their meanings together to get an idea or thought across. It’s difficult to do this by taking a lifetime to learn a language. Think in terms of collapsing the time frame and learning the basics within six months to a year. That way, you will feel like you have accomplished something, and you will know enough to actually start having fun with the language.
What ideas can you think of to consistently learn vocabulary?
Of course, my illustration is an exaggeration but sometimes as language learners we don’t realize that language is about stringing words and their meanings together to get an idea or thought across. It’s difficult to do this by taking a lifetime to learn a language. Think in terms of collapsing the time frame and learning the basics within six months to a year. That way, you will feel like you have accomplished something, and you will know enough to actually start having fun with the language.
What ideas can you think of to consistently learn vocabulary?
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