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Tips For Learning Foreign Languages.

Language is a structured system of communication. It is a means by which we pass information to others. Language comes in many forms- written words, signs, body gestures among others, though I am not writing as an academic ready to bore you with the classroom topic on Language but I will highlight some tips for learning foreign languages like Chinese.

We are in a time when the world is nothing but a global village with about 7000 human languages. Language could be a hindrance to touring or learning about other people and their cultures. It could also stand in the way of landing that big job/ gig.

 For instant, we are all familiar with the word “kangaroo”. If you ask me what that is, I will gladly tell you it is an animal with my head up high. But truly, the word “kangaroo” comes from an Australian Aboriginal word meaning “I don’t know”. Yea, yea, I was amazed the first time I got to learn that too. The ill-fated poor animal got that name as a result of miscommunication due to language barrier. See where the word “kangaroo” really came from.

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More reason to learn foreign language, huh? You don’t want to go about with misinformation due to language barrier. In this article, I will highlight some tips for learning foreign language.

Purpose

You need a purpose to motivate you in learning that new language. Purposes can vary from person to person. You reasons for wanting to learn a new language can be for fun, for employment opportunities, making new friends, relocating to a new neighborhood or country, or planning a trip abroad. Whatever your purpose is, it should motivate you to hit the class.


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Interest

As a learner, willing to travel to another country and make the best out of every minute spent there, or willing to expand his/her chances at opportunities to make a living, the next key is interest. You need to be interested in learning that language for you to be able to assimilate it. If you aren’t interested in eating beef, no matter how nicely grilled, baked or fried it is, you won’t enjoy the meal. So, you need to grow personal interest in learning the language.

Dedication

After interest comes dedication. With dedication, you give it all you’ve got to make sure you start speaking like a local in no time. So I repeat, it’s either you give it all you’ve got or you give it all you’ve got. There’s no two ways to go about it.

Practice

What use is the dedication without practice? Like the saying “practice makes perfection”, you need to put yourself out there with confidence and without fear of making mistakes. While you practice, you make mistakes that you learn from on your way to fluency in the language.

Irrespective of what language you want to learn, PIDP is the way to go about it. Thank you for reading. Leave a comment, if any of these tips for learning foreign languages sound true to you or has helped you in the past.

Thinking of a new language to start with? Beginners Guide To Learning Chinese will perfectly kick-start your learning adventure.

And don’t leave just yet; you might want to read my next article on the tips for teaching foreign language.


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4 thoughts on “Tips For Learning Foreign Languages

  1. Learning a new language is always exciting and it adds to your quality as only a few people are able to learn a new language. Thanks for the blog it is very informative and motivating.

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