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May 8, 2024 Steve Learning Techniques Listening Comprehension: An Important Language Skill I believe that listening comprehension is an important skill in language learning. That is what you should drive for first of all. If you develop good listening comprehension, the other skills will come, the speaking will come, even your grammar, your accuracy. Read more April 24, 2024 Steve Motivation How To Improve Your Speaking Skills You are unlikely to learn to speak a new language perfectly, but perfection should not be your goal. Your main goal should be effective communication. I am not perfect in any of the languages that I speak, but I can communicate. And whenever I communicate in another language I’m satisfied. I also know from experience that my ability to speak and to pronounce well will only improve with time, as long as I remain alert to what I hear and read, and how I use the language. Read more April 9, 2024 Steve Motivation Introverts Vs Extroverts in Language Learning The myth is that there exists a battle in language learning: introverts vs. extroverts, and that extroverts are the better language learners. I do not believe at all that you need to be an extrovert to learn a language. Language learning comes down to the three keys: number one, attitude. You have to be interested in the language. You have to like the language. You have to believe you’re going to achieve your goal. Read more April 2, 2024 Steve Learning English learn English How to Learn English Fast If you really want to learn English fast, here is what you do. This advice is valid for other languages as well. The only difference between English and other languages is that… Read more March 28, 2024 Steve Motivation How Long to Get to a Conversational Level in a Language? Conversation implies a two-way exchange of language. Therefore, reaching a conversational level implies quite a high level of comprehension of the language so that we can understand what is being said to us. That means in order to converse properly we need to prepare ourselves. Read more March 20, 2024 Steve Vocabulary Don’t Try to Memorize Vocabulary in a New Language Words, acquiring words, that is the core task in language learning. Over the years, I’ve seen all kinds of theories on mastering new words, because learning words is such a big deal… Read more March 13, 2024 Steve Learning Techniques Create Your Own Dictionary When it comes to learning a new language, some learners like dictionaries. They read them. They treasure them. They worry about getting the best possible dictionary. I don’t like using dictionaries. Using them is like one-way love. Read more March 5, 2024 Steve Learning Italian The Best Way to Learn Italian Italian is a language that has always appealed to me, as Italy is such a lovely country. I have traveled and hitchhiked through Italy and, at that time, I didn’t speak Italian,… Read more February 29, 2024 Steve Learning Spanish How Long Does It Take to Learn Spanish? How many hours a day will you spend with Spanish? This is perhaps the most important consideration and does not refer to how many hours do you spend in a Spanish language classroom. It means how much time do you spend listening, reading, speaking or writing in Spanish. It can be listening to podcasts while walking the dog, reading, watching movies, listening to songs in Spanish or being engaged in a conversation in Spanish. In some ways, exposure to Spanish outside the classroom can be more intense than exposure inside the classroom, unless you are lucky enough to have one-on-one instruction. Read more February 26, 2024 Steve Learning Techniques The Seven Secrets to Language Learning Success: Part 2 Last week I wrote about the first four secrets to language learning success: spend the time, do what you like to do, learn to notice and words over grammar. Today’s post reveals the last three secrets. Read more 1 2 … 78I speak 20 languages I’ve been learning languages for over 50 years and I’ve tried all kinds of approaches. Get my 10 Free Secrets I have never learned as quickly or as enjoyably as I do now on LingQ. Try LingQ Now Available on All Platforms FOLLOW ME ON © 2002-2024 The Linguist Institute, Inc. All rights reserved. Home Method About...