Faster Foreign Language Learning

No matter how much you love the language you’re learning, if you’re learning at reasonably brisk pace, burnout is always a risk. Fortunately, language learning burnout is relatively easy to get over.
Put Away the Books
Foreign language learning burnout often happens when you’re concentrating on book learning. When you’re spending most of your study time [...]

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If you can read this, you absolutely do have what it takes to learn another language. Learning a foreign language as an adult does not take “above average” intelligence or any particular “aptitude” for languages.
Unfortunately, though, a lot of would-be multilinguals get thrown off track by stumbling blocks that have nothing to do with their [...]

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The short answer is “yes,” but it’s not what most people mean when they say “gift for languages.” Individuals considered gifted IQ-wise, may also have an exceptional ability to learn a foreign language quickly.
There’s also some evidence of language savant syndrome in which an individual has lower than average cognitive function in many areas, [...]

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So many people truly do want to become fluent in their target language, yet study in fits with long breaks in between. This is how a lot of people end up “false beginners.” They know a little of a language and may even have the general idea some fairly advanced grammar rules, but can only [...]

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A very common roadblock in learning another language is the fear of speaking the language. We worry we’re going to sound stupid, say one thing when we meant another, or at the very least that people won’t understand us and we’ll sound like blithering idiots.

It’s normal, but some learners have a real dread of [...]

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If you’re getting ready to learn a second language, no doubt you’ve heard horror stories of sleep-inducing grammar drills and hours spent poring over vocabulary lists, repeating words aloud again and again. While you can learn this way, it’s not exactly fun. More importantly, though, it’s not the most efficient way if your goal is [...]

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