Best way to learn a language
What is the best way to learn a language
I will tell you the best way to learn a language clear and simple. All over the Internet you see advice on language learning and the best way to learn a language This advice on the best way to learn a language is usually a list of ideas that are pretty obvious, like: speak a lot, watch TV etc. But again what is the most efficient and best way to learn a language? In one clear concises sentence without all the gobble goop you see all over the web, the best way to learn a language is as follows. Make 3,000 flashcards on index cards with a color marker of your choice of the most common words and phrases with a focus on verbs. That is it. Learn these common phrases and words as a reflex, as that is what a language is, a reflex. Learn them on a train, in a plane, even in the rain. Learn the words and phrases on a boat or on a moat even with a goat, but with blood sweat and tears learn those 3,000 words. Make it your passion. After you own these words and phrases you are there, even with no grammar. This is the best way to learn a language. No gobble goop or lists of lame obvious diluted ideas on the best way to learn a language. The internet is the biggest receptacle for recycled information in the world. I am giving you pure simplicity, the best way to learn a language is make 3,000 flashcards and learn them.
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December 23, 2007at 6:46 pm
You’re right best way is just learn words and words, after try to chat and read the lanq.
January 1, 2008at 1:27 pm
I agree with you only somewhat, because when i was child, my mother never told me about any grammer, and i learned the urdu language without grammer. Now i think this language is not necassary for english language learning. If you will try to learn english with grammer then you will never speak English well.
January 12, 2008at 1:44 am
Meh, I don’t agree with this at all. As a native English-speaker, I’ve been learning Turkish, and I’ve found that studying the grammar is absolutely indispensible - or, in the absence of a grammar book, I at least need heavy contact with native speakers. Everything is in reverse compared to English, and just learning words is totally insufficient for even basic comprehension of a lot of written and spoken material. I have experienced this first-hand, after learning a set of words and then seeing or hearing them, but modified in a variety of ways depending on grammatical context. Everything is so alien that it would take years to naturally absorb everything without studying the structure of the language.
This approach might be feasible with a closely related language like Spanish or French (again, speaking from the standpoint of an English speaker). However, it still doesn’t guarantee any sort of fluency, since a big part of becoming comfortable with a language is immersing yourself in situations that involve speaking and listening. Staring at a gargantuan list of words isn’t going to give you those practical skills. Besides, even if it does help you speak, you’re bound to miss a lot of linguistic subtleties. For example, you might not realize that the German verb “fahren” is stem changing only in the Ich and Du forms of present tense. Or, if you did, you might not realize that the same principle applies to a lot of other verbs… unless, of course, you’ve thoroughly internalized a LOT of words. But I daresay that to do so would require the memorizatio of a lot more than 3000 flashcards.
April 11, 2008at 6:50 pm
It is said that with 1500 basic words in your pocket, you’ll be understanding 95 percent of all talk.
so it’s safe to say that 3000 words should be plenty.
April 12, 2008at 3:10 am
3000 words will get you to an understand of most things said, not 95 percent of the words that you hear, but rather you can understand what is said in almost all situations that are not technical or complex.