Learning a new language doesn’t have to be hard or tedious. It can be fun, if you have the right tools. No doubt, you’ve visited a book store or searched online only to find a ton of language learning kits and books. It can make finding which one is the right one very hard. In most cases, you can learn a new language with an hour. Yes, that’s right. Before you go out and spend your hard earned money on a language program, you first should understand what will be involved in learning the new language. First, take the language apart and understand how it is put together. This is one of the fastest ways to learn a new language. You can deconstruct any language whether it is Spanish, German, Italian, Thai, Japanese, Korean, Swedish, English, Norwegian, Irish Gaelic, etc. Once you deconstruct the language of your choice, you’ll be in a better position to learn it quickly and easily, and be able to converse with no problems. How is it possible to learn a language in one hour? That starts by taking them apart and then choosing wisely which ones you are going to be able to pick up easily and which ones are going to be difficult for you. Learning a new language is a lot like learning to play a new sport. When you learn to play a new sport there are certain physical requirements you’ve got to have. For example, body building, you’ve got to have the ability to lift weights and build muscle. In basketball, height is a big plus. So for example, if you were shorter than average, never played basketball before, and you wanted to play basketball, you’d have to take into account that factor and the time it will take you to become proficient in that sport. When it comes to learning a language the same principles apply. Think about the tools you already have now and how they will fit in with your new goal. If, for example, your native language is Japanese, then you may find yourself handicapped with more than 20 phonemes that are particular to your native language. Because of this, it may be that some language will be very difficult for you to learn. By picking a language that is similar in sound and in word construction (like Spanish for example), you could realize the difference between being able to converse freely in that new language in 2 to 3 months instead of 3 to 4 years! You should ask yourself the following questions when beginning to deconstruct your new language; 1. Are there new sounds that will increase my time to fluency? 2. Are there any grammar structures that will take longer to learn? 3. How is this language similar to any languages that I already know? 4. What can help me learn this language faster? 5. What will interfere with my learning this language fast? 6. Will my learning this language erase any previous language that I’ve learned or cause fatal interference? (Ex. Some have thought that learning Portuguese after learning Spanish has caused them problems) 7. How difficult is it going to be to learn this language? 8. How long would it take me to become functionally fluent in this language? It won’t take much to answer the questions above. You simply need just a few sentences translated from your native language into your target language to give you a clear idea of what will be involved. Here are some to start: The banana is yellow. It is Sam’s banana. I give Sam the banana. We give him the banana. We gave her the banana. He gives it to Sam. She gives it to him. These sentences by themselves will expose much of your target language. From these, you’ll be able to decide just how easy or difficult learning your new language will be. They can help you to see if and how verbs are conjugated. This is based both on the person that is speaking and according to numbers and gender identification. You’ll also be able to see placement of direct objects (the banana), indirect objects (Sam), and respective pronouns (it, him). You can even follow these sentences with some negations such as “She doesn’t give. . . “, “He didn’t give. . . “, “I didn’t give”, “I don’t give. . . “, and different tenses, so you can see if they are going to be expressed as separate words (such as “bu” in Chinese) or verb changes (such as “-nai” or “-masen” in Japanese), making Japanese a much harder language to learn. Next, you want to look at the basic sentence structure. Is it anything like English where you have subject-verb-object? (Example; I eat the banana) Or is it subject-object-verb like Japanese (Example; I the banana eat), or is it something else altogether? If you’re a native English speaker, then subject-object-verb is going to be much harder for you than the other way around. If you’ve already picked up such a language, then it will not be as difficult for you. Your brain will have already been formatted for these kinds of languages. Finally, go through the language alphabet and character system. See if your language has at least one phonetic writing system of less than 50 sounds, such as Russian, Japanese, and Spanish. Chinese would not be included here since Chinese tones create many variations of otherwise very simple sounds. Again, treat your new language as a sport. Learn the rules first, and then determine if it is worth your time and energy to learn the language. Once you’ve made the decision to either stick with it or quit it, you’ll be able to move forward knowing that you can learn any language in 1 hour.
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How To Learn Any Language In 1 Hour Quickly
December 22nd, 2009New System Makes Learning New Languages a Breeze
December 9th, 2009Did you ever want to learn a new language but never started because you knew it would be too hard? Did you ever try to learn a language by going to classes, buying courses, programs, software etc but still got nowhere? Well you’re not alone! Learning a new language can be extremely hard but I would like to let you in on a little secret. With the right system learning a new language can be totally effortless!
It is a fact that learning language is totally natural for the human brain. It is one of our most basic functions and indeed if you look around you will see that everyone can speak, read and write. From the time we are born we naturally begin learning to communicate through language and it takes children no effort at all. If this is true and our brains are actually wired up to make learning languages natural and easy then why is it so hard for adults to learn a new language? Is it because nearly all language learning systems, programs, teachers and software fail to make use of our natural tendencies? Is it because nearly all language systems are backwards and actually work against our natural tendencies?
Well from my experience the answer is YES! It is not that the adult’s brain is too old to learn a new language but that the teachers out there are making the task far more difficult than it needs to be. Well now there is a system that makes learning a new language easy, fun and extremely fast. With this new system you basically sit back for 10 minutes a day listening to a set of specially designed sound tracks and within months you can understand and speak in an entirely new language. The sound tracks use the very latest in accelerated learning technology which makes use of the natural tendencies of the human brain. All the confusing stuff that other courses try to fill you with is a complete waste of time. Our system cuts through all the hindrances and gets you understanding and actually being able to converse in a fraction of the time and with almost no effort.
Did you know that one of the biggest hindrances to learning a new language is trying? When you try to learn, you put in effort and your brain becomes tense. Your brainwaves go into the high beta band where very little can go into long term memory. In this state you are stuck in short term memory and it takes a huge amount of repetition and effort to get anything to “sink in”. Kids are very often in a lower theta band of brainwaves where their brain is very relaxed and what they are exposed to goes straight into long term memory! This is why learning is effortless and natural for them. With our technology you are automatically induced into a low theta brainwave state where what you learn “sinks in”. No need to hear it 100 times, you will remember it after once.
Our soundtracks don’t just use brainwave technology but also make use of the natural tendencies of your brain to make learning totally natural, effortless and easy. It really is amazing how easy learning a new language can be. Our brains truly are wired up to be natural linguists, all we need to do is stop trying to force them to do things unnaturally and to use their natural tendencies. Then learning is a breeze!
How to Learn a Language – The Three Secrets of Foreign Language Learning
October 29th, 2009In my school days I never really learned how to learn a language. As a result, I spent years struggling and failing to learn various foreign languages. To help me finally become successful in my language learning, I had to research and learn about the techniques used by the seemingly “natural” language learners. I learned that successful language learners develop three very distinct areas of their minds.
Speak It To Learn It
The first pillar of language learning is to practice speaking. This is the primary skill to develop and also the most neglected aspect of language study. If you want to learn to converse in a second language, you have to speak it, often. It is that simple. The main purpose of learning a language is to communicate. However, if you spend all of your time making lists of words and learning about grammar, you will never progress past a simple conversation in the language.
Listening – Immerse Yourself In The Sounds Of The Language
The second pillar of language learning is to practice listening. In addition to being able to speak the language, you have to be able to understand the person who is speaking to you. You have to expose yourself to the sounds of the language. For this to be possible, you need to immerse yourself in the sounds of the language. Spend as much time as possible listening to podcasts, conversations around you, the radio, radio, etc., all in your target language. At first everything will be unintelligible. However, over time you will begin to recognize certain repeating patterns and phrases. In time, you will begin to comprehend individual words. Finally, one day, you will begin to start to understand meaning. However, all of this takes time. It is necessary to expose your ears to to the sounds of the language.
Reading Practice
The third and final pillar of how to learn a language is to practice reading. It is easy to disregard this step, but it a very effective method of learning a language. As with listening, reading is a method of immersing yourself in your target language. The key is to read, as often as possible, newspapers, popular magazines, and web pages in the foreign language. This helps you learn the language in context, as it is actually used. You will also develop a sense of correctness about the language. You will know when things just look right
To maximize your success with your language, a good starting point is to study how to learn a language. Successful language learners devote time to each of the three main pillars of language learning: speaking, listening, and reading.
By: Chris Chan
