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by AznHisoka
5279 days ago
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Read up on what this guy says, and just follow his advice. He talks the talk and walks the walk: alljapaneseallthetime.com ..this guy basically became fluent in Japanese in 1.5 years w/o living in Japan, and by fluent, I meant real fluent. Basically:
1) Spend first 1-3 months just listening, pure input. Don't even try to talk. You'll just stress out. Listening will help you pick up the nuances of the language as well as the flow. You'll also learn idioms, and normal responses to questions. You can even pick an accent you like and use it afterwards. 2) Following #1, get yourself a bunch of audio CDs, movies, music of the foreign language, and just listen to it whenever you're free. And it doesn't matter if you don't comprehend it (although this shouldn't be the bulk of your listening). Again, get a sense of the flow of words. The rhythm.. the silence, etc. It's like listening to a song over and over, and being able to hum the tune afterwards. Even when you're in the bathroom taking a dump. Even when you're sleeping if you want to. Just try and make sure you're listening to that language as much as possible. 3) Don't kick yourself for learning it so slow. And forget about the notion that adults learn slower than kids... remember, babies have 4-5 years of listening experience before they're ever expected to say something half-way sophisticated. 4-5 years! That's a lot! Babies suck at learning languages!! |
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My theory is adults learn languages so slowly because they actually never try to learn. Two reasons for this. a) Adults typically do not know how to learn period. b) Adults have been conditioned to do the wrong things in attempting to learn and all books and courses are built around these wrong ideas.
Most important way to evaluate your learning is to ask yourself "Do I feel like a stupid idiot as I do this?" If the answer is YES, then you are learning. Keep it up and get to love your stupid idiot self. In time the clouds will clear and you will not be stupid anymore. Lots of people have warped adult egos which simply cannot accept these feelings of stupidity. Some people actually kill themselves because of this, others drop the studying entirely, and others soldier through and learn nothing because they have not accepted the feelings of stupidity and moved forward in spite of it.