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What You Need to Know to Learn a New Language Successfully
Tips and tools from a lifetime language learner
Language skills seem to matter more and more in the increasingly connected world we inhabit. If you know a country’s or culture’s language you can communicate and connect as well as travel and move around comfortably. Imagine how the world would be if we didn’t learn each other’s languages: how would we be able to communicate? We all know that English is one of the most spoken languages all around the world, along with Mandarin, Spanish and Hindi, but how does one achieve full proficiency?
I have been learning languages since I was in kindergarten and through the years have had to overcome several challenges that have to do with grammar, culture, false friends, diction and much more. Still, I have found ways to overcome them and consider myself a student of Portuguese (my mother tongue), English, Spanish and Italian. Here are my tips for you!
Get the Basics!
As language learners, we are often tempted to either only study grammar or not study grammar at all. Grammar is like the skeleton of any language, it systematises the way a language works and establish rules that, knowing them by heart, will help you out in every situation. Get a nice grammar book, learn it and practice…
