The 3 Myths About Learning a Foreign Language: Learn German the Best Way

Having studied langugages for nearly 20 years, I’ve learned a thing or two about what works and what doesn’t.  Here are 5 common myths:

Myth 1: It’s impossible to learn a language fast.

Not true at all.  I know many people in adulthood who have picked up a language in amazingly fast time.  And no, they don’t all have IQs of 180!  In fact, most just have a valid reason, such as work advancement.  You just need the right motivation, and you too can learn fast.

For many language learners we have worked with, fluency implies an ease and fluidity of expression in the target language. And you would probably need to add to the mix ease in understanding everything said by others in the target language. Plus everything that you read. Plus perhaps everything you write in the new language too. The list could go on. We would agree that for most mortals it’s not possible to achieve fluency of this kind in a few weeks or months.

You CAN, however, achieve ‘conversational fluency’ in a matter of weeks or months.

Myth 2: It’s much easier to learn a language as a child.

a lot has happened in the last half century, and there’s been a substantial amount of new research that pokes big holes in the ‘critical period’ idea. It has fallen out of favor with psychologists and language specialists alike, which means you can no longer use your adulthood as an excuse not to learn a language. In fact, a number of studies have demonstrated the exact opposite: that when exposure time to a new language is controlled, adults actually learn FASTER than children!

This makes perfect sense. Think about it. Adults have a couple of obvious advantages over children who are learning their first language. Adults know infinitely more about the world; they understand that there are such things as ‘rules’ and ‘conventions’ and that these rules govern the way all languages work.

So don’t let this common myth stop you, whatever your age, from pursuing a new  language.  There are so many reasons TO learn a language–these myths are but a few erroneous reasons not to!

Myth 3: The best way to learn a language is to go to that foreign country and immerse, immerse, immerse…

Immersion is a very fashionable word when it comes to concocting language learning catch-phrases. And for good reason. Surrounding oneself with other native speakers and being forced to communicate in the target language most if not all of the time is a powerful way to learn a second language.

But here’s the thing: you don’t need to go to Germany to immerse yourself in German, Italy to immerse yourself in Italian, Korea to immerse yourself in Korean, and so on. This belief just puts another obstacle in your path, and gives you an all-too-tidy excuse not to take your language learning seriously in the meantime.

There are several reasons that undo the foreign country immersion myth. First of all, there are plenty of ways in which you can recreate – or ‘simulate’ – a productive sense of immersion in the language. That’s because you live in a digital culture where all kinds of resources from all kinds of places are available to you on your personal computer.

Secondly, it’s certainly not a BAD idea to immerse, but who has all the time and money to do this?  Moving to another country takes a lot of time and resources, and requires sacrifice like very few other things: you’re giving up time from your family and friends, time from your job, giving up precious savings…

So, you ask, what IS the best way to learn?

In general, the best courses will be able to combine:

1) the power of multimedia technology;
2) a clear and up-to-date method of instruction; and
3) a sense of enjoyment and play…

The best courses will also provide you with a suggested learning path, but at the
same time be flexible enough to allow you to do things your own way. They will
be invaluable in giving you simulated conversational practice when the real thing
is not within earshot.

For my money, Rocket German, by the fantastic Rocket Languages team, is the best, fastest, and most enjoyable way to learn German.  It covers beginner’s to advanced levels and costs far less than a beginner’s course (you can spend over 0 at most universities just to get the basics!), and about a 25% of the price of JUST Rosetta Stone Level 1 (about 0 just for Beginner’s German!!).

It’s a good deal, and one that any serious learner should jump on.

I hope this helps!  Enjoy whatever path you take, and good luck.

Easy Language Learning is learning a foreign language more easily? Yes. If you take five and go to another country> ……

is not suitable for playing too high. It is more like running. Even if you run twice a week, you do not really want to be able to run a marathon, or who intend to run a marathon or perhaps you could never run a marathon. Maybe you just want to keep one condition. I think the same thing can be said for learning languages. I find languages fascinating and enjoy it with dilettantism, but this does not mean I’m committed to good (or maybe I can not anyway). I am a programmer and have no special gift for learning foreign languages, but I want to learn a few words here and some words are sort of thing.

Returning to the poles. If you want to get the ten words in a foreign language before they decide to visit the country, you know that you are able to do so. Learning a foreign language has been redefined for your learning of ten words. Conversely, if you decide to get conversations, unless you’re an exceptionally talented individual you are away from your destination, and most likely give up in disgust. I think it’s too much weight on this FILLED finisher, which, in terms of languages. For most of us, learning a language should be easy and fun. Of course, I’m not saying this is not a place for good fluent in other languages, I only say that for most of us it is not practical or necessary to do so. like I travel, but I have not the time or ability to learn a foreign language too. I learn, or bubbled and enjoy. I set goals that work for me and learning are generally a few hundred words, if I visit a new country. I will learn the words you need to be polite, numbers, greetings and some general propositions. This always leads to a better vacation and I love it. It is also much easier to learn to quit as a foreign language. In other words, the more you may be slower to improve, because you still attached to the grammar, making sentences, learning the less common words, etc. If you try a few words and phrases you soon enjoy learning rate of progress, have more fun, and not having to spend too much time in any language.

are particular candidates for this approach, because often you do not need to use to communicate and are distributed by nature is not far.

Are you interested to learn Spanish or other language other than English? If you are, all you need to do is to learn how to use memory techniques. Learning another language for most people is hard, but this is just what you’ll hear from those people who haven’t tried learning yet. Instead, try asking those who were able to learn and successfully apply their second language to their normal daily lives.

The truth is, learning a foreign language is not difficult as how you thought it is; instead, learning strengthens your memorization skills. So, if you want to have your brain cells to function to its optimum level, start learning new Spanish words or other foreign language to say the least?Vamo nos!

However, before you go into the battlefield of strange words and completely bizarre world of language, arm yourself with patience, high interest and willingness plus, the positive attitude to accomplish your purpose. We already mentioned from the beginning of this article that learning a foreign language associates to the wellness of a person’s memory skills.

There is in fact ways on how to learn a foreign language easily and it’s by using the Link-Word Technique. To use this technique, one word from the Spanish language for example is associated or linked to an image and to another word in English. Let’s use the word Mantequilla in Spanish as an example. In English, mantequilla means butter. How is a beginner able to remember this word easily?

You guessed it; by using the Link-Word Technique we can construct a scenario to interpret it in English in the most literal and outrageous way possible. Picture a ‘man’ entering a bar with a wide sombrero and a big stomach, he then orders 20 glasses of tequila and drinks it one at a time – straight. But, for this Señor, instead of putting salt on his tequila glasses, he asked for big bars of butter to complete his drinking frenzy!

Simple isn’t it? This technique since it involves visual imagination makes the memorization easier for the student and learning Spanish or even other foreign languages makes it more interesting.