2. Take Charge of Your Own Learning: It’s More Effective and Fun That Way HD

Sign up for this 30-day course here: https://www.thelinguist.com/ How to Learn A Language Course: Lesson 2 Hello Language Learner, Yesterday I talked about the three golden keys (motivation, time spent and noticing). Today I’m going to help you become a more effective learner. If years of language learning have taught me anything, it’s that we need input, input, and more input–and that input needs to be interesting–if we are to successfully learn a language. The input also needs to be challenging enough to keep us interested, but not so difficult that we are turned off. That is the sweet spot, interesting and just a little difficult. In that environment our language skills blossom. So your main task is going to be to read and listen, using the tools that LingQ provides to make that easy and enjoyable. You will listen and read online, or on LingQ’s mobile app. I’ll show you how to look up words and phrases, and how to review them. You will just continue consuming more and more content in your target language and eventually find that these are almost addictive activities. When we hear and read enough of the target language, from content we find interesting and can understand, we pick up vocabulary and structures in a natural way. Instead of forcing rules and explanations into our brains, and then trying to remember them, we learn by exposure to messages that are meaningful to us. There is a vast amount of language content in LingQ’s language libraries. Just set your level and search for content that matches your interests: history, current affairs, music, film, sports, whatever you’re into there’s something for everyone at LingQ. Once you have found something interesting, give it a try! Read, listen and pay attention to the words and phrases using LingQ’s functionality. If you’re losing interest or just keen to move on to something new, go ahead and move on. Language learning should be as fun and engaging as possible. You are going to develop new habits, habits that will keep you learning. I’ve highlighted seven habits of successful language learners. Developing these will help you reach your goal of fluency. You should try to meet your daily and long term goals as set out below. Once you get the learning habit, you will easily exceed these targets. Today’s Tasks Meet your targets for the day: ✅99 words of reading ✅30 minutes of listening ✅13 LingQs ✅6 Known Words ✅3 LingQs learned