Monthly Archives: October 2017

Maximise your learning outside the classroom Remember, anything you enjoy doing in your native tongue can also be enjoyed in the language you're learning. Whether it be reading a book or a blog, watching movies, playing computes games, meeting friends, or listening to music, the possibilities are endless. This approach will also get you to discover more about the culture of the people who speak the language you're learning, which is always very interesting and rewarding. Use at least an hour a day of your time studying your new language. You can spend time reading online newspapers, magazines or books. You can watch movies or your favourite series in your target language. This is a fun way to practice your new language and at the same time you are learning new words, phrases and pronunciation. Write sentences, paragraphs or texts depending on your level and give it to your teacher who will help you improve your writing. Listen to your favourite song in your target language and have fun practicing the pronunciation vocabulary and grammar in the song. Make notes, have a note book: There is a lot of vocab, grammar, expressions, etc, that you can better learn if you write everything down. This helps you to review what you did, and it also help you cement you learning in your mind.         Learn vocabulary in context: Memorising lists of vocabulary can be challenging and is not an effective way to get the words to stay in your mind long term. Association is key to retain new words. A great way to build vocabulary is to make sure the words you're learning come form situations. Make different sentences with the new vocabulary [...]