Post on 21-Apr-2017
KEYSTHE THREE
TO LANGUAGE LEARNING
THE FIRST GOLDEN KEY IS THE
ATTITUDEOF THE LEARNER.
ASK YOURSELF THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
Do I want tolearn thelanguage?
Do I like thelanguage I'mtrying tolearn?
Am Ideterminedto succeed?
Am I happy justto communicate,
withoutworrying aboutpronunciation or
correctgrammar? Am I prepared to
congratulatemyself for
whatever I’mable to achieve inthe language?
Do I believe Ican achievefluency in thelanguage?
IF THE ANSWER TO THESE QUESTIONS IS YES THEN YOU ARE
READY TO SUCCEEDAND READY TO MOVE TO THE NEXT GOLDEN KEY
THE SECOND GOLDEN KEY IS THE NEED TO
WITH THE LANGUAGESPEND TIME
THIS MEANS ENGAGING WITH THE LANGUAGE ITSELF,
NOT DEALING WITH EXPLANATIONS ABOUT THE LANGUAGE OR EXERCISES THAT TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND YOUR PATIENCE.
SPENDING TIME IN THECLASSROOM WITH
OTHER STUDENTS WHODON’T SPEAK THE
LANGUAGE, OR WITH ATEACHER EXPLAINING
THINGS, IS NOTNECESSARILY THE BESTWAY TO SPEND TIMEWITH THE LANGUAGE.
LISTENING TO THELANGUAGE ITSELF, ASSPOKEN BY NATIVE
SPEAKERS, WHETHER INFACE-TO-FACE
CONVERSATIONS, ORLISTENING TO AN
INTERESTING PODCAST ONAN MP3 PLAYER, ARE MOREINTENSIVE LANGUAGE
EXPERIENCES.
LANGUAGE LEARNING TAKES TIME. NOTONLY DO YOU NEED TO SPEND 45
MINUTES TO AN HOUR A DAY, BUT IT WILLLIKELY TAKE MONTHS AND POSSIBLY
YEARS TO ACHIEVE YOUR TARGET LEVELOF COMPETENCE IN THE LANGUAGE.
THE THIRD GOLDEN KEY, IS TO DEVELOP THE
ABILITY TO NOTICETO BECOME ATTENTIVE TO THE LANGUAGE.
WHEN WE START IN THE NEW LANGUAGE,EVERYTHING IS STRANGE AND UNCLEAR.
THEN AS WE START TO NOTICE A FEW WORDS OR SENTENCEPATTERNS THAT WE HAVE ENCOUNTERED OVER AND OVER,WE ARE BETTER ABLE TO NOTICE OTHER THINGS IN THE
LANGUAGE.
OUR ABILITY TO BE ATTENTIVE,THEREFORE, IS DEPENDENT ON
OUR ATTITUDE; OURDETERMINATION ANDWILL, OUR OPEN-
MINDEDNESS
THE AMOUNT OFTIME WE SPEND
WITH THELANGUAGE.
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STEVE KAUFMANN
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