Start To Communicate In The Foreign Language

Fundamental principles: Foreign Language courses are not like other courses so you must never procrastinate. Procrastination equals failure in foreign language courses so you must spend a minimum of 15 minutes each day and a minimum of 3 hours a week. Try and allocate all the spare time that you may have in pursuing the language but ensure that each session does not go one more than 45 minutes.

Segregate your study into several mini sessions. It is imperative that you attend classes regularly, if you are sincere about your intentions of learning the language and pass the course. You could revisit your learning off and on and check what your have learnt in the past, for example the vocabulary. Here are some pointers given below which can make the job of learning a foreign language a walk in the park.

Find the meaning of only such words whose meanings can not be gauged even with the reference to the context. Read a little bit of the language every day, especially the chapters in the textbook.

Start to communicate: Do not feel embarrassed if you make mistakes, simply hear what others are talking about and start to speak. Learn how you can start to communicate in the foreign language when you talk loudly to your friends in the class, to your self or even to the dog or cat who lives in your home.

Writing: Hone your writing skills everyday till you no longer fumble.

Write down a passage of the language as part of a dictation from a friend and then correct your own writing.

Medley of helps: You ought to have a goal and a good reason for studying the foreign language and develop good feelings towards it. Know what you plan to learn and how you will get there successfully. If you need help get it and do not be afraid to ask questions or ask for help for fear of sounding stupid, or being embarrassed. Ask as many questions as you want and always seek help if you stumble as there are nothing to feel shy about.  Get audio tapes of the language and listen to them or make you own tapes and listened to yourself in order to perfect your pronunciation. Get some audio tape made using the language or you could also record something and then listen to them as this would make your pronunciation perfect.  Try making colored flash cards for improving vocabulary where you use different colors for the different genders and categories of words like nouns, verbs, etc.  If you study in groups you can also access help from your classmates.