2006-07-06 16:11:13 · 9 answers · asked by a s 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
I have my cassettes should i listen to them when i sleep does that work.
2006-07-06 16:16:44 · update #1
Sleeping with your headphones on? No, that's just lazy! Sorry, but you'll have to apply yourself and work to learn your target language!
But... "work' doesn't mean "suffer"! There are tons of fun and very productive ways to learna new language:
Flash Cards
Children's Books (Dr. Seuss in the target Language is great)
DVDs (lots of popular movies have multiple language tracks)
You get the idea. Remember! Learning a new language doesn't have to Suck!! Forget about grammar and that stuff until you have the alphabet and a good vocabulary.
In America, we use a list of the 220 most commonly used wrods to start children reading and writting. It's called the "Dolch Sight Word List". The words are divided into pre-school to 3rd grade levels. Here is an example: http://www.english-zone.com/reading/dolch.html
Translate the Dolch list into your target language to start yourself off with a good vocabulary.
Personally I am a big fan of The "Immersion Method", but whatever time you spend learning your language is time well spent. http://www.k12.hi.us/~kaiapuni/HLIP/immersion.htm
2006-07-08 04:52:42 · answer #1 · answered by Michael 1 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I don't think the sleeping with headphones works. I think the BEST way to learn is to spend time living in the country without other English speakers to talk to.
The EASIEST way, I think, is to find someone who uses a method called TPRS and be in their class. TPRS is a method where you learn the language structure and vocabulary through hearing stories and being asked questions about them. The stories are usually bizarre (sticks in your brain better) and are about the students so they are quite fun. When you get done with a class, you FEEL like you haven't learned anything, but you have acquired quite a bit of proficiency in the language.
2006-07-06 23:36:05 · answer #2 · answered by Chalkbrd 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Embedded learning is certainly the easiest. Stay with people who only speak thge language you need to learn, best yet, in the country where they speak it.
Other methods which work: Berlitz (I taught a Person conversational German within 3 weeks)
2006-07-06 23:39:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it really depends on your own learning abilities, a good teacher is great, but the best way is to live where you have to speak that language.
studying a language on your own, i find it very limiting. you can only learn so much out of it...
PS. I studied English as a second language and I did not really learn it until I moved to Canada
2006-07-07 02:34:21 · answer #4 · answered by iluvsuperman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best way to learn a language is to move to a country where that language is spoken.
2006-07-06 23:14:29 · answer #5 · answered by Philip 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pen Pals, chatrooms, translators. I learn French that way.
Also, Rosetta Stone
2006-07-07 00:10:09 · answer #6 · answered by Melissa 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
By using tapes while sleeping you can prop ably learn how to snore with a foreign accent !
2006-07-07 00:04:44 · answer #7 · answered by gina 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah, ive heard it helps, i used to listen to a french tape when i was younger, now, my french treacher tells me i have a good accent and i tend to pick things up quicker than the other kids in my class
2006-07-06 23:18:47 · answer #8 · answered by rémy613 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I doubt it. I don't think it will hurt you, but I don't think you'll magically wake up one morning speaking that language.
2006-07-07 13:17:26 · answer #9 · answered by drshorty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋