which is the easiest way to learn a language?

Answer 1

Find yourself a boyfriend (if you are a girl), or girlfriend (if you are a male), whose mother tongue is the language you need to learn.
...You'll be pleasantly surprised at the seemingly effortless ease with which you become absolutely fluent in it !

Answer 2

Here are some ideas most second language learners don't realize.

FIRST: Completely eliminate English idioms when you speak. We use a LOT of phrases that are not understood in other countries, and they use ones we don't understand. Example: Get to first base. Even between England and America or Canada. For example knock someone up. In North America it means get a girl pregnant. In England it means knock on their door.

SECOND: Realize that it is not ALWAYS a one-for-one word exchange when translating. Some languages can express an idea in as little as one word compared to a few, and vice-versa.
Hand in hand with this understanding that the idea being expressed is what's important, not the way it's said. Just because the sentence wasn't constructed the way we would have said it doesn't make it wrong.

LAST: I cheated. I learnt the worlds easiest language and now I find I understand English better and I'm in a better position to learn more languages.

That language was ESPERANTO.

Oh sorry. I forgot to mention, I listen to and read as much as I possibly can, whenever I can. Like they said above... IMMERSION.

Gxis!

Answer 3

Personally, I think goingi to the country is a great way to learn a language. But if you can't do that, I'd say listening to the music that's of the language you're trying to learn would be a good idea. I know that's what helped me learn Japanese. I know they say you have to listen to a language for some ten thousand hours or so before you can really start to talk, it's something like that...

Answer 4

Even though I am not a native speaker of English, I studied it on my own and now I have been teaching it for 3 years. What i did was to read a lot....you learn so many thing when you read, not just vocab but grammatical structures and collocations. Once youread a phrase, it sticks in your mind and then when youre going to speak or write you produce it the same way cos youhave read it hundreds of times in that way. For listening, the best way is to either watch tv or find audiobooks or podcast on the internet in your chosen language. It's a great idea to study the phonetic symbols of the language you wanna study and learn how they r pronounced. Also, if you have textbooks with listening activities, you can use the tapescript and read along as you listen. If you r in a classroom, pay attention to the way your teachers speaks aswell. Good luck!

Answer 5

I would absolutely say the easiest way to learn a language is to live in the country for a 3 or more weeks. This also helps immerse yourself in their culture and ways of life rather than sticking to catchphrase learning as you would with many books. However the catchphrase books are always a useful supporting tool when you do go and live there and help you learn vocab etc as you go along.

Answer 6

Take a class. Find a friend who speaks the language. If your planning a trip over seas, then you can buy audio tapes, books, dictionaries and cultural resources for that country. Always start with the basics, I am, she is, we are, etc and the alphabet of the country. Starting with the basics helps you to pronounce the words. Simple children's books helps you to extend your vocabulary, read loudly so you can hear yourself. Total immersion and learning the basics is the easiest way to learn a language.

Answer 7

The easiest way to learn a language is to be born in the country of that language and grow up there!

Answer 8

The best way to learn is like this: 1st get used to the sounds of the language (watch TV shows, listen to the radio stations where you chosen language is used, even if you are doing something else, you'll be surprise how much the brain takes in). 2nd try your best not to translate literally (it never works!!), 3rd introduce words to your day to day chats, for example: hola how are you? 4th learn 5 words per a day or week, learn how to used them in a sentence, the following day/week choose another 5 that can be used with the previous ones. Stick to these rules and I promise within 3 months you would be able to have small conversations and be able to understand a lot.
Do remember that, you will not notice straight away that you are able to speak the language!! Good luck!

Answer 9

A mixture of living in the country where that language is spoken and some lessons to give you guidance in grammar, correct your bad habits, etc.
I did this when I lived in japan and started speaking japanese (more or less) after a year. The same happened for portugal and portuguese, except in that case it took me more like 2 years before I really started speaking, because so many people inisisted on speaking to me in english.
If you already have a lot of background in a language it can be easier. For example, I did 5 years of French at school without being able to speak much, but when I lived in Paris for a while my spoken french just took off after 3-4 months.

Answer 10

I have tried doing this at home with a language book and tapes from the local library but found I couldn't concentrate so I enrolled on a course for Italian. I found this more helpful as everyone is in the same boat and we had great fun learning together. Then I went on holiday to Italy with my husband and daughter. My daughter is quite fluent in Italian but she let me do all the talking I got stuck once in a shop when I couldn't quite catch what the assistant said to me and my daughter told me what she said and I answered myself. I was quite chuffed.

So I think you have to take a course and also communicate with native speakers of the language you are learning. They will thank you for it. I think it is ignorant to go to another country and expect the people there to speak your language all the time. There has to be a bit of give and take.

Good luck

Answer 11

Hiya,
Learning a language is not difficult at all,its just a matter of interest and determination to learn it in interest and for good.
Learning a language is by attending a language school,if your educated then there are books and audios and audio video demos available in market and shops,demonstrating methods to learn in speech and writing and expressions,there are books available to translate and learn it,in writting,speech.
When your learning a new language either verbally or manually or writting wise,please expose yourself to that language programme like Television media,Radio,Reading Newspaperor books,trying to talk to people of that language etc.It would make an individual grasp that language much quicker and learn it more faster and make it easier to learn it on a quick base.
All the best!!