What's the fastest way to learn a language without going to a different country or taking a class?

Answer 1

Probably either a good computer based course, or an audio/video course with written work.

I've learned Esperanto, Spanish, and German from books & tapes. Here are some things I've learned:

I used to know a couple (they moved away and we haven't kept in touch) who helped each other learn languages through immersion in their home. One knew Spanish and wanted to learn Esperanto, the other knew Esperanto, and wanted to improve their Spanish. They divided the week in half, and for half the week would only speak only Spanish at home, and for the other half the week would only speak Esperanto. They both improved rapidly.

If you're learning on your own, some general tips for learning languages:

1. Look at people's reviews on Amazon to determine what are some of the best courses. Go to the library and check out (audition) different types of courses, and see what works for you best. The correct answer for you may not be one course, but a combination.

3. Put aside 30 - 60 minutes per day and study some each day.

4. If you get discouraged, take a couple of days off, but set your next time to study and stick to it. If you go too long (say a week) between study sessions, you'll start forgetting.

5. Go into the experience realizing that you'll make lots of mistakes, everybody makes mistakes, don't worry about them and keep going. In other words, don't let your mistakes discourage you, everyone makes them, you're no different.

6. Try to find someone better than you in the language to speak with. You can't learn to speak a language without speaking it. If you're trying to learn with someone else who is also learning, you'll lead each other into learning errors.


For learning German, there's a really good site from Radio Deutsche Welle

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/0,1595,2548,00.html

It's a site with High Quality MP3 recordings and PDF documents of written work to learn the written language. There are several levels from Beginner to Professional. The courses are far from boring, being based around a cute story about a man who's constant companion is an invisible imp. And best of all, it's free.

Answer 2

In general, the more exposure you get to information in that language that you understand, the more you will learn. You can listen to music and television in the language, read in the language, and so forth. It doesn't matter that you don't understand everything; your comprehension will get better and better as you try to understand. Don't translate between languages either. Just try to understand the language you are trying to learn. If you have access to speakers of the language (native or non-native) you can practice speaking with them or ask them questions.

I personally also believe that regular exposure to the language is important. If you just pick up a book in that language every once in a while, you will likely forget what you have learned from session to session. If you work on it every day or more frequently, your chances of remembering from day to day are better.

Happy language learning!

Answer 3

I think the fastest way would be to watch shows or movies in another language and eventually you'll learn something because of a characters body language.

Answer 4

Actually, this is also what I wonder . Supposedly,I think that the best way to bring it off without going to school or to any country, you ,necessarily ,must practice as must as possible in developing your skills for instance you can read paper(for your vocab.),and you can purchase some reading books and read with answering the following questions,in order to improve your reading skill.For enhancing your writing let your self free with searching through the Internet and you need guide books and to focus on the grammar firmly , then write as much as you can.Consequently, you have to connect more foreigns ,for you can improve your speaking.Casette player is also the gadget to reach the best listening or so are radio channels,BBC,ABC... . Please connect me if you fond of me,a Cambodia,on" vignean.heng @yahoo.com ".

Answer 5

One option that hasn't been suggested:

Assuming you're single, find a boyfriend/girlfriend who speaks the language you want to learn but who doesn't speak much of your language. I'm entirely serious. You will learn the language very, very quickly! :)

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Answer 6

well i did an immersion study in costa rica it didnt work for me i heard the rosetta program is excelent im going to try it myself ive seen the ads on tv and also some friends did it good luck

Answer 7

you can get books - in english/different language. read and practice them out loud. and them try to make your own sentences. and try to talk to someone who speaks the language. try and read it all the time.

Answer 8

Study it with native teachers live online.

Answer 9

Pimsleur tapes/cds. They're very good.

Answer 10

go to work at a jiffy store, 90% of customers are spanish.