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This is how my old man does it
Just point and nodd at what you want
*references frankie boyle*
Learning a language
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Just point and nodd at what you want
*references frankie boyle*
I learnt kiswahili using tapes, Pimsleur, books etc.
This site The FSI has a number of courses (free) where you download items.
http://www.fsi-language-courses.org/Content.php
One thing I'd picked up on years ago, which I found really useful was to buy a block of paper, the 2.5 inch x 2.5 inch sold in any stationery shop. Then write the foreign word on one side and the English word on the reverse side. I would then mix and shuffle the pages, so when the foreign word appeared I'd think of the English word and vice versa. During breaks at work I'd go through the pages, those which I couldn't remember I'd put to one side and then go through those an extra couple of times.
Good Luck
This site The FSI has a number of courses (free) where you download items.
http://www.fsi-language-courses.org/Content.php
One thing I'd picked up on years ago, which I found really useful was to buy a block of paper, the 2.5 inch x 2.5 inch sold in any stationery shop. Then write the foreign word on one side and the English word on the reverse side. I would then mix and shuffle the pages, so when the foreign word appeared I'd think of the English word and vice versa. During breaks at work I'd go through the pages, those which I couldn't remember I'd put to one side and then go through those an extra couple of times.
Good Luck
It all depends on the alphabet of the language you're learning.
Some like arabic, russian, greek, japanese and chinese are frankly some of the hardest languages you could ever try to learn.
If you know one germanic/latinate language, such as English, then European languages become a whole load easier to learn as you're often just modifying the existing alphabet with accents, cedillas etc, with maybe 1 or 2 unique characters.
Some like arabic, russian, greek, japanese and chinese are frankly some of the hardest languages you could ever try to learn.
If you know one germanic/latinate language, such as English, then European languages become a whole load easier to learn as you're often just modifying the existing alphabet with accents, cedillas etc, with maybe 1 or 2 unique characters.
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Im fully fluent in Spanish took it at school and loved it ever since.