How to Learn A Language

みなさん、こんにちは As you know, I teach English to Japanese people …but I am also trying to learn Japanese myself. It is hard, but it is fun and I thought I might share some of this by doing a little challenge where I test my Japanese. Maybe it will give you some confidence as a learner. […]

Starting a conversation with a language exchange partner can seem like a daunting task, but it shouldn’t be. Yes, you are now trying to talk to a stranger …in a different language, but it is really nothing to get stressed about. The whole experience should be a lot of fun and of course beneficial to

If you are a total beginner to learning languages it can be confusing where to start. There are so many different options and so much to learn that it can almost be too overwhelming and put you off. I will try and go over what I would do if I was starting out with a

When you are learning language you will often come across words that seem similar and you can easily get confused and make a mistake. It is annoying, but it is totally normally and it is always going to happen. This can happen in a few different ways, which I will go through below, as well

Burnout is something you can easily avoid when you are learning a language, but it is often what causes so many people to give up. I will go through what is it and how you can avoid it in the first place, which should hopefully mean you can actually reach your goals and master your

Starting a language from scratch can be confusing as you probably have no idea what to do or where to begin. I am going to make it very easy for you and give you my study plan. You can follow this and you should see some results. Once you get comfortable with the language you

While you cannot really control your brains ability to store words in your passive or active vocabulary, it doesn’t mean you cannot consciously try. I will go through some techniques that you can use to help you remember words and initially get them into your passive vocabulary, before the moving them over to your active

Immersion is pretty important when it comes to language learning and you will need a lot of exposure to the new language to really make significant progress. You will find there are many different ways to get this exposure; you will probably find some of them easier, or maybe just more enjoyable, but it doesn’t

Reading in a new language is always uncomfortable at first, which means that you will be slow. This can be extremely frustrating and it can feel like you are not making much progress. Luckily this is not something you need to be stuck with forever. You can actually end up reading as fast in your

Practicing Reading in your new language is pretty simple, you just read, but I will go through some of the little details you should pay attention to, to make sure you are not slowing yourself down as well some techniques you can use to maximise your progress. Practicing reading in a new language takes times