Tips and Suggestions on How to Learn a Foreign Language

Some Absolutes:

1. Foreign Language courses are not like other courses you must never procrastinate. Procrastination=failure in foreign language courses. Therefore you must spend a minimum of 15 minutes each day and a minimum of 3 hours a week. And additional time whenever possible. However, you should never spend more than 45 minutes studying the language in one session. Split your study up into several small sessions.

2. Class Attendance is mandatory and necessary in order to pass the course and learn the language.

3. Some occasional review of all material you have learned previously is also very important to your success. (for example, the vocabulary)

Some suggestions to make the different parts of learning a language easier and more successful.

Reading:

1. Concentrate on reading for comprehension without looking up every unfamiliar word. Look up only those words which cannot even be guessed or determined based on context.

2. Read a little bit of the language every day. Especially the chapters in the textbook.

Speaking: 1. Don