How to Learn A Foreign Language Quickly

Your brain knows how to learn a foreign language, if you use the technique that is natural to it: immersion. Whether you want to work for the United Nations, take a foreign language in college or travel, work or retire abroad, you can learn a language quickly, spending only 15 minutes a day. Immersion is a good way to learn a language, and you can do it without being among people who speak the language you want to study.

Things You'll Need

  • A CD in the foreign language to be studied
  • or
  • A friend who knows the language you are studying
  • A dictionary
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Instructions

    • 1

      Learn several short sentences that relate to what you see daily. The sentences should have the same structure and the same verb. For example, you might try sentences like "The car is blue; The man is smart; The woman is small; The house is pretty."

    • 2

      Apply these sentences to what you see as you go about your day. Switch the adjectives and the nouns. For example, you might say "The car is fast" or "The man is small." This method uses visuals to imprint the language structures on your brain for automatic recall. This helps you avoid translations and mental analyses.

    • 3

      Expand your vocabulary with new words. For example, say "That car is blue" or "My house is blue." Mix and match words within these new patterns, as you observe the world. Do this daily.

    • 4

      Learn a different sentence structure that you can use together with the previous one. For example, you might try "The tall man is near my blue house" or "The green car is near my tall house." Stick to one pattern until it becomes automatic, like driving or walking. Learn new words to use with that pattern. For example, add "The blue car is near my old tree" or "My friend is near the blue car." Look around and find those objects and people, even if you are partially inventing. It's okay to see blue trees.

    • 5

      Expand the pattern and stick to one form at a time. For example, say "That blue car is near my tall tree" or "That green bicycle is near my good friend."

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      Introduce one verb form at a time in a sentence pattern and avoid conjugations at all cost. Learn adverbs that go with the respective forms to strengthen the pattern. For example, learn "I see that blue bicycle now." Repeat variations until the verb form is imprinted, then move to another form. For example, say "I saw that green house yesterday" or "I saw that man last week." Speak of what you see and think.

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