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What’s the real best way to learn a new language?

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Grew up studying languages in school maybe because of the lack of effort I can’t remember a thing, also tried Duolingo multiple times but never had any long term success? What would you recommend

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  1. HungryLeek7280 Avatar
    HungryLeek7280

    Moving to the country or travel there a lot and meet locals.

    I speak English mostly because I was able to go to New York very often since I was 12 + English at school.

    For my Spanish, we had a few courses at school but I often go to Madrid.

    I am not bilingual in Spanish but I am able to have a simple conversation.

    I would say that the combination of both helped me a lot.

    Also, go out of your confort zone. I had to double my effort to speak the language when I needed help.

    Depending on where you are living, maybe you can find a community you can hang out with that speaks the language ?

    I live in Geneva. Lot of people coming from South America. The mom of one friend REFUSES to speak french. She just talk in Spanish and say “well, if you don’t understand me, you just need to learn Spanish”.

    I absolutely love it.

  2. WhileResponsible9595 Avatar
    WhileResponsible9595

    Language teacher here and in order of most effective on down:

    1. Live in a community speaking that language
    2. Find a speaker to practice with, there are lots of free exchange apps online 
    3. Watch at least 90 minutes of TV in that language a day (gaming counts), and you start 6 weeks with subtitles in your language, then target language, then no subtitles. Use shows that you’ve already either seen or that are over acted with lots of easy to understand plot context like tela novellas for Spanish or K dramas. 
    4. Translate your favorite songs into your own language. 
    5. app wise, Mango languages is one of the best and you can get premium if you have a US library card for free