How to learn a second language

Language learning is different from other kinds of learning.Language learning needed:"Read as much as you can in the new language.""Practice speaking the language every day.""Live with the people who speak the language.""Don't tranlate-try to think in the new language.""Learn as a child would learn;play with the language."

Language learning research shows that successful language learners are similar in many ways.

Language learners are independent learners.The do not depend on the book or the teacher,they discover their own way to learn the language.Instead of waiting for the teacher to explain,they try  to find the patterns and the rules for themselves. They are good guessers who look for clues and form their own conclusions. When they guess wrong, they guess again.They try to learn from their mistakes.

Sccessful language learning is active learning.Therefore, succeful learners do not wait for a chance to use the language;  the look for such a chance.They find people who speak the language and they ask these people to correct them when they make a mistake.They will try anything to communicate.They are not afraid to repeat what they hear or to say strange things;they are willing to make mistakes and try again.When communication is diffcult,they can acept information that is inexact or  incomplete.It is more iportant for them to learn to think in the language than to know the meaning of every  word.

 Finally,successful language learners are learners with a purpose.They want to learn the language because they are iterested in the language and the people who speak it. It is necesary for them to learn the language in order to communicate with  these people and to learn from them They find it easy to practice usig the language regularly bcause they want to learn with it.

What kind of language learner are you?If you are a successful language learner,you have probably been learning independently,actively,and purposefully. On the other hand,if your language learning has been less than successful, you might do well to try some of the techniques outlined above.