How to understand a foreign language
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Polyglots, which study effortlessly in seven to ten languages, argue that there is nothing easier than to understand foreign speech. They think that while stupid people cram grammar, smart learn language. Perhaps this is just a snobbery of geniuses, but the methods of language geeks, regardless of their individual characteristics, have a common structure.
Instruction manual
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Immersion in the language environment: listen to songs, watch movies, trying to catch the point. This will help remove the psychological barrier to someone else's speech. The language can be learned not only rationally, driving in the left hemisphere rules, exceptions and memorizing a long list of new words, but also irrationally, creatively, intuitively, saturated with texts, sounds, musical overtones of foreign speech. Intuitive language comprehension is possible. That is why polyglots say that any foreign language is like new shoes. We cannot redraw it overnight in size, but we can “carry” it.
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Parallel reading Thanks to him, a person ceases to strain, experience stress, switching between his tongue and a stranger. Texts for parallel reading in 33 languages, even free ones, can be downloaded at http://franklang.ru/. This is the language project of Ilya Frank. Similar services are provided by the educational language network http://www.lingq.com/en/tour/, whose creator has studied ten languages thanks to his unique method. The texts on the site are divided by level of difficulty. While reading, you can link new expressions - a flash card package is automatically formed from them, they can be downloaded, printed, downloaded to your mobile phone and viewed in your free time.
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Communication with a native speaker of a foreign language. This is the fastest way to begin to understand foreign language, especially if the student has basic knowledge. The most important thing is not to put an excessive load on your shoulders. You need to start with a short talk about the weather, about animals, music or movies. And only then move on to more complex topics. The most important secret in learning a foreign language is to enjoy the process. If it is, it means that subconsciously a person wants to understand a foreign language. This means that after a while he will have an amazing sense of linguistic freedom when you hear foreign speech and understand it as your own.