Sarah Gooding

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This year’s London Language Show gave us an excellent opportunity to meet all you language lovers out there, and gather some of your top tips on language learning – listed below are some of the most popular and useful tips that we came across !

1.) Don’t just rely on the lessons – do something outside them, even if it’s just going to the cinema with friends and watching a movie with subtitles.

2.) Put vocab onto post-it notes, coloured by gender, and stick them up around the room. Change them regularly too!

3.) Sing, sing, sing! Learn to lose your inhibitions and immerse yourself in the target language.

4.) Read newspapers and watch the news in the foreign language.

5.) Get a foreign boy/girlfriend!

6.) Take exams.

7.) Get lots of speaking practice.

8.) Have fun whilst you learn!

9.) Have a glass of wine before you start!

10.) Learn one step at a time, or at least don’t try to pick up all the basics at the same time.

11.) Be disciplined.

12.) Podcasts are awesome!

13.) Don’t be afraid to make a fool of yourself.

14.) Get to know “ Earworm Raps “ (and other useful online learning games).

Got anything to add? - Feel free to add your own hints and ideas on learning a new language in the Comments box below...