how to self teach a new language
- have contact with this language by hearing it on movies, tv shows and music. this will help you with your pronunciation skills and with your vocabulary
- learn vocabulary and grammar at the same time
- read kids books and translate what you don’t know. it might be hard at the beginning, but keep trying
- speak to yourself will help you like crazy. I like to pretend that I’m acting or that someone is interviewing me hahah see the magic happens
- READ AND WRITE. this is as important as speaking. It used to be so hard for me to write in English and I felt awful because I could actually speak very well. But my writing skills were just a lower level than my speaking level. Thankfully it’s getting better with practice.
- try to study a little everyday. if you don’t have time to do so, watch a movie or something, but have this contact with the new language at least once a day
- be persistent because the processes of learning a new language can really piss you off. sometimes you will understand nothing and that will drag you down. the difference is to keep pushing until it doesn’t bother you anymore!
