Choosing The Right Tools To Learn A Language

Researchers – with far too much time on their hands – recently assessed the pressure that men are under when they go shopping. They wired them up to sensors and were astonished to find that when shopping, many men are under the same stress as a fighter pilot going into battle. This would be hilarious, except I have a strong suspicion that I am one of these panic stricken men. At Christmas time, I can be seen darting around department stores desperately seeking inspiration, with a million options and not a single sensible
idea. It seems my faculties of reasoning at this time of year shrink to the size of a particularly small brained chicken. The grotesque gargoyle of an ornament I bought my father last year is testament to that.

What was I thinking? Or, indeed, was I thinking at all? The fact is I am often overcome by the sheer volume of things to buy, coupled with no criteria to help me buy the right present.

Language Learning Information Overload

Buying a product to improve your language is just as confusing. There is a lot to be confused about! There are CDs, talking toys, talking books, text books, audio programs, DVDs, phrasebooks, vocabulary lists, grammar drills, software, magnetic readers and much, much more. The truth is that all of these language products cannot be equally effective. Most end up on shelves collecting dust. What is truly shocking is that independent research shows us that many famous products hardly work at all.By sharing with you the Five Proven Principles of Language Learning we will help you to navigate your way through the language minefield, objectively assess what works (and what doesn’t), and provide you with tools that really work!

So here is a language tool thatw works.

Read foreign books with a dictionary to hand. If you have a young child read them their favourite stories in a foreign language. Older children and adults can read foreign books for themselves. Research has shown that this simple past time is actually one of the most effective ways to absorb a language. The beauty of this system is that words are automatically put into context and given “meaningfulness” - an important plank in language learning. I read a bit of Italian every night. It is effective and satisfying. I even found myself dreaming in Italian but that is another story.

Spanish and French Language Learning Games

KLOO has created a series of language learning games that are designed by games experts and tested by teachers. The result is a game concept that uses proven language
principles to make learning faster, easier and a lot more fun. What is more, you can try it out for free.

By: Andrew Finan

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