We\u2019ve shared our top language learning tips with you. And then we looked at some of the myths about learning language that are out there. This week, we take you through the top 5 mistakes that people make when learning a new language.<\/p>
Avoid making these mistakes and improve your chances of learning a new language faster and with a lot more fun along the way!<\/p>
#1 Worrying about making mistakes<\/strong><\/p> Its normal, natural and even a good idea to make mistakes\u2026 by making mistakes you learn. It gives you the opportunity to find out more information, new words and how to express new ideas. No-one can just pick up a language in a few days or weeks. You\u2019ll be making mistakes for a while. So instead of being so self-conscious about it, make those mistakes. Let people correct you and learn more while you do.<\/p> #2 Thinking You\u2019ll never get the pronunciation going<\/strong><\/p> So much of good pronunciation is muscle memory. For different languages, your mouth, lips and tongue have to make different shapes. It\u2019s like starting a new sport. At firs your legs and arms don\u2019t obey you so well. But with practice they do. Become conscious of what new movements you have to make to improve your pronunciation and practice them, just like any muscle.<\/p> #3 Only worrying about grammar and not fluency<\/strong><\/p> Grammar is good. But when you\u2019re starting out, what you probably need is to be able to communicate. If you stay too focussed on grammar and leave out fluency, you can end up knowing all the conjugation rules for every tense but still not speak a sentence. Remember to get talking and try out your new words and language at every opportunity.<\/p> #4 Learning vocabulary out of a book<\/strong><\/p> Learn the words you\u2019re going to need. Learning Spanish for work? Learn business related words, not the kitchen and the cupboard! Always be very aware of what your actual goals are and target the vocabulary you will need to use your new language in that area.<\/p> #5 I won\u2019t get better because I don\u2019t live there<\/strong><\/p> Living abroad is just one way of achieving immersion in a language. Right here at home you can: find yourself a language buddy, watch films and TV in t your target language, use online tools and apps only in the language you are learning. You might need to be creative, but it\u2019s not impossible.<\/p> TalenInstituut Free Tip:<\/em><\/strong><\/p> Technology is your friend. There is a huge variety of FREE language learning apps and websites available. Do a thorough search online or in your app store and you will find convenient and affordable ways to help you to develop your language skills.<\/p> At TalenInstituut Nederland (The Dutch Language Institute) we understand the needs that companies face as well as the fears individual learners feel. This is why we offer flexible, fully customised business\u00a0language courses\u00a0to businesses and individuals. Through a process of interviews and meetings we establish the unique needs and competence of our clients and design each and every course around those. To find out more about our Business English and other language courses, visit our website and ask us for a quote:<\/p> taleninstituut-nederland.nl<\/a><\/p> \u00a9<\/u> Taleninstituut Nederland<\/p> By: David Chislett Do you want to be kept up to date<\/strong> with developments in international business and our business language training? We publish articles every month about current developments in language training. If you follow us on LinkedIn<\/a>, you will be automatically updated when new articles are posted.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We\u2019ve shared our top language learning tips with you. And then we looked at some of the myths about learning language<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/taleninstituut.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/taleninstituut.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/taleninstituut.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taleninstituut.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taleninstituut.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/taleninstituut.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8357\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/taleninstituut.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taleninstituut.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taleninstituut.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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