Want to learn a language quickly
We all know that learning anything new takes time and effort. Rome was not built in a day!
Whether it is a sport, a vocational subject, a new skill like playing a musical instrument, working on a new machine, anything, to attain expertise in it requires enough time to be devoted to that activity. Learning a new language is no exception to this rule. If you wish to attain proficiency in a language and speak it fluently, you need to devote some time and make sincere efforts to learn it by heart.
Now, does this mean that language learning is a time consuming and tedious activity? Of course, not! If a language is taught and learned in an effective and smart manner, it can be mastered in a short span, say, in a few months, or even a few weeks. Don’t believe us? Read the following:
There are many conventional (time-tested) or age-old methods of teaching a language. Along with these methods, there, also, are new, innovative, and interesting new ways to get onboard language learning.
Let us see a few methodologies used for teaching languages.
1) Grammar translation
Here, the target language is taught to a student through the medium of a language that he or she is already acquainted with. Simple or basic grammar concepts are translated from the known language to the target language. Comparisons are, then, made between the grammar concepts of the two languages to establish clarity in the mind of the student.
2) Total physical response
In this method, not a single word from another language is used to teach a target language to a student. Actions (movements) and gestures are used to explain meanings of expressions such as ‘sit down’, ‘get up’, ‘go out’, ‘come in’, etc. spoken in the target language.
3) Interactive or communicative approach
Here, language is taught via constant interaction between the student and the instructor. The instructor poses a question, and also answers it in such a way that the student automatically understands the meaning of the question, and learns how to answer it. For example, if the teacher asks, “What is your name?”, and answers “My name is … (the student’s name)” in the target language, the student is bound to understand that the question was regarding his or her name.
4) Direct way or natural approach
Here, no grammar-translation takes place, at all. Listening and speaking start first. A language is taught even to grown-ups the same way as it is taught to a toddler. It is a natural learning process, wherein reading and writing come at a much later stage.
5) Immersion
In this methodology, a student is expected to totally get immersed in the new language. Every word, every phrase is taught with the help of some or the other medium such as showing the object for which a word stands, either in reality (life-size) object or a picture of it in a book. A student is not allowed to speak a single word from another language.
6) Assignment or task based learning
In this method, learning is rotated around a task or activity or assignment. Vocabulary related to the task is taught, and a student is expected to remember it in the context of the task.
All these above methods of teaching earlier used to be practiced offline, that is, in physical classrooms. Today, taking into consideration the current scenario worldwide, everyone prefers to learn any new language from the comfort of one’s home, avoiding the hassle of traveling or commuting, and moreover, without spending much time learning
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