Strategies to Study a Strategies to Study a Foreign LanguageForeign Language

Learning another Learning another language is not easy, language is not easy, but most people can but most people can learn a second learn a second language. If you are language. If you are willing to put in the willing to put in the necessary time. Here necessary time. Here are some practical are some practical suggestions for studying suggestions for studying effectively, overcoming effectively, overcoming anxiety,and learning the anxiety,and learning the grammar and skills grammar and skills necessary for success in necessary for success in Foreign Language Foreign Language classes.classes.

Get Help

Good Attitude

Practice for tests

Learn Grammar

Make yourselfcomfortable

Attend and participate

Distribute your study time

Study everyday

Foreign Language

1. STUDY EVERYDAY1. STUDY EVERYDAY

Language Language learning is learning is cumulative: you cumulative: you can not put it can not put it off until the off until the weekend. Study weekend. Study 1 or 2 hours for 1 or 2 hours for every class every class hour. Read you hour. Read you notes.notes.

2. DISTRIBUTE YOUR TIME2. DISTRIBUTE YOUR TIME

Focus on a different task each time: vocabulary and grammar. Students learning proccess Approximately 80% of your study time should be spent in racitation or practice,including practice in the language lab and 15-30 minutes periods throughout the day.

3.ATTEND AND PRACTICE 3.ATTEND AND PRACTICE IN EVERY CLASSIN EVERY CLASS

Class time is Class time is your best your best opportunity to opportunity to practice. Spend practice. Spend a few minutes a few minutes “warming up” “warming up” before each before each class by class by speaking or speaking or reading the reading the language.language.

4. MAKE YOURSELF 4. MAKE YOURSELF COMFORTABLE IN THE COMFORTABLE IN THE

CLASSROOMCLASSROOM

Get to know your Get to know your classmates,so you classmates,so you will feel you are will feel you are among friends. Visit among friends. Visit your instructor your instructor during office hours during office hours to get to get acquainted:explain acquainted:explain your goals and fears your goals and fears to your teacher.to your teacher.

5.LEARN GRAMMAR IF YOU 5.LEARN GRAMMAR IF YOU DON’T ALREADY KNOW ITDON’T ALREADY KNOW IT

Grammar is the Grammar is the skeleton of a skeleton of a language,its basic language,its basic structure. Compare structure. Compare new grammatical new grammatical structures in your structures in your foreign language to foreign language to their English their English equivalents.Review a equivalents.Review a simplified grammar simplified grammar text.text.

6. PRACTICE FOR TESTS6. PRACTICE FOR TESTS If the test will If the test will

require you to require you to write,then study write,then study writing including writing including spelling and spelling and accents. Make up accents. Make up your own test your own test questions and questions and practice it. Read practice it. Read and practice your and practice your classes.classes.

7.DEVELOP A GOOD 7.DEVELOP A GOOD ATTITUDEATTITUDE Have a clear Have a clear

personal reason for personal reason for taking the taking the class.Set personal class.Set personal goals for what you goals for what you want to learn.Leave want to learn.Leave perfectionism at perfectionism at the door;give the door;give yourself yourself permission to permission to make mistakes and make mistakes and learn from them.learn from them.

8. GET HELP IF YOU NEED 8. GET HELP IF YOU NEED ITIT

Talk with your Talk with your teacher. Form teacher. Form study groups study groups among class among class members.Use members.Use tutoring services tutoring services or get extra or get extra information from information from different books.different books.