GENERAL

  1. Find resources. Use a textbook for structure. Use online sources and You-tubers.
  2. Get a teacher for discipline and feedback.
  3. Immersion: Immerse yourself in the words, sounds, music, and environments just like how babies learn. Use Netflix because it tricks your brain to think you’re playing when you’re actually learning! Use a chrome extension like Toucan!
  4. Write your language learning plan precisely in your calendar. I do language learning afternoons on Fridays, and aim to do Korean every morning, even if just for 10 minutes. I plan to review my language learning plans and systems every Sunday.
  5. Take notes in another target language to practice simultaneously. For Korean, I like to slip in a few french words and phrases to practice. If you don’t know the translation in both languages just write an explanation in your native language.
  6. Active learning. When you read something new, imagine when you will use it and create sentences and examples.
  7. Write down your weaknesses. Work on it, write it down and target them. Add more exercises on how to reach your targets.
  8. Know your STRENGTHS, too. Use it to your advantage.
  9. Improvisation. Learn to improvise and write an essay in 3 minutes, 1 minute, etc. This is a big part of language tests.
  10. The key question in note taking is “How can I select, organize and highlight the information to reuse and review quickly?”\
  11. Find an area of work or interest, find articles to read aloud each day to build vocab.
  12. Sticky Notes everywhere!
  13. Talk to your future self (videos, emails, notes etc)