What are some popular methods of studying a language

[evolvedbullet]

What the topic says, as many of you know of my really stupid thread about German states in this section, it relates to that language, german. I can't get the grasp of the language because I odnt know where to begin studying 1/2 the time and it is the only class I am failing. This is a question about studying strategies, not a IN GERMAN answer. Thank you and please don't flame me for being retarded .

 

[shuttleboi]

I took 6 classes of Spanish at the university level. Here are some tips. Vocabulary will always be difficult, because there are simply so many words. Instead, master basic grammar and verb conjugation first. To learn vocabulary, I used flash cards like mo-fo for everything: nouns, verbs, adjectives, etc. Put English on one side and the foreign word on the other. The key is train is by looking at the English side first, try to answer it in your head, and then check the foreign side. If you study the foreign side and then English side, you will have a harder time.

 

[spidey07]

Du kann nicht verstehen?

Es tut meir leid. Haven sie viel zu viel zu trinken?

Wenn ich geld habe, werde ich dien auto kaufen.

Seriously though, I really strugged with German. With any language the best course is repetition. Try to speak it and repeat, repeat, repeat. Don't try to do a word for word translation, it doesn't work. You have to get into the flow of the language.

Tchuss!

*excuse butchering of the language*

 

[akshatp]

Go to the country where the language is primary. Live there for a year. You will pick it up.

 

[evolvedbullet]

You know, i did that in mexico and I know 1/2 of the language already. I got stuck in cancun for almost a year because we had no money to return home . Mexican jobs suck and they pay you like 60 pesos and hour