Why take a dive in the native country?

Speaking from the experience of many years with children who have decided to move to countries to learn a language, I must admit that is the best way to assimilate the language, although it depends on the age and the ease of everyone, at all immersion cases involved such courses is a quantum leap, I would say that unattainable by other methods.

As we all know, at an early age it is much easier to assimilate any language is even shown that the brain of a child using two languages ​​develop differently, leading to a greater number of neuronal interactions, something that greatly help the child in adulthood.

Apart from the scientific, I have found that immersion in an environment of native speech is throwing the child to break down barriers, which makes sense considering that we all need to communicate and the need to do to get “the basics” is what that stimulates with basic I mean ordering food when they are hungry, to socialize through play with children of their environment, etc

Because of this “necessity” I have come to see how children who did not say a word in the native language, in two weeks they are able to express all their needs, I am not able to explain how and probably the child will not be either, just it happens naturally.

Clearly, this kind of dives are not as “comfortable” and expensive as other options (study, schools …) but the results, believe me, they do not have anything to do.

It should be added that the experience is not forgotten, today and whether past, who does not remember that summer …? .and Is that aspect is also important, I have teenagers who still remember me his first summer in the family.

The first experience abroad should be good, this is critical since it depends on the child wants to repeat similar experiences and over time will affect their ability to thrive in an increasingly globalized world. And … it is in this aspect that I personally came into play, if there is anything that characterizes us is that neither we nor want to be a “lucrative business” and this allows us to be close to the child, and close I mean be there physically with him, my role becomes that of a “fairy godmother” to ensure that no child, either by a family that has not conceded, either by difficulties in lectures or for any other reason would pass evil.

At these times and unlike other guild mates, the last option I ask myself is “send back”, what I do is try to solve the problem at the source with a very comprehensive supervision until I see that all goes well !.

I think ultimately that these experiences are to be jointly between parents and organization, here we do not impose a block of standard rules as each child / family is different and believe that only from the set task they can get the best results.

80% of the English language is learned by speaking and hearing and 20% studying.

Having launched in language learning by it * and also, having had some exchanges with other successful students, I have observed that a number of characteristics shared by these different people still each other!

I have grouped in 10 principles and attitudes necessary for success in general language and you, if not essential, very useful to progress rapidly and effectively in the language of your dreams!

The first thing to consider when undertaking wing such an exciting adventure that learning a new language is to have the right mood! Because, in fact, their thoughts influence their actions, so … If you are lazy, unmotivated, lack of energy, it will be very difficult to achieve significant progress in their learning!
And I hear you tell me “that’s fine, but how I developed this spirit of conqueror? I’m not in the base, can not become someone else” … And it’s good because it’s not what I want. What I want you to be a better version of yourself, become aware of their potential and especially you have great confidence in you !!
To do this, I recommend some methods that have already proven effective:

• Meditation.
• positive thinking (Couet method: repeating positive statements until you create).
• Display.
• Course theater, etc.

Put these tips and will choose the best way to succeed in learning languages!

That, to me, another essential component that will help you succeed in tongues!

For me, it is the ideal time of day to do so much! And it is also a very good for language learning thing, because by tomorrow you’re not stressed, exhausted and distracted by the various events of the day that could occur and disrupt their learning.

This also lets you far fewer opportunities to procrastinate and so do the many things as possible before they started the day! Not great?

What is the main difference between a successful student and one who will not succeed in the sustainable progress? You’ve guessed it: the desire to learn!

In fact, this also applies to any domain, those who succeed in the languages will always be the most curious, passionate and especially those nerds especially … continue their efforts !!

What I mean is that there should be days of grueling training five hours away, no! What I want is to boast of control (master) TRULY a language, you need to practice every day new things (checking, of course, you knew that). Why not worth spending 5 hours. An hour is enough!

And do not tell me you do not have time! We still have time, it’s just a matter of discipline and define its priorities.

Which brings us to our next point …

As I said in the previous point, in many cases, people who do not have time because there’s just define priorities and allowed to eat a lot of useless distractions that could very well happen!

I tell you what you think abstract?

Very good …

I’ll give you a list of things you have to do to have more time!

The time you can invest in your success in the languages:

• Disconnect your social network! I think Facebook in particular is a real addiction for some! Real-time tracking the life of his best friend who has bought a new toilet paper will not help in their learning. In addition, I also recommend disabling the option that tells each new notification: real enemy of concentration.
• Like Facebook, in general, and this was my case for a long time, when working with a computer, we tend to put a tab Facebook, Twitter and Youtube, occasionally distracted when I finish a task. Do not over all is the best way to destroy your concentration and all that you have done previously will be for nothing. When do you start to finish, without distractions.
• Finally last point, do not let your phone distract you. Friends are waiting for! If possible, turn off while learning, it will be one less distraction and this will really help you keep what you do.

This may seem paradoxical as advice but it is a reality because, being too focused and obsessed with a field that disturbs and stresses making slower than someone who has other activities and interests in other fields learning.

Ideally, learning a language should be part of your lifestyle and not become the central element of it. Moreover, the practice of certain activities may increase efficiency in language learning:

• Sport relax and channel the excess energy (in addition to developing their discipline)
• Spending time with family increases its ability to bond with others, as well as their social intelligence (which will be very useful in his conversation with the person speaking the target language).
• The practice of meditation allows you to relax and concentrate better on an activity

The word “chunks” comes from English and means “large pieces”! Learning by “pieces” means learning to pieces. What are the “chunks” of a language? It’s simple, chunks of a language are all phrases and fixed expressions that naturally come in very specific situations.

Examples: “have a nice day”, “Good luck,” “I beg you”, etc.

According to linguistic research, learning by “chunks” would be more effective than learning a long list of words separated by the time you learn phrases are also taught the correct conjugation and especially their context. That will help to improve their natural and fluency in a given language.

Do you think it is a convenient way?

Well I give a concrete example so you can understand it better.

Take, for example, the first case we saw above, “Have a nice day” is a phrase you hear a ton of times when interacting with people. It happens to you unnoticed.

However, what if someone said “Have a nice day” or “get a good I gave”?

This seems unusual, right?

Although a purely grammatical level of the sentence is all that is right, in a real context, it becomes inappropriate and uncomfortable. And this because it is different from the fixed sentence that uses all the natives of a country.

Understand, in this case, the importance of idioms and expressions in language learning and the benefit of learning “chunks” in this context.

In addition to the above proposals, think what is the best way to increase your basic vocabulary, his mastery of grammar and a large number of fixed and contextual sentences? You’ll never guess!

The reading !!

Indeed, reading is one of the fastest way I know to grow exponentially in the languages ​​and how quickly.

And I am living proof: after starting to read books in English with a reasonable level of English (well if I mastered the basics) I succeeded, thanks to a daily read 5 pages per day to acquire a level which, at the end of the year I managed to read fluently, without having to pause to understand what he was reading.

I honestly never would have reached this level of control if it had not used too painful method of learning. Sometimes, to progress and pass a level you have to know question and go beyond their apprehension.

After that, I’m not saying that this method is magical and will be effective everywhere.

Here comes my 8th proposal is …

Because no method and advice is self-sufficient, the best recommendation I can give is to diversify its sources of learning and experiences. Do not stay in a single method for progress, beyond.

At some point, both in language and in any other learning, you have to go through “levels”.

And this can be frustrating for many students because, having experienced rapid and steady growth, progress stops suddenly. And the main reason is because they have only relied on one or two techniques that thought infallible. However, the method that made him progress as a beginner can be completely overwhelmed when they crossed the intermediate course.

It’s like, read books can be really effective in improving your vocabulary and level of expression but it is quite useless in regard to pronunciation and the fact achieve expressed in effective situations.

You have learned that learning a language is something evolving and not fixed. To do this, you have to be flexible and adapt your methods and your level, your requirements and feel free to test several learning techniques, including those that are a bit unconventional. This is what will differentiate students who remain stuck in neutral for long.

This is a point often overlooked by a lot of learning and I really believe that it is harmful because for me, culture is an important point in learning foreign languages.

Indeed, linguistic aspect for me and cultural aspects are inseparable parts of each other. Because, for me, learning a language is more than a collection of words.

By learning culture it gives you the opportunity to learn more about the people in question himself: his way of thinking, their customs, their history … This will allow you to better communicate with the natives and to avoid mutual misunderstandings often between strangers.

Learning culture thus participate in its immersion in the heart of the language.

Moreover, today it is not the means to the lack of information (Internet, books, magazines, newspapers etc.)

As Chinese medicine believes that the integral aspect of the human body rather than focusing on a particular topic, I like to see language learning as “a whole” consisting of the sum of different skills that are like pieces of a puzzle to be assembled if you boast that you can control.

The core competencies that make up any language is for me:

• Reading skills.
• Writing skills.
• The ability to listen.
• oral skills.
• Ideally, these skills can work simultaneously (although this is not always possible) to avoid imbalances in their learning.

Then, nothing prevents you to concentrate on more than another, for example, if you have particular difficulties.

For example, in English where we have greater difficulty in orally, which tend to be weaker. Therefore, the focus will be more on this skill by increasing my time learning for oral and reducing the time reading and learning skills that I’m very good at writing.

This list of features is of course not exhaustive. There is more I could really have their place here, but wanted to give the key in this section so that you have a general idea on how to make good progress in language.

And if you have any questions please contact the ITERLINGUA team we will gladly answer your questions.

The other day when I was going for the umpteenth time the conjugation of the verb to be and be in French, I get questioned and felt the need to list the reasons that push us to learn a foreign language.

In fact, it is very important to understand why we want to learn a foreign language to be sustainable in the long term. Here are 7 good reasons to learn a foreign language …

I think it’s a real journey to discover for yourself the culture and life of the inhabitants of the country. Otherwise, you can safely done from home with a documentary, you all the landscapes without leaving the couch.

I assure you that the experience is not the same !!!!!! LIVE IN PERSON, YOUR OWN EMOTIONS !!!!!

Today it is almost essential to speak two languages to qualify for a good job.

If, for example, English has become the priority need for many positions in the workplace. The German may also be useful for some jobs.

YOU CHOOSE YOUR WORK. OTHER NOT DECIDE FOR YOU

DO NOT CLOSE BORDERS !!!!

Having made the decision that you want to learn a language (you need to read the article “10 attitudes needed to succeed in learning a language”) you realize that learning process in the native country is much faster. This progress will provide enough motivation to continue learning and security in yourself. Even native speakers of that language will be impressed by your ability.

And do not worry. Nobody expects you to use perfect grammar or talk up a storm from day one. All this to give you the courage to tackle other projects that did not have the courage to face before.

Yes, you have to work your neurons to prevent brain aging too fast. Learning a foreign language is a very exciting and useful for DS games silly intellectual activity and a box.

Claude Hagège says that “bilingual has a malleability and cognitive flexibility monolingual. Knowledge of a second language and verbal intelligence, conceptual training, a comprehensive reasoning and stimulate the discovery of underlying rules to solve problems would develop”

Some languages have a rhythm that sings very nice to hear. Personally, I think the French have a very beautiful sound. Others have written very attractive (Japanese, Mandarin, etc ..)

Curiosity and the desire to understand other cultures. This can bring an open mind, greater tolerance, and the enrichment of the individual’s identity.

Some people are interested in the linguistic aspects of another language and decide to learn it for its linguistic interest.