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What is the best way to learn a foreign language?

Created:08/14, 20:20 | 0

Ideally, one can spend an extended period of time living in a country where that language is spoken natively by most people. Unfortunately, most people will not have that kind of opportunity.

I read that the best alternative is to start with your listening skill first. Just take in a lot and a lot of input. And gradually, you will be able to understand the language. Very much like how a baby learns.

But it seems that in school, we spend a lot of time learning how to read and write, memorizing vocabularies and grammar rules. Only to find out, after years of hard learning, that you cannot even handle simple day-to-day conversation and watch a movie without looking at the subtitle :P

Any thoughts?

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