KEYSTHE THREE

TO LANGUAGE LEARNING

THE FIRST GOLDEN KEY IS THE

ATTITUDEOF THE LEARNER.

ASK YOURSELF THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

Do I want tolearn thelanguage?

Do I like thelanguage I'mtrying tolearn?

Am Ideterminedto succeed?

Am I happy justto communicate,

withoutworrying aboutpronunciation or

correctgrammar? Am I prepared to

congratulatemyself for

whatever I’mable to achieve inthe language?

Do I believe Ican achievefluency in thelanguage?

IF THE ANSWER TO THESE QUESTIONS IS YES THEN YOU ARE

READY TO SUCCEEDAND READY TO MOVE TO THE NEXT GOLDEN KEY

THE SECOND GOLDEN KEY IS THE NEED TO

WITH THE LANGUAGESPEND TIME

THIS MEANS ENGAGING WITH THE LANGUAGE ITSELF,

NOT DEALING WITH EXPLANATIONS ABOUT THE LANGUAGE OR EXERCISES THAT TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND YOUR PATIENCE.

SPENDING TIME IN THECLASSROOM WITH

OTHER STUDENTS WHODON’T SPEAK THE

LANGUAGE, OR WITH ATEACHER EXPLAINING

THINGS, IS NOTNECESSARILY THE BESTWAY TO SPEND TIMEWITH THE LANGUAGE.

LISTENING TO THELANGUAGE ITSELF, ASSPOKEN BY NATIVE

SPEAKERS, WHETHER INFACE-TO-FACE

CONVERSATIONS, ORLISTENING TO AN

INTERESTING PODCAST ONAN MP3 PLAYER, ARE MOREINTENSIVE LANGUAGE

EXPERIENCES.

LANGUAGE LEARNING TAKES TIME. NOTONLY DO YOU NEED TO SPEND 45

MINUTES TO AN HOUR A DAY, BUT IT WILLLIKELY TAKE MONTHS AND POSSIBLY

YEARS TO ACHIEVE YOUR TARGET LEVELOF COMPETENCE IN THE LANGUAGE.

THE THIRD GOLDEN KEY, IS TO DEVELOP THE

ABILITY TO NOTICETO BECOME ATTENTIVE TO THE LANGUAGE.

WHEN WE START IN THE NEW LANGUAGE,EVERYTHING IS STRANGE AND UNCLEAR.

THEN AS WE START TO NOTICE A FEW WORDS OR SENTENCEPATTERNS THAT WE HAVE ENCOUNTERED OVER AND OVER,WE ARE BETTER ABLE TO NOTICE OTHER THINGS IN THE

LANGUAGE.

OUR ABILITY TO BE ATTENTIVE,THEREFORE, IS DEPENDENT ON

OUR ATTITUDE; OURDETERMINATION ANDWILL, OUR OPEN-

MINDEDNESS

THE AMOUNT OFTIME WE SPEND

WITH THELANGUAGE.

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STEVE KAUFMANN

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