Learning new languages solo

[Stronglav]

Yes I would like to learn... german for example.

So how to?Because I live far from Germany and no hope getting there

anytime soon.

I am sure your advice will help not only me but also other people as well.

[Vagrant0]

Best advice I can offer towards learning a new language is to pick a language that you already have a reasonable amount of contact with.

 

The problem isn't so much the learning part of the language as it is the part of having any meaningful usage from it. Natural speakers of a language will give you a model for understanding pronunciation, pace, pitch, and inflection that is missing from a solitary study or even from a non-native speaker of that language. Being around a group or being in an environment where that language is used will also help prolong your ability to remember or formulate sentences in that language. There is no substitute for immersion.

[kvnchrist]

You could try to see if there are some German associations around where you live.

[Arcadiast]

I taught myself english. Mainly because it was the first language of computer software and I had not the patience to wait for localizations (things took much longer at the early days of internet).

 

The most important thing is to have a "drive" that will make sure you dont lose interest to soon. A friend of mine learned chinese in one year because he had a chinese girlfriend (women can be that "drive").

 

Other than that, I learned english by reading english comics, watching english movies etc. everything that i would like normally I started seeing or enjoying in english. It was gibberish at first but made more and more sense. If I would read a comic in english where one of the characters were giving another character an apple saying "here is a apple" than I would combine the pictures in my mind and remember those words. Many of these little things would in the end give a larger picture.

 

Of course thats only to take the first hard steps. If you want to "master" a language then I am afraid you need to visit a country where this language is spoken and use it as much as possible along with studying its rules.

[Deleted1205226User]

Find an Assimil method. Read literature both ancient and modern, comics, newspapers. Listen to radio information and German songs. Watch movies in original language and no subtitle. Go to German forums. Try to find German associations or conversation tables. Get German speaking friends.

 

 

 

There is no substitute for immersion.

So true!