7種學習語言的有效方法

1. Start With the End Goal in Mind

在心中樹立目標

If you don’t know where you want to end up, you’re not going to know where to go. Especially when things get tough.

如果你不知道你的目標，你不會知道最終的目標在哪，特別是當事情變得艱難的時候。

This is why innovative entrepreneurs, inventors, and influencers require a massive vision that they can rely on during the worst times.

這就是爲什麼創新企業家、發明家和有影響力的人需要一個大規模的規劃，他們可以在最艱難的時期有所幫助。

Make sure you have a meaningful purpose of why you want to learn a language. Is it to develop a deeper connection with your family, life partner, friends? Or maybe it’s because you want to advance your career by opening up new opportunities that would normally not be available today.

確保你有一個有意義的目標，你爲什麼要學習一門語言。你需要與你的家人，生活伴侶，朋友更好的交流嗎?或許是因爲你想爲事業打開新的機遇。

Another important skill to learn is how to set goals that clarify your end goal. Here’s an example:

另一個重要的技能學習是如何設定目標來達到你的最終目標。這裏有一個例子:

Bad goal: I want to learn a language so I can travel to Europe by next year.

糟糕的目標:我想學習一門語言這樣我可以明年去歐洲旅行。

Good goal: I want to learn how to speak Spanish so I can travel to Buenos Aires, Argentina by next summer.

良好的目標:我要學習如何講西班牙語，那麼我可以在明年夏天前前往阿根廷的布宜諾斯艾利斯。

Great goal: I will have a 15-minute conversation in Spanish with a native Argentinian person over coffee in a cafe in Buenos Aires on July 2017.

偉大的目標: 2017年7月，我要用西班牙語將和本土阿根廷人在咖啡館有一個15分鐘的談話，咖啡館在布宜諾斯艾利斯。

Notice how specific, visual, and deadline oriented the great goal is compared to the bad goal.

注意具體、可視化的和目標導向的的偉大目標比模糊的目標更好。

2. Pick the Right Language

選擇正確的語言

Picking the right language is not about the dream language you want to learn (although there is nothing wrong with that). In this case, we’re specifically talking about learning speed.

選擇正確的語言，不是你想學什麼語言就學（儘管沒有錯）。但一些情況下，我們應該具體討論學習速度。

If you already know how to speak English, learning Spanish, French, Portuguese, or any language from the latin family would be easier than trying to learn Mandarin.

如果你已經知道如何說英語，學習西班牙語、法語、葡萄牙語，或任何其他拉丁語言會比學中文更容易。

By being aware of the language you already know, you can choose transferrable languages to help you accelerate your learning.

意識到你已經瞭解的語言，你可以選擇可轉換的語言幫助你加快學習。

3. Follow a Proven Strategy

遵循一個有效的策略

There’s no need to reinvent the wheel when you’re learning something new. For nearly any skill, there’s someone who has already achieved expert status.

當你學習新東西時，不需要重新發明輪子。幾乎任何技能，都有人已經達到了專家的地位。

“If you want to be successful, find someone who has achieved the results you want and copy what they do and you’ll achieve the same results.”-Tony Robbins

“如果你想獲得成功，去找那些已經取得成就的人，你會達到相同的結果”。託尼·羅賓斯說。

When it comes to languages, there is an abundance of resources you can find from the comforts of your home, including:

當涉及到語言，你可以在集中找到豐富的資源，包括:

Language Blogs

語言博客

Language Teachers

語言教師

You can follow the strategies and tactics from any of these influencers who will help you shorten your learning curve.

您可以遵循成功人士的戰略和戰術，他們會幫助你縮短學習曲線。

4. Allocate Time Everyday to Learn (15-30 minutes)

分配每天的學習時間（15到30分鐘）

Nothing can be learned without the time commitment. Most of us have dozens of things that we are juggling throughout the day, from our work, social life, health, etc.

如果不能保證時間，就學不好任何東西。我們大多數人每天都有很多事情要做，工作、社會生活、健康等等。

But all of us have 15 to 30 minutes to learn something if we make it a priority in our lives.

但是如果我們安排一些優先級，就會有15到30分鐘的時間學到一些東西。

Track your schedule: Start by tracking everything you’re doing during the day on your calendar. Even include leisure activities like hanging out with friends and eating. You’ll be surprised how much free time you have to spend on learning something new.

跟蹤你的日程：首先跟蹤日曆上你白天做的一切事務，甚至包括休閒活動，如與朋友外出，吃飯。你會驚訝你很多少空閒時間可以用來學習新東西。

Prioritization: Now that you have a better idea of how you’re spending the day. It’s about prioritizing what’s truly important to you. Start by ranking which of these you should be focusing on, and even start delegating/eliminating the ones you don’t need.

優先級:現在你有一個更好的方法來安排你的日程。它優先考慮什麼是對你真正重要的。你首先應該排序，看看哪些是你真正關注的事情，然後開始取消你可能不需要做的事。

Optimization: Last is optimizing. There are three ways to optimize your schedule:

優化:最後的步驟優化。有三種方法來優化你的時間表:

Shorten your work tasks

縮減工作任務

Cut out your least important free time

去掉最不重要的休閒時間

Bundle your free times together

將空閒時間調整到一起

5. Take Advantage of Complimentary Tools and Resources

利用免費的工具和資源

When it comes to language learning, there are hundreds of free to cheap tools and resources that you can use. These include:

在學習語言時，有數不清的可以使用的免費工具和資源。這些包括:

Mobile apps

手機app

Books

書籍

Vocabulary tools

詞彙工具

6. Have Someone Teach You and Keep You Accountable

找一個人教你並且考覈你

If your goal is to learn faster, you’re going to need help.

如果你的目標是快速學習，你需要幫助。

This could be a personal friend, colleague, or a professional teacher that can keep you motivated and accountable throughout your journey.

這個老師可能是朋友、同事或者一個專業的老師，可以讓你在學習的過程中積極並且有效。

There are plenty of conversation exchanges you can check out to find a fellow language learning partner, or language tutoring platforms where you can connect with professional language teachers from the comforts of your home.

尋找一位語言學習夥伴，可以有大量的對話交流。或者在舒適的家裏，你可以在語言輔導平臺上聯繫專業語言教師。

While you may feel that going alone may be the best option when starting out, it’s rarely the sustainable option in the long-run. As every language learner will tell you, learning a language is a marathon, not a sprint.

雖然你可能會覺得一個人學習在開始時的最佳選擇，但它很少在長期可持續有效。每一個語言學習者都會告訴你，學習一門語言是一場馬拉松而不是短跑。

7. Just Keep Going

堅持

Nearly every struggle or problem you have is temporary. With a little bit of sweat and persistence, you can overcome just about anything.

幾乎每一個鬥爭或問題都是暫時的。汗水和堅持可以克服任何困難。

Whenever you feel like quitting or giving up, remember that thousands of others have come before you, and have felt the exact same way. But the reason why they’ve gotten to the other side is because they overcame the pain, doubt, and fear despite what their brain was telling them. You can do the same.

每當你覺得想要放棄，記住，成千上萬的人在你之前經歷過，並且和你有相同的感受。他們成功的原因就是他們克服了困難、懷疑和恐懼。你可以同他們一樣戰勝困難。

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