How to Improve Our Language Proficiency
Some people judged that learning foreign language is not too important. But according to other people, it’s very important because it brings a plenty of benefit. Everyone has their opinion respectively, isn't it?
According to my experience, here are some tips to learn a language effectively:
- Have a great desire to learn and study. In other words, you must have a strong motivation.
- Start from the smallest thing. For example, look up the meanings of goods or things around you (such as table, chair, etc.).
- Write your new vocabularies in a book or a pocket notebook.
- Take your own pocket notebook specialized for vocabulary and a pen. Write down new words that you don't understand on the last page of the pocket notebook then look up the meanings of those vocabularies (I, myself, use standard-size dictionary for this purpose, because it is easier to understand). In this way, you will be able to read and memorize the new vocabulary rapidly and easily at anytime and wherever you are.
- Try to learn at less 3 vocabularies everyday and seek for their explanations (as written in dictionary) on your "most-viewed" place (like your desk or in front of your wardrobe). Understand and memorize them. Don't forget to replace the old vocabulary with newest vocabulary everyday.
- Ask someone to be a partner to practice conversations in a foreign language you are learning. Remember that that you have to practice your communication skills regularly.
- Label or name everything in the foreign language you are studying. For example, stick a paper that is written "buku/book/hon" on your own book. It will make you easy to see and read it each time you want to use (or take) that book.
- Do reading-comprehension every time you able to do it (example : on the train).
- Keep motivated. You also can write the motivation word in the easiest place to look at..
- Take it easy...
The above trips are based on my friend’s and my own experience. Perhaps, for these suggestions do not work well or ineffective for anyone. Of course, you may set your own ways of learning techniques or strategies. No one is perfect.
You can master a language if you think you can. The level of motivation you have I your mind will affect the speed and the result of your study.
