語言學習是場漫長馬拉松 六大技巧提高學習效率

但使用正確的語言技巧，你可以更快完成目標。例如學習西班牙語、法語、漢語或任何你想學習的語言。

1. Have a Word of the Day.

1.每日一詞。

A study was done on language learning revealed that:

一項語言學習的研究顯示:

“Studying the first 1000 most frequently used words in the language will familiarize you with 76.0% of all vocabulary in non-fiction literature, 79.6% of all vocabulary in fiction literature, and 87.8% of vocabulary in oral speech.

“學習1000個最常用單詞，可以使你熟悉非虛構文學中76.0%的詞匯，小說中79.6%的詞匯和87.8%的口語詞匯。

Studying the 2000 most frequently used words will familiarize you with 84% of vocabulary in non-fiction, 86.1% of vocabulary in fictional literature, and 92.7% of vocabulary in oral speech.

學習2000個最常用單詞，可以使你您熟悉非虛構文學中84%的詞匯，小說中86.1%的詞匯，和92.7%的口語詞匯。

And studying the 3000 most frequently used words will familiarize you with 88.2% of vocabulary in non-fiction, 89.6% of vocabulary in fiction, and 94.0% of vocabulary in oral speech.”

學習3000個最常用單詞，可以使你熟悉非虛構文學中88.2%的詞匯，小說中89.6%的詞匯，和94%的口語詞匯。

This means that learning the most common 1,000 words in any language will be the best use of your time, since learning an additional 1,000 words will only give you a 5% boost (from 88% to 93%) in oral speech.

這意味著任何語言學習中最常見的1000個詞匯是你日常使用最多的，因為學習額外的1000個單詞只會給你增加了5%的口語詞匯，(從88%提高到93%)。

2. Pick the right languages.

2.選擇合適的語言。

One way to speed up your language learning journey is to focus on learning the right language in the first place. This will be different for each person, but learning Spanish if you already know English is a lot easier than if you were to try to learn Mandarin.

加快語言學習進程的一個方法是把學習正確的語言放在第一位。這對每個人都是不同的，但如果你已經掌握英語，對你而言學習西班牙語比學習中文更加容易。

Learning a language is a lot like learning a new sport. If you know how to play water polo, learning a similar sport, such as handball is going to be a lot easier for you than trying to learn a sport involving different coordination, such as golf.

學習一門語言就像學習一項新的運動。如果你知道如何玩水球，學習類似的運動(如手球)，比努力學習一項其他動作的運動要容易得多(如高爾夫球)。

This isn’t to say that you shouldn’t attempt to learn a language that sprouts from a different language family. At the end of the day, your passion for learning a language will triumph the difficulties that you’ll face along the way.

這并不是說，你不可以嘗試學習一種與你掌握的語言差別較大的語言。在一天結束的時候，你的學習熱情會戰(zhàn)勝你將要面臨的困難。

3. Speak the language as much as you can.

3.盡可能多進行口語練習。

Just like the way we learned how to ride a bicycle for the first time, speaking a new language can only come from doing it.

就像我們第一次學會騎自行車,說一門新語言也同樣類似。

It means we need to be in front of native speakers, making as many mistakes as we can, and getting immediate feedback along the way.

這意味著我們需要在母語者面前練習，盡可能犯很多錯誤，并獲得即時糾正。

There is no shortcut or hack around this because speaking the language is the hack itself.

沒有快捷方式或技巧因為說一門語言本身就是技巧。

You can try going to the following resources to gain more speaking practice:

你可以嘗試以下的資源獲得更多的對話練習：

Conversation/Language Exchanges like conversationexchange.com or mylanguageexchange.com

conversationexchange.com 或 mylanguageexchange.com對話交流網站。

Local city language meetups like meetup.com or couchsurfing.com

meetup.com 或 couchsurfing.com獲取本地見面交流。

Asking a friend who speaks your target language

求助和你有相同目標語言的朋友。

Private language teacher platforms

私教平臺

4. Carry around a notebook and write down new words you learn.

4.隨身攜帶一個筆記本，寫下你學習新單詞。

This tip is particularly recommended for intermediate or advanced learners since it’s going to be hard to keep track of every single word you learn when you’re just starting out.

本條建議特別推薦中級或高級學習者，因為當你剛剛開始學習是很難記住每個新學的單詞。

But when you’re further along your journey, you can start to write down the new vocabulary that you learn from your private teacher or friends.

但是當你沿著你的進度學習，你可以寫下從家教或朋友那里學習的新詞匯。

Studies show that writing things down can help us retain more information in the brain, and it also allows us to refer to the list of new words we wrote down in the future.

研究表明書寫可以幫助我們記住更多的信息，也可以在將來查找寫下的單詞列表。

To make it easier on yourself, we recommend using the Notes application on your smartphone, because that will allow you to keep everything in the cloud, without requiring you to carry a bulky notebook wherever you go.

自己做更多的事，我們建議在你的智能手機上使用應用程序，因為這將在云上存儲你的信息，而不需要無論你走到哪里都攜帶笨重的筆記本。

5. Schedule it in.

5.將它安排在日程表里。

Research shows that scheduling our priorities is more effective than simply keeping a to-do list of our upcoming tasks. This is because scheduling forces us to have a realistic deadline, and has a timeline to complete the task.

研究表明，有重點地安排比簡單地保持一個待辦事項清單要更有效率。因為這樣的安排迫使我們自己定一個最后期限，并且有一個時間表來完成這個任務。

If you want to find more time in your schedule to learn a language, we recommend making it a priority by scheduling it into your daily calendar and sticking to it.

如果你想在你的日程安排花費更多的時間學習一門語言，我們建議到您的日程表提高它的優(yōu)先級并堅持。

Here are some additional tips to find more time as provided:

這里有一些其他的建議來更有效地利用時間：

Shortening your work tasks — This means that if you think a work task will take 2 hours, give yourself a deadline of 1 hour. It’s likely you’ll find a way to focus to get it done in time.

縮短你的工作任務——這意味著，如果你認為一個工作任務需要2小時，給自己定1小時的期限。很有可能你會找到一個可以集中完成它的方法。

Cut out unimportant free times — are there spare times in your day, where you simply do nothing or time-wasting tasks? Perhaps you find yourself going on social media in the late afternoon everyday, or checking email more than 5 times per day.

刪掉不重要的自由時間——你的一天中是否有什么都不做或沒有意義的空閑時間?也許你會發(fā)現(xiàn)自己會在每天下午使用社交媒體，或者每天查收郵件超過5次。

6. Get a private teacher.

6.找一個私人教師。

What do most of the top performers in the world have in common? They have a personal coach, whether it’s a fitness coach, business coach, or life coach.

世界上最頂尖的演員有何共同之處?他們都有一個私人教練，無論是一個健身教練、業(yè)務教練、還是生活教練。

Having someone accountable to your success not only allows them to see the blind spots that you’re missing, but they’re also able to get you through the rough moments you’ll inevitably face.

有人對你的進步負責，這樣不僅他們可以看到你忽略的盲點，但他們也能夠幫助你度過你自己無法避免的危險。

Psychologists have studied what’s known as the transition cycle. It’s the cycle of progress we go through whenever we’re experiencing change or a novel event, such as a tragic event or even learning something new.

心理學家研究過所謂的過渡周期，在我們正在經歷變化或一個新奇的事件的任何時候，都會經歷的周期過渡，如一個悲劇性的事件，甚至學習新的東西。

If you’re serious about learning a new language, and you want to see faster results, getting yourself a private teacher that can give you the support and help you need is one of the best personal investments you can make.

如果你真的想學習一門新的語言，并且你想盡快看到結果，請一個可以給你支持并幫助你的私人老師是最好的個人投資。