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Viewing A Really Fun Way of Learning New Languages!A Really Fun Way of Learning New Languages!
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By Amaury Hernandez After studying around 30 minutes of French or German, I start to get bored and anxious. It has always been like this, and not just for languages, but for almost everything: math, chemistry, programming, etc. About a year ago, I found a really good way of studying languages, which never made me tired or anxious. I've always been a computer geek and always loved to play computer video games. One day, when I started wondering about things (usually this happens in the bathroom), I started questioning myself. How did I learn English? (I'm from Mexico, so my first language is Spanish). A good percentage of my English was learned at school, but what I discovered was that most of my English came from video games, especially RPG's (role-playing games). Then, a marvelous idea came to my mind: why not do the same with French and/or German? Immediately, I began my search for some games. After research, I remembered I had a game called The Secret of Monkey Island, the CD version, which came in several languages. I began playing it in Italian (I didn't know any Italian, 0%, nada), and after around 30 minutes, I noticed I started to understand many words. After beating the game in 2 days, I was able to talk some Italian (just some ... I wouldn't survive in Italy ... or maybe I would, but just because Spanish is like a brother to the Italian). Then, I decided to start the game again (damn, I love that game), and during this second time I was able to understand around 70% of what the characters were saying. And after beating it the second time, I started it in German. Well, I guess you get the point by now. The most important thing about this technique isn't how fast I started to learn about the words, grammar, etc., but how long I lasted playing the game! When I study French the classical way, I only last about 30 minutes without a headache ... when I study French playing a video game, I only last ... well, I'd last until I gotta go to college. If you believe you can stand studying languages with the classical approach, do it! You'll learn in a better quality way. However, if you are struggling because of all those headaches, I recommend you try this method. Don't have a video game to start studying? Well, you can download The Secret of Monkey Island. This game is so old they made it abandonware (it's free). Or you can buy a video game that comes in several languages. About the Author: I and some other people are working towards making a language learning community, where anyone can come by and start practicing new languages for free and/or help others learn. Visit our Foreign Language Learning Blog and start discovering some valuable tips and information for your language learning. We are working hard at this project, and we hope you can visit. Article Source: A Language Guide - http://www.a-language-guide.com |
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