The best way to learn a new language - tips and instructions

The world is open to those who speak foreign languages!

Mastering a foreign language enriches your career and leisure time enormously.

Anyone who has decided to learn a new language is dependent on good tips for the right approach. This is the only way to make learning fun. Once you have found the right learning style for you, you will retain the joy and motivation to learn and will soon be able to achieve good learning results. Would you like to learn a foreign language and are you looking for tips on the right approach? We have put together some ideas and approaches for the languages mentioned above. Find suitable learning methods that are perfectly suited to your personality and circumstances.

1. Decide how you would like to learn a new language. Take into account your ideas, wishes, your learning style, your life circumstances and the time you have available. Here are some examples to help you decide:
   
   

   You need	Your solution
   Frontal teaching, extensive learning material, prescribed homework, clear learning assignments from the teacher, group work	Language course at a language school in your area
   Independent learning on PC, tablet or smartphone, learning independent of time and place, learning in chunks at your own pace	Language learning apps and online courses
   Memorizing vocabulary, practicing grammar rules and conjunctions, creating flashcards, learning independent of time and place	Flashcards, language learning apps
   Social environment, being around people, identification, culture, conversations	Language study abroad, study abroad year, study abroad, work abroad, language courses abroad
   Audit pressure	Language diploma courses

2. Lose your inhibitions! Have the confidence to use your newly acquired language skills. Don't be afraid of making mistakes! Instead, ask your counterparts to correct you. This will help you to avoid consolidating incorrect expressions and mistakes. No master has ever fallen from the sky!
3. Always expand your vocabulary in a meaningful context instead of cramming isolated individual words.
4. Read simple magazines, newspapers and books in the foreign language at the beginning and more complex ones later.
5. Watch films, news and TV programs in the foreign language or with subtitles. It is possible to learn up to 15 new words per hour in this way.
6. Find a native speaker as a learning partner, e.g. in your degree program or at your workplace.
7. Plan a vacation in a country where the foreign language is spoken and combine learning and relaxation!
8. Avoid both underchallenging and overchallenging yourself. Look for courses, programs and materials that match your language level.
9. Learning should be fun, so you will soon reap the first rewards!
10. Never give up, tough times are part of the learning process. At such times, change your learning strategy or take a break and think about what you want to learn the language for - and continue as soon as you are motivated again.

All language learning opportunities at a glance