{"id":112,"date":"2009-06-14T16:05:43","date_gmt":"2009-06-14T16:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.language-museum.com\/blog\/?p=112"},"modified":"2009-06-15T21:48:37","modified_gmt":"2009-06-15T21:48:37","slug":"how-to-learn-so-which-method-do-i-choose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.language-museum.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/14\/how-to-learn-so-which-method-do-i-choose\/","title":{"rendered":"How to learn: so, which method do I choose?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/eddiemalone\/2803665125\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.language-museum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/confused-method-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"Confused\" title=\"Confused\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-201\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.language-museum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/confused-method-300x201.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.language-museum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/confused-method.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>I&#8217;ve presented here the main ways people tend to learn a new language, but modern technology will always come up with more. You could meet a native speaker on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.skype.com\/intl\/en\/\" target=\"_BLANK\">Skype<\/a> and chat with them for example, or try this <a href=\"http:\/\/edufire.com\/\" target=\"_BLANK\">video-learning site<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>From my own experiences of learning languages, I would say that a combination of all the above methods is perhaps best. I know that without deadlines and a place to be I would not make the effort, so a class is probably my best fit. However, when I&#8217;m travelling I like short and simple podcasts so I can revise and practice on the way and whilst in-country. In the end though, it&#8217;s all about trial and error and finding the right method(s) that are right for your style of learning. For a list of free language products, <a href=\"http:\/\/freestylelanguage.com\/08\/2007\/free-language-big-list\" target=\"_BLANK\">try this<\/a> as a guide.<\/p>\n<p>So, having weighed up the various pros and cons, considered how much time and money you have to commit, and how tech-savvy you are, it&#8217;s time to get out there and start learning!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve presented here the main ways people tend to learn a new language, but modern technology will always come up with more. You could meet a native speaker on Skype and chat with them for example, or try this video-learning site. From my own experiences of learning languages, I would say that a combination of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,40],"tags":[74],"class_list":["post-112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hints-and-tips","category-language-acquisition","tag-learning-languages"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.language-museum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.language-museum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.language-museum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.language-museum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.language-museum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.language-museum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":202,"href":"http:\/\/www.language-museum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112\/revisions\/202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.language-museum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.language-museum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.language-museum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}