3 people's habits, which is easily given to foreign language learning

All the people who successfully cope with learning a new language, combines several habits. It does not matter what you are learning a foreign language: to improve your career prospects, get good grades in school, to prepare for a trip abroad, or simply for their own pleasure.

The process of learning a language is similar to the diet

Some services for learning languages ​​claim that their program is so effective that you learn to fluently speak another language in a couple of weeks, or even for one night (imagine there a). Others argue that you learn to fluently speak, if you just listen to the recording.

But let's be realistic: the science and personal experience suggest that most people need time to master a second language.

Learning a language can be compared with the diet. Will you be able to lose 20 kilos in the night? No chances. A few months? Already much closer to reality.

To keep in shape, you need to exercise and follow a healthy diet. Similarly, in order to succeed in learning the language, have the habit to practice regularly and repeat material.

More than 150 million people around the world enjoy the service "Duolingo" for learning languages, usually with phones and tablets during breaks or the daily commute to and from work. service specialists analyzed their behavior, and collected a lot of data on the process of learning and repetitive behaviors. Here's what they have learned about the habits that should be followed during the training.

Habit № 1. Learn a little every day

The proven way to succeed in what you want - to do it regularly. Learning a language is no exception.

The first graph shows that the majority of users are not bombarded with training, be sure to give him at least a few minutes each day. Conversely, people who look into the application after 5-6 days, usually done at all.

Graph 2 shows the number that achievers also are more lessons per week and thus give more time training.

The researchers also identified a group depending on the model behavior. For example, there is a "day students" - people who use the application only on weekends. There are a group of "students from 9 to 5" - people who are engaged through the app only during working hours.

The graph № 3 that the users of these groups exhibit a low level of language capacity (in terms of psychometric analysis) than people who use the application almost daily.

Another group of users who attends daily at bedtime seems to reach a higher level of skill. This conclusion is confirmed in practice, research data on the impact of sleep on improving learning outcomes.

Make a schedule so as to give time classes several times a day. This will help maintain the memory in good shape. Then you are more likely not to give up the study of language. And if you will get a habit of repeating elapsed before bedtime, the results will be even better.

Habit № 2. Do not overdo it

Do not try to remember more in one go. People who are given learning languagesThey tend to share more busy for a few short lessons.

The graph shows the change № 4 daily sessions. Do users whose training is progressing well, the figure below. So, they take time and practice lessons every day. In another column - the higher vibration. These are users who from time to time start marathon to catch up for lost time. Most probably they will throw training.

Psychological studies show that the habit of passing a large amount of material in a short time leads to a desire to quit trainingA Meta-Analytic Review of the Distribution of Practice Effect: Now You See It, Now You Do not. . But this does not happen, if the effort to distribute. This is true for all skills, from language to the control plane.

Better absorb the material parts. Let them be little, the main thing - to practice regularly.

Habit № 3. Repeat, repeat, repeat

Always you may be tempted to run forward and learn more new material, especially when the training takes place in the form of a game. But anyone studying a second language, to confirm: all learned gradually forgotten.

According to psychological studies, we store the information only if you constantly repeat the material covered. This helps to get knowledge of the short-term memory to long-term.

But how do you know it's time to repeat the old material? When you are full of strength, focus on learning new things. The best time to recurrence - when you start to forget.

When a notice that your knowledge began to deteriorate, practice. In "Duolingo" users can see wordlistWith whom they usually have problems. Also, the system automatically monitors the skills on which it makes sense to work.

In the graph number 5 it is clear that people who have successfully studying the language, find a balance between theory (the study of new material) and practice (repetition of old).

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That's the whole secret: learning regularly, do not overload your head from time to time repeat traveled. And do not worry that it will take much time for the development of any skill takes time.