![]() The internet has a firm monopoly on casual learning these days. Learning a language has never been easier. But in the modern age it can all be achieved from the comfort of your own home. Learning a language used to mean poring over endless books and tests, practice papers and exams. ![]() Luckily for us, we have access to the internet. Spanish and French we could learn within a handful of months of intense study but if we wanted to learn Japanese to a proficient level we’re looking at nearly two years of intense work.Īre there things we can do to make learning a language a little easier for ourselves? It’s very easy to see that the ‘closer’ a language is to English, the easier we English speakers will learn it. If we were to break down the number of hours required per language, it would look something like this: Language This is an important disclosure, because those of us who employ English as our mother tongue will have an easier time learning other European languages, but will typically struggle with languages from farther afield. This is written on the understanding that you, the reader, are an English speaker. If a language can be learned in 24 hours then it must be an easy language – but if it’s going to take you ten years then that implies a sense of difficulty. It often goes hand-in-hand with the concept of ‘difficulty’, for most people. This is the fist thing people realistically want to know. How long is it going to take to learn a language? 90% of learning a language is your attitude.Īccept that it’s going to be a challenge, believe that its going to be an uphill battle towards a potentially far-off victory, and then you’re already over the hardest hurdle. ![]()
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