Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Be Fluent in a New Language in Few Months

The necessity of fluent language
Language is a mode of communication which humans have developed over the years. For expressing feelings, thoughts and ideas in a correct way. This is generally termed as fluency in a language. A fluent language helps you to communicate with people in a better way. Consequently, they develop a liking for you.

Having fluency in a language improves communication skills. Better communication will lead to people listening to you; you will start getting attention and your confidence levels will boost and your overall personality will be developed automatically.

Steps to follow
Before you build fluency in some language, it is important that you have some basic knowledge of that language.
  • Improve your vocabulary: Know most commonly used words in that language and their usage. Having a good knowledge of words and their usage will save you from getting stuck in middle of a conversation. Experts say that minimum knowledge of 300 words is must to communicate in any language.
  • Learn and practice common sentences: Now you are done with the words, start practicing them by forming sentences. Also learn simple sentences used in everyday life. You may start up by learning pleasantries. You must practice them regularly to gain mastery over the sentences.
  • Start speaking: As soon as you get some working knowledge of the language, get yourself busy in conversing in that language. You may do mistakes, but learning from mistakes is where the glory lies in. Befriend a local native and start speaking. Ask him to correct you in case you go wrong. Making an online friend is a good option.
  • Learn basic grammar: Having little knowledge of grammar will help you frame sentences in a proper way. Hence you should make attempts to learn some basic grammar of that language. Be careful to restrict yourself to simple grammar.
  • Try to get accent: You have to develop an accent for that language else you will struggle to have a good command in a language. You can hire a tutor online or watch videos online to pick up an accent.
  • Practice and feel what you say: Practicing is the key to be fluent in any language. The more you practice, the better you will be. Hence you should start thinking in that language. People generally frame a sentence in their mind and then speak it out but if you start thinking in the same language, the communication will be more effective.
Few key points
Fluency is a thing that is more of practice based. You just need a little help of books to learn simple sentences and words. Rest you have to practice it out. Practicing is the key to be fluent in a language.

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