How to Learn a Foreign Language - Study Tips - Language Learning

Hello Socratica Friends! We're here to help you be a Great Student. How to Learn a Foreign Language is one of our favourite subjects. Our host Liliana speaks English, Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian - and she’s agreed to share some of her top tips for learning a second language. We discuss the importance of pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary, and include tips for conquering each of these important areas.
We also try out an online language learning site, Lingoda. This is a great way to be able to learn using immersion without having to travel to another country! Immersion is when you ONLY speak your new language, without any English interruptions.

Don't forget - these tips and tricks also work if you are learning English as a Second Language! ESL students and people studying for the TOEFL should also get a lot from this topic.

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This video was sponsored by Lingoda.

You can learn a new language online with Lingoda - even if you are a complete beginner. Try group classes or one-on-one instruction with native speakers.

Lingoda is offering a 15% discount to Socratica viewers! Use the discount code: SOCRATICA

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We recommend:
"Fluent Forever: How to Learn Any Language Fast and Never Forget It" by Gabriel Wyner:

SPANISH FREQUENCY DICTIONARY:

FRENCH FREQUENCY DICTIONARY:

GERMAN FREQUENCY DICTIONARY:

PORTUGUESE FREQUENCY DICTIONARY:

JAPANESE FREQUENCY DICTIONARY:

ENGLISH FREQUENCY DICTIONARY

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Great Student: Liliana De Castro
Written and Produced by Kimberly Hatch Harrison
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[kenroyadams]

This woman is such a legend! My goodness. One minute she's teaching me Abstract Algebra, next, she's teaching me how to learn foreign languages. Such an intelligent and powerful mind. Thank you, thank you, thank you Liliana.

[franciscoreig]

Muito obrigado a todos do Socrática, especialmente para você, Liliana, você é encantadora.

Thank you very much to all of you of Socratica, specially to you, Liliana, you are blessing.

[randellporter]

Watching the other videos Liliana has taught, she was so fluent and intelligent speaking in English,  I had no idea that English wasn't her first language.   I am amazed that she has such a grasp of the vocabulary.  Regarding a new language coming from someone as talented as she,  I take as gospel.  Thx

[fabiovitoriano]

When she said "bom dia" ("9:37") I thought I was listening to a Portuguese native speaker

[sabrinaa.]

Liliana, tu és um hino de mulher. Obrigada por esse vídeo maravilhoso, viu? Tô na minha caminhada pra ficar fluente em inglês e tbm comecei a aprender japonês recentemente. Vou tentar aplicar essas dicas 😚

[OnumLCT]

Another reason for learning phrases instead of individual words: The usage of one word can be different in different language. For example, in English we say "on time", even if we know the word for "on" and for "time" in French, we can't say "sur temps", because it's "à l'heure", and Francophones can't use "at the hour" to represent "on time", because it's different.

[bluenetmarketing]

You are an excellent communicator young lady.

[JoachimderZweite]

My Latin professor thought that Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian and French were one language and English his second language and German, Swedish, Dutch, Norsk, Dansk his third language. What a nut job!

[josuegutierrez]

I just started watching your videos guys, and so far the content is so interesting I love it!
my native language is Spanish, and I'm currently studying Mechanical Engineering in California

[CarlosGarcia-l]

buenísimo tu video!!!
excelentes consejos, mil gracias!!

[xskywakerx]

amazing thanks for the class, I do appreciated it !

[Howtogetfluent]

Great summary of solid tips - agreed with all of this, thanks:)

[Vik]

Very nice video. You and your team are doing a great job. Thank you.

[rubenmachi]

Questo canale è meraviglioso! Mi aiuta a migliorare il mio inglese e fornisce un sacco di contenuti utilissimi!

[FazuEli]

I learn English with socratica! This channel helps me a lot. I can speak English fluently but I understand everything she said.

[enkiimuto]

Thank you for the frequency dictionary idea. It is not the first time i heard of that but DAMN, it is so easy to forget about it.

[xianwuxing]

She is wonderful. You have a beautiful way of presenting information. It is both enjoyable and informative. So refreshing. Thanks for posting!

[freshapplenews]

This is very helpful video, I am going to share it on my twitter. Thanks !

[adishshakya]

Liliana, you are the best she makes everything so simple. Love you

[hbuzmfl]

So amazing learning methods. It reminds me the things i learned in my graduate school.