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Tips for learning a foreign language quickly

Article updated on March 31, 2025

You want to assimilate a tongue quickly without spending a fortune on courses or complicated software? It is entirely possible, but to achieve this you have to do it conscientiously and not give up even if you make mistakes.

Practice the foreign language

The first thing you can do is connect with someone who is a native speaker. Very often we spend far too much time studying grammar or memorizing lists of words rather than simply practicing. Speaking, discussing with someone who has a perfect command of the language will be much more motivating and enriching than looking at a computer screen or a dictionary!

Try to find a friend or colleague who is fluent in the language and see if they are willing to help you.

If you don't have anyone around you, you can try to contact someone via Skype in the country where the language is spoken. Often people in foreign countries agree to exchange good practices: half an hour in their language and another in yours.

You can also use a tutor on a platform like preply.com.

Study the language every day

Often people complain that they studied a language for years without being able to practice it fluently. But in reality, when they say they studied it for years, it was mostly just a few hours a week. If you really want to learn a language in a few weeks or months, you will have to dedicate at least two o'clock per day to achieve this.

Repetition is the key to learning a language. Repeat over and over again until it sticks in your head. If you take too many breaks between lessons, you will forget what you learned in the previous session. You can avoid this wasted time by learning every day. It may be a bit restrictive but it pays off in the end.

Have a dictionary handy

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Always have a dictionary near you. Whether it is a physical dictionary or a digital one on your computer or smartphone, you must have one. You will be able to consult it as soon as you need it during your conversations with your interlocutor. Without stopping the communication, you will be able to quickly find the word you are missing to express your thought or understand his.

You can also learn new words by consulting your dictionary while you are on public transport or waiting somewhere.

Watch, read and listen

Watch movies or series in their original language, preferably without subtitles. To start, watch movies or series whose plot you know or children's cartoons. Knowing the context will make it easier for you to understand the meaning of the words.

You can read a newspaper or a book and look up in the dictionary all the words you don't understand the meaning of. Take a children's book to start with, it will be much easier.

Finally, you can also listen to songs or radio stations in the language to familiarize yourself with the accents and intonations of everyday language.

It's not very complicated to learn a foreign language, you just have to get started and persevere! Come on, get to work!

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