Hi everyone, my name is Steve Kaufmann. I have achieved varying degrees of fluency in 15 languages, and look forward to learning more. Here is the 3 Golden keys to learning a language. Visit my blog for more tips, advice, and motivation. http://blog.thelinguist.com/

1. KEYS
THE THREE
TOLANGUAGELEARNING

2. THE FIRST GOLDEN KEY IS THE
ATTITUDEOF THE LEARNER.

3. ASK YOURSELF THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
Do I want to
learn the
language?
Do I like the
language I'm
trying to
learn?
Am I
determined
to succeed?
Am I happy just
to communicate,
without
worrying about
pronunciation or
correct
grammar?
Am I prepared to
congratulate
myself for
whatever I’m
able to achieve in
the language?
Do I believe I
can achieve
fluency in the
language?

4. IF THE ANSWER TO THESE QUESTIONS IS YES THEN YOU ARE
READY TO SUCCEEDAND READY TO MOVE TO THE NEXT GOLDEN KEY

5. THE SECOND GOLDEN
KEY IS THE NEED TO
WITH THE LANGUAGE
SPEND TIME

6. THISMEANSENGAGINGWITHTHELANGUAGEITSELF,
NOT DEALING WITH EXPLANATIONSABOUT THE LANGUAGE OR EXERCISES THAT
TESTYOURKNOWLEDGEANDYOURPATIENCE.

7. SPENDING TIME IN THE
CLASSROOM WITH
OTHER STUDENTS WHO
DON’T SPEAK THE
LANGUAGE, OR WITH A
TEACHER EXPLAINING
THINGS, IS NOT
NECESSARILY THE BEST
WAY TO SPEND TIME
WITH THE LANGUAGE.

8. LISTENINGTOTHE
LANGUAGEITSELF, AS
SPOKENBYNATIVE
SPEAKERS, WHETHERIN
FACE-TO-FACE
CONVERSATIONS, OR
LISTENINGTOAN
INTERESTINGPODCASTON
ANMP3PLAYER, AREMORE
INTENSIVELANGUAGE
EXPERIENCES.

9. LANGUAGE LEARNING TAKES TIME. NOT
ONLY DO YOU NEED TO SPEND 45
MINUTES TO AN HOUR A DAY, BUT IT WILL
LIKELY TAKE MONTHS AND POSSIBLY
YEARS TO ACHIEVE YOUR TARGET LEVEL
OF COMPETENCE IN THE LANGUAGE.

10. THE THIRD GOLDEN KEY, IS TO DEVELOP THE
ABILITY TO NOTICETO BECOME ATTENTIVE TO THE LANGUAGE.

11. WHEN WE START IN THE NEW LANGUAGE,
EVERYTHING IS STRANGE AND UNCLEAR.
THEN AS WE START TO NOTICE A FEW WORDS OR SENTENCE
PATTERNS THAT WE HAVE ENCOUNTERED OVER AND OVER,
WE ARE BETTER ABLE TO NOTICE OTHER THINGS IN THE
LANGUAGE.

12. OUR ABILITY TO BE ATTENTIVE,
THEREFORE, IS DEPENDENT ON
OURATTITUDE; OUR
DETERMINATIONAND
WILL, OUROPEN-
MINDEDNESS
THEAMOUNTOF
TIMEWESPEND
WITHTHE
LANGUAGE.
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13. STEVE KAUFMANN
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