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Ekaterina Matveeva is a polyglot who knows seven languages, an athlete from memory, founder and teacher of the Europeonline school. Today she will share with the readers of Lifehacker practical tips that will help you learn any foreign language.
Brief information about Ekaterina
- Speaks English, Spanish, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, French, Russian.
- Develops his basic knowledge in German, Chinese, Japanese, Turkish, Hindi and Tamil.
- Understands the languages of related groups: Slavic, Romance and Germanic.
- She lived and studied in six countries (she learned the language of the country of residence in advance).
- He writes poetry in four languages and is published on four continents.
- At the events of the European Commission, she translated five foreign languages from one to another, without using her native language.
- She became the first athlete from memory from the Russian Federation in the international championships from memory.
- She developed her own methodology for teaching languages and cultures with a conversational result after three months at a measured pace of study and after one month with an intensive one.
- She began to study languages tightly at the age of 16, reducing the period of language acquisition and detailed immersion in culture to 6-8 months by her 23 years.
Linguohacker tips
Find your passion or hobby that you are ready to talk about for hours
Read, listen or watch materials on this topic in a foreign language, then the study will be a pleasure!
Find someone in love with a foreign language
Speak, speak from the very first phrase! Moreover, you do not need a native speaker, the native speaker is often quite cold and indifferent to his language. Find a like-minded person. How? Just! Skype, Facebook, VKontakte, forums! Find and communicate.
Be creative
Play with words in your thoughts, try to translate everything that is around you. You will be surprised what lies behind the names of companies, products and advertising slogans.
Use your imagination
It is your imagination that will help you consolidate your vocabulary. The brighter your emotions in relation to words and expressions, the better they will become entrenched in you. Compose vivid (bloody) stories with new expressions.
Write
From writing bloody stories to your own chores. Keep a diary and write everything in a foreign language. Your visual and emotional memory is activated.
Try writing poetry
Look for rhyme! This will improve your vocabulary and memorize the same irregular verbs in English.
Work with phrases in a single context
Whether it's family or work, shopping or tourism, it's easier to tie them together. Pay special attention to idioms and phrases found only in this language.
Tune in psychologically to embrace the immense
Tune in to discover a new planet, re-explore the Universe from a different perspective, and don't resist it.
Get carried away with something related to the culture of the country you are studying
Be it capoeira, flamenco, tango, cooking, history, aikido, tea ceremony … When you get in touch with this activity, you will experience new aspects of culture, which means that you will be more comfortable learning the language.
Observe native speakers
Watch their way of speaking, their gestures, gait, gaze, reactions in different situations … and copy! Imagine that you are an actor in a theater, and communication in a foreign language is your stage. Play until new habits are as natural to you as your family! Do not worry, you will not lose yourself, on the contrary, with the study of other people's customs, you will know your own more deeply.
And the last one: you better fall in love, it can replace all of the above tips. And believe in yourself, because the possibilities of our brain are endless!:)
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