a speech I watched a video on TED the day before yesterday.. It is a speech. The speaker is Chris Lonsdale (His Chinese name is 龙飞虎). The theme of his speech is about "How to learn the second language in 6 months." There are four key words in the speech. They are Meaning, Relevance, Attention and Memory. In addition,There are five principles and seven Actions. principle#1 Just focus on language content that is relevant to you. Don't want to know every words that you heard Principle#2 language as a kind of tool. You should use your new language as a tool to communicate from one day. Principle#3 when you first understand the message you will inconsciently ACQUIRE the language. Just one word, comprehension is key. Principle#4 Physiological Training, speaking, talking takes your muscle. Principle#5 psycho-physiological state matters. And the seven Actions as follow: Action 1#Listen a lot Action#2 Focus or getting the meaning first, before you get the words. Action#3 start mixing. Action#4 core ,the core key words, Focus on these. Action#5 get a language parent. And, who can be your language parent. Which must obey these "Rules" Works to understand what you are saying; Does not correct mistakes; (about this point, I think Chris's idea is that don't interrupt the second language speaker at once when they are talking. Don't effect their interesting.) confirms understanding by using correct language; Use words the learner knows; Action#6 copy the face, notice the shapes of mouths of native speaker. Action#7 Direct connect to mental images, not just translate from one kind if language to another. You need remind the second language as soon as you see anything. I think Chris' speech should be helpful for our English study. The idea is very correct. Because any language is just a tool. We want to learn it we must use it.