Learning a foreign language There is not just one method to learn a foreign language. I think there are as many ways as there are language learners. Every student ought to find his or her method. Finding the method that is most effective for you is the key to learning not only a foreign language but any subject. As far as I am concerned, I have noticed that MY method is to learn a grammar rule every day and to do a lot of exercises concerning that particular grammar rule. As for vocabulary, flashcards are often recommended but, in my case, they do not work. I've made up my mind to learn at least two new words each day. It might sound insufficient but after one week you will know fourteen new words and after two months your vocabulary will be expanded considerably. Learning a language is a very slow process. That's why I do not believe in those people who claim that they have reached a high level in two or three months. In order to have a good vocabulary, to feel comfortable with grammar, writing, listening and speaking you have to study hard and longer, much longer than two months. If you think about your mother tongue, sometimes you get surprised about something you did not know or something you have simply ignored for years. Language is a perpetual surprise. Besides grammar and writing, I find listening to podcasts extremely efficacious. As often as not, I listen to BBC podcasts about history and literature in which I have had a keen interest since I was a child. Last but not least, speaking is the most difficult language ability to achieve. Lately, I have been focusing on my spoken English a lot. Thanks to two English language partners, ,my spoken English is improving day by day. At first, you feel anxious, sometimes even scared at the idea of speaking another language with a native speaker. But when you chill out and you start speaking without thinking in your native language, you realise how beautiful it is to speak another language. I imagine my mind as a building with lots of windows. The window of my mother language is open but learning a foreign language gives you the opportunity to open another window to the world. The more languages you learn, the more open windows you'll have.