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How to learn any languages fast? For a six month I've been reading a lot of articles about "How to learn any languages fast" and unfortunately I am in the same place. I am at B1 or B2 level in english and I am an eternal beginner in french, czech and norwegian. I don't have any idea how to improve my languages skills. If you have any ideas, feel free to write here. However I see the progress in my language journey. I understand almost everything in english, I understand some phrases in norwegian and I understnad a lot of things in czech languages. But again, If you have any ideas for learning languages, let me know. I was using Dualingo for few month but I don;t know if it really works. In the end. Sorry for all mistakes here. I'm still working to improve my skills.

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How to learn any languages fast?

For a six months I've been reading a lot of articles about "How to learn any languages fast" and unfortunately I am in the same place. I am at B1 or B2 level in English and I am an eternal beginner in French, Czech and Norwegian. I don't have any idea how to improve my languages skills. If you have any ideas, feel free to write them here. However I see the progress in my language journey. I understand almost everything in English, I understand some phrases in Norwegian and I understnad a lot of things in Czech languages. But again, If you have any ideas for learning languages, let me know. I was using Duolingo for a few months but I don't know if it really works in the end. Sorry for all the mistakes here. I'm still working to improve my skills.

I think you write very well!

I was stuck in intermediate Spanish for a long time too, and just recently started improving with speaking. I take 2 hours of lessons with Spanish every week, and I have found that to be very helpful.  For reading, I started reading books like Harry Potter (or another book you've read in your native language) without using a dictionary. I didn't understand many words at first, but would keep reading anyway. Eventually I understood more and more words simply through context.

I am using Duolingo now for Russian. I am using it mostly for pronunciation, learning the alphabet, and writing down anything I notice about words (such as endings, sentence order) without looking up grammar rules, to see if I can guess on my own what is happening with the language. I am not focusing too much on Russian at the moment, though, so I haven't progressed very far. It is just a start until I start taking classes with tutors.

Not sure if that helps. This is only what I found for my own learning; everyone is different. I wish my learning progresses much faster! It takes so much time and dedication, I think that is the main thing to understand.

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Thank you for you advices. I think that the biggest problem is to use a vocabulary. I mean, I know words, I can translate artcles from english into my language by I have problems with writing and speaking. When I talk to myself I speak in english almost fluently. But I have a problems in real conversation with people. But I created an account here and I hope that I will improve my skills. Not only speaking skills, but also my social skills. Now, the most important thing is to find someone to talk with me.
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It is important to define your language goals. Do you want to speak correctly, write proficiently, read a newspaper, novel or academic article? All three? They complement each other but also require different approaches. I don't think there are any shortcuts to proficiency although some approaches are more effective than others. Clearly you know a lot of English. However, you are making elementary mistakes: for example, not capitalizing languages, misusing the singular form ("a few month" instead of "months"). This tells me that you may not be paying enough attention to details. If you read a LOT in English, you would notice the patterns of capitalization as well as increase your vocabulary and improve your grammar. However, for me, in order to turn what I understand when reading into correct usage when I write and speak, I have to practice writing correct constructions and then practice saying what I wrote. If you just read to get a general idea without thoroughly understanding something, then you may not progress as fast as you'd like. More advanced proficiency requires attention to details: details about grammar, pronunciation, phrasing and the social context in which something is used. For me, I have to USE the language that I read in order for me to truly know something. I therefore suggest reading something that interests you and then writing a summary of what it said. You could also write about an experience you had. Write another version using more complex words or grammar constructions. Pay attention to grammar and look up what you don't understand/didn't know. Can you talk about what you wrote? Have an iTalki native speaker/teacher correct you. The challenge in the intermediate level of language learning is that in order to get to a more proficient level, it is necessary to learn thousands of words well enough to USE them in grammatically correct speech and writing. This takes a lot of time and effort. Alas, there are no shortcuts to proficiency.
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Hi Bartek, for me the fastest way to make progress in learning a language is probably via immersion. You simply have to try to make the language you want to learn a part of your life as much as possible. Focus on getting a good vocabulary base and learn basic grammar in order to learn how to make sentences. At the same time try to get your ears used to the sound of the new language by listening to ressources in your target language. With the power of the internet finding ressources for language learning is getting pretty easy nowadays (unless you learn a language like wolof... ;) ). I´ve read a nice article about immersion a while ago. It is focused on learning japanese, but you basically can adjust it to any language you like. http://apolyglotworld.com/30-days-of-japanese-immersion-what-i-learned-and-how-i-stayed-sane/ Oh and of course try to read, write, speak and listen as much as possible to the new language, even if you make mistakes. We only learn a lot if we are not afraid of making mistakes.

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