Any language learning tips?

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This morning I sat down for my first focused session of learning Bosnian. So far so good - although my head hurts now!

Thanks for watching :)

Category:

Education

Tags:

• learning
• Bosnian
• language

[sakathom]

You should write anything on note cards and bring them with you while going on errands. I know it sounds silly, but you should stand up while learning Bosnian because people in general communicate most of the time on their feet. This is because an English teacher in Japan once told me that his adult students always wanted to sit down while reciting English, then he made them stand up so that those students could apply their skills to the real world. Good luck!

[WeDoAdventure]

standing up! i'll try that - perhaps even pacing the room and gesticulating too! thanks for the tip.

[stingmen]

When you label everything. Also put on the label how it is pronounced! That way you won`t be saying it wrong!

Be good....

[WeDoAdventure]

good point - although one advantage with Bosnian is it's all spelt phonetically, so once you know how each letter should be pronounced it's not too complicated to read stuff.

[crex81]

label items around the house... do you remember the Cleland's had everything in thir house labelled in french? (i think it was them)

[WeDoAdventure]

i have labelled many things!

[quadzilla459]

U PITCHKU MATERINU!!!!!

[PlaviStrumf]

i wana meet the fucking person who learns the bosnian serbo croat language... no fucking way unless u live there amongst the people for at least 4 years

[orduni90]

i like this British dude

[secilmisTurk]

thats a good tip

[tuzladrift]

hahah mate your going to bosnia to sing christian songs, after they fucking slaughtered us, you my friend aren't a true beleiver in god. It was people like you that started the war. I hope you step on a landmine your companions set.

[whidgy]

I am an Australian and i lived in Bosnia for 4 months knowing hardly any of the Bosnian language, but by simply watching Bosnian subtitled TV, listening constantly & deciphering conversations locals would have and occasionally looking words up in a dictionary, i have learnt A LOT!! My #1 tip for learning a language is to live amongst it & be forced to speak it!

[sarajevomika]

give u credit. i speak bosnian bcuz i am bosnian but i have to say it is a really difficult language to learn alot of grammer in it.

good luck..

nek ti je sa srecom..=]

[lllilijanalll]

well i think you should try to think on the word as a thought an not as a english word translated to bosnian so when you say the word nebo, for instance, you should have the picture of the sky in your head not the word sky, so have i learned english

good luck

[TiSlauf]

the way I learned English is that I was put in a situation where I had to learn it - I guess people find a way to learn something when they have to - try to use dictionaries and translations (of English sentences) to a minimum when communicating

when the process gets really hard and irritating you know you are learning - the best way to learn a language is in huge chunks so do as much of learning as you can in one study session