One of the first things you’ll need to come to terms with when learning a foreign language is that you’ll fail many times along the way. That’s just the nature of the beast — you’ll run into bumps on the road as you work your way towards acquiring a new language.
We’re not suggesting you invite failure into your studies. Far from it. Instead, we’re trying to encourage a different perspective — one that puts failure as a necessary component to achieving success. There’s just no way to meet the final goal if you don’t encounter small skids along the way.
Look at how a one-year old boy first learns his native language. He will say words like “mooma” and “blankie.” Those utterances are, technically, failures, since the right words are “mama” and “blanket.” Yet, they are actually a part of the child’s road to language acquisition.
The same thing happens when you study a new language. You’ll probably try to use words you picked up from a language software in actual interactions and have it bomb in your face. Instead of letting those experiences embarrass you into trying again, recognize them as the part of the path to success that they actually are.
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