Want to surround yourself with a target language even though you’re not living immersed in a country that speaks it? Use it more frequently.
Most learners use their target language only during the time of their lessons, distancing themselves from it the rest of the time. As such, their use of the language stays constrained to the hour or so each day that they sit down for their training.
Here are some of the ways you can bring more of the target language into your everyday life:
- Use it in your computer. Change your computer’s settings into the target language. If that’s a little too big of a jump, you can start with your Facebook or Google Reader settings to get comfortable.
- Write your short notes in the target language. If you regularly create a to-do list or write yourself reminders, do it in the target language.
- Think in the target language. We process multiple thoughts everyday. If you can do some of those in the target language, you could end up getting practice time in.
- Play foreign music. Instead of piping your usual playlist on the headphones while you work, why not get a bunch of new songs recorded in the target language and have those playing instead?
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