3. Play house with the language. The more you invite a foreign language into your daily life, the more your brain will consider it something useful and worth caring about. “Use every opportunity to get exposed to the new language,” says Russian translator Olga Dmitrochenkova. Label every object in your house in this language, read kids’ books written in it, watch subtitled TED and TEDx talks, or live-narrate parts of your day to an imaginary foreign friend.
3. 和语言玩过家家。你越多地让外语进入日常生活,你的大脑就越会认为它有用并给予关注。“利用好每一个接触新语言的机会,”俄语翻译欧嘉·迪米特罗肯科娃说。用那门语言做成标签贴在家里的每一样东西上,读用那门语言写的童话,看有字幕的TED演讲,或者跟你想象中的外国朋友讲述一些一天里发生的事。
4. Let technology help you out. Dmitrochenkova has a great idea: “A funny thing like resetting the language on your phone can help you learn new words right away,” she says. Ditto for changing the language on your browser. Or you can seek out more structured learning opportunities online. Dutch translator Els De Keyser recommends Duolingo for its gamified approach to grammar, and Anki for memorizing vocabulary with its “intelligent” flashcards.
4. 用科技帮助学习。迪米特罗肯科娃有一个很好的方法,她说:“重新设置手机语言就能让你马上学到新单词。”你也可以改浏览器的语言,或者在网上找一些更系统的学习资源。荷兰语翻译埃尔斯·德凯瑟建议用“多邻国”像玩游戏一样学习语法,用Anki的智能卡片背单词。(多邻国:英语为Duolingo,是一个免费语言学习网站;Anki:一款帮助记单词等的软件,通过记忆卡片呈现。)
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