TED：6個月學會1門外語

By Chris Lonsdale

（紐西蘭語言學家、心理學家）

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How can you help a normal adult learn a new language quickly, easily and effectively?

怎樣才能幫助成年人快速、輕鬆且高效地學會一門外語？

There are four words, attention, meaning, relevance and memory, and these interconnect in very important ways, especially when you』re talking about learning。

當我們談論學習的時候，有4個詞很重要——注意力、意思、和自己相關、記憶力，而且ta們之間還會相互作用。

5 principles

學外語的5個原則

1. Focus on language content that is relevant to you.

專註在和你自己相關的語言上。

2. Use your new language as a tool to communicate from day one.

從學習的第一天起，就把這門外語當作溝通的工具。

3. When you first understand the message, you will unconsciously acquire the language.

先試著去理解意思，你會在無形中學習到語言。

4. Language is about physiological training.

語言是生理上的訓練。

5. Psychological state matters.

心理狀態很重要。

7 actions

學外語的7個行動

1. Listen a lot.

多聽。

2. Get the meaning first before you learn the words.

先試著去理解意思，然後再學單詞。

3. Start mixing.

(If you』ve got ten verbs, ten nouns and ten adjectives you can say one thousand different things.)

排列組合單詞。

（如果你學會了10個動詞、10個名詞、10個形容詞，理論上你就有1000個表達了。）

4. Focus on the core.

(3000 English words gives you 98% of anything you』re going to say in daily conversation.)

掌握核心單詞。

（3000個英語單詞足以覆蓋日常用語的98%。）

5. Get a language parent.

找一位語言父母。

6. Copy the face.

模仿母語者發音時的面部肌肉運動。

7. Direct connect to mental images.

把外語單詞直接和圖像建立聯繫，而不是和你的母語單詞建立聯繫