7 BIGGEST LANGUAGE LEARNING MISTAKES (for beginners)

Language learning is a simple process, but if you’re making any of these mistakes, then you’re seriously slowing down your progress. Here are 7 common language learning mistakes that are preventing you from achieving your language goals. These tips will be especially helpful if you’re just starting to learn a new language, but even if you’re at an advanced level, these tips might cause you to reconsider your study methods.

All too often, people make their first mistake in language learning before they even start by not having a clear motivation. The problem with relying on a generic motivation like this to propel your language learning is that they give little incentive to keep working, making it easier to give up. Clear, specific motivations can be used to form attainable goals that provide a clear path to success. From here, you can create a study plan that targets this goal and overtime adjust your study plan if it’s not helping you to reach it.

Another mistake that will prevent you from achieving your long term goals is failing to establish a schedule. This sets you up for defeat in the long run, because language learning will fall to the bottom of your list of priorities. However, sticking to a schedule will ensure that you stay on track with meeting your goals. This is especially important as a beginner, when you haven’t yet made language learning a part of your daily routine.

Choosing the wrong resources is a common way in which people sabotage their language learning goals. If your goal is to be able to speak a language, for example, then your study routine has to involve resources that train your speaking skills. This could mean online language tutors, language exchange partners, or even just a friend who speaks your target language
Since everyone has different goals and learning styles in language learning, useful resources vary person to person and what works for someone else may not work for you.

Another language learning mistake that is pretty widespread is not taking the effort to learn pronunciation. Of course, no one expects you to speak another language accent-free, but being able to reproduce the basic sounds of a language is a necessity for being understood and progressing to a more advanced level. It’s also especially important for beginners to dedicate time to learn proper pronunciation, since it only gets harder when you’ve been studying a language for years and have developed bad habits.

Probably the biggest language learning mistake, and the one that set’s polyglots apart from casual language learners, is the fear of mistakes. Being afraid of making mistakes will hurt you, since it will prevent you from getting the practice you need to advance to the next level. Making mistakes is a natural part of the language learning process and one that polyglots take advantage of to grow and expand their vocabulary.

Another mistake that’s closely related to the fear of mistakes is being afraid to practice. The fear of practicing with native speakers can be one of the hardest single things to overcome, but once you do, it is so rewarding.

My last major language learning mistake, but one that’s especially common here on YouTube, is comparing yourself to others. With so many videos of people claiming to speak an insane number of languages or to have learned a language in an incredibly short period of time, comparing yourself to others is very easy to do.

7 BIGGEST LANGUAGE LEARNING MISTAKES:
0:00 Intro
0:35 Not having a clear motivation
1:38 Failing to establish a schedule
2:40 Choosing the wrong resources
4:33 Not learning pronunciation
5:06 Being afraid to make mistakes
5:58 Being afraid to practice
6:44 Comparing yourself to others

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