in this video we're going to look at five language learning techniques that are scientifically proven to help you become fluent if you give them a try they can transform your English skills and increase your confidence while speaking the first language learning technique we're going to talk about today is the spaced repetition system SRS usually language Learners use this method to memorize new words but sometimes actually you can memorize grammar rules this way you can memorize pronunciation aspects this way this is what I do and it works great for me the key idea is that you
review things right before you're about to forget them this way you keep reinforcing your memory right when it needs it making learning more efficient and longlasting instead of opening your textbook and thinking okay these are the words I need to revise today what you do is you just open an app that is based on the space repetition system like Anki for example or memorise I heard that memorise is also based on this system and you go through the words that you already saved there so instead of going through the entire stack of cards every single
day SRS helps you focus on the cards that you need to focus on on the ones that you have problems with but the ones that you already know you know you're going to see them in like a few months and a year and two years the next language learning technique is called immersion immersion is all about surrounding yourself with your target language in your real life mimicking the way children learn their first language they learn the language because they live in the country because the parents speak to them in this language so you're basically doing
the exact same thing if you want to watch a show you watch it in your target language if you want to Google something you Google it in your target language if you want to listen to music you listen to music in your target language only and that's actually what I did a lot when I started taking English learning more seriously when I was in high school and in college I just started immersing myself in the language non-stop everything like my computer my phone everything in my house was literally in English like everything I could make
in English was in English because I lived in Russia back then and so I would Google stuff in English I would only watch American YouTubers I refused to follow people in my native language on Instagram I would only follow people who spoke English I'm dead serious right now and I think it really paid off and I'm really proud of of myself that I was able to create this English-speaking environment when I lived in Russia and I honestly had no one to practice English with if you're looking for a platform that will help you learn in
language with this immersion method in mind I highly recommend lingoda on lingoda you can learn English business English French Spanish German and Italian I've been using lingoda for the past 3 years now learning English and Spanish and I can confidently say that it has become the perfect language partner for me I love that lingoda truly understands that everyone learns differently the curriculum on their platform was created by language experts and I love how flexible I can be with my schedule this way language learning fits into my personal goals and lifestyle in a better way there
are people for example who prefer to take classes late at night or early in the morning hand lingoda can help you with that on their platform I can practice in small group classes where I receive personalized feedback from native speaking teachers and I also get to interact with other students the feedback from a real teacher helps me a lot because it's often indepth and it's connected to the real language that people use in that country the teachers on lingoda come from all over the world and offer insights about real local language like interesting vocabulary accents
and cultural nuances I can also practice independently by using their self-learning tools like lesson materials flashcards and vocabulary trainer this environment that lingoda creates during classes Q me motivated and excited to keep on learning the language if you want to learn what lingoda and tailor your learning path to your goals make sure to click my link to save 20 when signing out the next proven language learning technique is shadowing shadowing is a technique where you repeat or Shadow a native speaker as closely as possible while listening to the recording it really helps with your pronunciation
and with your intonation and of course with your accent this technique was developed by Alexander arales and I really hope I'm pronouncing his his name correctly in his videos he basically walks briskly while listening to something and then repeating that almost instantly because this way I guess you engage both your mind and your body in learning if you don't understand everything the native speaker is saying of course you can use trans cers for clarity because it's important to understand what you're actually shadowing the idea behind walking while you Shadow is that you challenge your brain
to process and automate new linguistic inut which eventually improves your fluency through repetition and multitasking the next amazing language learning technique is task-based language learning or tblt it focuses on introducing yourself to authentic Language by doing certain tasks and it can really help you practically because you're doing real life things instead of just focusing on grammar or vocabulary let's say you're planning a trip and you want to go to France this summer and you are learning French so instead of doing all of this in English if English is your native language you instead do all
of this in French and you learn the language because you have a specific task to plan your trip to France you learn the language naturally just like you would in real life and you focus on practical and relevant things and so because of this approach you get this hands-on experience with the language not just the one you get inside the classroom but something that you can see yourself using later in life like when you actually go to France it's going going to be extremely beneficial let's say your friend's birthday party is coming up and you're
thinking what can I do and maybe you decide to make a chocolate cake because you really like baking so instead of doing that in your native language you can do it in English if you're learning English you go online and you find this best chocolate cake recipe ever you scroll down I mean you can read all of that you read the ingredients list let say you get interested in the word unsweetened you're like wow I wouldn't be able to say this word myself you know in a conversation so maybe I should memorize it then you
go down you see step-by-step instructions you see the word preheat wow that's an interesting word you see the word oven you make sure you know how to pronounce it correctly because a lot of people say something like oen or oen but not oven so so you see my point because you already have this task like you kind of have to make this chocolate cake why not do it in the language you're learning instead instead of your native language you're doing something that you already have to do and you're practicing the language and finally pneumonics can
become an amazing language learning technique for you pneumonics are basically memory aids they use associations patterns and images to help you remember information and they work especially great for visual Learners if it's easier for you to look at something and then memorize it they also help you remember some complex things because you associate them with something easier or funnier or more relatable so all you have to do to create an ammonic is this you have to link new information to something that you already know you have to create this Vivid image to go with the
word you're trying to remember you can use Rhymes or acronyms or stories to help you remember it better let's say that I want to memorize the word Meek in English if you're just like Veronica my imagination is not great you can use chpt so I create this prompt create aonic to memorize the word meek in English and here is the example we have my elephant eats kale Meek you can visualize a gentle mild mannered elephant quietly eating kale which aligns with the meaning of Meek as someone who is gentle humble or submissive I mean I
love this pneumonic honestly my elephant eats kale Meek you can use this picture too I added this picture so that just everything falls together and now every single time I think of the word meek I think of these two cute elephants eating kale I mean probably it's not kale but you know for the sake of our prom here they're eating kale to be honest guys there are a lot of other amazing techniques like comprehensible input chunk in storytelling and contextual learning that can really help you master a language more successfully if you want me to
make part two to this video please let me know in the comments don't forget that lingoda can become an amazing tool for you on your language learning Journey if you like this video don't forget to give it a thumbs up and subscribe to my YouTube channel if you're thinking about what to watch next I highly recommend checking out this video where I share what method I use to memorize new words new vocabulary in foreign languages so click right right here and keep on watching
