Tips on how to learn the Romanian language
Setting
out to study Romanian may evoke memories of past attempts
at learning a foreign language, be it in high school or
college, with all the ensuing tedious memorization of words,
and phrases, and grammar rules. For many, it appears that
the results are not worth all the effort, and they soon
abandon their dream of becoming more proficient in the language
of their choice.
It
is very important to know how to go about learn ing a foreign
language, especially one that is quite different form English,
such as Romanian language. Every student has a different
way of learn ing just as different proffesors have different
ways of teaching. Nevertheless, there are a few rules of
thumb one has to bear in mind:
Create
a routine. Spend some time on the web at a set hour of the
day (lunchtime, for instance), and try to do one of the
language activities at Easy Romanian.
Set
yourself a long-term goal, and also a short-term goal. If
you have Romanian friends, then a short-term goal would
be to think of visiting them this week and exchange a few
phrases in Romanian language. The long-term goal might be
to learn the whole study material included in the Easy Romanian
course and visit our country - there's so much to be explored
here. Without strong, well-defined goal, you will hardly
have much motivation to study day in, day out.
You
shouldn't worry too much about making mistakes. The ones
who never make mistakes, never try to do anything, and that
in itself is quite a mistake. It's normal to make mistakes
while you are practising your growing knowledge of the language.
Always have in mind that Romanian s will be very pleased
with your attempts to speak their language, and you will
get closer to them, more so than other foreigners who do
not try to learn at least a few phrases.
It
is of utmost importance to read about the Romanian people,
culture and history. The more you get to know the culture,
the more your interest will be aroused, and the more motivation
you will have to proceed with the Easy Romanian course.
It
is better to study for brief periods of time and more frequently
than long and not often. Persistence pays off.
Studying
lists of words and phrases is usually not the most favourite
language activity. However, there is no learn ing without
memorization. You have to learn those phrases by heart.
There is a wonderful method you can employ in order to facilitate
the memorization process. For every new Romanian phrase
that you want to learn think of a ridiculous image that
would make you recall the phrases. The trick is to always
think of funny images. Emotions will help you more than
pure logic when it comes to learn ing words and phrases.
Practice
mentally. Think of the Romanian words for naming common
objects you encounter in your daily life. When you're walking
on the street, for instance, think "femeie" when
you see a woman, "copil" when you see a child,
"oameni" for people, etc. etc. Just put the words
and phrases you're studying to mental practice, even if
you are not in a Romanian-speaking environment; this will
enormously help you to learn faster.
Listen
to the dialogs of the Easy Romanian course looking at their
English translations, then without looking at the written
words at all. Do this several times until you fully understand
the dialog in Romanian language without looking at the text.
You might find it hard at first but it pays off when you
come to speak it. Everybody is a child in the beginning.
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