In this very informative and challenging springtime Pop-in session all participants will be provided with a wide range of methods to learn a language.

Various language learning methods

meet

various learners' needs

and can be fully integrated into your daily routine.

Souce e-book: 50 ways to learn a language (50 language mini adventures)

                        EAN 9781386008262

                        authors: Dixon & Shewell

                        print: Wayzgoose Press

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We will also discuss the issues:

- What method meets my personal needs?

- What method seems to be more effective for young learners, teenagers, 

  adolescents and adults?

- What makes language learning fun?

- How can I support my children or partner in learning a language?

- What are the dos & donts concerning language learning?

- What is full immersion in language learning?

Let's find out, discuss and present your experience!

50 methods listed:

1.) Invest in our language.

2.) Memorize something cool.

3.) Create a to-do list.

4.) App it up in your downtime.

5.) Learn through music.

6.) Impress with random phrases.

7.) Make a dinner.

8.) Use a recipe in your target language.

9.) Go someplace that loves your language with someone who loves your language.

10.) Listen to commercials in a different language.

11.) Go on a YouTube binge.

12.) Make a foreign film night.

13.) Watch a TED talk in your target language. Write down words you want to learn.

14.) Find a show you already know and rediscover it in your target language.

15.) Watch a movie trailer. Try to do 'that' voice.

16.) Make a language zone.

17.) Sticky note your home.

18.) Talk to Fido.

19.) Post a video on your social media page.

20.) Write a status update.

21.) Follow an international celebrity.

22.) Consider Reddit.

23.) Join a language club on social media.

24.) Waste time.

25.) Write 7 notes to 6 friends in 7 days.

26.) Find an Internet lesson and take it with a friend.

27.) Skype a friend.

28.) Read a Wikipedia article in your language and the target language.

29.) Find a newspaper/newsfeed in a foreign language and subscribe to it.

30.) Read a classic.

31.) Textbook hop.

32.) Rewrite your last email in a different language.

33.) Write a love letter.

34.) Keep a language journal.

35.) Search for successful language learners.

36.) Try the 'glass clink' method.

37.) Mingle online. (www.verbling.com, www.livelingua.com

       www.mylanguageexchange.com/Default.asp, www.italki.com/home,

       www.internations.org, www.meetup.com)

38.) Ask the universe for a language partner.

39.) Find and be the 'next level up'.

40.) Find an international Pen pal.

41.) Play games with strangers.

42.) Play 'I spy' with someone who knows the foreign language.

43.) Study language learning strategies.

44.) Learn a chunk.

45.) Compare your speech to a native-like speech.

46.) Assign a time.

47.) Create flashcards (http://quizlet.com/de)

48.) Study in a language and stop studying a language.

49.) Create mnemonic devices to remember vocabulary.

50.) Make a plan.

Bonus Tip!

51.) Keep a language learning journal.

Additional resources

- BBC Languages: www.bbc.co.uk/languages

- Mac Genius: www.macupdate.com/app/mac/13938/genius

- Anki: http://ankisrs.net

If you wish to get to know more methods about language learning, don't hesitate to check out this enriching Pop-in webpage of Nov 17th, 2015 about

language learning with Vera Birkenbihl method

https://pop-in.jimdo.com/termine-2015/17-november-2015/It's worth watching!

....and here is a  video about "The Man who speaks 30 languages".

Enjoy watching!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_hXODDU4cA