How to Speak Any Language Fluently: Fun, stimulating and effective methods to help anyone learn languages faster

With every word that you learn, imagine a situation in which you would realistically use it. Think about where you’d be, whom you’d be talking to, and what you’d be saying about it. Then learn that word as part of a phrase you can imagine yourself using

if you are thinking of reading an original book alongside a translated version

Words and images can have entirely different connotations and implications in different cultures

for you to review after you’ve finished reading

probably is a word you should know. Most likely it will continue to reappear, so by the end of what you’re reading you will probably have learnt it

Modern novels usually have more up-to-date language

you may become so engrossed that you don’t always notice the large amount of language that you’re learning as you go along

This is your opportunity to cast aside your place as the ‘learner’ and engage with the language on the page as though you too were a native speaker

You cannot really underestimate the extent to which these writers’ works have shaped not only the culture, but also the language that is spoken in that country.

switch the subtitles over to the language that you’re learning