{"id":3076,"date":"2020-09-28T13:07:45","date_gmt":"2020-09-28T13:07:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/?p=3076"},"modified":"2025-03-02T11:04:00","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T11:04:00","slug":"how-to-learn-your-target-language-at-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/en\/wie-sie-ihre-zielsprache-zuhause-lernen\/","title":{"rendered":"How to learn your target language at home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI studied French at school for eight years, but all I can remember is \u201eSalut!\u201c and \u201eAu revoir!\u201c Sound familiar? Learning a new target language is one of the most enriching and rewarding skills we can acquire in the course of our lives. But why doesn't what we've learned help us any further and we almost unlearn everything?<\/p>\n<p>This fact is demotivating for many people. Those who recognise this bitter result lose hope in their abilities and give up on learning a new language. It really doesn't have to be that way. Nor do you have to learn the way you used to learn at school. In this article, you will find nine ways to learn a language quickly.<\/p>\n<h2>Make language learning unavoidable!<\/h2>\n<p>Do you want to learn a new language not abroad, but in your home town? You <a href=\"http:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/en\/language-courses\/french\/franzoesisch-intensivkurse\/\"><strong>French<\/strong> <\/a>or <a href=\"http:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/en\/language-courses\/english-courses\/englisch-intensivkurse-2\/\"><strong>English in Basel<\/strong><\/a> learn. To achieve this, you must first put yourself in a situation where improvement is inevitable.<\/p>\n<p>Like learning new skills, learning a new language requires a strong will. You have to consciously lock yourself out of your comfort zone and not retreat for a while. It is not an easy decision and may require some creative thinking, <strong>English<\/strong> or <a href=\"http:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/en\/5-good-reasons-to-learn-french\/\"><strong>French in Basel<\/strong><\/a> learning, but the results are worth the effort.<\/p>\n<h2>You don't necessarily have to learn a foreign language abroad<\/h2>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3086 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/sprache-2.jpg\" alt=\"Target language\" width=\"940\" height=\"626\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/sprache-2.jpg 940w, https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/sprache-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/sprache-2-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/sprache-2-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For this, you need to use your target language as often as possible. Many people say that the best way to learn a new language is to live in the country. That is not true! Bring the target language into your home! There are still many ways to <strong>Learning French<\/strong> or<a href=\"http:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/en\/how-to-learn-english-four-basic-rules\/\"><strong> Learning English in Basel<\/strong><\/a> to make inevitable.<\/p>\n<p>Some of these might include switching your mobile phone or social media to the language you are learning, setting up a language group or looking for a conversation partner. You can even try visual cues by sticking a list of new words to the walls of your bathroom and kitchen.<\/p>\n<h2>Intensive immersion in the target language<\/h2>\n<p>An excellent method for making rapid progress is intensive immersion.<br \/>\nMake every area of your life part of your language programme. That means you should listen to the news and music in the language, speak only the language \u2013 simply set every option to your target language only!<\/p>\n<p>Create a time of relentless learning and so much language that you feel as if you were there. Force your brain to think and react in the target language. Account for every minute of the day. Even at night you can still learn the target language. There are many people who listen to your target language while they sleep.<\/p>\n<h2>Learn English in Basel with SLA Basel<\/h2>\n<p>Language schools with competent language teachers also help you learn a target language. When learning a language, you need strong support from professional teachers, and that is what we promise you as <a href=\"http:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/en\/\"><strong>SLA Basel<\/strong><\/a>. With us you can <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/en\/italian-course\/\">Italian<\/a>, French, <a href=\"http:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/en\/language-courses\/turkish-course\/\">Turkish<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/en\/russian-course\/\">Russian<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/en\/arabic-course\/\">Arabic<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/en\/spanish-course\/\">Spanish<\/a><\/strong> and <strong>Learn English in Basel<\/strong>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Ich habe acht Jahre lang Franz\u00f6sisch in der Schule gelernt, aber alles, woran ich mich erinnern kann, ist \u201eSalut!\u201c und&#8230;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3084,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sla-basel"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - 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