如何更快学会一门外语 How to learn a foreign language more quickly

Hi everyone, and welcome to the 5-minute language YouTube channel.

大家好，欢迎收看《五分钟语言》 YouTube 频道。

My name is Agnieszka.

我叫阿格涅斯卡。

And today I want to talk to you about different things you can do if you want to learn a foreign language more quickly.

今天我想和大家聊聊如果你想更快速地学习一门外语，你可以采用哪些不同的学习方法。

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如果你是本频道的新用户，请一定要订阅我们的频道，观看更多类似内容的视频。

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如果你喜欢这期视频，如果你觉得它有用，请给它点赞。

Alright then, let's talk about the three things you can do to speed up your language learning.

好了，那么，让我们来谈谈加速语言学习你可以做的三件事。

So normally the advice I would give language learner is that they should focus on developing and practicing different skills including reading, writing, speaking, listening, and vocabulary.

通常我给语言学习者的建议是，他们应该专注于培养和练习不同的技能，包括阅读、写作、口语、听力和词汇。

But if you're trying to learn a language very quickly, you can change your approach a little bit and focus more on vocabulary.

但如果你想快速学习一门语言，你可以稍微改变一下你的方法，把更多的精力用到词汇学习上。

So normally I would recommend that you spend on average 40% of your time on learning new vocabulary and 60% of your time on other activities such as reading, writing or listening.

那么通常我会建议你平均花 40% 的时间学习新词汇，60% 的时间用于其他方面的学习，如阅读、写作或听力。

But if you're trying to learn a language very quickly, I would suggest that you change that ratio to 70 to 30, so 70% of your time should go on vocabulary acquisition and 30% of your time on other activities.

但如果你想快速学习一门语言，我建议你把这个比例改为 70 比 30，所以你应该花 70% 的时间用于词汇学习，30% 的时间用于其他方面的学习。

This is something that will help you expand your vocabulary very quickly and therefore, it will lead you to being more confident and being able to have conversations more quickly.

这将帮助你快速扩大词汇量，因此，通过这样学习会让你更加自信，能够更快与人进行对话。

Obviously, if you use this technique you might be neglecting other areas of language learning such as speaking or listening.

显然，如果你使用这种方法，你可能会忽略语言学习的其他方面，如口语或听力。

But learning a lot of vocabulary in a short space of time will really help you make progress very quickly.

但在短时间内学习大量词汇真的会帮助你快速进步。

The second tip I want to give you in this video is that you should focus on memorization.

在这期视频中，我想给大家的第二条建议是，你应该专注在记忆单词上。

And obviously, memorization is part of the standard language learning process, if you're learning new words you need to memorize them.

显然，记忆是语言学习标准过程的一部分，如果你在学习新单词，你需要记住它们。

But if you're trying to learn a language very quickly then memorization is going to be particularly important.

但如果你想快速学习一门语言，那么记忆就显得尤为重要。

What I like to do is I like to create a vocabulary notebook which is separate to my normal language notebook.

我喜欢用的方法是，我喜欢创建一个词汇笔记本，它与我的常规语言笔记本分开使用。

I'm probably going to make a video about how I organize my language learning notebook and my vocabulary notebook so if you'd like to see that, make sure you leave me a comment below.

我可能会制作一期关于我如何整理我的语言学习笔记本和词汇笔记本的视频，所以如果你想看，请一定要在下方给我留言。

But coming back to the vocabulary learning notebook, this should be something that's separate from your language learning notebook if you're focusing on learning a language very quickly.

但我们回到词汇学习笔记本的话题上，如果你专注于快速学习一门语言，它应该和你的语言学习笔记本分开使用。

So create a notebook in which you literally just list the word that you're learning.

所以，要创建一个笔记本，在里面你只写上你正在学习的单词。

And what I like to do is I like to use different colors so I get highlighters.

我喜欢用不同的颜色标注，我会用荧光笔。

And I highlight the words that I've memorized in different colors depending on how familiar I am with each and individual word.

根据我对每个单词的熟悉程度，我会用不同的颜色标出我记住的单词。

So for example, if I'm only just starting out, I write down the list and then after a day, I'd highlight the word that I am pretty familiar with in one color for example yellow.

例如，如果我刚刚开始，我写下单词列表，然后在一天之后，我会用一种颜色标出我非常熟悉的单词，比如用黄色。

And then I will go back after another day and I will go through the list again.

然后过了一天，我再回去再看一遍单词列表。

And if I feel more familiar with some of those words, I will then highlight them in a different color so for example in green.

如果我觉得其中一些单词更熟悉了，我会用不同的颜色标出它们，比如用绿色。

So then I will have some yellow words, some green words, and then some words which I'm not highlighted because I'm not familiar with them yet.

然后我会有一些标黄色的单词，一些标绿色的单词，还有一些我没有标出的单词，因为我还不熟悉它们。

Then I do the third step which is come back to the words the following day and then highlight them in a third color which for example could be blue.

然后我会做第三步，第二天再看这些单词，然后用第三种颜色标出它们，比如蓝色。

And once a word is blue, I then move it onto another page so that I can forget about it for a week or so and focus on the word, that's which I'm less familiar with.

一旦有单词被标为蓝色，我就把它移到另一页上，这样我就可以有一个星期左右不去看这些词，专注学习那些我还不太熟悉的单词。

And then I can go back to the blue words again so the ones I'm really confident using after a week or so.

然后我可以再次回头看标为蓝色的单词，所以一周左右之后我真的很有信心使用这些单词。

And then I keep repeating that process until I've memorized the words.

然后我一直重复这个学习过程，直到我记住这些单词。

So this is my kind of version of spaced repetition which is very basic and it relies on very basic memorization or learning by rote.

这是我个人对间隔重复学习法的应用，它非常基础，而且依赖于非常基础的记忆或死记硬背。

It's something that works for me personally.

这个方法对我个人来说很有用。

Try it if it works for you then let me know in the comments below.

试试看，如果它对你有用，请在下方评论中告诉我。

And the third tip I want to give you for learning a language quickly is to get one single reading resource.

关于快速学习一门语言，我想告诉大家的第三条建议是只使用一种阅读资源。

So it can be a book, it can be a novel, it can be a short story, or a newspaper article.

它可以是一本书，可以是一本小说，也可以是短篇故事，或者是一篇报纸文章。

It can be anything but make sure that you stick to that one resource.

它可以是任何素材，但要确保你坚持使用那一种资料。

You're going to be using this resource for a long time.

你将使用这份学习资料很长一段时间。

So if you're trying to learn a language very quickly during the space of one month, for example, keep referring back to the same resource.

例如，如果你想在一个月内快速学习一门语言，那就持续查阅相同的资料。

So you can read it, you can identify words that you don't know in that piece of writing.

你可以阅读它，你可以识别出那篇文章中你不认识的单词。

And you can learn the phrases that these words go in, you can practice the sentences, you can read them out loud but make sure you stick to that one reading resource.

你可以学习由这些单词组成的短语，你可以练习句子，你可以大声读出来，但是一定要坚持使用一种阅读资料。

And the reason I'm asking you to do that is because it helps you with continuity.

我之所以要求你们这样做是因为这样学习能帮助你们保持连贯性。

And because you're reading the same message which is part of the same story, it will make sense in your head.

因为你在阅读相同的信息，它是同一个故事的一部分，所以你的大脑会明白它的含义。

So rather than jumping from a blog to a newspaper article to a news story, you're sticking to the same narrative and it will help you become more familiar with the language it's using that consistently throughout the piece that you're reading.

因此，与其从博客跳到报纸文章，再跳到新闻故事，不如坚持使用同样的叙事素材，这将有助于你更加熟悉你所阅读的整篇文章中一贯使用的语言特点。

So these are the three tips.

以上就是我的三条建议。

Make sure you subscribe to the channel if you enjoyed this video.

如果喜欢本期视频，请订阅本频道。

I will be making similar videos in the future so make sure you don't miss out.

我以后会制作类似内容的视频，所以请一定不要错过。

And let me know in the comments below about your own experiences of learning languages quickly.

请在下方评论中告诉我你自己快速学习语言的经验。

So this is it, I'll see you next time.

本期内容就到这里，我们下期再见。

Bye.

再见。