Motivation is an important element of the language learning process. For each of us, language learning motivation is linked to something slightly different but I will try and give you some universal tips on how to stay motivated when learning a foreign language. Hope you’ll find them useful!
Some of us are motivated by rewards – having a delicious piece of cake or a glass of wine to celebrate an achievement like learning a set of vocabulary or successfully transcribing the lyrics of your favorite song in your target language. Although this can be a nice way of rewarding yourself, such behavior also carries some risks. For example, it may encourage you to complete tasks or achieve goals even if you’re not actually enjoying the learning process itself.
Instead, what you enjoy is the reward. It motivates you in a way that’s external (linked to the reward) rather than internal (linked to your engagement in and satisfaction with the learning process).
Tips to Improve your German Pronunciation
Improving your motivation for learning German
- Learn 10-30 minutes instead of an hour a day, then add time each week!
- Carry a Pocket Dictionary!
- Create your own flashcards!
- Listen to music and learn all the lyrics!
- Follow a Blog or subscribe to emails about German!
- Write blog posts in German!
- Watch YouTube videos, TV shows and Movies in German!
- Record yourself speaking German!
- Test your Grammer with online German Quizzes!
- Use German whenever you can!
- Don’t take mistakes so seriously/personally!
- Take pride in the progress you’ve made!
- Do not put pressure on yourself!
- When you feel lazy, just take a baby step (a very small action)!
- Imagine yourself in the future. Imagine other people wanting to speak German as well as you do!
- Keep a record of your progress (success journal)!
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What are your top tips for staying motivated when learning a language? Share them in the comments below!
