On the condition that you've had some prior knowledge of the language before to the extent that you can form basic sentences with it, do you think this method I thought up would be effective in learning and immersing yourself in a new language rapidly would work,
It involves learning four words of a new language per day, for a whole year. One of the words must be a verb, and the other three must be nouns or adjectives related in the contect to the verb. And every month you have a specific topic, and every week, an even more specific sub topic which those words are about.
For example:
If I am learning French, and I want the first month to be about religion, I could designate the first week to be about Islam, and the first day to be about the most basic Islamic principles. On the very first day, I would learn the words: "Allah", "Quran", "Islam" and "to Believe".
And after seven days - voila! I would have learnt 28 words and vocabulary to do with Islam, all in French. So if I happen to read them, or hear it being spoken, or have to write it, then I instantly know what it is.
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But of course, you would have to use brain recall techniques every day in order to hammer them firmly into your memory, but if you apply discipline and always keep to the programme, then by the end of the year, you would have developed a wide and in-depth vocabularical and terminological span in that.
And you don't have to finish in one year. You can keep following the programme for much longer, and increase your understanding of the language. Also, you can periodically immerse yourself in the language by listening to it on the television or the web, and with your new knowledge and grasp, the immersion proccess would be made easier.
What are your thoughts on this?
It involves learning four words of a new language per day, for a whole year. One of the words must be a verb, and the other three must be nouns or adjectives related in the contect to the verb. And every month you have a specific topic, and every week, an even more specific sub topic which those words are about.
For example:
If I am learning French, and I want the first month to be about religion, I could designate the first week to be about Islam, and the first day to be about the most basic Islamic principles. On the very first day, I would learn the words: "Allah", "Quran", "Islam" and "to Believe".
And after seven days - voila! I would have learnt 28 words and vocabulary to do with Islam, all in French. So if I happen to read them, or hear it being spoken, or have to write it, then I instantly know what it is.
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But of course, you would have to use brain recall techniques every day in order to hammer them firmly into your memory, but if you apply discipline and always keep to the programme, then by the end of the year, you would have developed a wide and in-depth vocabularical and terminological span in that.
And you don't have to finish in one year. You can keep following the programme for much longer, and increase your understanding of the language. Also, you can periodically immerse yourself in the language by listening to it on the television or the web, and with your new knowledge and grasp, the immersion proccess would be made easier.
What are your thoughts on this?