Be willing to take risks and make mistakes. That’s part of the secret to learning to speak French like a pro. The other secret is to adopt the techniques for super accelerated learning.
There are some critical steps needed for this.
Repetition:
Students learning a second language such as French have been told that repetition is an important part of the process of learning. However, not many of them do it the way they should.
When learning something new in your second language, you must repeat it at least 50 times to retain the information. The more rapidly you repeat the information, the better! Rapid repetition will force your brain to assimilate the information at the “gut” level, rather than just the “intellectual” level.
Let me explain.
When you learn as an adult, your brain tries to put the information into compartments so that it can retrieve the information at a later date.
As you learn something new when studying French, your brain will try to do the same thing. At first, your brain seems to “catch on” and understand the new information, but 20 minutes later, it can’t put 2 words together!
So…. let’s fool the brain!
By repeating information at high speed at least 50 times, you by-pass the normal mechanisms of the brain and the information is “absorbed” at the “gut” level.
Your brain will ask you to slow down. Don’t fall for it!
If anything, go faster!
By following this process of repeating information that you want to learn in French at high speed, you will assimilate the language more quickly.
Solidifying the information:
After you have repeated information at least 50 times, ask yourself over the next few days “How do I say that again?” and repeat the French sentence or word or phrase that you originally practiced. This is the “recall” phase.
By using this technique, you will be amazed at how much you remember!
Enjoy playing with the language and let me know how you are doing.
You can email me anytime at robert@rebelfrench.com.
A la prochaine………..
Robert