Originally Posted by
alan12112
The key for me when learning a foreign language is not trying to translate every word back to english cos you could never hold up a conversation,
I force myself to think that an oeuf is an oeuf nothing else, if you start thinking "oh whats an oeuf now? Oh yeah it's an egg" you'd of missed the other half of your breakfast order!
Does that make sense?
This is actually a really good way to do it, this is why children find it easier to learn because they think about things differently.
I find the best way for me is to put audio language tapes on an ipod and wear it constantly, even when sleeping.
It's kind of like listening to the same song over and over eventually you know the words but you never set out to learn them. Also whenever you get the chance talk to a native speaker use as many words as you can. (think about a baby babbling away and occasionally throwing in a real word the feed back they get makes them use it more often)