 10 words a day
Hello,
I have always been interested in languages, being a foreign language teacher (teaching English to speakers of Spanish). I always advise my students to try to learn 10 words a day. A good method to do this is to write down the English word and then the word in the target language - plus a sample sentence in both languages. This is a bit easier now, thanks to the internet. You can use various tools (like Google language tools) to get you a translation of the sentence in the target language. Theoretically, 10 words a day will give you a vocabulary of 3600+ words in a year, which is more than enough to carry on decent conversations. With flash cards, you can set up some kind of review/reinforcement system. A system designed by German psychologist Sebastian Leitner is pretty effective. A quick Google search will get you more information on that.
I hope that helps.
Good Luck
Mike
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