What’s the best way to learn a language?

🇬🇧 Are you looking for the best way to learn a language? Look no further! 
Would you like to boost your Hungarian twice faster? We have the perfect solution for you!
Do you want to get from beginner to intermediate level in 6 months? We’ve got you covered!

These all sound amazing, right? Let’s stop beating around the bush; these are good marketing lines, but you shouldn’t take these promises for granted. The thing is, there simply CANNOT be ONE best way to learn a language, ONE perfect solution, and no one can guarantee that his or her method will take YOU from level A to level B in X amount of time. Let’s see why.

If you like cooking, you must have seen recipes that start with “make the perfect Tiramisu”, or you might have heard a friend inviting you for dinner saying “this is the most delicious butternut squash soup you’ve ever eaten”, only to feel disappointed and think, “no, the way I make Tiramisu is much better”, or “my mother’s butternut squash soup is way more delicious than this one”. We all know that tastes are different; what I find delicious, others might hate, and vica versa. It is the same with language learning.

Just like in all walks of life, we are all different when it comes to language learning. We have different motivation, different levels of determination, a different native language, different background knowledge, different experience in language learning, and, most importantly, different learning styles. This means that what might be the perfect method for some, might not be the perfect method for you. 

Many people make the mistake of quitting learning a language because they hate learning or they feel that their progress is painfully slow. In most cases, this does not mean what they think it means (“it is impossible to learn this stupid language”, “I am not capable of learning this language”); it might simply be an indicator that they are using a method that is not suitable for their individual needs and learning styles.

It would be really nice to get the perfect recipe and just follow the steps, wouldn’t it? But the thing is, you are more likely to make real headway in your learning if you try different recipes, different methods, see which of them work FOR YOU, which you ENJOY doing, where you feel real progress, and maybe combine their elements to find YOUR best way of learning a language.

In our newsletter, we are giving some recipes; try them all and see which work for you best.

Special thanks to Sziszi ( Hungarian with Sziszi ) for proofreading the blog post and for the inspiring late night talks about the topic. 😘

🇭đŸ‡ș A legjobb mĂłdszert keresed a nyelvtanulĂĄsra? Ne keress tovĂĄbb!
Szeretnéd kétszer gyorsabban felpörgetni a magyar nyelvtudåsodat? Van egy tökéletes megoldåsunk a szåmodra!
SzeretnĂ©l 6 hĂłnap alatt kezdƑ szintrƑl közĂ©phaladĂł szintre jutni? Mi segĂ­tĂŒnk ebben!

Ezek mind elkĂ©pesztƑen jĂłl hangzanak, igaz? De hagyjuk a mellĂ©beszĂ©lĂ©st; ezek jĂł marketingszövegek, de nem szabad ezeket az Ă­gĂ©reteket kĂ©szpĂ©nznek venni. A helyzet az, hogy egyszerƱen NEM lĂ©tezhet EGY legjobb mĂłdszer a nyelvtanulĂĄsra, EGY tökĂ©letes megoldĂĄs, Ă©s senki sem garantĂĄlhatja, hogy az Ƒ mĂłdszere X idƑ alatt elvisz tĂ©ged A szintrƑl B szintre.

Ha szeretsz fƑzni, biztosan lĂĄttĂĄl mĂĄr olyan recepteket, amik Ășgy kezdƑdnek, hogy “kĂ©szĂ­tsd el a tökĂ©letes Tiramisut”. Vagy hallottad mĂĄr egy barĂĄtodtĂłl, aki vacsorĂĄra hĂ­vott, hogy “ez a legfinomabb sĂŒtƑtökleves, amit valaha ettĂ©l”. Majd aztĂĄn csalĂłdottan azt gondoltad, hogy “nem, ahogy Ă©n kĂ©szĂ­tem a Tiramisut, az sokkal jobb”, vagy “anyukĂĄm sĂŒtƑtöklevese sokkal finomabb, mint ez”. Mindannyian tudjuk, hogy az Ă­zlĂ©sek kĂŒlönbözƑek; amit Ă©n finomnak talĂĄlok, azt mĂĄsok lehet, hogy utĂĄljĂĄk, Ă©s fordĂ­tva. Ugyanez a helyzet a nyelvtanulĂĄssal is.

Ahogy az Ă©let minden terĂŒletĂ©n, Ășgy a nyelvtanulĂĄsban is mindannyian kĂŒlönbözƑek vagyunk. MĂĄs a motivĂĄciĂłnk, mĂĄs az eltökĂ©ltsĂ©gĂŒnk, mĂĄs az anyanyelvĂŒnk, mĂĄs a hĂĄttĂ©rtudĂĄsunk, mĂĄs a tapasztalatunk a nyelvtanulĂĄs terĂ©n, Ă©s ami a legfontosabb, mĂĄs a tanulĂĄsi stĂ­lusunk. Ez azt jelenti, hogy ami egyesek szĂĄmĂĄra tökĂ©letes mĂłdszer, nem biztos, hogy neked is az.

Sokan elkövetik azt a hibĂĄt, hogy abbahagyjĂĄk a nyelvtanulĂĄst, mert utĂĄlnak tanulni, vagy mert Ășgy Ă©rzik, hogy fĂĄjdalmasan lassĂș a haladĂĄsuk. A legtöbb esetben ez nem azt jelenti, amit Ƒk gondolnak (“lehetetlen megtanulni ezt a hĂŒlye nyelvet”, “nem vagyok kĂ©pes megtanulni ezt a nyelvet”); egyszerƱen csak azt jelezheti, hogy olyan mĂłdszert hasznĂĄlnak, ami nem felel meg az egyĂ©ni igĂ©nyeiknek Ă©s tanulĂĄsi stĂ­lusuknak.

IgazĂĄn jĂł lenne, ha megkapnĂĄnk a tökĂ©letes receptet, Ă©s csak követnĂ©nk a lĂ©pĂ©seket, nem igaz? De a helyzet az, hogy nagyobb valĂłszĂ­nƱsĂ©ggel jutsz elƑre a tanulĂĄsban, ha kĂŒlönbözƑ recepteket, kĂŒlönbözƑ mĂłdszereket prĂłbĂĄlsz ki, megnĂ©zed, melyik mƱködik neked, melyik az, amit SZÍVESEN csinĂĄlsz, ahol valĂłdi fejlƑdĂ©st Ă©rzel, Ă©s esetleg kombinĂĄlod az elemeiket, hogy megtalĂĄld a TE legjobb mĂłdszeredet a nyelvtanulĂĄsra.

A hĂ­rlevelĂŒnkben mutatunk neked szĂĄmos receptet; prĂłbĂĄld ki mind, Ă©s talĂĄld meg azt, ami szĂĄmodra a legjobb.

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