Make time to speak in the language you’re learning — it helps
Speaking does more than grammar-focused learning approaches.
The extra effort it takes to speak a language positively affects your listening skills, according to a study by the University of Wisconsin. While most traditional methods of foreign language education focus on grammar and other comprehension-focused activities, it’s actually better for students to actively engage with the learning material — by forming sentences of their own and then gaining instruction afterwards.
Integrating more speaking into your language-learning endeavors also helps with gaining better accuracy, speed and listening skills.
“You go from an idea to picking the words, getting their order together for a sentence, relating it back to the idea, getting the pronunciation of the words, and relating that back up to the idea,” UW–Madison psychology professor Maryellen MacDonald said in a news release.
Why this is interesting: We truly see the benefit in overcoming any fears of making mistakes and making strides in speaking the language you’re learning!
