如何学习一种新语言(2)

Language is so much more than a bunch of words you need to memorize.

Try exploring the beautiful places where your target language is spoken.

For example, try perfecting and appreciating the beauty or Chinese calligraphy. watching a fascinating TED Talk in Spanish. etc.

Face the fact that language learning is a never-ending process.

It is perhaps one of the deepest  frustrations language learners face.

Although we often see languages divided into levels. stages or goals. we eventually come to the realization that language learning does not end.

But think about it this way:

As for your native language, do you feel upset, ridiculed, frustrated, inferiorited or even angry when you come across a word you haven't seen before.

Of course not!

You either just ask what it is. or you are able to understand it in a given context and just move on.

Perceive this as a natural part of the challenging process that is language learning.

And appreciate the fact that you are devoting your time to an art that takes centuries to develop.