Pattison - Learn any Language: Progress without Stress! : How To Find the Time, Energy and Resources To Master Your Target Language! Tried and Tested Tips and Tactics!

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LEARN ANY LANGUAGE PROGRESS WITHOUT STRESS is an inspiring, motivational and practical guide for those people who are struggling to master their way to fluency in a foreign language. It contains the tips and tricks that have helped me and my students over the years. I know they work for many people. They can work for you too.

There can be many problems and challenges along the way. Have you ever experienced a lack of time; an over-abundance of resources to choose from; grumbles about the dreaded grammar; memory issues; a loss of motivation or are you simply too tired after a long day to pursue your dream of speaking in a different lingo?

Do you feel frustrated at your lack of progress? Do you hesitate when you have to speak your target language? Is it difficult for you to find opportunities to converse? Are you making the most of your study sessions? What are the best ways for you to learn? What resources should you use? How can you find the time? How do you remember all of that new vocabulary? How can you stay motivated?

Whatever your sticking point, you will find many tried and tested tips and tricks in LEARN ANY LANGUAGE PROGRESS WITHOUT STRESS to help you find your way, gain in confidence and start speaking your target language from today. Im going to show you how to fit the study of a new language into your everyday routine so that learning becomes a daily habit for you. I will explain how to work in short, stress-free sessions and give you practical, easy to follow suggestions. This is about learning and progress but also about having fun with your foreign language and simplifying your life.

Why did I write such a book?

Thats simple. I want put a stop to the angst and anguish I have witnessed too many times when people start to really learn a language. They enrol for classes, theyre enthusiastic, ready to learn and motivated. I work only with adults and nobody is dragged kicking and screaming to come to school, it is their choice. The stress and suffering comes from trying to fit the language study into their lives, not making the best use of the most appropriate resources and galloping lethargy at the end of a brutal day.

The language itself is very rarely the problem! I have never met a person who could not learn a new language. Even the students I know who have learning difficulties have conquered their problems and now communicate with ease and confidence. The secret is a positive, can-do attitude.

You simply need to find your own Language Get Up and Go, wherever that is! Dont worry, Ill help you, its not painful. However, it is necessary if you want to learn and enjoy your learning.

Many of us have jobs, a home, bills to pay and mouths to feed. We find it very difficult to find the one or two hours a week to come to class. For those who are unemployed and looking for work, this is a stressful and draining business. You probably dont feel bright-eyed and bushy-tailed very often.

Or we have all the time in the world but somehow we fill up our days and dont get around to practising the language despite our best intentions.

Does this sound familiar? Are you also gnashing your teeth in frustration?

This is the reality for many people in this busy world that we live in. Im too busy to do anything, we cry! And we may well be right. But that word BUSY

I refuse to use the B word. It stresses me and makes me feel overwhelmed and anxious. There was a time when it made me feel useful and important How does it make you feel?

Of course I have looming deadlines, things I must do, appointments to keep. We all do. But when I found myself exhausted and ill, I learned to let go of some things. I started looking carefully at my expenses, managed to pull my belt in a bit and was able to work a few hours less because of these savings. I asked for help. I delegated. I learned to manage my time better and taught myself how to focus my energies onto what really mattered. My life became simpler and I was finally able to have some Me time. I slowed down a bit, I took time to think, plan and enjoy life. My Get Up and Go came back. Im going to show you how to do that for yourself.

I also understand what it means to learn a foreign language. I know how difficult it is. Ive been there too. I am still learning and loving every minute!

Please no excuses! Do not let anything hold you back. Think of people who achieve incredible things under near-impossible circumstances. People like Michel Thomas who survived several Nazi concentration camps to become a decorated war veteran. He mastered ten languages, developed a language teaching system called the Michel Thomas method and became famous for teaching many of Hollywoods A list celebrities. Or Helen Keller, deaf and blind before she was two years old, learned to read and write and became the first deaf and blind woman to gain a Degree. She used her strong personality to campaign against suffrage, disability rights and social welfare. Look at the people in your own life. Who inspires you?

Your dream of being fluent in a new language is not an impossible dream! All you have to do is to practise little and often to see impressive results.

Accept that you dont become competent and good at a language. Rather, you get used to it, it becomes a familiar friend, an automatic reflex. It starts to become natural to you. This is achieved through repetition and NOT by trying to remember. Think about TV commercials. We see these ads so many times that we can remember them years later, we know the dialogue from memory. But I dont think you ever sat down and consciously tried to remember an advert, at least I hope not! Continuous exposure to your target language in any form provides you with the repetition that you need to remember.