Enhance your language
skills!
How to use this Information….
This pamphlet is meant to give students some ideas of
where/what to search for when looking for additional
ways to enhance their language skills. Please view this
information as a compilation of suggestions or keywords
to help you start your search and develop your own
ways of studying!
Tips, tricks, & hints from others who have
learned a foreign language and succeeded!
“Use social networks and chats where communication takes place
in the foreign language. This helps you practice your knowledge,
keeps you up to date with colloquial language, plus you may even
find friends speaking that language as their native tongue.”
“Watch movies, read books, papers, or websites in the foreign
languages for everyday practice. Do not do it because feel you
"have to", but choose content which really interests you and
which is only available in the foreign language.”
“Take time to read the language in your room at night. Write
down words, phrases, and some grammar in your little notebook.
Be sure to be with the natives each day for an extended period
of time. Preferably you are writing in that language for some of
your courses too.”
“I would also find foreign language music that I liked and I would
listen to it and find translations for it to help me learn new
words and pronounce them, and I would play language games
online!”
“If you're a visual learner, label stuff around your house. If your
language has gender, make flash cards with the word in blue if
it's masculine, pink if it's feminine, and green if it's neuter.”
Where/What to search
• The Internet
o Internet Radio Broadcasts
! University Radio
Programming
! Nationally Funded Radio
programming
o Television Streaming website
! Hulu.com
o Podcasts
! Librivox.com
o Social Networking Sites
o Foreign University Websites for
information about student
culture
• Your local college/University campus
o Conversation/Culture clubs
o Study Abroad Office
! Literature for
opportunities overseas
o Film Clubs (often they will show
foreign films with English
subtitles)
o Get a tutor
• Local Library
o Books written in that foreign
language
o Videos
o Magazines
o Audiobooks
Suggested Resources List
English Grammar for Students of…
(French/German/Spanish/etc)
Published: Olivia & Hill Press
How to Learn a Foreign Language,
Graham E. Fuller, ISBN: 0935166025
Openculture.com – search Foreign
Languages
http://www.speakeasy.org/~dbrick/
Hot/foreign.html - extensive list of
other electronic foreign language
resources