11 Top Tips For Learning A New Language in 2024

Every year one resolution that comes back a lot in people’s goals for the new year is to learn another language than the one they speak, whether it is for work or There are no less than roughly 6,500 languages in the world, without including dialects.

If you’re wondering how to learn a new language by yourself, then these are the best tips for learning a new language!

11 Tips For Learning A New Language in 2024

Learning a new language, Korean, German, Portuguese or maybe Irish, doesn’t happen overnight. Whether you learn on your own, at school, or so on, you will need to put effort and figure out a plan of action to tackle this new language and appropriate it for yourself.

We all have different ways of learning and memorising stuff up; what might work for one individual might not work for another. Although it’s still good to check out the best tips to learn a new language, so it’ll help you know what the best is for you when you try to implement those in your learning process.

Study Abroad

Alright, one of the main things you will hear whenever when you are looking for tips to learn a new language is to go study abroad and immerse yourself in the country of the
That sounds pretty obvious; if you want to learn a new language, go to another country where you can’t speak, read or listen to your own language, and hear one daily, you will learn.
So, if you’re as well motivated to learn it, it’s the perfect way to learn a new language.

However, I am aware that not everyone has the opportunity or can go study abroad to learn a new language. You might consider doing it via a school or uni exchange if you can, or sometimes languages schools like EF, for example, make contests for people to win a study journey abroad.

I know it is easier to book through a middle, man it’s better if you check with the school to score a better price.

Tips For Learning A New Language By Yourself in 2024

Make vocabulary lists – a lot of them.

I love, love, love making lists. And guess what? Making vocabulary lists is a great way to expand your learning, especially if you remember stuff better when you write them down like me. Then it’s super helpful; you can take your lists wherever you want.

If you don’t feel like writing a hundred words and they’re translated on a piece of paper or a little notebook (which is the best option, in my opinion), you can always get them directly on your phone or with some flashcards apps, so they are with you at all time.

There are plenty of apps to help you out as well as to learn vocabulary if you don’t want to make your own list.

Practise Daily – Consistency Is Key

Consistency is key; this applies to many more things than just language learning.

One of the main things to do when you want to learn a new language you will want to practice daily or at least as much as you can cram into your schedule.

When learning a new language, you must fully immerse yourself in it. Therefore, practising daily will help you get used to the language you are learning. Plus, you’ll be setting a routine to help you stay consistent with your learning.

You can try to write a small entry in a journal every night about what you did that day. Or anything you’d like; it is also a nice way to keep track of your progress.

It’s very easy to stop practising when you’re learning a new language by yourself, so make sure to have a learning schedule that fits your life so you don’t get unmotivated.

Read, Write and Listen

This sounds so obvious, but doing this is the most important when you want to learn a new language. You must practice reading, writing and listening to master a new language efficiently.

You might think you want to learn to speak the language and how it sounds.

Change your device language.

It’s small, but if you start changing your devices’ language, you’ll have to learn new words daily.

We live in a world where we are constantly surrounded by technology and use multiple devices daily; setting one of them in a different language, for example, your phone, will help you integrate the language you are learning in your life. You know how the device works, so it will be easy to use while integrating new words.

Get Yourself a Penpal

A great way to practise the language you are learning if you can’t travel to any countries of the language you are learning is to get yourself a pen pal to practice and talk to.

It’s great to practise by yourself, but sometimes language is different between what you learn in books and the reality of speaking.

In French, for example, there is a lot of slang, or verlan, as we call it. So, while you may think you somewhat grasp the language, which is true, you’ll understand, you might not understand what people are saying back to you. Slang words and popular sayings of the moment aren’t found in textbooks.

Check out for classes in your city.

If learning by yourself isn’t quite your thing or you find it difficult, you might want to check out the classes that your city offer, most of the time, if you live in a somewhat big city, your city will have a wide range of classes so whatever language you want to learn might be there, it’s worth checking out.

Don’t worry if you don’t find any classes about the language you want to learn, don’t worry. There is always the online class option; it might be a bit different than a class setting. Still, you’ll have a guideline to follow and exercises and the opportunity to ask whatever question you’d like to ask your teacher.

Check out Tongue Twisters

Speaking is often one of the trickiest things when you learn a new language, especially if you’re learning independently; some words and sounds might be very different from your own language. Tongue twisters are a great way to improve your pronunciation and speaking.

A fun thing to do is find out tongue twisters in the language you are learning, listen to them and repeat them.

Record Yourself Practising

Yep, you read that right; one good way to improve your skills if you’re learning a language is to record yourself talking.

I know it might feel stupid to sit in front of your camera or your phone and chat to yourself and let alone watch it afterwards, however by doing this, you can listen to yourself and takes note of what you did wrong, be it some grammar mistakes, pronunciation and so on.

That way, you can also track your journey and see all the progress you made from the first time you recorded yourself to where you are now; it’s a great source of motivation and helps to keep you going.
It’s also a fun youtube video idea if you’re into that; you can document your journey and share it with people!

Break Down Learning Goals

To have a clear view of what you want to achieve so, you can know what to focus your studying on

For example, why do you want to learn this language? To travel and exchange with locals? to be able to read an author in their native language? for work? etc.

From there on, you have your main goal defined now; you can break it down into smaller goals. For example, practice one hour daily, watch a movie without subtitles, understand a book etc.

Use one language to learn another.

If you’re learning a new language after you have already mastered it, using this one language as a base to learn a new one is great. It allows your brain to keep practising the language you learnt and master a new one in the process.

For example, I am a native French speaker, and I learnt English and Spanish at school and often used English to learn Japanese.

Building one language on top of another is great for exercising your brain!

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And these are all the tips for learning a new language by yourself!

With all these language-learning tips, you can tackle any new language you learn! Learning a new language is always challenging, but you can do it with good organisation, tips and consistency! So keep your resolution and master that new language; it’s always a perk to add another language to your resume or when you travel!

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Here are language-related posts you might also find interesting:

• How To Say “I Love You In 100 Languages”
• How To say “Hello” In 100 Languages.”
• Easy French words and phrases to know before you visit
• Best Ressources To Learn Japanese By Yourself

Also, follow me on Instagram to check out my travel adventures around Europe and more lifestyle content @cpt_lyne!

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✈ Best Travel Ressources To Plan Your Next Trip

If you need help planning your next trip, don’t worry. I’ve got you covered! Here are my favourite websites and apps to plan a trip!

✈ How To Find Flights?

My favourite website for booking flights is Skyscanner; it is a good comparator for finding the cheapest flights.
Google Flight is also a good help when it comes to comparing flights.

✈ Where To Book Accommodations?

The best sites to book accommodations are Booking.com or Expedia. They both allow you to collect points for a discount; it’s worth comparing the two as they often have different pricing for the same hotels.

Another perk of Booking.com and Expedia is that you can sometimes get bundle deals for flights and accommodations, which can help you save a lot of money.

✈ Best Sites To Book Activities

My go-to website when I need to book an activity is GetYourGuide when I can’t get a ticket directly on the website or if it’s easier to go through them.
I always check if the price is the same, though, as the whole point is for it to be easier but not more expensive.

You can also check out Klook if you need to book more than just activities and would like to get everything from the same website—(i.e. transport cards, car rental, hotel…).

✈ Other helpful travel resources

– Radical Storage: If you need a place to keep your luggage for an extended period when you travel, I recommend using them. It was a great help when we needed a place to keep our luggage safely while we left the city for a few days.
– TheTrainline: If you love to travel by train like me, then TheTrainline needs to be your go-to website for train travel in Europe. It is very reliant and easy to use.

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