4 Ways to Learn a New Language as an Adult

For the most part, it's easier to learn a new language as a young child. Young brains are simply more capable of soaking up knowledge and older ones.

But that doesn't mean you've missed the boat on becoming bilingual if you're in your 20s, 30s, or older. It simply means your strategy has to change. Here are four great ways to learn a new language while also juggling the responsibilities of adulthood!

Use A Smart Language Translator Device Like Jarvisen

If you had a super-reliable device that expertly translated anything you say into almost any language you want, wouldn't that help you understand your new language just that much easier?

Most likely, it would. That's why picking up a smart language translator device like Jarvisen is an impeccable way to learn how to speak a new language. With accurate translations of 60 languages coming at you in under half a second, you'd be hard-pressed not to pick up on your new language after just a few sessions of talking through Jarvisen.

Soon enough, you might find yourself knowing your new language just as well as your device! Will you master all 60 languages, however? Only time will tell.

Practice By Speaking With Others 

One mistake many adults make when trying to learn a new language is that they try to learn the same way schoolchildren do: through classes and endless studying. 

But adult brains are not wired that way, for the most part. Many of us learn far easier by doing than by studying, meaning class time is wasted time. Instead, practice your new language by, quite simply, speaking it. Find others to converse with, even if your linguistic knowledge is still rudimentary. The more you speak, the more ingrained in your head the words and sentences will become.

Converse often enough, and both the words and their meanings will stick with you. Just like that, you're speaking a new language. You may even find yourself fluent without picking up a single textbook!

Revisit Your Favorite Entertainment In Your New Language

We all have books, movies, songs, or TV shows that we simply love. In some cases, this means watching, reading, or listen to it over and over again until we've memorized every single word.

If you've gotten to that point, then you can start to learn a new language by revisiting that entertainment you love, but in your new language. If you, for example, know every word of your favorite South Park episode, then you will follow along perfectly when rewatching it in Spanish, French, Chinese, or whatever language you're learning. It's like conversing with an old friend, only that old friend is a decades-old TV show.

Even memes can help, such as the one above. If you've got the wording of the meme down pat in your language, you've also got it down pat in other languages too. Just like that, a little bit more of your new language has seeped into your brain!

Listen to Radio/Podcasts in Your New Language

Once you've absorbed enough of the new language through conversing and binge-watching, you'll be ready to take the plunge into new entertainment in your new language.

Start by listening to radio programs and podcasts in the language you're trying to learn. You're not likely to understand everything the first few times around. But chances are, you will know enough to figure out some of what they're saying. Your brain will fill in the blanks, and at the same time will absorb the words associated with those blanks.

Over time, there will be fewer blanks and more proficiency. Who knows? You might someday know enough to call in and converse with the hosts in their language. If that's not an incentive to start working on your new language today, we don't know what is!