The 90 Day Plan to Learning a Language
学会一门语言的90天计划

It’s possible to achieve fluency, or at least a high speaking level, in just 90 days, but it requires intense focus.
在90天内达到流利、至少是较高的口语标准是可能的,但是要求高度集中的练习。

If you don’t have the freedom to focus fulltime on learning a language, that’s okay, but the process will take longer than 90 days. Just make sure that you continue to practice every day, or else you’ll lose your knowledge rapidly.
如果你可以自由支配的时间还不允许你完全专注于学习一门语言,也没关系,但学习过程会长于90天。你只需要保证每天都持续练习,否则你会很快忘记你所学的内容。

Days 1-30
第1-30天

The first thirty days are critical to learning a new language. You need to immerse yourself as fully as possible.
最初的30天对于学习一门新的语言非常关键。你需要尽可能地完全投入到学习中去。

I highly recommend moving to a country where the language is spoken if you want to learn a language in 90 days. This will help you get into the language learning mindset, and will allow you to surround yourself with the new language. If you are able to move to a new country, try to live with a host family. You’ll learn a lot by eating meals with a family that hosts you.
如果你想在90天内学会一门语言,我强烈建议你搬去说那个语言的国家。这会有助于你进入语言学习的状态,让你被这门新的语言所包围。如果你能搬去一个新的国家,试着住进一个寄宿家庭。你和这家人一起吃饭时就可以学到很多。

In any case, during the first month, work one on one with a private tutor—not group classes. Group classes allow you to sit back and be lazy, while a private tutor forces you to learn.
无论如何,在第一个月,和私人教师一起一步步学习,不要去集体课堂。集体课堂会让你坐在后排偷懒,而私人教师会强迫你学习。

This is important: you must be an active learner. Most people allow themselves to be taught to, but you have to take an active role in asking questions.
还有一点很重要:你必须做一个积极的学习者。大多数人在被动接受,而你必须提出问题,扮演主动的角色。

You’re going to start encountering a lot of words and phrases that you don’t know, both with your private tutor, and when you practice languages on your own. Enter these words in your memorization software.
在和私人教师学习或者自己练习的时候,你都会开始遇到很多不认识的单词和词组。把这些词汇输入你的记忆软件。

You want to start memorizing 30 words and phrases per day. Why 30? Because in 90 days, you’ll have learned 80% of the language.
你可以开始尝试每天记忆30个单词和词组。为什么是30个呢?因为在90天内,你将会掌握这门语言的80%。

As you can see, you need to learn around 3000 to hit 80% of the words … probably enough before you can start learning words easily by context. At 30 words/day, you’ll have learned almost 3000 in 90 days.
想要学会一门语言,你需要学习大约3000个单词来掌握80%的词汇,这应该已经足够让你可以根据上下文就容易地猜出词义了。保持每天30个词的速度,90天内你差不多可以记住3000个词。

Days 31-60
第31-60天

After your first month, it’s time to focus on exposing yourself to the language as much as possible. After a month of private tutoring, you’ll have the ability to have basic conversations.
第一个月结束后,应该尽可能地让自己专注于使用这门语言。一个月的私人教学后,你应该具备进行基础会话的能力。

If your private tutor is getting expensive, you might consider doing advanced group classes at this point—it’ll save you money and give you access to other friends who are learning the language. Just be careful of speaking only in English. Try to make it a rule to speak in the new language as much as possible. Continue with your private tutor, if possible.
如果请私人教师的费用太高,你也许可以考虑参加高级教学班。这可以帮你省钱,也让你有机会认识和你一样在学习这门语言的人。不过要注意,不要只用母语沟通。试着定一条规矩,尽可能地只用这门新的语言说话。如果可能的话继续聘请私人教师。

Now is the time to start finding language partners. Attempt to spend a few hours everyday practicing your language. At this point, because you have a basic grasp of the language, it shouldn’t be a chore—you are basically spending time socializing with new friends.
此时可以开始找语言学习搭档了。试着每天花几个小时练习这门语言。因为你已经掌握了这门语言的基础,应该不会觉得太困难,你可以花一些时间和新朋友进行基本的社交。

Try reading simple books in your target language and underlining words that you don’t know. You can add these to your memorization app.
试着读一些用该门语言写成的简单的书,把不懂的词划出来,然后添加到你的记忆应用程序里去。

You should start trying to think in the new language. Every time you try to express a thought to yourself, but can’t remember the word, write it down in your memorization software. Continue learning 30 words and phrases per day.
你应该试着开始用这门新的语言进行思考。每当你试着自我表达一种想法,却不记得某个单词时,把这个词添加到记忆软件里。继续保持每天学习30个单词和词组。

Days 61-90
第61-90天

By day 60, you should be in a good position to speak the language. You just simply need to keep practicing. Have deeper conversations with your language partners. Try to go out with them as much as possible—I’ve even found that a moderate amount of alcohol helps significantly with language practice.
到了第60天,你的口语应该不错了。你只是需要保持练习。和你的搭档进行一些更深入的对话。尽可能多和他们外出,我甚至发现适量饮酒对语言练习有明显的帮助。

Continue studying 30 words a day and practicing the ones you’ve already learned, and you’ll be approaching the 3000 word mark—enough to speak a language close to fluently.
继续每天学习30个单词,练习那些你已经学过的,你已经接近3000大关,这已经足够让你近乎流利地用这门语言说话了。

By now, you can start watching TV and reading books in your target language. Rent some DVDs in the foreign language and try to follow along. If you need to, turn on the subtitles. Don’t worry if you have trouble, because understanding film is a lot more difficult than having a one-on-one conversation.
现在你可以开始用这门语言看电视和读书。借一些外语的DVD试着跟上它的节奏。如果需要,可以打开字幕。如果理解有困难也别灰心,因为看懂一部电影比面对面的对话要难多了。

Keep on working on the language for several hours per day, and by the end of the month, you’ll find that you have a good grasp on the language. It’s pretty amazing what you can do in just 90 days with intense focus.
保持每天花几个小时使用这门语言,到这个月底,你会发现已经很好地掌握了它。保持高度集中,你可以在短短90天内做到如此不可思议的事情。

Conclusion
总结

Congratulations! You’ve done it–you’ve learned a language in just 90 days. The best part is that you’ll find it much faster to learn your next language. You’ve done the hard part–learning how to learn a language.
恭喜你!你做到了!你在短短90天内学会了一门语言。最棒的是你会发现学习下一门语言时会更快。你已经完成了最难的部分,那就是学会如何学习一门语言。

You’ve unlocked a new skill. Language learning is about building a new habit—the habit of thinking and speaking in a new language. And once you perfect a single language, you’ve laid the foundation for doing even more.
你已经掌握了一门新的技术。语言学习就是建立一种新的习惯,一种用一门新的语言思考和说话的习惯。一旦你完美掌握了一门语言,你已经为学习更多的语言打下了基础。

Imagine, the next time you meet a waiter or tourist from Italy or Mexico or Greece, you could start talking, tell a joke, and—if you can remember the punchline in time—get to experience the elation of making someone laugh in their own language.
想象一下,下次当你遇见一个来自意大利或者墨西哥或者希腊的服务生或者游客,你可以和他聊天,讲笑话(如果你能及时想得起那个笑料的话),然后体会一下用别人的母语逗他们大笑的那种得意劲吧。

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