The Seven Secrets of Language Learning
Spend the time | 花时间学习
If you want to learn something new, you should spend as much time as possible learning it. For a language, you need to spend AT LEAST 1 HOUR a day!
花尽可能长的时间去学习这门语言，每天至少学1小时。
There's no shortcut on the way to fluency.
想要流利说，绝对没捷径。
Do what you like doing | 做喜欢的事，快乐学习
Steve loves listening and reading because he'd like to build a fantastic world in words.
史蒂夫喜欢听和读，喜欢在文字中构建想象力。
If you hate drills or translation, it's okay, because Steve also hates them.
如果你不喜欢做题，不喜欢翻译，也没关系，因为他也不喜欢。
Here are some learning materials shared by other language learners:
其他语言分享者也分享了他们的学习素材：
Everything is good enough. But the precondition is that you really like it and you play it every day!
总之什么素材都可以，前提是你喜欢，你每天都听/看。
Notice what is happening in the new language | 关注新语言里的各种现象
You should immerse yourself in this new language by listening and reading because you need enough experience to recognize what is important in it.
通过听和读让自己尽可能地浸泡在这个新语言里，因为你必须要有足够的经验，才能有意无意地注意到重点信息。
People cannot learn what they don't know before. It sounds tricky. But it's an objective law. That's the reason why you must have enough input, and then you will be able to output.
人无法学习自己不知道的事，所以必须多输入，才能有输出。
Push yourself to RECOGNIZE what is IMPORTANT!
要培养自己的【划重点】意识！
Underline new words and expressions while you're reading.
读的时候把单词/表达划出来。
Review them frequently.
经常复习这些生词和表达。
Review grammar books frequently and quickly.
经常迅速地去过一下语法书。
The goal is not to recite letters or rules, but to RECOGNIZE IMPORTANT INFORMATION.
学习目的不是背诵字母，也不是背诵规则，而是去**【注意】【重点信息】**。
It's not possible that you understand every POINT instantly. In contrast, you will find some NEW POINTS in every touch, which you ignored last time.
你不会一下子就理解所有重点信息，而是每次接触都会发现一些新的、你之前没注意到重点。
Similarly, you cannot pronounce them correctly, unless you really hear them in your brain. In this process, you should listen to various materials continuously.
同样地，你没有办法说出正确的发音，除非你听的时候真地听进去了，而这个【听进去】的过程也是**【不断地】去听各种各样的内容**。
Focus on words | 专注于词汇
You should pay more attention to words but not grammar rules.
多关心单词而不是语法规则。
You CAN gradually and naturally acquire grammar after you know enough words and you have enough input (listen and read numerous meaningful contents). 当你通过大量地听和读（有意义的内容），输入并掌握了足够多的单词之后，你会自然而然地掌握语法规则。
You could use some particular learning materials in a period.
在一段时间之内，可以把重心放在特定的输入素材上。
For instance, you can listen to a particular podcast series or read a particular writer's works in several months. And then you will find that you become familiar with the podcast/writer's word choice. In this progress, you are able to acquire other's words naturally.
例如：在几个月里，专注听某一系列播客或看某个作家的多部作品，你会逐渐熟悉对方的行文用词，从而自然掌握词汇。
Be patient | 耐心
要更有耐心，耐得住寂寞（毕竟高手都是寂寞的）。
Some language learners were frustrated on their halfway and gave up for two reasons:
有很多精疲力竭的语言学习者中途放弃了，究其原因是：
① be upset for forgetting those words they've learned
单词背了又忘很失落
② be upset for not understanding a clip they've repeated almost dozens of times
一个片段听了十几遍/几十遍都听不懂很失落。
However, you have to accept that these things are quite normal!
但是你一定要知道，这些都是正常现象！！！
Steve's learning Hebrew recently. Even he's a great language learner, he's also forgetting what he has learned. But the difference is that he has successful experience of learning other languages, so he knows forgetting is NORMAL and it's what he HAS TO SUFFER.
史蒂夫最近在学希伯来语，也是学了又忘，但是他有很多学习其他语言的成功经验，所以他知道这是正常的、必须忍受的。
The forgetting is caused by our brain. It needs to delete and renew something in its storage. To fight against it, you should input continuously, until more and more content is rooted in your brain. After that, you can use them in your speaking and writing.
这是大脑的工作机制导致的，它需要定期清理更新内存，所以要持续不断地输入，直到越来越多的内容扎根于脑海，最终成为可以输出调用的素材。
After a few months, you may suddenly have an epiphany and find that the material you didn't understand in the previous months has become comprehensible.
量变到质变，可能几个月之后，你会突然顿悟，发现前几个月里听不懂的那个素材变得可以理解了。
Language learning is a gradual process, not a one-day, three-day explosion.
语言学习是一个渐进的过程，而不是一天一个样三天大变样的爆发。
You can learn to speak more and more fluently, but that doesn't mean you'll be perfect and not make a single mistake. Think back to how many Chinese sentences you have spoken in your lives and don't be too critical.
你可以通过学习说得越来越流利，但不代表你会完美得一错不犯。回忆一下生活里说了多少中文病句，不要太求全责备。
Strategy/Tactic
Some strategies： Tools
一些学习秘籍：你需要工具~ Player - Dictionaries - Books - Audio Books
播放器/词典/书籍/有声书籍
Be prepared for paying money to learn a language. Even if you've paid money, you still have to spend years on it.
要有为学习花钱的准备，花了钱也要花时间去学习！！！
Take charge of your own language learning | 为自己负责
There's nobody who can help you if you are not willing to study!
自己不想学，神仙也难救🙄
Please make an appropriate plan for yourself!
要给自己制定一个合适的计划！