Here's an articles from Business Insider. I thought it would be useful for anyone interested in learning a new language.
Excerpt from article:
The vocabulary-based approach stresses repetition.
A back-to-basics version of education.
Double translation will have you befriending your dictionary.
Translating directly from a book in a foreign language.
The grammar-based approach requires diligence.
Teaching yourself; perhaps the second-hardest method.
At school you'll encounter the communicative method.
One of the more expensive methods; but you'll learn faster this way.
No study required with the immersion method, but it takes guts.
The scariest possible way to learn a new language. You'll be on your own most of the time.
http://www.businessinsider.com/5-ways-to-learn-a-language-2013-5?op=1
And here's a sixth way, for those who are seeking something a little more unorthodox:
http://duolingo.com/
Excerpt from article:
The vocabulary-based approach stresses repetition.
A back-to-basics version of education.
Double translation will have you befriending your dictionary.
Translating directly from a book in a foreign language.
The grammar-based approach requires diligence.
Teaching yourself; perhaps the second-hardest method.
At school you'll encounter the communicative method.
One of the more expensive methods; but you'll learn faster this way.
No study required with the immersion method, but it takes guts.
The scariest possible way to learn a new language. You'll be on your own most of the time.
http://www.businessinsider.com/5-ways-to-learn-a-language-2013-5?op=1
And here's a sixth way, for those who are seeking something a little more unorthodox:
http://duolingo.com/