Foreign Language General Principles for How to Study a Foreign Language 1. Efficient study techniques in foreign language study, like learning methods in any subject, require an organized approach, in order to - a. reduce resistance to getting started. Language textbooks are usually set up in such a way that every lesson contains some training in each skill. These skills must be learned more or less simultaneously. Appropriate study habits are needed for the development of each.
Constant practice is required for their development.
It is important that each lesson be learned. Failure to learn a missed assignment makes progress difficult and often impossible. Constant usage, repetition and frequent short study periods are methods essential for successful foreign language learning. Read for ideas. Read as much as possible.