The Absolute Best Way to Learn Swedish (Part 1)
So what is the absolute best way to learn Swedish?
Well before I tell you what the best way to learn Swedish is, let me give you a list of the 5 WORST WAYS to Swedish…
Just be forewarned, you may get angry with me for saying some of the things I am gonna say, but sometimes the truth hurts. People don’t want to feel stupid or gullible. They don’t want to admit that they have wasted piles of hard earned cash and years of their life investing in inferior learning methods. Don’t feel too bad though, because I have also wasted my time and money on all of these. I understand where you are coming from. I have learned the hard way and now I am here to help you save as much time and money as I can. So before you write me hate mail, just know that I am honestly trying to help you.
1) Buying and Reading Expensive Grammar Books
Reading a book on swedish grammar might cure your insomnia, but it will not help you learn Swedish very effectively. Grammar books are boring and confusing. They overwhelm you with loads of arbitrary rules before you even have any kind of foundational point of reference in the language. These books are produced solely for use as reference material in assisting people who already know the language quite well. You didn’t learn your mother tongue by reading a grammar book, so why would you try and learn your new language by reading a grammar book?
Save your money and don’t buy a swedish grammar book until you have already learned to speak the language fluently.
2) Buying Fancy and Expensive Computer Programs
I don’t want to mention any names, but most of you will know what I am talking about. These programs cost thousands of dollars, eat up a lot of memory on you hard drive, and teach you almost nothing. Yes, they look very impressive but that’s about it. I promise you however that even if you master the entire program you will still not be able to speak or understand the language very well at all.
You might learn a few new words but you will only be able to remember them when you are using the program and looking at the pictures they are showing you. These programs do nothing to make the language your own or increase your fluency. You can think of these computer language programs like a video game. Mastering a tennis video game will not make you much better at playing tennis in the real world, right? So why do you think mastering a Swedish video game will help you speak Swedish in the real world? It doesn’t work. Believe me, I have wasted money on these programs myself and they don’t work at all. I have never met anyone who became fluent in a language by using one of these ungodly expensive computer programs.
3) Wasting Your Time With Flashcards
You have to bring Swedish into your everyday REAL life and make it a part of your being. The only program on the planet that teaches you this is the “Find Your Flow” course at www.SpeakSwedishStupid.com . It’s the first and LAST program you will ever need to learn Fluent Swedish!!!
Seriously, I’m not just tooting my own horn here. I made this program because it works and because it didn’t exist before. It’s what I used to get myself fluent as well as many others and it will work for you too.
Tune in tomorrow to read about the last two WORST WAYS to learn Swedish as well as some great tips on how to actually learn Swedish fast and effectively!
Ha det bra!
Prof Paul
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