##The five principles
- Focus on language content that is relevant to you
- Use your language as a tool to communicate from day 1
- When you understand the message you will acquire the language unconsciously
- Language is not about accumulating a lot of knowledge but is rather a type of physiological training
- Psycho-physiological state matters - you need to be happy, relaxed, and most importantly, you need to be tolerant of ambiguity. Don’t try to understand every detail as it will drive you crazy.
##The seven actions
- Listen a lot - it doesn’t matter if you understand or not. Listen to rhythms and patterns
- Focus on getting the meaning first, before the words. Body language and facial expressions can help
- Start mixing, get creative, and use what you’re learning
- Focus on the core - use the most commonly - use the words, and use the language to learn more
- Get a language parent - someone who is fluent in the language and who will do their best to understand what you mean; who will not corrent your mistakes; who will feedbac their understanding of what you’re saying using correct language, and uses words that you know
- Copy the face - watch native speakers and observe their face, and particular their mouth moves whrn they’re speaking
- “Direct connect” to the target language - find ways to connect words directly with images and other internal representations