the difference between people who are successful at learning languages and people who are not is this:

那些成功學習語言和成效不佳的人，不同的地方是

People who often give up approach learning languages with a couple of specific questions.

人們常常因為某些問題而放棄學習語言

They often want to know:

他們往往想知道

How long exactly is this going to take me to do

學習語言會花我多長的時間

and how much of my time am I going to have to give every day in order to be able to do this.

我每天要花多少時間

The reason why is because they don't really like learning languages.

才能夠完成

They like speaking languages and they like the idea of the benefits of it,

然而他們不喜歡學習語言的原因

but they're not necessarily enjoying the process of learning them.

是因為他們喜歡說，以及想到說這些語言的好處

In order to make your language-learning a lot more fun,

但他們並不真的享受學習語言的過程

I think you should focus on the things that interest you the most.

為了使你在學習語言上有更多的樂趣

If you want to learn the language to learn more about the culture,

我認為你可以關注在你最有興趣的地方

then you should be watching films, you should be reading and enjoying those things that are available.

例如，如果你想學習多一點有關這語言的文化

It's also important to reward yourself for the learning that you're doing,

那你可以多看影片，並閱讀及享受它們

so make sure that you give yourself a little treat

在學習過程中，獎勵自己也是很重要的

and maybe even plan a holiday or a trip to the country where they speak the language,

所以你可以給自己一點獎賞

so you can actually see how much progress you've made since you started learning

可能是計畫一個假期或旅程到說你所學的語言的國家

and how far you could still come in a similar amount of time.

藉此你可以知道，從你開始學習到目前為止，你進步了多少

The other really important thing is to set realistic goals when thinking about learning a language.

以及一樣的時間內你還可以進步多少

That well may keep you much more motivated through the language-learning process

另一件很重要的事就是設定明確目標

and make sure that you stick to the commitment that you make.

當我們想學習一個語言的時候

So, an example of an unrealistic goal is:

這樣會使我們在學習語言的過程中更有動力

'I want to be able to speak German fluently.'

並且要確認是否緊跟著自己所設定的目標

That's very, very difficult to achieve and it's gonna take you a long time.

舉一個不切實際的目標為例

But an example of a realistic goal would be something like:

我想要說流利的德語

'I would like to have a ten-minute conversation with a native speaker about something very simple and easy.'

這是個非常難達成的目標，也需要很長的一段時間

Or, for example: 'I want to be able to watch the news and understand fifty per cent of it.'

所以，一個實際的目標會比較像是

That's something that is very clear and that you could work towards

我希望可以跟母語人士有十分鐘簡單的對話

in order to make sure that you keep seeing how much progress you make.

或是，我想要能夠理解新聞當中百分之五十的內容

Share your language-learning tips and experiences by leaving a comment below,

這樣的目標是非常明確的，也是可以努力的方向

and make sure you check out the other videos in this series.

如此下來，可以檢視自己進步了多少