How to learn a foreign language

By Krystian Aparta

They say that children learn languages the best. But that doesn’t mean that adults should give up. We asked some of the polyglots in TED’s Open Translation Project to share their secrets to mastering a foreign language. Their best strategies distill into seven basic principles:

English Phrases

English Conversation

English idioms of emotion

Here are some emotional idioms to tell people whether you're happy, sad or angry.

:-)

All these idioms mean that you are absolutely delighted!
over the moon: "He was over the moon when he heard the news."

Expand Your Vocabulary

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