As children, we pick up a new languages effortlessly, while adults tend to struggle with retention. Studies indicate that while adults might initially remember more words than children during the learning phase, they also tend to forget them over time. In contrast, children often absorb words subconsciously and are less prone to forgetting.
Yet, in today’s globalized world, professionals can’t afford to overlook language proficiency, especially when it comes to mastering industry- and job-specific language.
In this blog post, we explore the different ways of learning and maintaining languages, taking a closer look at what active learning exactly means and examining its benefits in language acquisition.
What is the best method for improving and maintaining your language skills?
There are different approaches to learning a language, but one method is by far the best: active learning.
Active learning is a powerful and effective approach where you actively participate in the learning process.
Instead of listening to instructions (from a teacher, book, app), you are encouraged to actively work with the language, in real contexts:
Active learning encourages you to practise using the language you need and learn to apply it actively and spontaneously.
By doing so, you not only develop the language skills you need, but also the self-confidence to actually use the language in your professional life.
Active learning provides many advantages that are just right for language learning:
Active learning therefore is not only a powerful method for learning a new language and acquiring language skills, but also offers benefits in terms of motivation, communication and self-confidence.
Convinced? Then check out our language learning platform Squidll, offering the perfect solution to actively improving your language skills.
Squidll offers active language support in a very flexible way. Squidll is:
With Squidll, you can easily book online sessions with a language coach whenever you need support. These sessions are tailored to your job-specific needs, giving you help exactly when you need it.
This way, your language learning is fully integrated into your work routine and you can immediately put the acquired knowledge into practice.
Squidll offers a personalised, flexible and cost-effective language solution for your employees.
Our experienced language coaches provide customised language training that meets the specific needs of each employee.
Check out our business solutions for your employees, contact us or book a demo and together we will see which language solution is the best fit for your organisation or team.