Four tips for learning a new language from home


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Just using an online app to learn a new language isn't the best way. Photo: Christin Klose/dpa

Have you been wanting to brush up on your foreign language skills for a long time? The coronavirus lockdown could be that opportunity.

Being clear about your reasons for learning a language will help you follow through, says Britta Hufeisen, head of the Technical University Darmstadt's language centre in Germany. Are you trying to learn to write in the language better? Or perhaps improve your reading comprehension? Or do you want better conversational skills?

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