Learning A Language With Music Just Got Easier | The Perfect Key

Why didn’t I think of doing this before? Those are the exact words I thought to myself the moment I made learning languages so much easier for myself. For years, I’ve given up listening to music in English by choice. Personally, I don’t care for music in English to begin with, but I’ve listened to music in a myriad of different languages — even ones I’m not studying, like Indonesian, Arabic, and Hindi. What I’ve finally realized is that I’ve only been using half of the material and not using the music to its full potential.

The Realization
My biggest flaw was listening to the song on YouTube, singing along with the lyrics by reading them from the video, and actually enjoying what I’m listening to. Yet what I failed to do was learn the meaning of most of the words. Sure, you can get a sense of what’s being said in a language you’re studying, but what was the point if you’re not learning? It finally clicked. Have I been missing out on new material all this time? Not necessarily. Although the rate of learning faster? Absolutely.

My initial thought was that I need to pretend I’m a baby that doesn’t even have a native language yet, so that I’m not constantly translating in my head and that the definition will come with time. While this could work mainly while you’re reading large volumes…