学习一门语言不需要很复杂，也不需要一个漫长的过程。在线教育是未来的趋势，在线的方式更多的适用语言学习。

　　在线学习的好处

　　While there are endless benefits to learning online, the top three are: convenience, productivity, and quality.

　　在线学习有很多的好处，最主要的三个优势是：方便、有效率和高学习质量。

　　1. Convenience (Learn Anywhere)

　　方便性(在任何地方学习)

　　Most of us don’t have the luxury of traveling across the world to a foreign country to learn how to speak Spanish, French, or German.

　　我们大多数人没有富足到去世界各地旅行来学习外语，在旅行中学习如何讲西班牙语、法语或德语。

　　If you’re an introverted learner, or just simply someone who’s busy with work, having the ability to learn at the comforts of your own home, or at an environment where you feel safe is undervalued. While real-life immersion is powerful, you can reap the same benefits without sacrificing your lifestyle.

　　如果你是一个内向的学习者，或者只是忙于工作，有条件在舒适的家里学习，或者在一个你感到安全的环境里。虽然现实生活的限制是强大的，你可以不牺牲你的生活方式而收获语言学习的成果。

　　2. Productivity (Save Time)

　　有效率(节省时间)

　　An average American wastes over 15 full days per year commuting. While we can’t change our work environment overnight, we can change our learning environment.

　　美国人平均每年浪费超过15天在上下班路上。虽然我们不可能在一夜之间改变我们的工作环境，我们可以改变我们的学习环境。

　　For most of us learning languages in-person, the time wasted commuting to meet your teacher at a Starbucks or to your language school can often be worse. Since time is the most important commodity we have, learning online helps us win back more time.

　　对于大多数独立说学习语言的来说，为了到星巴克见到你的老师或你的语言学校而浪费时间在上下班路上都是非常糟糕的。因为时间是我们最重要的商品，网络学习可以帮助我们赢回更多的时间。

　　3. Quality

　　学习质量

　　The best teachers are everywhere, not just in your local city. As remote working becomes more prevalent in today’s workplace, so is the saying, “the best talents are everywhere.”

　　最好的老师无处不在，不仅在你所在的城市。随着远程工作变得越来越流行，也印证了“最好的人才无处不在”的说法。

　　When it comes to language learning, this is especially true. For one, language learning is as much of a cultural experience as it is an educational experience. The reason most of us learn a language (ex. Spanish) in the first place is to have a deeper connection with someone that comes from a different culture (ex. Colombia).

　　在学习语言时，尤其如此。首先，语言学习的文化经验，因为它是一个教育经验。原因我们大多数人学习一门语言(西班牙语)首先是要有一个与人的深层联系来自一个不同的文化(如哥伦比亚)。

　　Yet, the chances of you finding the right teacher that matches your learning style, personality, and needs, who also originates from your desired location is pretty slim.

　　然而，你找到，适合你的学习风格、个性和需求也同样在你当地的合适老师是很难的。

　　By leveraging learning languages online, we have the power to work with the best teachers (and talent), not just the ones that we find on Craigslist in our local city.

　　通过利用网上学习语言，我们可以找到最好的老师，而不仅仅是那些在我们当地城市的老师。

　　如何充分利用网络学习语言

　　如果你决定学习语言可以为你在线,我们搜集了一些技巧和策略充分利用它。

　　如下：

　　1. Work With The Best

　　和顶尖人士学习

　　Price shopping is the most common form of human behavior before we investing in anything. But when you study the top performers in business, athletics, learning, they only work with the best.

　　我们投资于任何东西购物都是最常见的模式。但是当你向工作、体育、学习领域的顶级人士学习时，他们只和最强的人学习。

　　What these high performers understand is that by working with the best, you can actually save more time and money in the end. When you’re starting a business, hiring the cheapest developer can cost your business 5x more time and money to fix the bugs and mistakes the developer made.

　　这些高水平人士认为，通过和最优秀的人学习，你可以节省更多的时间和金钱。当你创业的时候，招聘成本最便宜的开发人员可能会使业务花费超过5倍的时间和金钱来解决开发人员犯的错误。

　　When you’re learning a language, working with the cheapest teacher can be the difference between knowing a foreign language or nothing at all. This is because learning something new is often more about self-motivation and persistence, then strategy, especially when you’re just getting started. It’s not always about the what, but the why and how.

　　当你学习一门语言时，你希望了解一门外语，但是使用最便宜的老师可能会使你掌握很少。这是因为学习新的事物更多和自我激励和毅力相关，尤其是当你刚刚开始学习时，不仅仅是学这是什么，更重要的是学习为什么学和如何学。

　　2. Avoid Burnout

　　避免过度疲劳

　　Through our experience in high school, and college, we’ve become accustomed to sitting in two hour long lecture halls, trying to retain as much information as our brain allowed.

　　通过我们的经验在高中和大学时，我们已经习惯了坐在两个小时的课堂上，我们大脑试图保留尽可能多的信息。

　　Given by how little most of us actually remember from college or university, it’s safe to say that learning over long periods of time doesn’t work, especially if you risk burning out too early. Language learning is a marathon, just like learning anything.

　　我们大多数人如何记住从学院或大学，可以有把握地说，很长一段时间的学习并不有效，特别是如果你感到疲惫时。语言学习是一场马拉松，就像学习任何东西一样。

　　Our most successful students are those who have managed to consistently learn in shorter periods of time over months, versus binge learning one week, and skipping out on the next week.

　　最成功的学生是那些能够在较短的时间内持续学习几个月，比那些学习一周，休息一周的学员相比，效果更好。

　　Instead of learning for ten hours a week, try to break it down into 30 minute periods a couple of times a week. It will help you retain more information and ultimately learn more in less time.

　　与每周学习十小时相比，将把它分成几次30分钟的学习时间，每星期学习多次。它将帮助你记住更多的信息，最终在较短的时间内掌握更多。

　　3. Schedule Lessons Ahead of Time

　　提前安排课程

　　One of the easiest and most powerful ways to build new habits (and avoid decision fatigue) is to systematize your process.

　　建立新的习惯最简单和最有效的方法之一(避免决策疲劳)是系统化的安排。

　　Studies have shown that willpower is limited, and the top performers have gotten to where they are by putting in more work over time.

　　研究表明人的意志力是有限的，顶级表演者已经随着时间的推移做更多的工作，才达到现在的水准。

　　When you’re learning languages online with your teacher, the most important thing you can systematize is scheduling your lessons. It’s often overlooked because we’re already so distracted by everything else in our lives.

　　当你在线与你的老师学习语言，最重要的事情是你可以系统化安排功课。这点常常因为我们生活中的其他事情而被忽视。

　　One way to overcome this barrier if you want to book lessons ahead of time with your teacher is to set up repeat events on your calendar (i.e. Google Calendar), and invite your teacher to each event.

　　克服这一障碍的一个方法是，如果你想提前与你的老师预定课程，可以在日历上标记事件，并邀请你的老师参与每个事件。

　　4. Use Free Language Tools

　　使用免费的语言工具

　　Just like you would want to leverage fitness tools like Fitbit or calorie trackers, even when you’re working with a personal trainer, you should be doing the same when learning languages online.

　　就像即使您正在使用一个私人教练，你也可以利用健身工具如Fitbit或热量的追踪器，你在网上学习语言也应该做同样的事。

　　There’s great memorization tools like Memrise or vocabulary learning tools like Duolingo that you can use while you’re working with your language teacher.

　　有极好的的记忆工具如Memrise或词汇学习工具Duolingo，当你跟着你的语言老师学习时可以使用。

（编辑：何莹莹）