I keep dictionary apps on my phone so that whenever a stray train of thought draws up a word I can't remember in another language, I can just look it up and instantly satiate my curiosity. And then if a few minutes later I reflect on that moment and realize that it didn't stick, I can look it up again and keep repeating until I actually remember it in the future.
I'll also mentally run through how I would refer to things around me and try to identify gaps that way. Like if I wasn't too busy at work, I would look around and mentally quiz myself like "okay, do I know all the signs I need to be able to communicate [common customer sentiment]" in assorted languages? And that can also be done like at the grocery store or something, where, again, you just mentally narrate things.
Also you might be able to find language exchange-type groups online! At one point in high school, I had a keypal, which is like a penpal but over email, and I wrote to them in Spanish and they wrote to me in English. I would imagine that similar things now exist for skype or phone calls or such.
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Date: 2019-11-12 05:14 pm (UTC)I'll also mentally run through how I would refer to things around me and try to identify gaps that way. Like if I wasn't too busy at work, I would look around and mentally quiz myself like "okay, do I know all the signs I need to be able to communicate [common customer sentiment]" in assorted languages? And that can also be done like at the grocery store or something, where, again, you just mentally narrate things.
Also you might be able to find language exchange-type groups online! At one point in high school, I had a keypal, which is like a penpal but over email, and I wrote to them in Spanish and they wrote to me in English. I would imagine that similar things now exist for skype or phone calls or such.