Pham Hung Quang. 5 Steps to Speak a New Language

Cooper Cameron Publishing Group, 2010. — 124 p. — ISBN: 978-0-578-06697-4.Most people believe that to learn a new language requires talent of some kind. What we have usually heard from our parents is: "My son has a great talent in foreign language" or the reverse "My son is no good in foreign languages". I hope you are lucky enough to hear the first comment as it could give you huge confidence and boost your learning efforts. If you got the latter one, you might believe it and give up after your very first attempt.
A foreign language is also called a second language. Let me ask you a question: haven't you been successful with your first language? And if you were able to learn the first one, why can't you learn a second one?
When you first learned your mother language, you lacked many tools. At two or three years of age, you had no dictionary, no reading/writing skills, nor experience. Yet, you could master it. Now that you've got a lot of tools around to assist you, why can't you just repeat that success?