A small tip that seems to work in the early stages of learning is to put post-it stickers on items around your house, with the target language word written on them. I wouldn't dignify that with the term 'strategy' however!

Learning to communicate in another language is a little like learning to play billiard or learning to play the guitar. What do you have to do to learn to play billiard or the guitar? You have to practice.

When reading anything in another language, such as instructions for homework exercises, captions under pictures, magazine or newspaper articles, stories, anything, you should follow these steps:

-read for the gist, not for details. Guess at meanings, based on the context, and try to get a general idea. Take into account any pictures, titles, subtitles and format.

-think about what you already know about the topic. Bringing to mind concepts that may have something to do with what you are reading will help you to understand more.

-read the passage over several times, revising your predictions. Each time you read it you will understand more.

-make lists in the target language of relevant ideas from the reading: characters, places, events, objects, chronology, whatever seems to be pertinent.

Read as much as possible!

First, it is necessary to think about the student's level and age.

Secondly, the goal of language learning.

After this, we can define the general framework of education and use interesting topics that arouse the student's attention from topics that pertain to his daily life where he is able to use the new language in the details of his life.

Also consider the students background. Is he/she willing to learn another language or is the student under compulsion to learn a language.

Thank you all, it's all useful! My question though is what advice has been beneficial to you as a student, not a teacher. I'm interested in what researchers find useful as language learners.

Here's a fantastic (and free!) book by Paul Nation on the subject of how to learn a language: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.victoria.ac.nz/lals/about/staff/publications/paul-nation/foreign-language_1125.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwjtlPqfvPnmAhWozDgGHSqSDoIQFjAAegQIBRAB&usg=AOvVaw1H4MEPhnnw_JzlmR51f1TP

Thank you Alexander! This seems very useful.

Make use of your senses: read loudly so you can hear what you are learning, write and read what you have written, listen to songs...etc in the target language, and speak

Nice one! Thanks, Marwa.

Practice speaking what you have learnt with a native speaker of the target language so as to see where you have improved and where you need corrections. Don't be shy about it.

I recall a student I gave English lessons to many years ago. She would come to me two times per week for an hour and a half each time. What really would have helped her? Shadowing me on a Saturday or Sunday as I went through my day: food shopping (ie. let's get some oranges, can you put four in the bag for me?), talking while driving, cooking (i.e. put two cups of flour in the bowl) -- basically, immersion.

Well...something that helped me as I learned the English language at a later stage in my life was - to read the most interesting section of a newspaper (Cricket from Sports section) - loud and clear - while standing in front of mirror!

First, read in the target language. Ideally, read texts you already enjoy. If you enjoy fiction, read novels. Of course, the snag hinges on the learner's existing proficiency. I cannot read novels in Italian, for example, because I am not read. Still, that was great advice for me when I was learning English.

Second, if you are enrolled for official classes, see if you can read the essays of the top performing students. Comparing your own writing with fellow students at a higher level, is a valuable learning strategy for some learners.

Designing an educational curriculum based on the type of students and the goal of their education, but focus should be on the basic principles such as pronunciation of letters and verbal discrimination and training the student on how to understand the sentence and then re-formulate the sentence correctly. Finally, it is necessary to focus on fun in education by choosing texts that attract students.

I believe the mother tongue is the most convenient and effective language to start with. Further, any language can only be retained and improved among learners through practice in daily life. Primary learning should be done in the mother tongue and later on, other languages can be introduced with good practice mechanisms.