How to learn languages?
How to keep them active?
These are the two thoughts that I'd like to scribble down today. You know, I've tried so much, so many things!
I've read books in languages I'd only understand a little ( at the front cover) and understand quite a lot by the time I reached the other end. I have heard sooo many podcasts, movies that my ears were sore for weeks! You know, it's a general theme with me, with anything that I do. I tend to obsess about thing.
And in this obsession I'm likely to study for long slogs, without any plan and hoping desperately that it'd somehow all be useful in the end. That all this confusion I have in my
mind is eventually seeping inside that wall of resistance.
But then again, since when does learning a language needs to be painful or even obsessive? I don't really believe that, you know that learning involves a lot ( a Lot! ) of drills
Just learning endless vocabulary lists and listening to audiofiles which you understand only a little. Rather language learning should be a personal experience and we should really seek text which is related to our lives, related to our hobbies and to our very own self.
I am really zeroing in on a tool which might answer this "personalized learning" mode of learning languages and takes it to a whole different level. Obviously, all ideas seem super-awesome at first and only later do we understand the impractical aspects, the hairy parts of an idea reveal themselves only slowly.
You see, right now I need to learn the Kanji ( like really! ) and doing the drills over and over again seems to be so boring. Even Heisig's kanji books and memrise/anki techniques seem to be too much timetaking for me.
But I've obviously started using the language for communication and have made friends from Japan. Boy, if there's one thing that Esperanto does for you - it makes you a friend magnet. Every single one is just so friendly with you, within the Esperanto community. Btw, I've started writing my journal only in Esperanto now ;p
Oh, have you seen this wonderful tool - ClearText?
Here's an article on LifeHacker for ClearText!
Trust me, this thing can be a God-send for a language learner.
And as I'm learning the WebLang ( i.e. about Web technologies ) I've been trying out my hands with the various ways I can recreate or even innovate in this direction. I'm making progress for sure but it's a bit slow. The Web is just so baffling, so much to learn ;p
But it can potentially be really really useful for every language learner. Will keep you posted on the progress I make with this thing!!
Hey, did I tell you guys that I'm now involved in making a Manga version of the Yoga poses, they aren't good as of now but the friend I've teamed up with, really is a good artist.
And thankfully, she has agreed to be a teacher of mine, to review my sketches so that eventually I become expressive in my Sketching as well. I'd really love to listen to the Mangakas
( Manga-artists) in Japanese.
Till next time ( γγγΎγ）
How to keep them active?
These are the two thoughts that I'd like to scribble down today. You know, I've tried so much, so many things!
I've read books in languages I'd only understand a little ( at the front cover) and understand quite a lot by the time I reached the other end. I have heard sooo many podcasts, movies that my ears were sore for weeks! You know, it's a general theme with me, with anything that I do. I tend to obsess about thing.
And in this obsession I'm likely to study for long slogs, without any plan and hoping desperately that it'd somehow all be useful in the end. That all this confusion I have in my
mind is eventually seeping inside that wall of resistance.
But then again, since when does learning a language needs to be painful or even obsessive? I don't really believe that, you know that learning involves a lot ( a Lot! ) of drills
Just learning endless vocabulary lists and listening to audiofiles which you understand only a little. Rather language learning should be a personal experience and we should really seek text which is related to our lives, related to our hobbies and to our very own self.
I am really zeroing in on a tool which might answer this "personalized learning" mode of learning languages and takes it to a whole different level. Obviously, all ideas seem super-awesome at first and only later do we understand the impractical aspects, the hairy parts of an idea reveal themselves only slowly.
You see, right now I need to learn the Kanji ( like really! ) and doing the drills over and over again seems to be so boring. Even Heisig's kanji books and memrise/anki techniques seem to be too much timetaking for me.
But I've obviously started using the language for communication and have made friends from Japan. Boy, if there's one thing that Esperanto does for you - it makes you a friend magnet. Every single one is just so friendly with you, within the Esperanto community. Btw, I've started writing my journal only in Esperanto now ;p
Oh, have you seen this wonderful tool - ClearText?
Here's an article on LifeHacker for ClearText!
Trust me, this thing can be a God-send for a language learner.
And as I'm learning the WebLang ( i.e. about Web technologies ) I've been trying out my hands with the various ways I can recreate or even innovate in this direction. I'm making progress for sure but it's a bit slow. The Web is just so baffling, so much to learn ;p
But it can potentially be really really useful for every language learner. Will keep you posted on the progress I make with this thing!!
Hey, did I tell you guys that I'm now involved in making a Manga version of the Yoga poses, they aren't good as of now but the friend I've teamed up with, really is a good artist.
And thankfully, she has agreed to be a teacher of mine, to review my sketches so that eventually I become expressive in my Sketching as well. I'd really love to listen to the Mangakas
( Manga-artists) in Japanese.
Till next time ( γγγΎγ）
