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Where else to read

Aquellos libros

I am going to let you all in on a little secret.  I am not a professional linguist!  I know you are all surprised to hear that, but it’s true.  In fact, I don’t use ANY of my languages (besides English, of course) professionally nor have I EVER taken a class  in any language.  Everything I know and recommend comes from what I have learned as I have stumbled through the various ways to learn.

I don’t think I am always right, or at least that what I like and do is right for everyone.  There are a lot of view points on how to learn a language as an adult, and you know what?  They are all probably right.  I have heard an interesting quote once that intelligence is the ability to hold two conflicting thoughts in your mind at the same time with out going crazy.  I probably miss quoted it, but you get the point.  It’s important to learn and understand different view points so that you can be a more rounded individual.

Which Blogs I Read

That’s why I like to read the blog post from other successful language learners who may “seem” to be different. Continue reading

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Don’t learn a language, live it!

My kids living life

When was the last time you heard a word in your native language you didn’t know before?  What did you do?  Did you write it down, create a flash card, or something else like that.  When you heard an expression, slang, or other colloquialism in your native language how did you start using it?  I think the answer is pretty obvious.  Your native language is just a part of you and so when you learn new things you just assimilate them!  (No mentioning of the borg you trekkies!)

The point of this blog is not to tear down the use of flash cards or other such things to help you learn.  What the point of this post is to emphasis the importance of making the language a part of you.  I am going to admit, the idea for this post didn’t come from me.  It came from the recent post over at thepolyglotdream.com.  Susanna Zarysky recently guest posted a post about the secret to learning a foriegn language

What is the secret?

According to Susanna, Continue reading

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