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09:06 PM Apr 05 2006 \| Reply
ghost_stalker United States	Hi my name is Patrick and I live in the USA. I am a senior in high school and have taken casic spanish,japanese, and german courses. ( I think i was most interested in Japanese, because it comes from a different language rott while german and spanish are based on latin) I would like all of you to share methods of learning language that other people might find useful. A couple of things that help me learn are. 1. If a language is only repeated to me and doesnt cause me to think about it, learning a language becomes alot harder. 2. Another thing that helps me to learn is intelligent exposure, I learn alot faster if I can hear or read the material myself without being given an interpretation.

09:06 PM Apr 05 2006 | Reply

ghost_stalker

United States

Hi my name is Patrick and I live in the USA. I am a senior in high school and have taken casic spanish,japanese, and german courses. ( I think i was most interested in Japanese, because it comes from a different language rott while german and spanish are based on latin)
I would like all of you to share methods of learning language that other people might find useful.
A couple of things that help me learn are.
1. If a language is only repeated to me and doesnt cause me to think about it, learning a language becomes alot harder.
2. Another thing that helps me to learn is intelligent exposure, I learn alot faster if I can hear or read the material myself without being given an interpretation.

10:20 PM Apr 05 2006 \| Reply
episod United States	I found it easiest to learn a new language if I was given the freedom to be creative in its usage. I have tendencies towards the poetic and found that by juxtaposing foreign words together by sound and not necessarily by meaning & context, I could grasp and retain the language more strongly. Grammar rules, once grasped, become a template by which to exchange and alternate different words as they are learned. Words are directly correspondent to ideas and the conception of things. By extension, one might be able to grasp a culture’s disposition by the sounds and patterns present in their language. So my recommendation when learning a new language: think creatively!! write a poem, or if you are more advanced, a short story. Try something dadaist and mash all the words up you know. Experiment with word prefixes and suffixes, even if you don’t know what their incremental meaning is! Sometimes you’ll learn more about other words by understanding the limitations, possibilities, and meanings of their component parts. -Taylor

10:20 PM Apr 05 2006 | Reply

episod

United States

I found it easiest to learn a new language if I was given the freedom to be creative in its usage. I have tendencies towards the poetic and found that by juxtaposing foreign words together by sound and not necessarily by meaning & context, I could grasp and retain the language more strongly.
Grammar rules, once grasped, become a template by which to exchange and alternate different words as they are learned. Words are directly correspondent to ideas and the conception of things. By extension, one might be able to grasp a culture’s disposition by the sounds and patterns present in their language.
So my recommendation when learning a new language:

think creatively!!
write a poem,
or if you are more advanced, a short story.
Try something dadaist and mash all the words up you know.
Experiment with word prefixes and suffixes, even if you don’t know what their incremental meaning is!
Sometimes you’ll learn more about other words by understanding the limitations, possibilities, and meanings of their component parts.
-Taylor

11:00 PM Apr 05 2006 \| Reply
Ellison China	come down!! and you can learn faster .every thing begin is too hard.the way which is you learn it slowly

11:00 PM Apr 05 2006 | Reply

Ellison

China

come down!! and you can learn faster .every thing begin is too hard.the way which is you learn it slowly

12:53 AM Apr 06 2006 \| Reply
liujingjing0223 China	learning while you living.

12:53 AM Apr 06 2006 | Reply

liujingjing0223

China

learning while you living.

10:00 AM Aug 25 2006 \| Reply
Heldin Germany	For me it is very important to imagine new words.So i have to draw a little picture , which connects the word and the picture. My teacher has told me that i have a pictorial brain and it is necessay to use sth. well. also if i need an english,latin, or french word i have to search after the apposite picture into my head. i hope i could help with my little essay

10:00 AM Aug 25 2006 | Reply

**Heldin**

Germany

For me it is very important to imagine new words.So i have to draw a little picture , which connects the word and the picture. My teacher has told me that i have a pictorial brain and it is necessay to use sth. well. also if i need an english,latin, or french word i have to search after the apposite picture into my head.

i hope i could help with my little essay

09:50 AM Jul 03 2007 \| Reply
melisa_de Germany	try to read as much as you can!!! it helps me a lot! i like reading and read always something! i think it is the best way to collect a lot of information and it gets easier to understand sth. and also to remember how to spell sth.-what is very important!!!

09:50 AM Jul 03 2007 | Reply

melisa_de

Germany

try to read as much as you can!!! it helps me a lot! i like reading and read always something! i think it is the best way to collect a lot of information and it gets easier to understand sth. and also to remember how to spell sth.-what is very important!!!

01:26 AM Jul 30 2007 \| Reply
nil_fun India	thank u for respond….. i totally agree with u.

01:26 AM Jul 30 2007 | Reply

nil_fun

India

thank u for respond….. i totally agree with u.

04:19 AM Jul 30 2007 \| Reply
sosox101 Saudi Arabia	hi

04:19 AM Jul 30 2007 | Reply

sosox101

Saudi Arabia

04:20 AM Jul 30 2007 \| Reply
sosox101 Saudi Arabia	haw are you

04:20 AM Jul 30 2007 | Reply

sosox101

Saudi Arabia

haw are you

05:37 AM Jul 31 2007 \| Reply
Soukaina Morocco	hi Patrick how are u.i’am souka from morocco.i really want to learn enghlish more.if u can help me.add me please,this is my msn:

05:37 AM Jul 31 2007 | Reply

Soukaina

Morocco

hi Patrick how are u.i’am souka from morocco.i really want to learn enghlish more.if u can help me.add me please,this is my msn:

11:03 AM Jul 31 2007 \| Reply
sathakgr8 India	hai Patrick,nice to meet you.i am from india.my mother language is tamil.you didnt get chance know about my language.it is very very oldest language in the world.tamil got before 4000 years of history inside of this.tamil gave many words to english.if you intrest for learn this. i will help you.but u help me for my improvent of my english knowledge. thank you.

11:03 AM Jul 31 2007 | Reply

sathakgr8

India

hai Patrick,nice to meet you.i am from india.my mother language is tamil.you didnt get chance know about my language.it is very very oldest language in the world.tamil got before 4000 years of history inside of this.tamil gave many words to english.if you intrest for learn this.
i will help you.but u help me for my improvent of my english knowledge.
thank you.

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