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When it comes about learning a foreign language, many people
wonder if they will be able to memorize enough vocabulary. But
this question never occurs about their mother tongue.
Our "mind power" is largely in the way we use our words, and
limited by our vocabulary. Words, and the concepts they express,
are different in each language, and there are differing common
expressions.
The employment situation can be quite uncertain for newcomers to
Greece and therefore many people choose to try teaching English
as a foreign language, on a full or part-time basis. It can bring
in a good income whether it is your preferred career choice, or
you wish to do it short-term until another career choice pans
out.
This is an issue many Japanese learners come up against,
particularly if they live outside Japan. After all, If you are
not in the country, it seems difficult to justify the huge amount
of time that learning Japanese characters seems to require.
Imagine a child sitting in front of a desk, his head in his
hands, and mumbling various lists of words over and over. Does
this child remind you of your own experience? If yes, I bet that
"list of words" does not sound appealing to you.
What? Kanji can be learned quickly? This seems an impossible
dream to many students of Japanese who come from a non-kanji
language culture. Even hiragana and katakana seem impossibly hard
to the average beginner, so remembering kanji, with all their
intricate strokes and multiple readings, can appear to be beyond
the abilities of the human mind.
In Japanese Kanji Learning: Short-Cuts to Rapid Mastery Part 1,
we looked at mnemonic methods devised by James Heisig and Kenneth
Henshall to speed-up kanji acquisition. We saw how their
techniques activate the imagination by assigning different
meanings individual elements of each kanji.
So, you have always been fascinated by Asian culture have you?
Maybe you are someone who loves the martial arts; kung fu,
tae-kwon-do, or karate. Perhaps you are interested in the cool
oriental stores and like to buy many things from them to decorate
your house.
Nothing can be more frustrating than to be in France and not been
able to speak their language. For, I remember the days when I was
among people chanting around in a language totally alien to me,
and me, trying to bring a smile in my face while shaking my head
from north to south doing as if I am getting everything what they
are speaking about, and waiting impatiently for my French wife to
do the translation - and I can't deny, that that was not the most
comfortable period of my life.
English is an international language. It has so many grammar
rules and each rule with many exceptions.
There is a lot of talk about making English the official language
of the USA. That would stop the need to spend so much money
printing out things like drivers license, tax, voter registration
and other official forms in so many languages.
In a previous article, you read that to establih your own lists
was the best way to learn vocabulary as fast as possible. Let's
study what an effective list looks like.
The main feature you have to master, in order to call yourself a
ventriloquist, is to speak without moving your lips. It is not
that difficult.
Relationship: Here is a word that is used to qualify, justify and
honey coat just about every nefarious, sleazy or reprehensible
union between almost anybody and anything. Recently on an edition
of the Jerry Springer show a guest was about to be interviewed
who was getting it on with a very close relative.
Imagine the following scenario: You wake up one morning and
instead of speaking English, everyone around you--including your
family and friends--is speaking Hungarian. This is a problem
because you don't speak Hungarian and you don't have a clue what
they're saying.
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