Profeza

     From   my   interaction   with   various   people, I   have   come   to   learn   that   the   biggest   culprit   that   hinders   them   from   pursuing   a   foreign   language   are   the   grammar   rules. And, by   grammar, I   don’t   mean   a   shortcoming   on   their   part, what   I   mean   is   that   they   let   the   rules   of   grammar   discourage   them   before   they   even   start. What   is   interesting   is   that   the   same   grammar   rules   exist   for   example, in   Swahili   and   English   and   they   never   deterred   us   from   learning   these   languages. Perhaps ...

      Never   let   your   work   pile   up   more   than   it’s   necessary. Let   me   elaborate   what   I   mean   by   this   statement. When   taking   classes, whether   in   college/online, there   are   some   courses   that   we   feel   comfortable   with   in   our   ability   to   catch   up   if   we   fell   behind. Let’s   say   for   example   we’re   at   the   beginning   of   the   semester, and   we   know   that   our   first   test   in   course #235   will   be   in   seven   weeks   time, and   so   we   decide   that   we’re   going   to   let   the   chapters   pile   ...

   One   of   the   things   I   mentioned   in   an   earlier   post   that   is   invaluable   when   learning   a   second/foreign   language   is   practicing   what   you   learn   each   day/lesson/class. Constant   practice   gives   you   the   confidence   and   boldness   to   start   applying   what   you   have   already   learned. The   other   thing   that   will   help   you   succeed   in   your   foreign   language   studies   is   total   immersion. Well, now   I   know   it   sounds   like   I’ve   gone   off   on   a   complicated   trail   of   phrases   and   sophisticated   terminology. But, stay   ...

    You   have   just   started   taking   your   language   lessons (could be Spanish, French, Chinese etc) and   then   you   get   to   a   point   and   feel   like   you’ve   come   up   against   a   wall. Nothing   is   making   sense, you   can’t   understand   why   those   words   are   written   the   way   they   are, you   can’t   seem   to   be   able   to   conjugate   any   word. As   a   matter   of   fact, you’ve   even   forgotten   what   the   word   conjugation   means. Most   likely   than   not, at   some   stage, you’ll   hit   this   point. And, the   first   instinct   will   be   flight, because   that...