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| zhiguli Senior Member Canada Joined 6444 days ago 176 posts - 221 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Russian, Mandarin | Message 17 of 25 22 May 2007 at 7:40am | IP Logged | ||
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I have read her books in Hungarian and while my Hungarian was not good enough to get the full benefit they were very interesting reads. Unfortunately I'm not able to find the books anywhere, there is a site where a couple of her (scanned) books are listed but sadly they are not available for download...
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| Mandafars Newbie United States Joined 5752 days ago 1 posts - 3 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Mandarin, Persian, Vietnamese | Message 18 of 25 02 March 2009 at 5:13am | IP Logged | ||
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I don't mean to wake an old thread, but I just wanted to point out that her book (in English) is now available online
as a PDF Sorry if this is old news... Polyglot: How I Learn Languages, 2008 http://tesl-ej.org/ej45/tesl-ej.ej45.fr1.pdf 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| William Camden Hexaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6275 days ago 1936 posts - 2333 votes Speaks: English*, German, Spanish, Russian, Turkish, French | Message 19 of 25 02 March 2009 at 3:52pm | IP Logged | ||
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Sometimes old threads are worth waking - it depends.
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| polyglossia Senior Member FranceRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5407 days ago 205 posts - 255 votes Speaks: French* | Message 20 of 25 25 February 2010 at 1:23am | IP Logged | ||
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http://www.eslminiconf.net/september/krashen.html
an interesting link about languages (kato lomb's achievements, heinrich schlieman 's achievements, and some worth reading about bilingual education ) the book of kato lomb does exist in English... I downloaded it and read it intwo days: I guess I was just thrilled!!! "fantastic" story !! kato lomb's book: http://tesl-ej.org/ej45/fr1abs.html 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| polyglossia Senior Member FranceRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5407 days ago 205 posts - 255 votes Speaks: French* | Message 21 of 25 18 December 2010 at 8:03pm | IP Logged | ||
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I thought this could be interesting for many of us :
(how to learn a language - learning strategy) I put it there since it deals with Kato Lomb's achievements... Feel free to put a link on "learning strategy" thread... http://www.lingua.org.uk/lomb.alkire.html Edited by polyglossia on 18 December 2010 at 8:05pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| polyglossia Senior Member FranceRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5407 days ago 205 posts - 255 votes Speaks: French* | Message 22 of 25 18 December 2010 at 9:18pm | IP Logged | ||
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The most important rule amongst "the Kato Lomb's ten commandements" I guess:
X. Be firmly convinced that you are a linguistic genius. If the facts demonstrate otherwise, heap blame on the pesky language you aim to master, on the dictionaries, or on this little book, not on yourself.” :D :D 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Mooby Senior Member Scotland Joined 6108 days ago 707 posts - 1220 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Polish | Message 23 of 25 12 January 2011 at 9:21pm | IP Logged | ||
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I like her quote to Stephen Krashen:
"About six years ago I met a woman in Hungary named Lomb Kato, a professional translator who had acquired 17 languages. At the time we met she was 86. Her last words to me changed my life: "Stephen, you are so young. So many years left, so many languages to acquire!" (I was 54 at the time.) What an inspiration! Since then I have plunged back into second language acquisition." She was (and remains) a great inspiration. At 48 myself, I feel there's still plenty of time to take in a couple more languages. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Adamdm Groupie Australia Joined 5440 days ago 62 posts - 89 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Mandarin, Japanese, Dari, German, Spanish, Russian, Arabic (Written) | Message 24 of 25 23 February 2011 at 7:23am | IP Logged | ||
me too! 48 is 21 twice over, and Six - ... and now I am Six, I'm as clever as clever ... 1 person has voted this message useful |
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