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| TBerg Newbie United States Joined 4508 days ago 7 posts - 7 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Danish | Message 1 of 4 15 July 2012 at 4:31am | IP Logged |
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Hi, everyone. I am an American who learned some Mandarin--like A2 or a little more--in China while teaching
English, but had to cut my journey there short due to health conditions probably related to the toxic environment there. I have always admired or envied those who could speak other languages, and I have always been interested in cultural differences around the world. One of my places of interest is Denmark, because my preconceptions hold that the social values of the people there could compliment American values nicely...all that happiest people in the world and such. I would like to become fluent enough in Danish to work or study there in some capacity some day, so I have been scouring the Web for an optimal method of study. I have the language-learning skill of a beginner right now, so I am entering uncharted territory, as they say. I can't believe there are so many successful language learners at my reach. My lurking on this forum has provided me a lot of inspiration. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Jinx Triglot Senior Member Germany reverbnation.co Joined 5683 days ago 1085 posts - 1879 votes  Speaks: English*, German, French Studies: Catalan, Dutch, Esperanto, Croatian, Serbian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Italian, Spanish, Yiddish | Message 2 of 4 15 July 2012 at 9:17pm | IP Logged |
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Welcome to the forum, TBerg. I'm sure you'll find lots of motivation and helpful information here. :)
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| Hekje Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 4693 days ago 842 posts - 1330 votes Speaks: English*, Dutch Studies: French, Indonesian | Message 3 of 4 15 July 2012 at 11:27pm | IP Logged |
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Welcome TBerg! Danish is a wonderful language. It's very high on my hitlist for after
Dutch. I wish you the best of luck, and hope to see you around the forum. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| TBerg Newbie United States Joined 4508 days ago 7 posts - 7 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Danish | Message 4 of 4 16 July 2012 at 6:04am | IP Logged |
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Thank you so much for your encouraging words. I think my language-learning quest is going to be difficult for me
at first, until I habituate myself in efficient and effective study practices. I have not found the ideal vehicle for my quest yet. But I have decided that using a dictionary while reading children's books is not the way to go, because I just can't remember the words that way, and going to the dictionary so often is not good for staying in the flow of just experiencing the language. I think I will try to follow Professor Arguelles's discipline of shadowing and scriptorium, and really put some effort into it. I hope that will get me into a solid intermediate level in a year, but we will see. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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