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| josht Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 6438 days ago 635 posts - 857 votes  Speaks: English*, German Studies: French, Spanish, Russian, Dutch | Message 50 of 73 06 April 2009 at 3:25am | IP Logged | ||||||||
Your open mindedness is overwhelming. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| will72694 Groupie United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5696 days ago 59 posts - 60 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 51 of 73 17 April 2009 at 3:01am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Hello. I think you can do it if you really try to. I am currently learning Russian and Swedish. I only get about thirty
minutes to an hour of each per day -- It does not bother me. I do not have the time or patience to go for ten hours a day! I don't know how some people do that! I would not worry about how much time you're putting in and how much you know. I think you should just stick with it and have fun; stress does not help! By the way, I like your username (to Tyr, of course). 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| tommus Senior Member CanadaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5858 days ago 979 posts - 1688 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Dutch, French, Esperanto, German, Spanish | Message 52 of 73 28 May 2009 at 3:58pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Today BBC has a long article about synaesthesia called "People may be able to taste words"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8070210.stm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| TheBiscuit Tetraglot Senior Member Mexico Joined 5915 days ago 532 posts - 619 votes Speaks: English*, French, Spanish, Italian Studies: German, Croatian | Message 53 of 73 28 May 2009 at 5:34pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
Science is finally starting to catch up! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| zerothinking Senior Member Australia Joined 6364 days ago 528 posts - 772 votes Speaks: English* | Message 54 of 73 29 May 2009 at 12:32am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Synaesthesia is cool. I wish I had it.
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| antitrustfund Diglot Newbie United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5561 days ago 17 posts - 16 votes Speaks: English*, Russian Studies: Japanese, German, French, Polish | Message 55 of 73 02 September 2009 at 2:58pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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I'll tell you one thing. It all starts with a positive mental attitude, my friend, otherwise you might as well do something something in your spare time.
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| Lizzern Diglot Senior Member Norway Joined 5901 days ago 791 posts - 1053 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English Studies: Japanese | Message 56 of 73 02 September 2009 at 5:33pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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I'm glad this got bumped, the synesthesia discussion was an interesting read. I thought I was the only one. I have it too, to a degree, though it's not as clear as it is for some people here, and the visual image of the concept is mixed with the associations I make with the word itself. I couldn't possibly describe what things look like to me, but they do have a certain look, even abstract concepts do, and things like "If I were you", which was brought up earlier in the thread as something you can't easily visualise, is something that has a clear representation in my mind, which I couldn't put into words to explain to other people. Every word will come to have its own representation, which is why I don't need to connect it to something in another language to really know it, I just need to get familiar with it enough that the meaning connects to the word properly, and then it sticks. But it has nothing to do with the letters that make up the word, I see it as one unit, that has a visual 'reality' to it that I can use in my mind. The more I use a language the less it comes up when I speak/read it, but it's always an underlying feeling.
I'm not aware of using it all that much for language learning (though come to think of it, I probably should, I just hadn't made the connection) but I use it a lot in my studies, though maybe not overtly so. But it was really interesting to read about people's experiences with this, some of you guys are spectacularly gifted. To the OP, I think finding the right learning methods that suit you is very important. People learn in different ways and many of us have spent time trying to learn a language but it just feels like banging your head against a wall because the methods aren't right. It's hard to know how to do it, but generally I would say that if you're frustrated then change something. If it's enjoyable and gives you something in terms of learning then it's a good thing, if it's unenjoyable and feels like an endless uphill battle then something needs to change to make it more effective. Liz Edited by Lizzern on 02 September 2009 at 5:35pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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