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| prz_ Tetraglot Senior Member Poland last.fm/user/prz_rul Joined 4862 days ago 890 posts - 1190 votes  Speaks: Polish*, English, Bulgarian, Croatian Studies: Slovenian, Macedonian, Persian, Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian, Dutch, Swedish, German, Italian, Armenian, Kurdish | Message 1 of 7 02 February 2014 at 2:17pm | IP Logged | ||
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Briefly: I have great problems with concentrating in one thing, especially while learning. Do you have any ideas how to get over it?
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| miertje Diglot Newbie Netherlands Joined 4072 days ago 21 posts - 27 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English Studies: German, Russian, French | Message 2 of 7 02 February 2014 at 3:56pm | IP Logged | ||
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Maybe mindfullness? I'm not sure if this is something you'd be interested in (or maybe you've tried it already), but it is helping me a lot.
Mindfullness is not specific to learning, but I do feel like it is building "focussing-muscle mass" ;-) so to speak, which benefits my learning as well. Edited by miertje on 02 February 2014 at 4:01pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| tarvos Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member China likeapolyglot.wordpr Joined 4710 days ago 5310 posts - 9399 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, Swedish, French, Russian, German, Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Afrikaans Studies: Greek, Modern Hebrew, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Korean, Esperanto, Finnish | Message 3 of 7 02 February 2014 at 4:45pm | IP Logged | ||
Training is the only way... willpower, forcing yourself to. Or taking a 10 minute break, then returning... I've noticed that when my energy levels die on me, that taxing myself just doesn't work. I have to break it off, take my brain to clean space and clean air, and let myself breathe. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| prz_ Tetraglot Senior Member Poland last.fm/user/prz_rul Joined 4862 days ago 890 posts - 1190 votes Speaks: Polish*, English, Bulgarian, Croatian Studies: Slovenian, Macedonian, Persian, Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian, Dutch, Swedish, German, Italian, Armenian, Kurdish | Message 4 of 7 02 February 2014 at 5:14pm | IP Logged | ||
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I know it seems to be a naive question, but well. Sometimes someone can come with a surprisingly good advice.
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| tarvos Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member China likeapolyglot.wordpr Joined 4710 days ago 5310 posts - 9399 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, Swedish, French, Russian, German, Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Afrikaans Studies: Greek, Modern Hebrew, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Korean, Esperanto, Finnish | Message 5 of 7 02 February 2014 at 5:16pm | IP Logged | ||
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Yeah... it's also worth considering your lack of concentration and energy... are you
eating well, getting exercise? Could be a physical or psychosomatic problem, in my case when I suffer from chronic intestinal disease that ruins my iron levels, sugar levels and my energy... it means I need to concentrate on being healthy and not yell at myself for not being able to perform at 100% (even though I usually do). 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Cavesa Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 5012 days ago 3277 posts - 6779 votes Speaks: Czech*, FrenchC2, EnglishC1 Studies: Spanish, German, Italian | Message 6 of 7 02 February 2014 at 6:00pm | IP Logged | ||
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What helped me was moving a large part of my studies to things I find fun. If you have no trouble focusing on fun but it is a trouble when it comes to "serious learning" (which can easily happen when you are overworked, tired, in a bad mood, feeling ill or whatever else), get the most out of extensive massive input, L-R, tools that give you points for completing them and look like fun (old memrise was like that, badluck they changed it) and so on. When it comes to the less fun parts, do only those you know have value and reward yourself.
It may be worth considering where and when do you study. Do you have a comfortable ergonomic chair? Are you catering to your needs for silence or background music? Do you study during the day or after all your work and duties when you're already falling down from fatigue? Do you prefer longer or shorter study sessions? Some people prefer the short ones because they fit them anywhere and they don't get tired during them. I prefer the long ones. I have trouble "getting hooked" to the material and focus during the first 5-15 minutes. Then it usually breaks and I am able to sit at it for hours. Try what suits you. Perhaps, you might like something like the pomodoro technique (25 minutes of work, 5 minutes of obligatory break, repeat. a longer break after every 3 or 4 pomodoros. It is important to keep the 25 minutes and 5 minutes on a count down, not just guessing :-) ) However, if the trouble concerns more things than just language learning and it is damaging your life in any way, it would be the best to treat it in a more complex way. Depends on whether it is a short-term or longer issue, whether you're really not tired from an illness (Personal experience. If more things have changed, if you have any other troubles like being tired, being ill more often and so on, get yourself checked by your doctor.), whether you don't have any psychological issues going on that would vent through troubles with concentration and so on. I wish you only the best and an early solution to whatever trouble may be behind this :-) 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| patrickwilken Senior Member Germany radiant-flux.net Joined 4536 days ago 1546 posts - 3200 votes Studies: German | Message 7 of 7 02 February 2014 at 7:14pm | IP Logged | ||
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I am a big believer in the power of habit. Do something at the same time and place everyday and after a few weeks you'll just keep doing it pretty easily.
Also get rid of distractions. If you need to read a certain amount each day, do this first thing in the morning before you turn your computer on. If you have a smart phone turn it off. 3 persons have voted this message useful |
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