February 26, 2008at 5:48 am
· Filed under Motivation and language learning
Visualization for language learning motivation
From visualization to motivation
Motivation is really the most important key to learn a language. Techniques are great but I think if you do not have the desire to study you will not learn a language. How do you bridge the gap between wanting and doing? Visualization.
1 minute visualization for language success
If you […]
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Tags: language-learning, motivation, visualization
February 25, 2008at 5:25 am
· Filed under How to learn a language
Learning a language with metaphors
Metaphors are like barbells for your mind. They stretch and expand your brain in a form of mental gymnastic or yoga. One technique to break the monotony of learning a language is try to create metaphors in your target language. First start with simple metaphors “fast as a rabbit” , something […]
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January 25, 2008at 2:57 pm
· Filed under Brain and language learning
Improving the healing process by using your brain
From Aristotle and Hippocrates to yoga and meditation practicers, people have claimed the brain can help the healing process. At this juncture it is almost common knowledge, but the Mayo clinic in a study published in January, confirms what many knew all along.
Guided vivid imagery or a form […]
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October 9, 2007at 2:04 pm
· Filed under Brain and language learning, Games and Language learning, General language learning, Memory and language learning
My brain lesion
I had a brain lesion about 16 years ago. The word lesion is really a general medical jargon word. What I had was basically bleeding in the brain from capillary telangiectasia or a cavernous malformation. The result was I had memory and brain processing problems. I still functioned at a rather high cognitive level, […]
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Tags: brain, brain lesion, brain rehabilitation, capillary telangiectasia, cavernous malformation, computer games, language, language-learning, memory, rehabilitate, rehabilitation, stroke
September 22, 2007at 4:24 pm
· Filed under Being bilingual, General language learning
What gives away a foreigner when trying to speak a language accent or grammar
Accent
If you want to sound like a native what will give you away, grammar mistakes or accents? Accents of course. I hear people in the States make grammar mistakes all the time, even if they are native speakers, however, people who have perfect […]
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Tags: accent, grammar, language-learning, learn
August 13, 2007at 8:35 am
· Filed under Brain and language learning, Memory and language learning, Technology and language learning
What is sequential processing and what is its connection to language learning
Sequential processing as a ECP
Sequential processing is our ability to take in, store, process and use information in an orderly way. Sequential processing is a part of short term memory. It is not intelligence in itself but a building block that supports intelligence […]
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Tags: ECP, language-learning, Sequential processing, working memory
August 13, 2007at 8:25 am
· Filed under Brain and language learning, General language learning, How to learn a language
Language is a reflex
Learning a language is not passive. If you want to learn a language you need to test and retest yourself drill until it becomes a reflex and you can use it without thinking. Many people learn a list of words then forget it or it store it passively in there brain, or […]
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July 31, 2007at 3:02 am
· Filed under Brain and language learning, Diet and the brain, Music and language learning
How to make your brain grow
What if you could take a pill to make your brain grow and you would be a super genius language learner? Would it work? If and only if you practiced. The whole thing about the brain is not the number of neurons, but the rate at which the neurons can […]
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May 14, 2007at 5:46 am
· Filed under Children, babies and language, How to learn a language
Reading children’s books and stories to learn a language
I believe every method to learn a language is a good method. However I have found reading children’s books a bit boring. Reading children’s books in English is interesting, because I can read one in under five minutes. However, reading children’s books in a foreign language does […]
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April 20, 2007at 5:52 am
· Filed under Games and Language learning, How to learn a language, Learn French
Play to learn
Electronic Arts has announced that its casual game portal subsidiary Pogo is moving rapidly to expand across Europe, with a new German language service, new reward services for UK users, and a French language version expected in the coming months.
As of today, European casual gamers can log on to Pogo to play the […]
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