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Introduce BrainSoaking
What is BrainSoaking? In my mind it is just like putting your brain into the language sound ocean, soaking it. When you are soaking your brain, what will going on? Imagine for a moment, you listen to the syllables of the languange, and maybe you don’t know the meaning of the words. You can’t tell […]
An Important Discovery
Up until now, I have learned 488 lessons. At the aspect of hearing, I always try to get the meaning of what I heard. When I met a word I was familiar with, I took my effort to remember its meaning. Recently, I learned something about the brain soaking, and then I slowly dawned that […]
Going to Unfamiliar Places
In 2011, I first went to Nylam, a county in Tibet, to work. I bought a ticket at the Xigaze long distance bus station in the early morning, and it was dawning. I remember it was about before Christmas. I worn a thick coat, but still felt cold. I was a little bit afraid of […]
Is the brain a pattern recognition device?
When you were younger there must have been days when the best thing was just to lie in the grass, look at the clouds forming, and notice the one that looked like a sheep, and the could that looked like a car. Or maybe you have had days when were driving to work, and noticed […]
Do What They Do
Native speakers tend to follow rules our guidelines when they speak and write, and these rules are soft, flexible and used differently in different places. Native speakers don’t know WHY they say things in a certain way. If you ask them why, can they give you a reason, or do they just say ‘ho, this […]
Why Not Ask Why
Have you ever noticed that native speakers actually don’t know the reasons why their own language works the way it does. And logic rules don’t always explain the way a language works. Just like the above sentence. If it works by its logic rules, we can say ‘logic rules don’t always explain the way a […]
Skill Not Concept
How you view a new language is really important. Because what you think of the language decides the way you use to learn it. The implications for how I view a language are in the following section. A tool, not a subject. Great language learners think of language as a tool, not think of it as […]
Language Communities
Would you rather go with a group of Spanish friends to enjoy the running of bulls, or learn Latin from a textbook? Would you rather get the sounds, feelings, rhythms, textures, colors of your new language, or remain inside the small space that is defined on a page? It’s important to realize that if you’re […]
Why Words Matter More Than Grammar
When people use the wrong word, it isn’t still possible to communicate clearly. In the book The Third Ear, the author’s daughter Michelle wanted him to get off the sofa, however, she said ‘wee wee’ instead of ‘really’.This mispronunciation caused a misunderstanding, and the author picked her up and rushed to the bathroom upon which […]
Inventing words
Word invention is viewed initial, new and intereting in China.Word invention is viewed new and ineresting in the English speaking world as well.It is viewed the same in China as outside China. In China, lots of Internet words are popular.These words are very interesting. For instance, ‘Beiguoxia’ means that someone burden something that he or […]
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