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[EnglishLanguage 3034] Re: distance learning .... as the future?
Ujwala Samant
lalumineuse at yahoo.comFri Oct 24 12:29:35 EDT 2008
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That's an interesting definition of forward
thinking... my take would be independent thinking :-)
(Forward thinking to me implies a move from backward
thinking...)
--- Andrea Wilder <andreawilder at comcast.net> wrote:
> Forward = she jacknifed herself out of her
> comfortable home
> environment, despite her family's wishes and set off
> to see the
> world... :)
>
>
> On Oct 23, 2008, at 11:59 PM, Ujwala Samant wrote:
>
> >
> > Andrea,
> >
> >>> I don't know if I
> >> told you--it was her
> >> idea to come to the US, her family wanted her to
> >> stay closer to
> >> home. She is a forward thinker.<<
> >
> > What makes her a forward thinker? Her wanting to
> come
> > to the US? Her saying no to her family? Her
> wanting to
> > learn English? Just curious, because "forward" and
> > "backward" are such charged words... and very
> > culturally defined.
> >
> > Regards
> > Ujwala
> >
> >
> >>
> >> Andrea :)
> >>
> >> On Oct 23, 2008, at 3:47 PM, Steve Kaufmann
> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Andrea,
> >>>
> >>> Your Thai student is highly educated.
> >> Unfortunately, if she has
> >>> been at English for a long time, she has
> probably
> >> had a lot of
> >>> explanation and correction and they may not help
> >> her break old
> >>> habits and form new habits.
> >>>
> >>> I suggest she continue her intensive listening
> >> activities using her
> >>> mp3 player wherever she goes.
> >>>
> >>> She should also listen to short paragraphs and
> >> read them to herself
> >>> at the same time. Then she should try to read
> >> those short
> >>> paragraphs out loud, imitating the intonation,
> >> even if she gets a
> >>> few words wrong. In other words focus on
> >> intonation as a means of
> >>> getting more in tune with the language. She can
> >> even try this for
> >>> short phrases. She should work on intonation as
> a
> >> priority.
> >>>
> >>> She need not play back her sound, nor should you
> >> correct her too
> >>> much. She needs to get used to hearing the
> sounds
> >> and intonation
> >>> better. The key is to get her to observe and
> >> notice the language
> >>> better.
> >>>
> >>> Her attitude is crucial. She should think that
> she
> >> is doing fine.
> >>> She needs to feel that she can do it, that she
> can
> >> train her brain
> >>> to pronounce more accurately as long as she is
> >> determined enough
> >>> and believes in herself.
> >>>
> >>> I have another suggestion that she may not agree
> >> with but which I
> >>> think would help. She should try to learn
> another
> >> language, say
> >>> Spanish. Please read my recent blog post on the
> >> power of language
> >>> cross training. If you go to this link you can
> see
> >> the large degree
> >>> of agreement that I received in the comments
> >> section. A little
> >>> effort at Spanish may open up her language
> >> learning mind. It is a
> >>> new language and a new challenge. It may seem
> like
> >> a distraction
> >>> but could help her achieve her goals.
> >>> ......................
> >>> I have taken a few days break from Russian to
> work
> >> on Italian and
> >>> German in preparation for my trip. After a two
> day
> >> break, now when
> >>> I go back to Russian I hear it more clearly, I
> >> notice words and
> >>> endings better. I am better at it, or at least
> so
> >> it seems. I have
> >>> noticed this tendency before.
> >>>
> >>> I think that language cross training works. I
> >> think everyone at
> >>> LingQ should spend 10- 20% of their time on a
> >> minor language in
> >>> order to get better results at their major
> >> language.I believe that
> >>> it stretches the brain, refreshes it, challenges
> >> it, and make the
> >>> brain better fit and more eager to engage the
> >> major target language
> >>> again.
> >>>
> >>> Any thoughts on language cross training? Has
> >> anyone had similar
> >>> experiences?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Steve
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
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