When I was 12 years old, I started studying English for the first time at my junior high school. It was hard for me because I did not know much about English other than alphabets or simple greetings. Especially, pronunciations and memorizing new large numbers of words were difficult. In order to overcome this problem, I practiced in mainly two ways.
The first one is that read the textbook and words book aloud over and over. And the other one is that I tried to find similar or same expressions and words in daily lives. For example, in sightseeing spots in Japan, big stations, lyrics of foreign songs or movies. When I found the words that I have already learned, I was so excited that it motivated me to work harder.
I can say the same thing when I started learning Chinese in my university. When I went to sightseeing spots or airport in south east Asian countries, I could find many Chinese writing and it made me feel like continue to study Chinese.
I have the same opinion, especially with the second way. I learned Thai in my university, and I got excited when I could read the signboard written in Thai. I became motivated to learn Thai more.
ReplyDeleteOh nice, I would love to learn third foreign language and visit the country too.
DeleteI think this way can make me exciting because the wisdom which I got on the desk comes to my real life.
ReplyDeleteI study Russian in my university, so I'll practice this way when I go to Russia!
I think so too! We should put emphasis on outputting.
DeleteI usually get satisfied by inputting, so I greatly agree with you.
DeleteI know what you mean. Most of us learn an additional lunguage to make our everyday life interesting. When we find some writings written in that lunguage at any place, it would be motivation as well!
ReplyDeleteYeah, learning languages colors our lives and we can make our lives better if we are conscious to foreign languages around us!
DeleteI think your way to learn a new language is great in that you can connect your studying with your daily life, and you can enjoy learning languages. I'll try to find some words or phrase in daily life!!
ReplyDeleteConnecting our studying with our daily life and enjoying it is very important and what a good point about it is we can do the two at the same time!
DeleteAs you did I read the texts aloud when I was a junior high school student but now I don't. It is said that reading aloud helps you improve your English so maybe I should even now. I'm wondering why nobody corrects my pronunciation when I'm talking with native speakers.
ReplyDeleteI have the same opinion...I am not confident in my pronounce so I hope people around me to correct my pronounce.
DeleteI agree with you. It is so interesting to encounter the words I learned in classes and be able to understand the meaning. That's why I want to learn languages.
ReplyDeleteNice, there are many chances in New Zealand that we can find words or expressions we learned at classes!
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