I found
that Tim Doner has a strong passion for language learning. He likes to learning
language and finally connect to another person by speaking foreign languages. I
thought that learning languages is his way of life.
The most
interesting I found about him is he uses imaginal space to memorize new
vocabulary. I agree with this method because memorizing based on places is effective
and easier to remember. Moreover, he usually memorize simple words at first,
for example, father, hand and bread. It is also effective because we can use
daily. So, I will try these strategies.
Tim Doner
always practices languages he has learned in many daily situations. He said in
a video that New York is a good place to learn foreign languages because it has
a linguistic diversity. He usually tries to talk with foreigners to test his language
skill and to improve his skill. I would like to talk to foreigners more and
watch more DVDs.
I agree with you. He has strong passion to learn languages. I think to have passion and enjoy learning is important for success.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you. However, having passion is sometimes difficult because we cannot make progress in a short time.
DeleteI’m interested in the fact that he imagines places when memorizing new words and make connection between them. That’s very interesting. Talking to native speaker will help me improve English so I will try it in NZ.
ReplyDeleteTim talked about the use of imaginative places in a interview video. Please watch it and try.
DeleteI will do that. Thank you!
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ReplyDeleteI agree with your opinion. I think it is crucial to have passion to learn languages. I also think it important to practice our target language by talking with native speakers to improve our language skills.
Thank you for giving a nice comment, Satoca.
DeleteI think most of Japanese students who regard themselves cannot speak English or not good at English need just practice using English, especially speaking and listening.
I thought I had to emulate his passion and activeness in learning new languages. There are many foreign people in Tokyo, Japan. So I will try to speak to them after I return to Japan.
ReplyDeleteI also try to speak to foreign people because I live in Tokyo, too.
DeleteWhen I encounter foreigners who can speak only English in Japan, I am too shy to talk to them but I think I must become bold to do so if I want to improve my English!
ReplyDeleteI think so, too. One day, I tried to speak Chinese in Tokyo. When I find Chinese tourist in trouble, I talked to him. It was hard but I hope you will try!
DeleteI was also interested in his way to use imaginal space to memorise vocabulary, and I think your introduction of his way is very straightforward.
ReplyDeleteThank you for praising me.
DeleteI wonder why Tim does not confuse languages.
I think memorizing based on places is effective and easier to remember. I have experienced such situation. To have an image of the vocabulary in your head lead to memorize some new vocabulary effectively.
ReplyDeleteI agree with that having some images of the vocabulary in your head lead to memorize words effectively. I think catching the word extensively is also important.
DeleteI guess there is nowhere more multicultural in Japan that Tokyo, so I suppose that you could use a similiar strategy to Tim's there; engaging with folks you meet on the street in their native languages. I'm sure you would get a warm reception even if you knew just a little of their languages.
ReplyDeleteDvaid :-)