miércoles, 11 de febrero de 2009
why english...
I've just started my blog...i'm veeeery tired and i'll try tomorrow to write something about me and my "relationship" with the english language...it's hard to learn more and more...it's very difficult for me to memorize all the grammar, vocabulary, etc...why I understand quite well english but it's so difficult for me to write well?
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hello sonia,
ResponderEliminarI understand this is difficult when you're tired, but it's a start! I'm sorry you feel that understanding is easy but writing is so difficult, as we say in English, practise makes perfect!
good luck!
x
Hello Sonia! I think you write pretty well. Maybe is easier speaking for you because you are used to deal with English-speaking people every day, but like Felicity says this is a start and like German people say "Kein Meister ist von Himmel gefallen" or just practice will make you an "English professional". Take care!
ResponderEliminarThanks a lot for you support...I'm reading right now three books in english: "The boy in the striped pijama", one book of tales from Agatha Christie (I'm taking extra classes of english in another academy...practise makes perfect!!!) and finally I tried "A English guide...". i think this book could be funny and full of curiosites...if I finish all this books i'll write like Shakespeare!!! Well, tomorrow I'll have a look of your blog, Felicity, to know what are yoy doing today...sorry for my absence. bye...have a nice nigh!
ResponderEliminarIn my opinion, Sonia, all languages are very difficult to learn. Even our mother language is very difficult but we learned it without any effort just because we practiced it right from our birth day. When we were children we didn't study our language but we did practice it every minute, every day, every year.
ResponderEliminarWhat I'm saying is that a ten years boy/girl have studied little grammar and language but they have listened their language a huge amount of time. Guess how long these boy/girl have been listening their language. A simple calculation, deducting sleeping time of eight hour a day shows this: 3,504,000 minutes or 58,400 hours(!)
Imagine any of us devoting only one tenth of that time to learning a foreign language. Another simple calculation shows the following: Owing that a standard working year has 220 working days, suppose we had a three hour English class every day, 220 days a year. Saving the details of calculation we would have to attend 9 full years to match only one tenth of time the boy/girl has listening and practicing English (in England).
The above is only a theoretical exercise. Going into real life I think learning a language involves spending an awful lot of time And the priority is (unless you intend to learn the language in a formal pattern to get a degree) to spend much time in all ways possible to practise the language. Some examples are: Seeing non dubbed English films. Listening radio or TV in English at home at any time even if you are doing things and you can’t pay much attention. If you like modern music try to get lyrics and enjoy your tunes following their language content. If you use ‘post-it’s’ for yourself write them in English. If you go to a museum or an exhibition try to read only the information written in English. I think there’s a never ending list of similar examples. And finally let five or ten percent of your time and will to ’study’. We have to bear in mind what I think Felicity said. English is a language to be learned 'as is' rather than to be learned through rules (nothing is black and white anyway).
I wrote my comment based on my own experience. I’ve no qualifications to teach anyone. I'm posting this guided by my best will.
If there’s something in your life that strongly drives you to English learning this is going to be a good motivation for you and you’ll put a high priority mark on it. If it isn’t you’ll lower the priority even if your ‘will’ is to study it. Finally if you have any comments on my point PLEASE let me know. Miquel