As I was reading a site the other day I came across this article... They
say what is not so obvious to most people who decide to learn a new
language, so I suggest that you give it
a quick read. Maybe you are making this
mistake too: “Rigid Thinking” ( that can be understood as not being open to new ways of thinking... each language has its different way of seeing things, phonetics and structuring its sentences...)
Linguists have found
that students with a low tolerance of ambiguity tend to struggle with language
learning.
Language learning involves a lot of uncertainty – students will encounter new
vocabulary daily, and for each grammar rule there will be a dialectic exception
or irregular verb. Until native-like fluency is achieved, there will always be
some level of ambiguity.
The type of
learner who sees a new word and reaches for the dictionary instead of guessing
the meaning from the context may feel stressed and disoriented in an immersion
class. Ultimately, they might quit their language studies out of sheer
frustration. It’s a difficult mindset to break, but small exercises can help.Find a song or text in the target language and practice
figuring out the gist, even if a few words are unknown.
And then I add: be patient with yourrself !!! How many things you really learned in a rush?? Not many... I would say... So , this dedication and effort you put to this new language will come as a reward and will give you at least the independence for communicating with people from a different culture!! That is the dream we are talking about!!! the dream of speaking another language!!
13/05/2016
"The world will see you the way you see you! and treat you the way you treat yourself " Beyoncé And I complement: be good and fair and you will find goodness and fairness!!!
If you are like most people, you probably imagine that people who are organized are more productive compared to messy ones.But this is just because the society has led us all to believe it. Now an increasing number of experts are contrary to this thought. Apparently people whoa disorganized and messy aren't necessarily less productive or lazy... They're just bold and more spontaneous! Actually, messy people are more imaginative!
See for yourself: Authors Eric Abrahamson and David H.Freedman of A PERFECT MESS : The hidden benefits of Disorder explain : "Mess isn't necessarily the absence of order. A messy desk can be a highly effective prioritizing an accessing system.'
On a messy desk the more important , urgent work tends to stay close by and near the top of the clutter( syn. disorder), while the safely ignorable stuff tends to get buried to the bottom or near the back, which makes perfect sense." In other words, a messy desk can boost ( syn. increase) efficiency, depending on the person.
A study by Kathlen Vohs of the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management, seems to concur (syn. agree). According to it, a cluttered environment helps increase not just efficiency, but also creativity. To explain it : Vohs divided 48 participants into 2 groups and asked them to come up with new ways to use a ping pong ball. One half was placed in a messy room and the other half in a tidy room. Although both groups came up with the same number of ideas, a panel of independent judges determined the ideas produced by those in the messy room were far more innovative.
Vohs explained the finding
thus:
"Being a messy room led to something that firms, industries and societies want more of Creativity. Disorderly environments seem to inspire breaking free of tradition, which can produce fresh insights. Orderly environments , in contrast , encourage convention and playing it safe."
Society expect us to maintain order, in every sense of the word. Disorganized people are labeled as
lazy and ill-bred (syn. implolite and lacking good manners). But the neat, orderly world we strive for is all an
illusion. Organization is a cheat we use to fool ourselves that life isn’t the
random, unstructured, chaotic mess we secretly know it to be.
Physicist Adam Franks explains: “The hard truth is that the universe itself is dead-set
against our long-term efforts to bring order to the chaos in our lives. That’s
because the universe loves chaos.” So , while you might be able to reduce chaos and maintain a semblance ( syn. visual appearance) of order in one small space you control, like your home, the activities you do to maintain that order create more mess for the rest of the universe.
Crazy ???? For example, that trash that you throw away goes to a landfill and contributes to pollution. Think about it !!! Disorganized people might get a bad reputation in society and be considered lazy, but they are not really lazy. The've just seen the light and decided to go with the flow instead of swimming against the current. They would rather fill the bulk(sy. main part) of their limited time in this world with what they perceive as more meaningful tasks for them than spend time on tedious, recurring activities like tidying up.
Of course, there's nothing wrong with being organized. It's just that we also need to recognize that there's nothing wrong with being disoganized either.
Being disorganized is the default (syn. predefined) state. I's a beautiful thing!!!
Hello! I am finally back to bring more ways to learn , I found this questionnaire at Indy 100, quite intriguing, try it and let me know, Click in "questionnaire"...
How empathetic are you? Take this quiz to find out
The Autism Research Centre at the University of Cambridge developed a way to measure your empathy.The questionnaire, which consists of 60 questions, was put together by Simon Baron-Cohen, and can be used to measure the level of social anxieties brought about by disorders like Autism.
