iguanamon wrote:I have been thinking about re-writing the post to better reflect the changes that have taken place since I wrote it. If things with work ever calm down, I'll probably do that at some point soon.
I'm sure it will be awesome!
iguanamon wrote:I have been thinking about re-writing the post to better reflect the changes that have taken place since I wrote it. If things with work ever calm down, I'll probably do that at some point soon.
outcast wrote:Perhaps many learners, including myself in my early days of language learning, made the mistake of thinking I must MASTER the basics before moving on to the next level. I had a very small tolerance for mistakes so I didn't move on if I made just a few. That was an improper strategy.
rdearman wrote:You've now had the options from the self-disciplined, language masochistic crowd... How about an entry from the lazare faire, lazy fist side of the spectrum.
I have three tracks, and a goal.......
- read something occasionally
- listen or watch something occasionally
- talk to people
I work under the theory that nobody is going to stand up at my funeral and accuse me of being a dimwit because I didn't learn Korean and Mandarin before I died and because I could only speak French and Italian I was a slacker.
I am not in a race. If I only learn 10 or 15 vocabulary words a week's so what?
For mandarin I recently decided to give up on characters and just learn to talk. I don't care if I am illiterate. I only learn languages to talk to people anyway.
So you can have just one track if you want. More isn't always better and as long as your walking in the right direction you'll get there eventually.
iguanamon wrote:I have been thinking about re-writing the post to better reflect the changes that have taken place since I wrote it. If things with work ever calm down, I'll probably do that at some point soon.
Beli Tsar wrote:iguanamon wrote:I have been thinking about re-writing the post to better reflect the changes that have taken place since I wrote it. If things with work ever calm down, I'll probably do that at some point soon.
Yes please! It would be fascinating to hear how you'd change it, both with regard to the way learning resources have changed, and in regard to the change in dominant/fashionable language learning philosophies.
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