3560. A Draft of Optimism at Learning a Language or Anything Else!

Many of us wish to learn a language, and we do need this one. 

Well, we can read from H. D. Brown (1989) A Practical Guide to Language Learning. A Fifteen-Week Program of Strategies for Success. New York: McGraw-Hill. 

I mean, we can turn to colleagues like him, and then learn a lot from them. I said “colleagues” but actually he is a master. 

And if you read from that book you will learn that each learner has to find his or her own pathway to success, for each learner has his or her unique way to learn, one in which they come to feel well. 

On this post I pick up some ideas from that book, about which I wrote a paper for a college journal some fourteen years ago. 

The learner thus has to invest his best. Because learning and acquiring a second or foreign language demands the best from you. If you agree to put all the best, you for sure will attain and achieve to succeed. 

Otherwise if the learner sits down in the classroom, in the language classroom, and that’s it, and he’s like obliged to do so and little else, well, you might not learn the tongue. 

When the student devotes himself and applies all his self, well, you could actually learn the tongue. 

On coming posts I could write about this interesting and awesome book. On page 1 this scholar puts, “Sometimes people fail to learn a foreign language simply because they don’t know how to learn a foreign language. They walk into the classroom and expect to study a language as they would study history or economics. Well, you can’t do that with a language. Learning a language requires a complex set of skills that involves your whole self – your emotional self, thinking self, and physical self. It’s a skill that involves a special blend of positive attitude, concentration, effort, and relaxation. (…) 

You’ve got to be willing to put in your fair share of effort, and that effort amounts to a lot more than just sitting back and listening to some tapes. If you dive into this language with a willingness to try hard, and with a belief that you can actually do it, then you will be successful!” 

On coming posts I could tell you more, as I said – just that if I don’t change my mind: I could have something different to say and give. Have a nice week.

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

3657. How to Develop a Lesson that Could Be Efficient

758. Irregular verbs now and then

2788. A Smiling Teacher

2540. Why Do You Shout So Much?

2212. Saint Joseph, father of the Holy Family