Saturday, February 12, 2011

How to learn the words easily

Hi, here is a really easy and effective technique to learn foreign words.
The technique based on the mind control(Silva method). There are lots of words, which you can connect to something. For example: "pen" is "pluma" in Spanish. So you have to connect these two words somehow.

a.) pen - pluma
Step 1: Close your eyes
Step 2: Breath deaply few times and relax a bit(you should do this when you start the learning but of course you can repeat this anytime)
Step 3: Imagine the English word, now it's "pen".
Step 4: Now we just need to find something in the foreign word. "Pluma", just forget about the "a" and that's it! It's the "plum" the fruit.
Step 5: Here is the final step, imagine the two words in one picture. For example: the pen is stabbed through the plum or anything else, which is the most suitable for you.
b.) duck - pato
Step 1 and 2: Are the same as before.
Step 3: Imagine the English word, now it's "duck" It's really important how you imagine it. Just think about it and check these images. duck 1 , duck 2(psy duck from Pokemon). Which is the one that you can remember more easily? I bet the second one:)!
Step 4: Same as before. Pato, minus "o" and add an "h". "Path".
Step 5: Combine them. Check these pictures and choose one if you need it.


The first 5-10 words might be a bit odd to learn in this way(it will be easier and more natural if you practice it daily) but if you do it as I said, you simply can't forget these words.

Friday, February 11, 2011

Bio, plans, blogging scheme

Hello,

I'm going to write about my spanish learning journey, for example learning techniques, words, grammar. I'm starting from 0 Spanish knowledge because in the first semester I barely learnt anything, which is related to Spanish :). Hopefully my English will improve too.

So, my plan is quite simple: B2 level(CEFR) in a half or maximum 1 year. Mostly by self-taught.

 Blogging scheme: I am going to regurarly update my blog and  post those things, which I have learnt and how do I learnt those things. Furthermore, I am going to show some language learning techniques and the connection of mentality and language learning.