Learning a language in 24 hours
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Teplocteur 
Local time: 18:34
Da Inglese a Cinese
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| Learn the world | Feb 15, 2013 |
Learn 8760 languages in 365 days.
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esperantisto
Local time: 13:34
Membro (2006)
Da Inglese a Russo
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SITE LOCALIZER | 24 hours? Too long! | Feb 15, 2013 |
I learned a language in 30 minutes. It’s Esperanto.
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| Sort of 24 hours but not quite | Feb 15, 2013 |
The title is slightly misleading. The author learned about 1000 words in 22.5 hours, but those hours were spread over a 10-week period. That's hardly the impression one gets from the headline, and I can't help thinking he could have learned way more than that with 10 weeks of focused study.
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Samuel Murray
Paesi Bassi
Local time: 12:34
Membro (2006)
Da Inglese a Afrikaans
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| Note: Your title should summarize your main point. | Feb 15, 2013 |
Yet he managed to memorize an entire dictionary of Lingala words in that period of time, and when he met his Pygmy friends in the Congo, he was able to put those skills to use and communicate without the help of an interpreter.
And then what happened... did they eat him?
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Mary Stefan
Stati Uniti
Local time: 06:34
Da Italiano a Inglese
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Samuel Murray wrote:
And then what happened... did they eat him?
Funny .
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Phil Hand
Cina
Local time: 18:34
Da Cinese a Inglese
| Joking aside... | Feb 16, 2013 |
The spaced repetition technique used in these things does seem to be effective. I have young children, and I'm wondering what I can do to introduce this technique into their learning. I reckon there's the potential to save them quite a lot of time in school if they can learn the times tables, names and dates or French vocab more quickly.
It also mentions using the mnemonic technique, which I have never been able to master. It always feels like thinking up those little stories is harde... See more The spaced repetition technique used in these things does seem to be effective. I have young children, and I'm wondering what I can do to introduce this technique into their learning. I reckon there's the potential to save them quite a lot of time in school if they can learn the times tables, names and dates or French vocab more quickly.
It also mentions using the mnemonic technique, which I have never been able to master. It always feels like thinking up those little stories is harder work than just learning the fact/Chinese character. But apparently it really works for some. ▲ Collapse
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| Learn the world, teach the world? | Feb 16, 2013 |
What for you speak?
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| Tony Buzan's The Memory Book | Feb 16, 2013 |
For anyone interested in applying the techniques outlined in the article to everyday life, Tony Buzan's "The Memory Book" provides some excellent and innovative techniques along with fascinating insights into how memory techniques have been used throughout history, most notably by the Ancient Greeks and Romans. My favourite is probably the Roman Room System
[Edited at 2013-02-16 18:34 GMT]
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Mark
Local time: 12:34
Da Italiano a Inglese
| Spaced repetition | Feb 18, 2013 |
Hi Phil,
There's various software:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaced_repetition#Software
I'm giving Mnemosyne a try (before I read this article I might add). Memorylifter helped me a lot with memorising Italian vocabulary, back in the day.
I too struggle with visual/story approaches to memorising. I think it's a personal matter, and tha... See more Hi Phil,
There's various software:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaced_repetition#Software
I'm giving Mnemosyne a try (before I read this article I might add). Memorylifter helped me a lot with memorising Italian vocabulary, back in the day.
I too struggle with visual/story approaches to memorising. I think it's a personal matter, and that my brain doesn't work that way. But the mnemonic major system for memorising numbers works with phonetics, and that seems to agree with me. ▲ Collapse
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