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as easy as ABC...
There are different ways how to learn foreign language. Sometimes you may come across quite intricate ones. Once upon a time I was familiar with certain polyglot. The dude who really knew about 13 different languages, including dead and exotic ones... But as related to modern languages of Indo-European group, he said that if you have learned several languages, so since from a certain moment it's no matter already how many of them would you know in real... And to acquire knowledge of the next language is an equivalent of reading a pair of books in it. The knowledge of the allied ones would be enough for him to feel ease within this new language. That's only a question of wasting time. Thus, if he set himself the task he could be proud of
the knowledge of not 13, and maybe even 20 languages... But all this would make no sense already...
Nevertheless, that's not the very story of mine which I was going to tell you. It was a time when I only started my study of English. And naturally I asked an advice from my buddy-polyglot. How may I make a go of this optimal way? He explained me: that's as easy as ABC. You should simply take a book (it's desirable something of classic) and learn it by heart, to memorize the whole book from cover to cover. Ha-ha! And you say: cards for words learning, grammar rules... Considering carefully idioms and attempts to deep into aspects of word formation, and all other trash... You should only take the book and learn it through and through. After that take another one and learn it by heart too. And you will find with surprise that you already know the language.
As I was quite young and ambitious that times, I had tried to do this. :)
I remember now it was a story «The Canterville Ghost» by O.Wilde. Well, what can I tell you... After 2 weeks I have finished somewhere about half of the First Chapter. Approximately 15-20 pages of the text (today I even can't believe myself I was able to carry out such deed!). And since from page 21 I already started to forget the first and intermediate ones were mixed up for good. On the whole, I had understood that something wrong with it. I had to back down and decided that I have marginal abilities for languages and that I may relax then.
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Some thoughts and doubts
Sometimes I reflect seriously if I will know English so well to be able write articles or books? Not a belletristic literature, of course.
The last is absulutely impossible, I guess. But if it would be somewhat about professional matters, something nonfictional...
And yet this seems unattainable goal too. Well, I've read a sum of books in english of very different topics, and nevertheless I still
slip as hell while I'm writing, I make too many mistakes and even primitive ones. Maybe that's a point of natural skills? Or maybe the all depends
from placing yourself to the process of learning? F.e. in Russia alot of people start to learn english from early years of school, go on to do in institutes and awterwards too, but finally they know nothing, just like the majority remember nothing from chemistry or trigonometry.
As experienced polyglots say sometimes: to know a language - that's assumed to talk on it and to use it regularly.
And if you have read a ton of literature, know all grammatic rules, watch CNN, but any attempt to start usual conversation put you
to the stupor, that only means you do not know the language. As opposed to a man which maybe mess it up very often and has got 200 words in his arsenal, but which is communicating however very often and doing it with pleasure.
And maybe that is the way it is with writing? Have you got a willing to write a book in english? - just take a time and do it. Well, If it comes to that there are ad hoc special editors for proofing. Although just imagine what would they do with the text consists of
errors 89%!..)
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First notebook entry: Introducing myself
Hello, I am 40 years old. I interest in Intellectual and informative talking in language that I try to learn and I'm always ready to give an advice or critical review as concerned your using russian language.
I have a great interest in classic painting and literature, I love piano music and auto racing, also I know how to win in poker games professionally, besides that I would be glad to discuss some political or philosophical matters (I am PhD in philosophy since 1999). If you concern yourself with some of these areas, if you are quite educated and ambitious to bring your russian to its senses, you are welcome.
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