日本語のプラクティス 私も同じ物をよくします。そのペッジを勧めたことにある、ありがとう I tried to express the following: The practice of japanese I do the same thing often myself. Thank you for recommending this Internet-page. どうもありがとうございます。

A huge inspiration_Breaking a language barrier of Tim Dulton Recently I found a really great video (one of the TED-talks) and really want to share it with you! It's the story of Tim Dulton, a guy with a great personality, as you can see in this video. This guy speaks more than 20 languages, but not only this is the main point. He makes it with fun and pleasure and I got really captivated and inspired by his speech. I highly recommend it to all of you! http://tedxteen.com/talks/tedxteen-2014/209-tim-doner-breaking-the-language-barrier

What does the word "Ottery" mean? Hello! Please, tell me, what does "Ottery" mean? Is it a sort of abbey or, may be, a village? And very funny thing: the word "Ottery" in all texts begins with capital letter "

Difference in learning languages. Purpose. "Here I am, and here are several languages. My ambition is to learn them all. I mean to know them. I try and strain every nerve. I fail." Why? Is there any clear reason for that? I wanted and I worked. So why did I fail? The latest discovery that I have made about FLL (foreign language learning) is that a foreign language learner should define his goals especially accurate and correct. For example: a learner wants to pass an exam. He usually thinks so: all right, I should sort Themes 1-10 out, learn basic grammar rules and improve my listening skills. Stop. What does «sort out» and «basic» mean? And when will I understand, that my listening skills are improved indeed? As I see it now, when defining one’s goals man should think very carefully, how exactly he will measure its achieving. How will he know that all is done? It’s not a new idea, but I also found (to myself), that the main goal can contain some subgoals in it, and they ought to be measured too. I’ll make an example. I want to know English (CAE certificate is a good prize for that). So my real goal is to get the CAE certificate, What should I do? One thing is I should sort out some themes. So I must define «sort out»: I will put some questions on the subject, find proper materials, translate them and try to speak a bit on the topic. In any case I will know the theme is learned rather fine. The other thing is I should improve my listening skills. This means, that I should understand better: 4 sentences from every five, for example, etc. If we make the goals and even steps to these goals measurable, the process of FLL will become more transparent and clear to us. And this can help to feel more comfortable and confidently during the whole time of learning. And maybe, we will achieve our goals at last. This is a little theory, based on KPI system and my own experience. Thanks in advance for your corrections. And it would be great if you will also leave some comments on the subject. Do you use measuring when define your goals? Was this article interesting or useful? Also it would be very kind of you to leave some recommendations about how to improve the style, bring it closer to original English language. Thanks a lot Maria