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Further Thoughts on the Four Function Diagram

I am now returning, having received a moment ago a timely reminder from Victor Berrjod, to the discussion on the above diagram, and what it can show us of use to the learners of language. In the earli… more →

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The Spirit of the Letter

doctormarla wrote 4 weeks ago: I’ve been interested to see, lately, students of introductory linguistics expressing strong fe … more →

Tags: Literature, Cognition

Do You Speak Ice Age?

Bandit wrote 1 month ago: “On Monday, researchers at the University of Reading in the United Kingdom announced the resul … more →

Tags: Zuihitsu Noodle-Soup, Not my posts, evolution of language, historical linguistics, ice age, languages, Linguistics, mother tongue concept

Further Thoughts on the Four Function Diagram — 10 comments

Viktor D. Huliganov wrote 2 months ago: I am now returning, having received a moment ago a timely reminder from Victor Berrjod, to the discu … more →

Tags: Gold List Methodology, Learning Japanese and Chinese, Literature, LingQ, Long term memory, michel thomas, paul noble, rote learning, Short Term Memory

Studying the origins of the Japanese kana — 3 comments

Viktor D. Huliganov wrote 2 months ago: … more →

Tags: Gallery style (showcases my photos), Gold List Methodology, Learning Japanese and Chinese, gojuuonzu, Hentaigana, Hiragana, itaigana, Katakana, kotaigana

Initial Thoughts on the Four Functions Diagram — 4 comments

Viktor D. Huliganov wrote 3 months ago: I would like to give you today some initial thoughts on the diagram, and to do that I’m going … more →

Tags: Gold List Methodology, Learning Japanese and Chinese, european union, Linguistics, Listening, Literacy, Paul Pimsleur, Reading, Speaking

The Four Basic Linguistic Functions Analysed — 4 comments

Viktor D. Huliganov wrote 3 months ago: Today, I am just uploading this for your perusal. I will start commenting on it and explaining it an … more →

Tags: Gold List Methodology, activation, auditory learning vs visual learning, goldlist, Language Learning, languages, Linguistics, social sciences

Should you first master your own language before learning another? — 2 comments

Viktor D. Huliganov wrote 3 months ago: English: Belarusian as native language among urban population in Belarus according to the 2009 censu … more →

Tags: Blog only, facebook, first language, language, Linguistics, Moses, social sciences

Communicating with Other Minds

doctormarla wrote 3 months ago: The problem is well recognized in philosophy (the problem of other minds–how do we know what o … more →

Tags: Cognition

Exceptional Circumstances

doctormarla wrote 3 months ago: One of my students is working on the terminology used to refer to people who need additional help wi … more →

Tags: logic, Cognition

Chinese from scratch - a 1260 hour work Programme optimising your result. — 15 comments

Viktor D. Huliganov wrote 3 months ago: If you want to learn Mandarin you can’t duck out of the time it takes – you can only opt … more →

Tags: Gold List Methodology, ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS, Learning Japanese and Chinese, With Another Person, goldlist, james heisig, Stroke order, Mandarin Chinese, 对外汉语

Opposites and Negatives

doctormarla wrote 3 months ago: It’s actually hard to find a clear opposite. Most things that we might want to call opposites … more →

Tags: logic, Cognition

Squidge

doctormarla wrote 3 months ago: It’s the word I’m suggesting for the sound made when one pulls one’s feet out of m … more →

Tags: Cognition

Someone has had trouble remembering enough words with their Goldlist — 6 comments

Viktor D. Huliganov wrote 4 months ago: Caption below picture: ‘Wallachians distilling “Slievovitz”‘ (Photo credit: … more →

Tags: Gold List Methodology, Huliganov's Russian Course, Blog only, Learning Japanese and Chinese

Some of my Japanese mnemonics

Viktor D. Huliganov wrote 5 months ago: Yuumei have heard of this little sodateru… I don’t hold with using mnemonics usually in … more →

Tags: Learning Japanese and Chinese, Japanese, readthekanji.com, kanji memorization

Dobre pytania o goldliscie od polskiego licealisty. — 2 comments

Viktor D. Huliganov wrote 5 months ago: Guten Tag (Auch wenn einmal keinmal ist, dreimal normalerweise genuegt!) Dzień dobry, Panie James! W … more →

Tags: Gold List Methodology, Mowię po polsku!, ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS, With Another Person, metodologia goldlist

Goldlisting may or may not be from the very beginning of learning a language, but it'll take you on as far as you like! — 6 comments

Viktor D. Huliganov wrote 5 months ago: 1st edition (publ. Hodder & Stoughton) (Photo credit: Wikipedia) –  But will Hodder and St … more →

Tags: ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS, Autobiographical, Blog only, Gold List Methodology, german, goldlist method, Google, Linguistics, Mandarin Chinese

A conversation with a Russian learner about aspects of verbs. — 3 comments

Viktor D. Huliganov wrote 6 months ago: English: Native language in Ukraine. Legend: Ukrainian language dominates as the native language Rus … more →

Tags: ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS, Gold List Methodology, Huliganov's Russian Course, Skype chat snippets, With Another Person, Learning, Russian Language, YouTube

Mnemonics — 2 comments

rhan wrote 6 months ago: Just when I thought that med students couldn’t take a joke to save their lives (the immuno jok … more →

Tags: cranial trivia, Medicine, Medical mnemonics, Anatomy

Decline Of The Use Of Proverbs As A Creative Oral Expression: A Case Study Of Proverb Usage Among The Ondo In The South Western Part Of Nigeria

greenthesis wrote 6 months ago: Topic: Decline Of The Use Of Proverbs As A Creative Oral Expression: A Case Study Of Proverb Usage A … more →

Tags: Arts


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