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Problem “I learn the words, but I seem to forget after a few days.” Idea 20 Flashcards, 4 boxes, and the principle of spaced retrieval. There is no way to learn words without doing some memorization. However, there are inefficient and boring ways to do it, and there are more efficient and less boring ways [...] Problem “I don’t have much to talk about with local Arabs.” First let me say, I certainly understand this problem. I once sat in a conversation with some men who talked for 45 minutes straight about cell phones. And this was in the era before smart phones – all these phones could do was place [...] Problem “My anxiety about my language performance is affecting my performance.” Idea: Attack your anxieties indirectly. In the last message we examined the syndrome of stress-anxiety-avoidance. Now we will look at some possible ways to deal with this problem. We often think that we can reduce our language anxiety if we were just better [...] Problem “My anxiety about my language performance is affecting my performance.” Idea: Attack your anxieties indirectly. First of all, I think it is important to recognize language anxiety as a common problem. Many people are in denial as they try to discount how anxious they actually are about their language performance. We like to think [...] Problem “I am trying to change some of my language learning habits, and I have ideas, but somehow I don’t put them into action.” There are two big problems about setting goals. Figuring out the practical steps that will bring you to the goals. Taking the practical steps.
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Problem “I am trying to change some of my language learning habits, and I have ideas, but somehow I don’t put them into action.” Idea: Address problems with strategies not with wishes.
Five steps for creating suitable strategies: 1) Identify areas you want to improve in. Do [...] Have you always wanted to learn to speak Arabic? Has work, school and family interfered with your desire to study Arabic? Is your schedule packed with this and that and everything else you can imagine? Do you want to get away from the mundane life of the big city for the summer? Then we [...] We are often asked by prospective students how much Arabic they can learn with us or how good their Arabic will be after two years. Measuring ability in a language can be a bit subjective but the ILR and ACTFL scales are helpful and are shown below. But before we go any further, a word [...] |
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