"A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer".
Bruce Lee
Thursday, April 16, 2015
Sunday, April 12, 2015
Be a Famous Failure
Have you ever feel like your dreams will never come true?
Or
You were't able to do it?
Or
People says you are a failure?
Or
No one believes in your dreams?
They also did however...
Failure: Wikipedia says:
Is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success.
fail: According to Google:
verb
noun
- a mark which is not high enough to pass an examination or test."a fail grade"
- informala mistake, failure, or instance of poor performance."their customer service is a massive fail"
Tuesday, April 7, 2015
Like a baby
"No matter how one
may think him-self accomplished, when he sets out to learn a new
language, science, or the bicycle, he has entered a new realm as truly
as if he were a child born into the new world".
Frances Williard.
Frances Williard.
Monday, April 6, 2015
Why learning a new language?
Speak, Speak, Speak...
"Why learning a new language?" Having asked my friends and myself this question I found that learning a new language was part of our life's routine. Even when the answers did not come, or just were simply "because I wanted to" or "I need to", there is not doubt, as human been we have need of communication which is big enough to spend hours, days, months and even years learning the new language.
Learning a foreign language is more than just a boost to your CV or handy for traveling. It will make you smarter, more decisive and even better at
English, says Anne Merritt.
If you plan to study at a foreign university, college or school, you'll need a good knowledge of the local language, unless the course you want to study is taught through the medium of your L1. Your institution will probably provide preparatory courses to improve your language skills and continuing support throughout your main course.
-Required course
You may be required to study a particular language at school, college or university.
-Getting in touch with your roots
If your family spoke a particular language in the past you might want to learn it and possibly teach it to your children. It could also be useful if you are research your family tree and some of the documents you find are written in a language foreign to you.
-Revitalizing or reviving your language
If you speak an endangered language, or your parents or grandparents do/did, learning that language and passing it on to your children could help to revitalize or revive it.
-Culture
Maybe you're interested in the literature, poetry, films, TV programs, music or some other aspect of the culture of people who speak a particular language and want to learn their language in order to gain a better understanding of their culture.
According to St.University some of the reasons might be:
And so forth, this list could go for ever; so why not learning a new language?
L1: First language
CV: Curriculum vitae
References :
http://www.omniglot.com/language/why.htm
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationopinion/10126883/Why-learn-a-foreign-language-Benefits-of-bilingualism.html
http://www.stjohns.edu/academics/schools-and-colleges/st-johns-college-liberal-arts-and-sciences/languages-and-literature/why-learn-foreign-language
http://thenextweb.com/lifehacks/2015/03/21/money-dream-jobs-a-better-brain-why-everyone-should-learn-a-second-language/
Some of the reason could be:
-Studying abroadIf you plan to study at a foreign university, college or school, you'll need a good knowledge of the local language, unless the course you want to study is taught through the medium of your L1. Your institution will probably provide preparatory courses to improve your language skills and continuing support throughout your main course.
-Required course
You may be required to study a particular language at school, college or university.
-Getting in touch with your roots
If your family spoke a particular language in the past you might want to learn it and possibly teach it to your children. It could also be useful if you are research your family tree and some of the documents you find are written in a language foreign to you.
-Revitalizing or reviving your language
If you speak an endangered language, or your parents or grandparents do/did, learning that language and passing it on to your children could help to revitalize or revive it.
-Culture
Maybe you're interested in the literature, poetry, films, TV programs, music or some other aspect of the culture of people who speak a particular language and want to learn their language in order to gain a better understanding of their culture.
According to St.University some of the reasons might be:
- helps you to expand your view of the world.
- encourages critical reflection on the relation between language and culture, language and thought.
- expands your opportunities for meaningful leisure activities (such as travel, viewing foreign language films, watching foreign TV programs).
- develops your intellect (encouraging good learning habits, memorization, combining course content and skills in a meaningful way).
- improves knowledge of the native language (through comparison and contrast with the foreign language).
- exposes you to modes of thought and viewpoints that are available only in the foreign language and its culture.
- helps to build practical skills that may be used in other disciplines.
- fosters your understanding of the interrelation between language and human nature.
- teaches and encourages respect for other ethnic groups.
- contributes to the development of your personality.
- contributes to the achievement of national goals, such as economic development or national security.
And so forth, this list could go for ever; so why not learning a new language?
L1: First language
CV: Curriculum vitae
References :
http://www.omniglot.com/language/why.htm
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationopinion/10126883/Why-learn-a-foreign-language-Benefits-of-bilingualism.html
http://www.stjohns.edu/academics/schools-and-colleges/st-johns-college-liberal-arts-and-sciences/languages-and-literature/why-learn-foreign-language
http://thenextweb.com/lifehacks/2015/03/21/money-dream-jobs-a-better-brain-why-everyone-should-learn-a-second-language/
Why you should "Never give up"
No opportunities
No matter how good you are doing something there's always a reason why we feel nothing is going to work. There is not possibility of success. This might be true, perhaps because we don't have talent, we don't have money, we don't have materials or just because we don't have legs...Everyone who hasn't meet Nick Vujicic would think in that way until you realize the true, why we can't gain what we fight for...
Nicholas James Vujicic known as Nick Vujicic is an Australian Christian evangelist and motivational speaker born with tetra-amelia syndrome, a rare disorder characterized by the absence of all four limbs. As a child, he struggled mentally and emotionally as well as physically, but eventually came to terms with his disability and, at the age of seventeen, started his own non-profit organization, Life Without Limbs. Vujicic presents motivational speeches worldwide which focus on life with a disability, hope and finding meaning in life. He also speaks about his belief that God can use any willing heart to do his work and that God is big enough to overcome any disability.
To know more about him (click here).
Just do it
“Forget past mistakes and forget failures. Forget everything except what you are going to do now and do it.” ~William J. Durant
Sunday, April 5, 2015
Language barrier
Breaking the language barrier
One person that I admire is Tim Doner, who is a senior at the Dalton School in New York City. He has studied around 20 languages. The reason of my admiration is because not only he had taught himself languages but he also broke the barrier of languages, knowing people from all languages, backgrounds and cultures and experimenting on how does people learn.Polyglot: is a person who uses multiple languages. A polyglot may also be called a multilingual person; the label "multilingual" is used for communities as well as individual speakers.
Check Tim Doner speech in TED talks.
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