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Some say it isn’t any fun to imitate another’s tongue; while idioms and turns of phrase can often baffle and amaze the novice who must learn their ways. Loquacious speakers seldom pause to rest their ever moving jaws; and so the learner simply gapes as useless input fast escapes-- these speakers might as well be apes! Nor can one recognize the words that stampede forth in growing herds arranged in patterns quite opaque and grammar strange enough to make it clear that there’s been some mistake. (Such is the learner’s sorry stake!) But lest the learner, in dismay abandon hope, I haste to say that there remains one certain way: To learn a language, girls and guys, you simply have to memorize. |
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K. Slater |
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Publication Information |
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Advancing Pedagogical Methodology in the Linguistics Classroom--Shr Ji Wei |
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Linguist of Fortune -- JLSSCNC Vol I, No 1 Contents |