Comments on: Keep the truck rolling http://www.bitesizedlanguages.com/blog/2010/01/29/keep-the-truck-rolling/ Language learning tips, tricks, motivation and discussion Sun, 11 Dec 2011 14:17:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Simon http://www.bitesizedlanguages.com/blog/2010/01/29/keep-the-truck-rolling/comment-page-1/#comment-330 Simon Tue, 18 May 2010 15:18:53 +0000 http://www.bitesizedlanguages.com/blog/?p=20#comment-330 That's brilliant Anjana! That’s brilliant Anjana!

]]> By: Anjana Waring http://www.bitesizedlanguages.com/blog/2010/01/29/keep-the-truck-rolling/comment-page-1/#comment-329 Anjana Waring Tue, 18 May 2010 14:59:39 +0000 http://www.bitesizedlanguages.com/blog/?p=20#comment-329 I recently started learning Portuguese (Brazilian). Whilst reading the comments on here I have found the answer to something that was in a message sent to me (in Portuguese). I now know that rsrsrs! means laugh out loud (Lol). Thank you Simon, but most txtspk passes me by! Altho' I suppose it does count as another language..... I recently started learning Portuguese (Brazilian). Whilst reading the comments on here I have found the answer to something that was in a message sent to me (in Portuguese). I now know that rsrsrs! means laugh out loud (Lol). Thank you Simon, but most txtspk passes me by! Altho’ I suppose it does count as another language…..

]]> By: Building your resilience muscle | Bitesized Languages Blog http://www.bitesizedlanguages.com/blog/2010/01/29/keep-the-truck-rolling/comment-page-1/#comment-99 Building your resilience muscle | Bitesized Languages Blog Tue, 23 Mar 2010 14:15:07 +0000 http://www.bitesizedlanguages.com/blog/?p=20#comment-99 [...]  Secondly, just like muscle strength your resilience can go down as well as up if you don’t keep the truck rolling!  If you’re struggling to even start, here are five ways to get [...] [...]  Secondly, just like muscle strength your resilience can go down as well as up if you don’t keep the truck rolling!  If you’re struggling to even start, here are five ways to get [...]

]]> By: Top 10 words and phrases – the follow up… Not all words are created equal. | Bitesized Languages Blog http://www.bitesizedlanguages.com/blog/2010/01/29/keep-the-truck-rolling/comment-page-1/#comment-51 Top 10 words and phrases – the follow up… Not all words are created equal. | Bitesized Languages Blog Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:26:04 +0000 http://www.bitesizedlanguages.com/blog/?p=20#comment-51 [...] Again, it is not to say this is not useful, it clearly adds to your knowledge and helps to keep the truck rolling, but I can say from personal experience it is often a very passive process that is often little [...] [...] Again, it is not to say this is not useful, it clearly adds to your knowledge and helps to keep the truck rolling, but I can say from personal experience it is often a very passive process that is often little [...]

]]> By: Five ways to get and stay motivated… | Bitesized Languages Blog http://www.bitesizedlanguages.com/blog/2010/01/29/keep-the-truck-rolling/comment-page-1/#comment-48 Five ways to get and stay motivated… | Bitesized Languages Blog Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:06:41 +0000 http://www.bitesizedlanguages.com/blog/?p=20#comment-48 [...] irregular verbs, new tenses to learn and so much more!  Simon gave some great advice about how to keep the truck rolling, but what if you’re stopped before you’ve even started?  How do you get and stay [...] [...] irregular verbs, new tenses to learn and so much more!  Simon gave some great advice about how to keep the truck rolling, but what if you’re stopped before you’ve even started?  How do you get and stay [...]

]]> By: Simon http://www.bitesizedlanguages.com/blog/2010/01/29/keep-the-truck-rolling/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Simon Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:37:54 +0000 http://www.bitesizedlanguages.com/blog/?p=20#comment-11 @Maureen we're really glad that people's comments are providing some motivation/inspiration, we think that a large part of learning any language is just staying motivated which is also often the toughest part. Keep an eye on this blog and also some of the new tools we'll be releasing soon aimed specifically at how to stay motivated. Good luck, thanks for your comments :) @Maureen we’re really glad that people’s comments are providing some motivation/inspiration, we think that a large part of learning any language is just staying motivated which is also often the toughest part. Keep an eye on this blog and also some of the new tools we’ll be releasing soon aimed specifically at how to stay motivated. Good luck, thanks for your comments :)

]]> By: maureen benjamin http://www.bitesizedlanguages.com/blog/2010/01/29/keep-the-truck-rolling/comment-page-1/#comment-10 maureen benjamin Sat, 30 Jan 2010 13:06:24 +0000 http://www.bitesizedlanguages.com/blog/?p=20#comment-10 I am so impressed by other users of Bitesize that it gives me incentive to carry on. I write down the phrase each day and refer back to my notes quite often to find what I am looking for. Also it helps to listen over and over to the pronunciation each day. I have lived in France for 8 years now and still find the language a challenge. My memory is not very good now. However looking back to when I first found bitesize I feel much more confident when speaking the language and carry on with a class where we converse in French. My 13 year old grand daughter tells me over and over to learn the verbs. they let me down a lot. So onwards and upwards. I am a 75 year old working artist as well as a keen gardener.therefore I have limited time to give to French but still have many years to catch up with people like Elizabeth so many thanks to you. I listen to music while I am painting which helps me to concentrate on the subject. so I will take up that idea from Elizabeth and listen before doing my French "devoir" I am so impressed by other users of Bitesize that it gives me incentive to carry on. I write down the phrase each day and refer back to my notes quite often to find what I am looking for. Also it helps to listen over and over to the pronunciation each day.
I have lived in France for 8 years now and still find the language a challenge. My memory is not very good now.
However looking back to when I first found bitesize I feel much more confident when speaking the language and carry on with a class where we converse in French.
My 13 year old grand daughter tells me over and over to learn the verbs. they let me down a lot. So onwards and upwards.
I am a 75 year old working artist as well as a keen gardener.therefore I have limited time to give to French but still have many years to catch up with people like Elizabeth so many thanks to you.
I listen to music while I am painting which helps me to concentrate on the subject. so I will take up that idea from Elizabeth and listen before doing my French “devoir”

]]> By: gareth.davies http://www.bitesizedlanguages.com/blog/2010/01/29/keep-the-truck-rolling/comment-page-1/#comment-9 gareth.davies Sat, 30 Jan 2010 09:24:30 +0000 http://www.bitesizedlanguages.com/blog/?p=20#comment-9 I'm so impressed @Elizabeth and @Anjana! Listening to music before studying is a really clever suggestion. I'm going to try that myself. I'm also impressed that being retired is no object to language learning. Whilst it's true that kids learn language more instinctively I don't think it's always harder for adults. We have the benefit of patience and wisdom on our side! I keep the truck rolling by staying in touch with overseas friends using MSN. You also get to learn all the cool TXT speak in another languages (like rsrsrs! which is lol in portuguese). Which reminds me, we must do a little blog entry about TXTSPK! Gareth I’m so impressed @Elizabeth and @Anjana! Listening to music before studying is a really clever suggestion. I’m going to try that myself. I’m also impressed that being retired is no object to language learning. Whilst it’s true that kids learn language more instinctively I don’t think it’s always harder for adults. We have the benefit of patience and wisdom on our side!

I keep the truck rolling by staying in touch with overseas friends using MSN. You also get to learn all the cool TXT speak in another languages (like rsrsrs! which is lol in portuguese). Which reminds me, we must do a little blog entry about TXTSPK!

Gareth

]]> By: Simon http://www.bitesizedlanguages.com/blog/2010/01/29/keep-the-truck-rolling/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Simon Sat, 30 Jan 2010 08:54:04 +0000 http://www.bitesizedlanguages.com/blog/?p=20#comment-8 @Elizabeth: Great tip thanks :) Yes I agree it's such a good combination isn't it, music and learning (whatever you happen to learn). I have found over time that even though songs are often too complicated to understand word for word that little phrases catch in my mind with the lyrics that come back to me in other situations. @Anjana: Wow that is commitment! Sounds like you have a whole web of tools and activities that is brilliant, everything reinforcing itself. When it comes down to it you can't beat actually talking with people can you, once you get over the worry of getting things wrong real time feedback is the best! Just a side note, we're working on a few new games here at bitesized as well, they're taking a while because we're plugging them in to some other clever technology we're working on but watch this space for new. Thanks Anjana :) @Elizabeth: Great tip thanks :) Yes I agree it’s such a good combination isn’t it, music and learning (whatever you happen to learn). I have found over time that even though songs are often too complicated to understand word for word that little phrases catch in my mind with the lyrics that come back to me in other situations.

@Anjana: Wow that is commitment! Sounds like you have a whole web of tools and activities that is brilliant, everything reinforcing itself. When it comes down to it you can’t beat actually talking with people can you, once you get over the worry of getting things wrong real time feedback is the best! Just a side note, we’re working on a few new games here at bitesized as well, they’re taking a while because we’re plugging them in to some other clever technology we’re working on but watch this space for new. Thanks Anjana :)

]]> By: Anjana Waring http://www.bitesizedlanguages.com/blog/2010/01/29/keep-the-truck-rolling/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Anjana Waring Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:57:34 +0000 http://www.bitesizedlanguages.com/blog/?p=20#comment-7 EVERY EVENING, I COPY THE 'WORD OF THE DAY' WITH ITS EXAMPLE SENTENCE AND THE VARIOUS VERB CONJUGATIONS OR WHETHER ITS AN ADJECTIVE OR NOUN (OR WHATEVER) INTO A SMALL NOTEBOOK. THEN WHENEVER I HAVE A FEW SPARE MOMENTS I RANDOMLY OPEN A PAGE AND TRY COMMITING ALL THE INFO TO MEMORY. SOUNDS BORING AND TEDIOUS BUT FOR ME IT WORKS. I DO THIS FOR FRENCH, GERMAN, SPANISH AND ITALIAN. AS A RETIRED PERSON IT HELPS ME KEEP MY BRAIN ACTIVE PLUS I AM ABLE TO CONVERSE (ALBEIT HESITANTLY) WITH MY 'FOREIGN' FRIENDS BY 'PHONE, TEXT, EMAILS, LETTERS ETC . I ALSO ATTEMPT VARIOUS 'ONLINE' QUIZZES, CROSSWORDS, AND SUCH LIKE, IN THE LANGUAGES I AM LEARNING. I ALSO DO VARIOUS COURSES ON A COUPLE OF OTHER 'FREE' LEARNING SITES WHERE YOU CONTACT AND HELP OTHER LEARNERS AND IN RETURN THEY HELP YOU. THAT HAS TURNED INTO SOME 'ONLINE FRIENDSHIPS' WHICH MAYBE WILL DEVELOP INTO PROPER FRIENDSHIPS. (OR NOT)! EVERY EVENING, I COPY THE ‘WORD OF THE DAY’ WITH ITS EXAMPLE SENTENCE AND THE VARIOUS VERB CONJUGATIONS OR WHETHER ITS AN ADJECTIVE OR NOUN (OR WHATEVER) INTO A SMALL NOTEBOOK. THEN WHENEVER I HAVE A FEW SPARE MOMENTS I RANDOMLY OPEN A PAGE AND TRY COMMITING ALL THE INFO TO MEMORY. SOUNDS BORING AND TEDIOUS BUT FOR ME IT WORKS. I DO THIS FOR FRENCH, GERMAN, SPANISH AND ITALIAN. AS A RETIRED PERSON IT HELPS ME KEEP MY BRAIN ACTIVE PLUS I AM ABLE TO CONVERSE (ALBEIT HESITANTLY) WITH MY ‘FOREIGN’ FRIENDS BY ‘PHONE, TEXT, EMAILS, LETTERS ETC . I ALSO ATTEMPT VARIOUS ‘ONLINE’ QUIZZES, CROSSWORDS, AND SUCH LIKE, IN THE LANGUAGES I AM LEARNING. I ALSO DO VARIOUS COURSES ON A COUPLE OF OTHER ‘FREE’ LEARNING SITES WHERE YOU CONTACT AND HELP OTHER LEARNERS AND IN RETURN THEY HELP YOU. THAT HAS TURNED INTO SOME ‘ONLINE FRIENDSHIPS’ WHICH MAYBE WILL DEVELOP INTO PROPER FRIENDSHIPS. (OR NOT)!

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