Adult language learning: Using what you know to learn what you don't know | Ep. #6
Is learning a language more difficult as an adult? Have you missed your window of opportunity? There are many ways to make language stick, and in this solo episode we take a look at one way to do that.
Is learning a language more difficult as an adult? Have you missed your window of opportunity? There are many ways to make language stick, and in this solo episode we take a look at one way to do that.
The examples used in this episode: Using what you know to learn what you don’t know:
| Language | Sample sentence | Pronunciation (IPA) | Grammatical (literal) translation into English |
| English | I love coffee | [aɪ lʌv ˈkɒ.fɪ] | -- |
| Norwegian | Jeg elsker kaffe. | [jæɪ ˈel.skɘɾ ˈkɑ.fe] | I - love - coffee |
| French | J’aime le café. | [ʒem lɘ ka.ˈfe] | I - love - "the" - coffee |
| Spanish | Me encanta el café. | [me en.ˈkan.ta el ka.ˈfe] | me - enchants/pleases - the - coffee |
| Swahili | Ninapenda kahawa. | [ni.na.ˈpen.da ka.ˈha.wa] | "I-love" - coffee |
If you have any feedback or you've tried this exercise, I'd love to hear what it was like for you - see links below to connect with me.
--
Please leave a review of the podcast - it takes less than 5 minutes and will help others find the podcast.
Follow Abundate Pod on Twitter and Abundate Language Learning on Facebook for updates.
You can also find Hedvig on Twitter, Instagram or LinkedIn.
Learn more about my Language Coaching and Neurolanguage Coaching® services.