Notes on “How to Improve Your Foreign Language Immediately,” by Boris Shekhtman.<\/p>\n
This book was interesting, although it would have been better as a magazine article than as a book. Here’s a summary of the sections.<\/p>\n
Show your Stuff
\n+ self explanatory<\/p>\n
Build up your Islands (foreign language is like swimming…)
\n+ linking, segue to your island
\n+ baiting, get the audience to your island
\n+ each island should be small, practical, and interesting
\n+ I must create the island myself
\n+ apply memorization techniques for the island
\n+ the island must be muscle memory to be effective (create them in memrise)<\/p>\n
Shifting Gears
\n+1. Sidestep and feign indifference
\n+2. Segue to new topic
\n+3. Introduce new topic
\n+4. Develop topic (island)
\n+5. Connect back to the speaker (ask question on the new topic)
\n+* alternatively, first get information by redirecting their question back at them<\/p>\n
Simplify, Simplify, Simplify
\n+ use the simplest words (the most automatic words)
\n+ use short simple sentences<\/p>\n
Breaking Away (from English grammar)
\n+ use only the target language grammar
\n+ know the grammar automatically
\n+ know as many grammar structures as possible
\n+ Transmitting vs Translation, transmit meaning in proper grammar structure
\n+ Rehearse different topics with the same grammar statement (no lo quiero, no lo hablo)<\/p>\n
Embellish It
\n+ purple prose: add parenthetical elements, rhetorical questions, adverbs and adjectives
\n+ use idiomatic expressions, add islands (seduce the audience)
\n+ practice! Embellish simple statements<\/p>\n
Say What?
\n+ two levels of listening, skimming and in-depth
\n+ Practice questions as islands! \u00bfComo se dice … en espa\u00f1ol?
\n+ Clarifying questions, repeat portions, get synonyms, ask to speak slower, etc<\/p>\n
C\u00f3mo a Mejorar su Idioma Extranjera Inmediatamente
\nde Boris Shekhtam<\/p>\n
Mostrar Tus Cosas
\n+ autoexplicativo<\/p>\n
Construir sus Islas (idioma extranjera es como nadar)
\n+ Vincular, segue a su isla
\n+ de Cebo para traer la audencia a su isla
\n+ Cada isla debe ser peque\u00f1o, pr\u00e1ctico e interesante
\n+ Yo debo crear la isla a m\u00ed mismo
\n+ Aplicar t\u00e9cnicas de memorizaci\u00f3n a las islas
\n+ Las islas deben ser la memoria muscular para ser eficaz (usar Memrise)<\/p>\n
Cambiado el Tema
\n+1. redirigir y fingir indiferencia
\n+2. Segue hasta el tema nuevo
\n+3. Introducir el tema nuevo
\n+4. Desarrollar el tema (rellenar la isla)
\n+5. Conectar atr\u00e1s al hablante (preguntar una cuesti\u00f3n sobre el tema nuevo)
\n+* alternativamente, redirigir de nuevo a ellos<\/p>\n
Simplificar, Simplificar, Simplificar
\n+ usar las palabras m\u00e1s simples (las palabras que son el m\u00e1s autom\u00e1tico)
\n+ usar frases cortas y simples<\/p>\n
Sumergir en Espa\u00f1ol (con no gram\u00e1tica ingl\u00e9s)
\n+ Usar solo gram\u00e1tica espa\u00f1ol
\n+ Saber cada la estructura de gram\u00e1tica automaticamente
\n+ Enfocar cada estructura de gram\u00e1tica hasta memor\u00eda muscular
\n+ La transmisi\u00f3n vs traducci\u00f3n: transmitir usando una estructura de gram\u00e1tica correcta
\n+ Ensayar los temas diferentes con una estructura de gram\u00e1tica (no lo quiero, no lo hablo)<\/p>\n
Embellecerlo
\n+ Prosa, usar par\u00e9ntesis, usar preguntas ret\u00f3ricas, adverbios y adjetivos
\n+ Usar expresiones idiom\u00e1ticas, a\u00f1adir islas (seducir a la audencia)
\n+ Practicar! Embellecer declaraciones simples<\/p>\n
\u00bfC\u00f3mo? \u00bfQu\u00e9?
\n+ Dos niveles de escuchando, superficiales y profundidad
\n+ Practicar las preguntas (como islas) \u00bfComo se dice … en espa\u00f1ol?
\n+ Clarificar, Repetir, Sin\u00f3nimos, Hablar despacio, etc<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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