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On linguistic empathy was it Nelson Mandela who said “speak to a man in a language he understands it goes to his head, speak to him in HIS language it goes to his heart”
It’s true. From my very limited experience, people absolutely light up when they hear their own language spoken by someone they don’t expect to hear it from. When I was in Korea, even just saying “hello” and “thank you” in Korean to shop owners and restaurants and whatnot, they would get so excited and happy and often would give me little extras with whatever I was buying.
I agree whole-heartedly. I would like to emphasize the importance of cultural literacy that is inseparable from language literacy. Many people don't improve on their cultural literacy during their language journey. Also, training the brain to switch between languages is a skill one should consciously exercise. I personally would start with going from my high level foreign languages to lower level and vice-versa (never reverting to native language) and also learning a new language in a high level foreign language. EX: I learned Cantonese through Mandarin and I also go back to learning Korean though Japanese when I have a Korean bug again.
I'd love to hear you briefly (or thoroughly) talk about each language you've studied: your experience with the language, motivation for learning it, peak level, current level, any interesting stories, etc.
Well I would reiterate what you said about language-learning being lifelong by saying that learning a language _properly_ is a lifelong journey. Like you said, one can try a bunch of languages out, but then be forced to focus on just a few for the future, and I definitely had to make my hard choices even though some other languages seemed very attractive (namely Hungarian).
I think the question was just poorly phrased. The intention of the question was, I presume, to find out if learning Russian and reading Russian literature made Prof. Arguelles see Russians as more than just one of America’s enemies. Especially as somebody who grew up during the Cold War.
It is life long- even for "easy" languages! No disrespect to Steve Kauffman and similar the youtube language industry is appealing at first but tends to downplay the long journey aspect. Also motivation. Liking K-pop probably won't be enough to keep doing a very difficult language as you mature, have kids or whatever. Interesting on the Russian. Angela Merkel speaks Russian and, might have, influenced Putin or been a kind of bridge. Though her strategy with the energy is something more complex.
Do you think that is necessary getting a degree in languages, I really love learning languages, I'm 23 and started the university just some months ago, but since I started instead of becoming an hobby, I feel like it has become a chore. My lifegoal is to learn 10 languages at a level that I could understand their literature with no problems. I'm also working full time while going to university so it's getting a strain on my learning schedule, and tbh I'm a pizzaiolo, I could actually travel around the world with my skills instead of staying in my own country for another 5 years
With your goals, studying in an academic program at first should be beneficial. Not all programs are the same - can you look for another? I am sorry to hear your current one has turned a hobby into a chore, but to succeed, it should not be either, but rather your passion.
Join my virtual academy www.alexanderarguelles.com/academy/ and meet with me every week to get a systematic theoretical framework for long-term language learning in Principles of Polyliteracy. Join also to read and discuss French, German, Italian, and/or Spanish literature, to learn sacred languages such as Arabic, Sanskrit, Greek, or Old Norse, to develop conversational abilities in Latin, and/or to read and discuss Great Books of Western Civilization in English. And subscribe to my monthly newsletter at: www.alexanderarguelles.com/newsletter/
On linguistic empathy was it Nelson Mandela who said “speak to a man in a language he understands it goes to his head, speak to him in HIS language it goes to his heart”
It’s true. From my very limited experience, people absolutely light up when they hear their own language spoken by someone they don’t expect to hear it from. When I was in Korea, even just saying “hello” and “thank you” in Korean to shop owners and restaurants and whatnot, they would get so excited and happy and often would give me little extras with whatever I was buying.
Thanks for providing the quote.
I agree whole-heartedly. I would like to emphasize the importance of cultural literacy that is inseparable from language literacy. Many people don't improve on their cultural literacy during their language journey. Also, training the brain to switch between languages is a skill one should consciously exercise. I personally would start with going from my high level foreign languages to lower level and vice-versa (never reverting to native language) and also learning a new language in a high level foreign language. EX: I learned Cantonese through Mandarin and I also go back to learning Korean though Japanese when I have a Korean bug again.
I'd love to hear you briefly (or thoroughly) talk about each language you've studied: your experience with the language, motivation for learning it, peak level, current level, any interesting stories, etc.
Thank you for the suggestion.
Well I would reiterate what you said about language-learning being lifelong by saying that learning a language _properly_ is a lifelong journey. Like you said, one can try a bunch of languages out, but then be forced to focus on just a few for the future, and I definitely had to make my hard choices even though some other languages seemed very attractive (namely Hungarian).
Hello Yan, good to hear from you , as always.
" Did learning Russian HUMANIZE THEM?". Mamma mia! I never expected a question of that level from this channel...
I think the question was just poorly phrased. The intention of the question was, I presume, to find out if learning Russian and reading Russian literature made Prof. Arguelles see Russians as more than just one of America’s enemies. Especially as somebody who grew up during the Cold War.
It is life long- even for "easy" languages! No disrespect to Steve Kauffman and similar the youtube language industry is appealing at first but tends to downplay the long journey aspect. Also motivation. Liking K-pop probably won't be enough to keep doing a very difficult language as you mature, have kids or whatever. Interesting on the Russian. Angela Merkel speaks Russian and, might have, influenced Putin or been a kind of bridge. Though her strategy with the energy is something more complex.
Thanks for the detailed and thoughtful comment.
Do you think that is necessary getting a degree in languages, I really love learning languages, I'm 23 and started the university just some months ago, but since I started instead of becoming an hobby, I feel like it has become a chore. My lifegoal is to learn 10 languages at a level that I could understand their literature with no problems.
I'm also working full time while going to university so it's getting a strain on my learning schedule, and tbh I'm a pizzaiolo, I could actually travel around the world with my skills instead of staying in my own country for another 5 years
With your goals, studying in an academic program at first should be beneficial. Not all programs are the same - can you look for another? I am sorry to hear your current one has turned a hobby into a chore, but to succeed, it should not be either, but rather your passion.
Tôi nhìn thấy con mèo 😂
His name is Merlin.