Comments on: Talking to Oneself Productively http://blog.praxislanguage.com/2006/05/24/talking-to-oneself-productively/ Learning on Your Terms Sat, 22 Nov 2008 04:43:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: SamOnes http://blog.praxislanguage.com/2006/05/24/talking-to-oneself-productively/#comment-88072 SamOnes Thu, 02 Oct 2008 01:27:14 +0000 http://blog.praxislanguage.com/2006/05/24/talking-to-oneself-productively/#comment-88072 Did you hear? Russian agressor attacks USA... More info here: hotusanewx.blogspot.com SHOKED!! Did you hear? Russian agressor attacks USA…
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]]> By: Lazy Friday Links | Sinosplice: Life in China http://blog.praxislanguage.com/2006/05/24/talking-to-oneself-productively/#comment-84526 Lazy Friday Links | Sinosplice: Life in China Sun, 03 Aug 2008 03:27:42 +0000 http://blog.praxislanguage.com/2006/05/24/talking-to-oneself-productively/#comment-84526 [...] Talking to Oneself Productively (on CPod Praxis) It’s not exactly a revolutionary new method, but talking to myself has helped me to learn Chinese. [...] […] Talking to Oneself Productively (on CPod Praxis) It’s not exactly a revolutionary new method, but talking to myself has helped me to learn Chinese. […]

]]> By: Kristina http://blog.praxislanguage.com/2006/05/24/talking-to-oneself-productively/#comment-35757 Kristina Sun, 28 Oct 2007 08:49:38 +0000 http://blog.praxislanguage.com/2006/05/24/talking-to-oneself-productively/#comment-35757 Yesterday I started talking to myself aloud for the first time in my life ! And that was in English. The reason was because English is my third language and because I had been a shy person, I did not speak much. I only learned writing skills. I became fed up with not being able to talk properly to people, so I decided I will talk to myself for it's a great opportunity to get acquainted with oneself better and it's the only time you can say whatever you want, crazy, stupid things... It's just so WOW ! I couldn't have imagined how great fun it could be ! After one complete day of talking to myself and actually saying all my thoughts aloud, I noticed how after all these years I finally developed my own accent and way to speak. Now I LOVE speaking English !! And we are talking of just ONE DAY ! It's more than improving one's language, it's also a great therapy which leads to undertanding oneself better and in the end results to happiness !! What a wonderful discovery !! Yesterday I started talking to myself aloud for the first time in my life ! And that was in English. The reason was because English is my third language and because I had been a shy person, I did not speak much. I only learned writing skills. I became fed up with not being able to talk properly to people, so I decided I will talk to myself for it’s a great opportunity to get acquainted with oneself better and it’s the only time you can say whatever you want, crazy, stupid things…

It’s just so WOW ! I couldn’t have imagined how great fun it could be ! After one complete day of talking to myself and actually saying all my thoughts aloud, I noticed how after all these years I finally developed my own accent and way to speak. Now I LOVE speaking English !! And we are talking of just ONE DAY ! It’s more than improving one’s language, it’s also a great therapy which leads to undertanding oneself better and in the end results to happiness !! What a wonderful discovery !!

]]> By: Talking to oneself | PodLearner http://blog.praxislanguage.com/2006/05/24/talking-to-oneself-productively/#comment-11541 Talking to oneself | PodLearner Fri, 09 Mar 2007 00:33:08 +0000 http://blog.praxislanguage.com/2006/05/24/talking-to-oneself-productively/#comment-11541 [...] There’s no doubt that such exposure is good for any second language learner, but what if you don’t happen to live in an area where your target language is spoken natively by a significant portion of the population? The solution is something that John Pasden mentioned on the ChinesePod blog last May – talk to yourself! [...] […] There’s no doubt that such exposure is good for any second language learner, but what if you don’t happen to live in an area where your target language is spoken natively by a significant portion of the population? The solution is something that John Pasden mentioned on the ChinesePod blog last May – talk to yourself! […]

]]> By: suexilin http://blog.praxislanguage.com/2006/05/24/talking-to-oneself-productively/#comment-11540 suexilin Sun, 11 Jun 2006 13:18:54 +0000 http://blog.praxislanguage.com/2006/05/24/talking-to-oneself-productively/#comment-11540 Talking to oneself definitely helps.I used to do that back in highschool when i was learning french and english. i used to imagine that i meet tall dark and handsome foreigners on the street and they always asked me where XYZ street was, and then what kind of music i liked ( or whatever topic we've been studying) . Sometimes we even discussed Flaubert. Later on when i started with chinese, talking to oneself was less frequent, but i noticed how my sister's dog mysteriously barked in perfect chinese tones, and i questioned my mom where she had found the sofa drapery, because i could see chinsese characters in the patterns. Needless to say everyone thought i was going crazy. :):) Sweet times..... Talking to oneself definitely helps.I used to do that back in highschool when i was learning french and english. i used to imagine that i meet tall dark and handsome foreigners on the street and they always asked me where XYZ street was, and then what kind of music i liked ( or whatever topic we’ve been studying) . Sometimes we even discussed Flaubert. Later on when i started with chinese, talking to oneself was less frequent, but i noticed how my sister’s dog mysteriously barked in perfect chinese tones, and i questioned my mom where she had found the sofa drapery, because i could see chinsese characters in the patterns. Needless to say everyone thought i was going crazy. :):) Sweet times…..

]]> By: Pandapassport http://blog.praxislanguage.com/2006/05/24/talking-to-oneself-productively/#comment-11539 Pandapassport Fri, 09 Jun 2006 20:31:21 +0000 http://blog.praxislanguage.com/2006/05/24/talking-to-oneself-productively/#comment-11539 I met a Chinese guy who said that this was his method for studying English. If he got on the bus, he would proclaim in his head "I am getting on the bus." His english was killer. But he said he'd never been abroad. I met a Chinese guy who said that this was his method for studying English. If he got on the bus, he would proclaim in his head “I am getting on the bus.” His english was killer. But he said he’d never been abroad.

]]> By: Ellen Weber http://blog.praxislanguage.com/2006/05/24/talking-to-oneself-productively/#comment-11538 Ellen Weber Fri, 02 Jun 2006 07:50:26 +0000 http://blog.praxislanguage.com/2006/05/24/talking-to-oneself-productively/#comment-11538 I spent 6 weeks teaching leaders in China more about how their brains could work for their benefit as business leaders, and loved my time there! This groups is great and I admire your efforts. What great tips to learning a language -- especially the idea of taling to yourself. In Chongqing, where I was located, people sang in Englaisg and that gave them remarkable language skills -- I was impressed. My problem is that I speak in so many countries the language keeps changing for me... I'd love to connect with a leadership Blog in China but have not found one yet... It was two years since I've been there and while I have good friends there I was not blogging at that time... In fact I did not know what a blog was... This is a great site -- thanks! <a href="”http://www.brainbasedbusiness.com”" rel="nofollow">Brain Based Business</a> I spent 6 weeks teaching leaders in China more about how their brains could work for their benefit as business leaders, and loved my time there! This groups is great and I admire your efforts. What great tips to learning a language — especially the idea of taling to yourself. In Chongqing, where I was located, people sang in Englaisg and that gave them remarkable language skills — I was impressed. My problem is that I speak in so many countries the language keeps changing for me… I’d love to connect with a leadership Blog in China but have not found one yet… It was two years since I’ve been there and while I have good friends there I was not blogging at that time… In fact I did not know what a blog was… This is a great site — thanks!

Brain Based Business

]]> By: Dianainchina http://blog.praxislanguage.com/2006/05/24/talking-to-oneself-productively/#comment-11537 Dianainchina Thu, 01 Jun 2006 01:59:23 +0000 http://blog.praxislanguage.com/2006/05/24/talking-to-oneself-productively/#comment-11537 I talk to my dog when we go for our daily walk...responses are a bit limited...but she's very uncritical. I practised numbers trying to say the house number before we walked past & progressed to car numberplates when driving. Worked really well! I like the English translation in the practice exercises because it makes me try to remember the particular phrasing again in Chinese (without looking!) In the past (another language) I've taught myself small scenarios or short stories with cartoon sequences. Would love these kind of exercises to help with Chinese too. I talk to my dog when we go for our daily walk…responses are a bit limited…but she’s very uncritical. I practised numbers trying to say the house number before we walked past & progressed to car numberplates when driving. Worked really well! I like the English translation in the practice exercises because it makes me try to remember the particular phrasing again in Chinese (without looking!) In the past (another language) I’ve taught myself small scenarios or short stories with cartoon sequences. Would love these kind of exercises to help with Chinese too.

]]> By: ellenweber http://blog.praxislanguage.com/2006/05/24/talking-to-oneself-productively/#comment-11536 ellenweber Mon, 29 May 2006 11:31:15 +0000 http://blog.praxislanguage.com/2006/05/24/talking-to-oneself-productively/#comment-11536 Great post -- they did a study to see who could learn languages faster and a 97 year old man beat an equally smart and motivated 17 year old boy.... It's wonderful to learn so much at your site and to see possibilities these lessons teach us that can open new worlds! Great site! <a href="”http://www.brainbasedbusiness.com”" rel="nofollow">Brain Based Business</a> Great post — they did a study to see who could learn languages faster and a 97 year old man beat an equally smart and motivated 17 year old boy…. It’s wonderful to learn so much at your site and to see possibilities these lessons teach us that can open new worlds! Great site!

Brain Based Business

]]> By: Chris(Mandarin_student) http://blog.praxislanguage.com/2006/05/24/talking-to-oneself-productively/#comment-11535 Chris(Mandarin_student) Fri, 26 May 2006 16:21:50 +0000 http://blog.praxislanguage.com/2006/05/24/talking-to-oneself-productively/#comment-11535 I have been talking to myself in the way described right from the beggining. For me it works seems to work a treat, I will post more on this on my blog soon but I have just returned from a holiday with no Internet access (probably a good thing). Had to answer this post though as this is a hugely important part of my plan. I have a number of conversations with different imaginary people that just keep growing as I learn more. Usually to start off with I am just talking to the imaginary person and then it grows and branches. I have just started using Skype to talk to Chinese people and the technique appears to help becasue it gives me some pre-prepared conversation to try. Some have been a resounding success (great when someone understands sentances I have constructed from scratch). Even the failures are highly useful because I Iearn whether my sentance has resulted in the confusion or just my pronounciation of it. I am not afraid to use laboured or dodgy sentances in my imaginary conversations. That is the prompt to research the correct way. I wanted to say I have very few Chinese words, started off with my Mandarin is very small (poor but the nearest I could manage) looked up a couple of words, improved the sentance and tried it on a real Chinese person. They actually understood me (had to correct my pronouncation slightly but the context carried it through). I don't think this technique will be as useful for everyone but I used it for years (everything from creating flexible speeches when I don't known the target audience very well (and need to build in scope for adaption) to rehearsing for Job interviews. I have been talking to myself in the way described right from the beggining.

For me it works seems to work a treat, I will post more on this on my blog soon but I have just returned from a holiday with no Internet access (probably a good thing). Had to answer this post though as this is a hugely important part of my plan. I have a number of conversations with different imaginary people that just keep growing as I learn more. Usually to start off with I am just talking to the imaginary person and then it grows and branches.

I have just started using Skype to talk to Chinese people and the technique appears to help becasue it gives me some pre-prepared conversation to try. Some have been a resounding success (great when someone understands sentances I have constructed from scratch). Even the failures are highly useful because I Iearn whether my sentance has resulted in the confusion or just my pronounciation of it.

I am not afraid to use laboured or dodgy sentances in my imaginary conversations. That is the prompt to research the correct way. I wanted to say I have very few Chinese words, started off with my Mandarin is very small (poor but the nearest I could manage) looked up a couple of words, improved the sentance and tried it on a real Chinese person. They actually understood me (had to correct my pronouncation slightly but the context carried it through).

I don’t think this technique will be as useful for everyone but I used it for years (everything from creating flexible speeches when I don’t known the target audience very well (and need to build in scope for adaption) to rehearsing for Job interviews.

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