Hiatus

Hello readers!
For my own reasons, I will have to declare a hiatus for my blogs.

I will see you in some months!

Easy ways of learning languages part three - games

Hey guys, what's up?

I want to start by saying I don't have much time to post. I've been studying for the university's exam. It's been though. I thought about declaring a hiatus but I would really miss writing. So here I am.

Regarding this lack of time, some of you may think "so how does he learn a language if he's busy all the time?" Well, it hasn't been easy but it's something I can't live without. So I developed some ways to have fun while learning. How? Playing games...

If you have a smartphone (I suppose it is really common nowadays), perhaps you like to play games to have some fun. And it is incredibly helpful to use them to pick up some words and get used to the language...

Hey, wait up, are you saying that I can play games and learn with it? OK, it's understandable, but what sort of games?
Yes, that's exactly what I mean, my dearest reader. And the sort, well you can play the ones you want. The majority of games are widely translated now, you probably will be able to play them in the language you're learning. I will end up by letting you know some of my favorites.

When I'm in vacations and have a larger amount of time, I enjoy playing "Plants vs. Zombies" and "Minion Rush" they are translated to lots of languages.

But I'm in not in vacations and time's been short, so I highly recommend those:

Trivia Crack - a game of quizzes. You can defy your friends or random people online. It's got a cool playability!

Word Search - I recommend this one too, I can't remember the name of its developers but the one I downloaded has got a wide translation.

So that's it. If you know some other, tell me in the comments!
I'll see you!

Quick and simple ways to immerse oneself in a language - part 2

As I said a couple of weeks ago in my first post, learning a language can become easier and quicker than you think if you use some tiny little things or change  a little of your quotidian and dedicate seconds to learn a language...

So, here it comes

BASIC habits that can change your ways of learning a language

* Make it slowly part of your day...
Things like listening to a song or changing  the language in your cellphone can surprisingly affect in the way you get used to speaking or being comfortable with a language...

* I quote the last post now to talk about the perks of learning a language... Well, you can count on it as well. I mean, if you find things you love in the idiom you've been learning, the odds say that you can master it faster...

Yeah, basically, that's all folks Hahaha. I will see you next week!

The Perks of Speaking more Than a Language

This week, I would write about the second part of last post (about little tips for learning a language easily).

But it hit me today that I do need to write about the perks of learning a language. I decided to write about it because many people who don't learn languages don't understand how it feels to be able to do some things like the ones I will write here...


1. Meeting more people and learning more about their countries by their own source.
  It's undeniable. We are social as humans. And for those who like to explore and learn about other stuff, different than ours... That does make us happier, and change us by people.

2. It helps us to discover much about our own personalities.
    There are some resources that state we have got variations on our personalities while speaking a language. For me, personally, it fits perfectly. I never felt the urge to describe, but I feel the differences, as an example, when I speak Italian, it feels so different, it sounds really expressive for me, therefore, I am really expressive when I chat in this language...

3. We have got a wide bigger source of information online.
    Due to the diffusion of the internet, it became really easy to find information, although, there are some things that have not been translated so far. For example, I can learn for free a new language which I would have to pay for material in my native language online. Expanding not only our horizons, but making new opportunities to reality.

4. We become more social.
      I don't know whether that is common sense, but for me it works. I mean, I can't deny that since the first day I started to learn my second language until now, I changed and became a lot more sociable... (Hey, wait up, I was not anti-social before lol). But when we learn a language, we have got to expose ourselves to the language by chatting and having any forms of contact whatsoever. It does make us develop many other social skills...

5. It is just awesome!!
     To conclude this post, there is nothing more to say but that languages are awesome and, of course, our self-esteem improves to a higher level. We feel capable of doing anything, we feel like the world is ours...

THAT, my friend, is priceless!

I will see you next week!

Little (and simple) ways to immerge oneself in a language - Part 1

Hello guys, in today's post, I am going to give you some small tips to learn a language with some really simple acts...

For starters, please read both parts of the post in which I talk about the way I learn languages. If you didn't read it and don't feel like right now I am updating you right now... it all comes down to adapting with a language without learning it. And this process I am going to talk about now takes place exactly after you have adapted with the language or know some simple words... it will give you some concept.

Well, I will try to make some simple topics and write more parts of it as long as I remember stuff to tell you, so here it goes... one tip per post...

First one:

- Switch your cellphone to the language you're learning, and be sure to 'force' yourself to understand what's written. 

Okay, okay, I am going to explain...

I recommend this regarding you're already used to your cellphone and the way of using is already 'automatic'... it won't take you so long to start understanding it... perhaps in a month you'll be ready to read some simple phrases in the language...  it seems easy, doesn't it?

Well, it might seem weird but it is extremely useful!

Anyway, it was this week's post and I will see you next week!! 

Peace out, Vinícius Arré!

Dropping a language

Hello readers!
In today's post, I am going to talk about something that I see it can be some sort of taboo. Which is dropping languages.

Before thinking of a rude word to type as a commentary, please, give me two paragraphs to convince you otherwise. Okay? So, go!

Well, as I wrote before, to learn a language naturally, one should make it fun and part of one's life. What if it doesn't happen?  Should the person drop the language? Most people would say no, but it depends, in my humble opinion. Why? There you go: if you didn't fall for the language and are feeling it's not going to happen, try harder! But of you did and it looks like things didn't change, try to think of the reason why you're learning the language.

Did I get your attention? So, keep reading... I can share my experience with German to give you some fact. I couldn't manage to fall in love with the language. It DOESN'T mean I don't like the language. I didn't give up for an eternity. I'd never say never, but my gut tells me to start learning Japanese, well, I am gonna go on with that and after, I will speak our lovely DEUTSCH.

Did I convince you? I hope I did, comment if you will!

Conclusion: follow your gut and don't oblige yourself to learn something you feel things are working out to. Languages should be a source of fun, if you get this point, then you're fine!

I will see you next week! Bye!

The way - Part II - Grammar Hammer or not? Here is the question...

Note: I have been a blogger for years, but it is new for me to write about experiences and, of course, to maintain a blog in English, so I excuse myself for flaws that might come during the time. If you see any and would like to send me a message, don't hesitate! Here is my e-mail: viniciusarre@gmail.com. I am trying the best to share it here. I hope it will help you!


Well, the second part...

It would be redundant to say to have fun with it and pretty personal to talk about what you should do to have fun, but that is my way, so I think it would be decent to share how do I do it, obviously...

Well, when I start with a language, I never start with grammar. I never did and I never would do! I reckon it should be the other way around.

"But how would one do that? It just sounds like unreal".

Perhaps it does. If grammar works for you, good. But usually, people want to learn a language as a way of amusing themselves and exploring new things. I am not here to say that grammar is unimportant (I really like to study it, by the way!). It is. Although, how important is it?
Would it suit you if you knew all the grammar of every single language in the world and not being able to order a taxi without getting confused?

But, how would I do it without grammar? There would be lots of mistakes.

Oh really? I am not saying that wouldn't. But for starters they would be completely understandable. Everybody makes mistakes every now and then, even native speakers. I make mistakes in my native languages, not willing to, but it happens. It would be hard to find someone who knows everything about every single grammar. Grammar by itself is a sense of what is right or wrong but it may be variable...


I would say that it depends more on what you say than how you say it. If you are able to say things in the language, it would be enough for some time. Languages need to be learned for an entire life, you never stop learning. It would be possible for you to speak a language well in three months, a year. But, the way I learn I never think it is enough

And that, in my humble opinion, is the FUN of it...

Once again, this is nothing more than my point of view!

I hope you enjoyed it!

See you around the world,

Vinícius Arré

The Way - Part One

Well, my way consists of having fun with the language, overall!!!

Perhaps it may sound redundant, but it isn't. It is a little bit different from anything I have seen online. When I am going to learn a language, I try, since the first day, to adapt myself with the language, that is made by having contact with the idiom with no need to learn or anything, just do things in the language naturally!

But, I-I don't get it... How can you play with serious stuff like languages? I need it to work with it, it is not a funny thing to do...

Oh really? I mean, you might learn a language to do Serious things. but think twice, consider this: the language you most use is your native, isn't it? How did you learn it as a kid? Did you learn it to become a lawyer? 

No

Why?

Because you had fun with it!!

After that, what should I do? 

I do think that one should be able to communicate! With or without grammar. Therefore, talk! Use those websites that allow you to talk with people from another country... Let yourself have fun with it. No pressure.

It will only make things worse!

I am going to say more about this method next week!

Keep practicing! :D

About the blog

My name is Vinícius, I come from Brazil and I have created this blog after many people asked me how do I do to learn languages...
Firstly, I don't intend to tell here any method who will teach you how to learn any language in a blink of an eye. As fast as it is, it does not happen this way... language learning demands time and patience.

Even so, I am not here to give you the key to learn any language. I don't know it, and honestly I wouldn't really want to know about it.  I am here , therefore, to share my experiences... the way I do to learn languages.  If you want to learn any language, my piece of advice is: start it slowly.

If you read this blog and like this post, probably you will try to follow the way I do things.

If that fits, I am happy to help you

If it doesn't, well... I am sure you find other ways of learning languages.

But, overall, remember of the what Lao Tzu says:


"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step..." - Lao Tzu

Good luck with your polyglot's journey!