Meaning and learning
Children learn to survive
The reason a child learns so well, is there is nothing more important and meaningful to a child than to learn. A child is wire to learn like a child is wired to eat. This is because nature knows that if a child is to survive in the world it must learn so it makes learning the first priority. If you want to learn a language faster you need to ascribe some meaning to your learning.
Meaning and memory
If something is important to you than you will remember it. “An old man never forgets where his wallet is” You will learn and remember things that are important.
Meaning and language learning techniques
Bible and other spiritual writings - Many people have learned languages this way. This is how people learned 200 years ago and I know there is an Amish family in Poland that learned Polished basically just with the Bible.
Meditation – During meditation repeat a phrase or new word over again like your mantra
Love – Love makes the world go around. If you learn love phrases and romantic words in your target language because you are in love, guaranteed you will learn faster.
Music – Music is pure pleasure if you learn by music it might not be as lofty as the above in ideals but it is certainly fun and can be meaningful.
Travel – A more simple reason but if you know you are going to travel to a country for sure learning the language will help and is a great incentive.
Other reasons – there could be a million other reasons to learn a language but if you learn with laser like focus and a single mindedness, that might not be for something as high as ’Ad maiorem Dei gloriam’ , but rather for love or pleasure, than you will learn your target language. 100%.
Meaning is the key to learning
The key is not just to learn a language but to make it a joy or an obsession. Something that is not passive but a passion. If you find meaning in the Bible for example you can read one passage all day long in your target language, because this is your meaning. Its much more rich than learning from chapter in a book call “At the restaurant” which you might find boring or you may spend an hour a day on. But if it is your meaning, you will learn it.
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