The document discusses common problems with traditional language learning and provides recommendations for more effective methods. It argues that most language learners fail due to relying on ineffective grammar-translation methods, rote memorization techniques, and standardized testing. These "crappy" approaches treat language as facts to memorize rather than an innate skill. Instead, the document recommends choosing interesting content in audio and digital formats to aid natural acquisition. It also notes that adults can learn faster than children due to greater motivation, learning skills, and vocabulary. The key is adopting a growth mindset and making the most of opportunities to engage with the language.
SIOP Refresher: Meeting the Needs of our ELLS Carla Huck
This was our first PD of the school year, providing our teachers with the key principles of language instruction for ELLs and classroom implementation examples. Supplemental materials were also provided in a binder, such as a glossary of terms, GO-TO Strategies Matrix, differentiated techniques for ELLs, and one page handouts on various instructional strategies discussed.
School PD Power point for Monday- please ensure that you have sassoon infant on your laptops so the power point loads as it should.
Readers can be seen prior to training at www.speechsoundpics.com - teachers may need to view at home as EQ seems to block the readers from fully loading.
If you can view youtube I will sort the training videos and upload there - if you cant download on powerpoint. .
emma@readaustralia.com
Speech to Print: Language Essentials for Teaching ReadingBrookes Publishing
Reading and writing depend on language processing. Word recognition and spelling, contrary to appearances, are primarily language skills. Reading comprehension is enabled not only by vocabulary and background knowledge but also by facility in deciphering sentence structure and recognizing cohesive devices in text. Structured Literacy instruction includes explicit teaching of all aspects of language and is the most effective approach for any student who does not process the written word easily. This recorded edWebinar presents an overview of the concepts and language content that are essential for teaching reading, spelling, and writing effectively – the content in the Speech to Print (3rd edition) book and workbook. Viewers will gain insight into what there is to learn about speech sounds, spelling, sentences, and text structures – the language essentials for teachers of literacy.
SIOP Refresher: Meeting the Needs of our ELLS Carla Huck
This was our first PD of the school year, providing our teachers with the key principles of language instruction for ELLs and classroom implementation examples. Supplemental materials were also provided in a binder, such as a glossary of terms, GO-TO Strategies Matrix, differentiated techniques for ELLs, and one page handouts on various instructional strategies discussed.
School PD Power point for Monday- please ensure that you have sassoon infant on your laptops so the power point loads as it should.
Readers can be seen prior to training at www.speechsoundpics.com - teachers may need to view at home as EQ seems to block the readers from fully loading.
If you can view youtube I will sort the training videos and upload there - if you cant download on powerpoint. .
emma@readaustralia.com
Speech to Print: Language Essentials for Teaching ReadingBrookes Publishing
Reading and writing depend on language processing. Word recognition and spelling, contrary to appearances, are primarily language skills. Reading comprehension is enabled not only by vocabulary and background knowledge but also by facility in deciphering sentence structure and recognizing cohesive devices in text. Structured Literacy instruction includes explicit teaching of all aspects of language and is the most effective approach for any student who does not process the written word easily. This recorded edWebinar presents an overview of the concepts and language content that are essential for teaching reading, spelling, and writing effectively – the content in the Speech to Print (3rd edition) book and workbook. Viewers will gain insight into what there is to learn about speech sounds, spelling, sentences, and text structures – the language essentials for teachers of literacy.
A handout for our (Jo&Anita) seminar held on 31st May, 2013.
Unfortunately, the links towards the end are not working, so you have to type them into your browser. We've made a shorter version of the link to the spreadsheet so that you don't have to type a very long URL.
Any comments, ideas are welcome! :)
Shut Up! No one is listening! Web 2.0 and Mobile Media Are Speaking.Courtney Teague
These slides were used in support of a professional development workshop I delivered for Jones County School District. If you are interested in bringing this workshop/course into your school district or organization, please contact me at techie@techtechteach.com
How Languages Improve the Brain:
Bilingualism and Executive Functions
- Benefits of Bilingualism
- Bilingualism and its relation to Executive Functions
- Confirm definitions and characteristics of Executive Functions
* Five Premises
* Development and Training
* Relationship to "self-regulation," "emotional control"
Connections: The Learning Sciences Platform work is focus on:
- Educational Support “in situ”
- Professional Development
- Educational Research
This work is complemented with “in situ” accomplaniment and joint research.
Visit our social networks
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Reading with children provides valuable opportunities for enriching vocabulary, comprehension, and conversation. Viewers will learn strategies for maximizing these foundational skills through shared book reading. They will also find out how to increase children's understanding of concepts of print, how books work, and the wonders of letters and words on a page. Activities from the online BUILDING BLOCKS program that can help prepare children to become motivated, equipped, and successful readers will be demonstrated.
A handout for our (Jo&Anita) seminar held on 31st May, 2013.
Unfortunately, the links towards the end are not working, so you have to type them into your browser. We've made a shorter version of the link to the spreadsheet so that you don't have to type a very long URL.
Any comments, ideas are welcome! :)
Shut Up! No one is listening! Web 2.0 and Mobile Media Are Speaking.Courtney Teague
These slides were used in support of a professional development workshop I delivered for Jones County School District. If you are interested in bringing this workshop/course into your school district or organization, please contact me at techie@techtechteach.com
How Languages Improve the Brain:
Bilingualism and Executive Functions
- Benefits of Bilingualism
- Bilingualism and its relation to Executive Functions
- Confirm definitions and characteristics of Executive Functions
* Five Premises
* Development and Training
* Relationship to "self-regulation," "emotional control"
Connections: The Learning Sciences Platform work is focus on:
- Educational Support “in situ”
- Professional Development
- Educational Research
This work is complemented with “in situ” accomplaniment and joint research.
Visit our social networks
- Website: http://thelearningsciences.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/connectionstlsp/
- Instagram: ConexionesPCA2017
- Slideshare: https://www.slideshare.net/Lascienciasdelaprendizaje
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyUDsQmjsiJl8T2w5-EF78g
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company-beta/16212567/
Contact us:
E-mail: info@thelearningsciences.com
Mobile: +593 995 615 247
Reading with children provides valuable opportunities for enriching vocabulary, comprehension, and conversation. Viewers will learn strategies for maximizing these foundational skills through shared book reading. They will also find out how to increase children's understanding of concepts of print, how books work, and the wonders of letters and words on a page. Activities from the online BUILDING BLOCKS program that can help prepare children to become motivated, equipped, and successful readers will be demonstrated.
Why Most Fail in Language Learning & How You Can SucceedJohn Fotheringham
If an adult fails to learn a foreign language (and most do), most of us assume they simply don’t study hard enough or just aren’t good at languages. It’s certainly true that some learners are lazy, and given the same methods, certain folks tend to pick up languages faster than others. But neither of these is the real issue; both are but symptoms of the underlying problem: 1) crappy methods, 2) crappy materials, and 3) crappy attitudes.
In most European countries, students begin learning second languages early on in school and most individuals, child or adult, are able to effectively communicate in their second language if not also in a third and fourth. In Canada, almost all of the provinces have total immersion programs set-up. Most people realize at this point that learning a second language is crucial, but for some reason, the United States has yet to significantly increase language programs.
Most people think just by born good looking is a good personality, but this is far from the truth, however, good grooming and looks is tiny part of it, the scope of personality development is quite broad.
Personality means characteristics and appearances of a person, his/her way of thought, feeling, behavior, communication ability, how to dress well and interpersonal skills.
The personality can also be modified to a certain extent, as previously people were thinking good personality is by born. But in recent years have seen a variety of efforts by professionals to design courses, that develops certain positive trends in personality. The objective of such courses is to remove those barriers or obstructions that stand in the way of the good personality.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
Let's dive deeper into the world of ODC! Ricardo Alves (OutSystems) will join us to tell all about the new Data Fabric. After that, Sezen de Bruijn (OutSystems) will get into the details on how to best design a sturdy architecture within ODC.
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
Search and Society: Reimagining Information Access for Radical FuturesBhaskar Mitra
The field of Information retrieval (IR) is currently undergoing a transformative shift, at least partly due to the emerging applications of generative AI to information access. In this talk, we will deliberate on the sociotechnical implications of generative AI for information access. We will argue that there is both a critical necessity and an exciting opportunity for the IR community to re-center our research agendas on societal needs while dismantling the artificial separation between the work on fairness, accountability, transparency, and ethics in IR and the rest of IR research. Instead of adopting a reactionary strategy of trying to mitigate potential social harms from emerging technologies, the community should aim to proactively set the research agenda for the kinds of systems we should build inspired by diverse explicitly stated sociotechnical imaginaries. The sociotechnical imaginaries that underpin the design and development of information access technologies needs to be explicitly articulated, and we need to develop theories of change in context of these diverse perspectives. Our guiding future imaginaries must be informed by other academic fields, such as democratic theory and critical theory, and should be co-developed with social science scholars, legal scholars, civil rights and social justice activists, and artists, among others.
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
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Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
2. The Problem
Most language learners fail
to reach even a modicum of fluency
despite years of formal study.
3. If an adult fails to learn a foreign language (and most do),
most of us assume they simply don’t study hard enough or
just aren’t good at languages. It’s certainly true that some
learners are lazy, and given the same methods, certain folks
tend to pick up languages faster than others. But neither of
these is the real issue; both are but symptoms of the
underlying problem...
The Supposed Cause
4. The Real Cause
The real root cause is not laziness or a lack of language
aptitude, but rather the“crappy triumvirate”
of traditional language learning:
Crappy
Methods
1
Crappy
Materials
2
Crappy
Attitudes
3
5. Crappy Methods
Despite their poor track record and the widespread availability
of far better options, most language study is still focused on 3
highly ineffective, inefficient, and painful methods:
Grammar-
Translation
A
Rote
Memorization
B C
Standardized
Testing
1
6. Grammar-Translation
This academic approach focuses on memorizing grammar
rules and vocab lists, and translating written passages to and
from one’s native language. It was originally used for
studying“dead languages”like Latin, but came to be applied
to modern spoken languages as well. It’s a highly inefficient
means to reach oral fluency as shown by the vast majority of
students who emerge from ten plus years of grammar-based
formal instruction unable to speak the language well if at all.
A
7. “You do not have to know grammar
to obey grammar.”
~ Barry Farber
Author of How to Learn Any Language
8. Language is Innate
Grammar-translation fails because it treats
language as a set of facts to memorize,
not the innate biological system
it truly is. Nobody learns to drive by
reading the car’s owner’s manual,
yet that is precisely the way
most people try to learn
foreign languages.
9. “Language is not a cultural artifact that
we learn the way we learn to tell time
or how the federal government works.
Language is a complex, specialized skill,
which develops in the child spontaneously,
without conscious effort or formal instruction,
deployed without awareness
of its underlying logic…”
~ Stephen Pinker
Harvard Linguist, Author ofThe Language Instinct & How the MindWorks
10. Rote Memory
Trying to commit a new word to memory by writing it out
hundreds of times is not only boring, but also highly
ineffective. It may work to memorize a set of facts or figures
for tomorrow’s test, but this approach does not lead to long-
term retention. Moreover, rote memory only works—if it
works at all—for explicit information, not the tacit
knowledge required to understand and speak a language.
B
11. Oh, the Memories...
Grammar-translation and rote memory approaches attempt
to force feed language facts into declarative memory.This
can work for memorizing the capital of Namibia or a list of
Spanish words out of context, but it does not work for building
procedural memories, the kind that allows you to actually
usewords in context or produce grammatical sentences.
Dr. Stephen Krashen defines this distinction well in his
Acquisition-Learning Hypothesis.
16. Acquisition is Hardwired
Humans have been acquiring languages for hundreds of
thousands of years without any help from textbooks or
grammar teachers.This is because the ability to acquire
languages is hardwired into our genes.The language
acquisition process happens automatically if—and this is a
big if—you get sufficient exposure to a language and enough
practice using it.This is precisely what happened when you
were a baby, and can happen even faster as an adult.
17. Adults Can Learn Faster
Contrary to popular belief, adults are actually better, or at
least faster, language learners than children.We grown ups
have three main advantages over ankle biters:
‣ Adults have the power of choice
‣ Adults have learned how to learn
‣ Adults have big vocabularies to draw upon
18. The Power of Choice
The freedom to choose what you learn, whyyou learn, and
howyou learn significantly increases motivation, enjoyment,
and retention. Most people develop a hatred for foreign
languages in school because they have no control over any of
these choices. If language courses were optional, both
enjoyment andproficiency would significantly rise.
19. Adults Know How to Learn
You have already learned how to drive, operate the printer at
work, program the clock on your DVD player, and fix that toilet
that keeps running for some reason. You learned all of these
things more quickly than any child could because you have
already learned so many other things. Every task you learn
helps you learn other tasks. And every language you delve
into makes the next one that much easier to learn.
20. Adults Have Big Vocabularies
Infants must first develop basic cognitive functions before
they can begin acquiring the language around them (what
Steven Pinker calls “mentalese”). Assuming you don’t have
brain damage, adults already have fully developed mentalese
and a massive vocabulary to draw from. You already know the
meaning of“photosynthesis”; you need simply learn it’s
equivalent in a foreign language.
21. Test, Test, Test!
As the late Peter Drucker said,“What gets measured, gets
managed.” This is sage advice, but what you measure, and
how you measure it, is extremely important. Standardized
language tests are poor assessment tools because:
‣ Tests don’t measure what really matters.
‣ Test preparation distracts from fluency-building tasks.
C
22. Measuring What Matters
Formal tests are not a good way to measure one’s ability to
use a foreign language in real communication. Not only do
they focus on exceptions and overly formal usage, but they
tend to assess one’s knowledge ofthe language, not one’s
ability to communicate init.The only true assessment is the
ability to understand, and be understood by, native speakers.
23. Test Prep is a Distraction
Test prep books and classes focus almost exclusively on
declarative memorization, not the procedural memories that
actually lead to fluency. If you spend your time actually
acquiring the language, you will do better on standardized
tests and be able to actually use what you learn
long after the test is over.
24. Crappy Materials
Even though modern learners can access heaps of free,
interesting materials online, most language learners still use
traditional textbooks and readers. Instead of boring, generic,
text-only print materials, the smart learner chooses:
Interesting,
Targeted Content
A
Audio Over
Text Content
B
Digital Over
Print Content
C
2
25. Choose Content Carefully
There is no better way to improve both enjoyment and
efficacy than choosing materials that fit your specific interests,
goals, and needs. This is perhaps the greatest disadvantage of
traditional classroom-based learning where you are stuck
with whatever materials and topics your teacher happens to
choose. Independent learners have no excuse to study boring,
generic materials.There are currently 150,000+ podcasts
available; just choose one that fits your specific interests.
A
26. Audio > Text
Reading tends to be less intimidating for adult learners since
you have time to think your way through the language. But
you get better at what you practice, and reading alone does
very little to help improve your listening and speaking
abilities. A good solution is choosing podcasts with
transcripts, or getting both the audio and text version of a
book.That way you can listen first and then check your
understanding with the text.
B
27. Digital Materials
I have an almost fetish-level attraction to good old-fashioned
paper books, but when it comes to language learning, digital
materials trump paper for 3 important reasons:
‣ Digital materials are faster
‣ Digital materials are more portable
‣ Digital materials are cheaper (and often free)
C
28. Digital Materials Are Faster
Looking up unknown words you encounter in paper books,
newspapers, or magazines is slow and laborious.Worse yet,
when you rely on a notebook or pad to write these words and
definitions down, you risk misplacing all your hard work.
A far faster option is using the built-in dictionaries on Kindle
and iBooks, popup browser dictionaries like Rikaichan,
or online dictionaries like GoogleTranslate,Tatoeba, or
Tangorin (which allows you to export words to Anki!)
29. Digital = Portable
It’s a lot lighter to carry around bits instead of atoms. Most
smartphones and tablets can store more reading and listening
content than you could get through in a lifetime. Instead of
killing your back and wasting valuable space in your bag,
carry your foreign language content in digital format instead.
That way you’ll never have an excuse not to study when
“hidden moments”arise.
30. “Harnessing your hidden moments, those otherwise
meaningless scraps of time you’d never normally
think of putting to practical use, and using them for
language study—even if it’s no more than fifteen, ten,
or five seconds at a time—can turn you into a
triumphant tortoise.”
~ Barry Farber
Author of How to Learn Any Language
31. Bits Are Cheaper than Atoms
Due to their much lower production and distribution costs,
eBooks, streaming videos, and MP3s tend to be much cheaper
than print books, DVDs, and CDs, or even free.Why spend
hundreds of dollars on Rosetta Stone or language classes
when you can watch freeYouTube videos, download free
podcasts, or talk to native speakers on Skype?
32. Crappy Attitudes
Perhaps the greatest obstacle of all is one’s attitude toward
language learning. Until you can move past the following 3
misconceptions, even the best methods and materials won’t
get you very far.
Languages
are Difficult
A
I Suck at
Languages
B
I Don’t
Have Time
C
3
33. “In language learning it is attitude, not aptitude,
that determines success.”
~ Steve Kaufman
Creator of LingQ.com & author ofTheWay ofThe Linguist
34. “Languages Are Difficult”
As Benny the Irish Polyglot points out in his Speak from Day 1
course, foreign languages are not“difficult”, they are just
“different”. The more time you spend with a language, the
more familiar it becomes.This may sound like mere semantics,
but one’s outlook significantly changes one’s outcome.
“You don't learn a language, you get used to it.”
~ Khatzumoto, All Japanese All theTime
35. “I Suck at Languages”
Being“good at languages”is only a factor when you study
using the crappy, conscious, declarative memory methods
discussed earlier.When you follow a natural, input and output
based approach, your brain does the work for you.
You simply need to“show up”.
“80 percent of success is showing up.”
~Woody Allen
36. “I Don’t Have Time”
I don’t doubt that you are indeed busy, but the cold, hard
truth is that even the busiest person always finds time to do
things they want to do. So if you catch yourself saying“I really
want to learn a language, but I’m simply too busy right now”,
you need to do some honest reflection and see if you are truly
strapped for time or just failing to put first things first.
37. “Most things make no difference.
Being busy is a form of laziness—lazy thinking
and indiscriminate action.”
~ Tim Ferriss
Author ofThe 4-HourWorkweek,The 4-Hour Body &The 4-Hour Chef
38. Now Get Going!
Don’t wait for the“right time”to begin your language learning
adventure.The perfect timing will never come.Take the first
steps toward foreign language fluency right now:
‣ Choose interesting, targeted, digital materials
‣ Maximize exposure to the language throughout your day
‣ Prioritize language learning & believe you will succeed