Congratulations for your PhD!
On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 12:48 PM, andrew burke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Well, my track record would show a certain leaning to your argument in
> other
> subjects (PhD at 62, for instance), but I believe language patterning is
> retained best by young fertile brains. Be that as it may, I suppose
> generalisations aren't productive - I was originally egging Kasper on not
> to
> make choices but to study them all - his three choices. Of course,
> universities being what they are, this may be impossible in his course,
> but
> if possible, worth looking at.
>
> Andrew the Elder
>
>
> On 25/02/2008, Anny Ballardini <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > don't take it personally Andrew, but I do not agree with you. As a
> matter
> > of
> > fact it is easier to learn thanks to the experience you have
> accumulated.
> > Motivations change and they play a great role in the learning process.
> In
> > languages also a certain bold attitude (typical of youth) is an
> advantage,
> > see: who cares the way I say it, important is that I say it and they
> > understand me. Such attitude might interfere with the expectations an
> > adult
> > has from himself, from his daily performance.
> >
> > It is an old topic, I remember arguing with an elderly professor when I
> > was
> > 18 in the same terms, and I haven't changed my position.
> >
> > On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 10:24 AM, andrew burke <[log in to unmask]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > At 60+, I tried learning Japanese with my 20+ daughter - she bounded
> > > ahead,
> > > with other young ones, while a copuple of us seniors wilted and
> retired,
> > > hurt.
> > >
> > > In China I learnt a little Mandarin, simply because I was there and
> had
> > > to.
> > > It is rapidly disappearing ...
> > >
> > > That's why I urge Kasper to learn while he is young - it is just so
> much
> > > easier then!
> > >
> > > Andrew
> > >
> > >
> > > On 25/02/2008, Anny Ballardini <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Out of one year course of Russian I could not even put together a
> > > > sentence,
> > > > the entire group could not even put together a sentence. It is a
> tough
> > > > language and you have to be into it a lot.
> > > >
> > > > On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 5:37 PM, Kenneth Wolman <
> > [log in to unmask]
> > > >
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Roger Day wrote:
> > > > > > Italian, German, Russian ... so many languages to learn, so
> little
> > > > time.
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Wanted to learn Russian once
> > > > > wanted to read Pushkin and Turgenev
> > > > > looked at the grammar book and
> > > > > saw the alphabet
> > > > > returned the book to the library
> > > > > bought a copy of
> > > > > El Diario.
> > > > >
> > > > > kw
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > ------------------
> > > > > Kenneth Wolman bestiaire.typepad.com
> > > > > Abuse of power comes as no surprise--Jenny Holzer
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Anny Ballardini
> > > > http://annyballardini.blogspot.com/
> > > > http://www.fieralingue.it/modules.php?name=poetshome
> > > > http://www.moriapoetry.com/ebooks.html
> > > > I Tell You: One must still have chaos in one to give birth to a
> > dancing
> > > > star!
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Andrew
> > > http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
> > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/aburke/
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Anny Ballardini
> > http://annyballardini.blogspot.com/
> > http://www.fieralingue.it/modules.php?name=poetshome
> > http://www.moriapoetry.com/ebooks.html
> > I Tell You: One must still have chaos in one to give birth to a dancing
> > star!
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Andrew
> http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/aburke/
>
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Anny Ballardini
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I Tell You: One must still have chaos in one to give birth to a dancing
star!
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