Congratulations, Dr. (Androo) Burke!
Judy
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From: "andrew burke" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 6:48 AM
Subject: Re: Sonnet: Your Lips Soft as Lard
> 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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