Blog Post#4
Interactions in English and what I have learned from them
Communicating through body language is an effective way to get your point across to the person you are talking to also it can help the person correct you by giving the right word you are trying to express. In my internship, I used body language when I was explaining the errors on the french site that I had to correct. Also Speaking with people in your surroundings is a great way to acquire language without a traditional sturctured classroom setting. However, it is possible to feel more stress because your in a work environment and try your best to not make mistakes when confronted by your superior. Some learning strategies that have been effective are " Looking for patterns in a language" and "Using mnemonic techniques". The first one consists of not worrying about the grammar as often and concentrating more on communicating. Meaning, learning a language is best when talking to someone than just reading or trying to remember the correct verb tense. It's all about trial and error. That is the main way of learning or enhancing a language. The next one is thinking or cognates or false-cognates also called "faux-amis" in french, where you make associations of words that sound-alike but do not have the same meaning. For example : Library and Librarie; library means book store and librarie is a synonym for bibliotheque. These two learning strategies in particular have been a significant help during my internship and even in other classes. They are rather more effective than I though in one's daily life. I have taken noticed that I have been using these strategies for my french class, history class, exploration class and even my other english class.
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