“If you look around the room you are in right now, you will observe a great diversity of items, shapes, sizes, textures, colors, and functions, with all their associated nuances and subtleties. Every career, hobby, occupation, sport, industry, philosophy, plant, animal, object, event, and sensory experience–visual and otherwise–corresponds to a specific language. Language, in a word, is all-encompassing, and there are numerous registers, dialects, idioms, metaphors, and synonyms that express the same idea in multiple ways. “Mastering” one’s native language is a lifelong pursuit. Mastering a foreign language is an even taller order.” NatureLearningCommunicationMasteryLanguage LearningForeign Languages Book:The Art of Learning a Foreign Language: 25 Things I Wish They Told Me Source: The Art of Learning a Foreign Language: 25 Things I Wish They Told Me
“If you think you are good at something, you do it more and progress faster. If you think you are bad at something, you do it less and progress slower. Much of the skill gap between people is explained by psychology and hard work, not natural ability.” PsychologyHard WorkMasteryBeliefsGifts Author:Benjamin Batarseh