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AL E A R N I N G
L A N G U A G E
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listen to it, observe it, quietly, until you notice thepatterns, phrases and words.
Language is like a forest,with trees, branches andleaves. These are thepatterns, phrases andwords of the language.
If you are in a forest, stop to
hear the branches move,
listen to the rustling of the
leaves, and observe them,
quietly.
ABSORBT H E L A N G U A G E
E S S E N C E
S T R E E T W E A R
R H Y T H M F L O W
F E E L I T S
TEACHERSY O U D O N O T N E E D T O
R E L Y O N
Y O U R E X P E R I E N C E S A S AL E A R N E R W I L L T E A C H Y O U A L L
Y O U N E E D T O K N O W .
SPEAKB E F O R E Y O U C A N
Y O U M U S T L I S T E N , A N D Y O UM U S T L I S T E N A L O T , W I T H O U T
R E S I S T I N G .
LanguageWE ARE JUST VISITORS.
WE SHOULD BE HUMBLE.
WE ARE
SMALL COMPARED TO
THE FOREST, AND SMALL
COMPARED TO THE
Do not seek to master thelanguage. Do not fight the
language or it will defeat you. Ifyou devote yourself to the
language, you will be rewarded.
Goal
IF YOU HURRY, YOU WILL BE
DELAYED. IF YOU TARRY
YOU WILL REACH YOUR
YOU WILL KNOW WHEN
YOU ARE READY TO SPEAK.
THERE IS NO NEED TO RUSH.
IF YOU ARE IN A
HURRY TOSPEAK
A FEW DAYS WILL SEEM TOO LONG.
IF YOU RESPECT THE LANGUAGE,
TOO SHORT.THREE YEARS CAN BE
are ready.YOU WILL KNOW WHEN YOU ARE
READY. THE LANGUAGE WILL
D O N O T T R Y T O S P E A K U N T I L Y O U
tell you.
W H E N Y O U S P E A K , T A K E P R I D E I N T H E
L A N G U A G E A N D J U S T L E T I T C O M E
O U T . T H E F E W E R A M B I T I O N S A N D
F E A R S Y O U H A V E , T H E S O O N E R
YOU WILLLEARN.
everywhere.
Whatever language
you are learning, it is
You can find it withoutgoing outside your
door.
wherever
You can bring yourlanguage with you
you are.
FORGET
WHO YOU ARE AND WHERE YOUCAME FROM,
THE LANGUAGE DOES NOT CARE.LET THE LANGUAGE SINK INTO
YOUR MIND, IN ALL OF ITSVARIETY AND RICHNESS.
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