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 Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 6:36 pm
My poor little guild! I have not abandoned thee!
....Here's a new topic. I know several people here are studying foreign languages. So, my question is, do you think that studying foreign language has helped your English/native language writing?
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Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 9:18 pm
Honestly, no. razz But I also haven't tried lately.
（What's the flashcards you told me about again?)
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Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 7:21 am
Ha. Haha. No.
I start talking in French in normal conversation now. Same with writing. If I don't pay close attention I randomly start writing French words that I use all the time, like 'noir' 'et' and 'blouson'.
So yeah. It actually kind of has screwed me up majorly...<.<
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Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 8:27 am
@Heru chan - They're called the White Rabbit Press Kanji Flashcards.
@Micro - I do that, too >< Usually only in Spanish class when we're writing, but recently I've been speaking Spanish when I want to use Japanese, and both randomly in English...
I don't think foreign language has helped my English, either. Sometimes my knowledge of English grammar will help me in Japanese (in some odd, twisted way...) or Spanish, but I don't think much the other way around.
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Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 10:24 am
I've actually learned more on English while learning Japanese and Latin than when I was err taught in school. xd
＊Looks up flashcards* I think I'll just continue making them myself. confused
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Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 5:22 pm
The languages I've studied have definately enhanced my writing in English. I've been exposed to entirely different ways of approaching the same things and become more comfortable with a couple of grammatical constructions.
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Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 12:06 pm
Really? Might I ask what you've studied?
And I actually did come up with a way that Japanese helps my English. For some bizarre reason, thinking of Japanese adverbs helps me understand the concept in English (why are adverbs so hard for me? ><).
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Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 1:43 pm
I'm currently studying Japanese, Latin, and French. Japanese seems to be the most difficult so far.
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Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 3:11 pm
[sai-kun] I'm currently studying Japanese, Latin, and French. Japanese seems to be the most difficult so far. Agreed. I tried studing Japanese, but I problems with any language, so I'll leave that for later. So now I am studing Latin, Spanish, and Brizalian Portuguese. Once I get far into study I'll tell you if it has affected my writing.
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Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 8:06 pm
Now I know. It has helped. xd And Japanese is not hard!
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Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 1:21 pm
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Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 10:48 pm
No! Irish is hard, Japanese is easy, and Latin is simple beyond words. surprised
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Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 7:48 am
Yeah your right about Latin.
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Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 8:18 am
I could speak it if I had enough vocab. That's my only problem: remembering vocab and particles in Japanese.
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Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 3:13 pm
...You insane people, taking more than one language at one time...
I'm sure it's not that hard, considering that I breeze through my French work without any thought and have to help my friend (who's only a year behind me. I can remember doing the work he's doing now. That's how recently it was...<.<) frequently. However, I don't think that I could take more than one language at one time as I'd probably start talking in one language when I'm supposed to be using the other. I do that with English in French already...
Teacher: Oh, Alex, why did you say black here?
Me: I DID?! Oh snapp...
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