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What is a linguist?

What is a linguist? Why do I call my blog The Linguist on Language? Why did I call my book

The Way of the Linguist ?

Every so often someone comments on my blog about that fact that I am not a linguist, since I

have not studied linguistics.

So let me be clear. I have read a few books and articles about linguistics. I am not interested. I do

not find the hair-splitting and categorization of the phenomena of language that takes place in

linguistics to be interesting. It certainly does not help me learn languages.

So why do I call the blog The Linguist on Language? Because I use the term "linguist" in the

sense of the first definition provided by the Oxford dictionary. I believe we are all potential

linguists.

linguist

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009

lin·guist / ˈlinggwist / • n. 1. a person skilled in foreign languages. 2. a person who studies

linguistics.

THE LINGUIST ON LANGUAGE

Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS

FOREWORD ................................................................................................................................VIII

CHAPTER I: ATTITUDE................................................................................................................ 1

A talent for language learning ................................................................................................................. 1

Freedom ................................................................................................................................................ 1

Good language learners.......................................................................................................................... 2

Make sure you have fun ......................................................................................................................... 2

No learning without motivation .............................................................................................................. 3

Find the time ......................................................................................................................................... 3

Uncertainty ........................................................................................................................................... 3

Speak when you feel like it ..................................................................................................................... 4

Passive learning ..................................................................................................................................... 4

Rubem Alves, a wonderful educator ........................................................................................................ 5

You cannot push on a rope ..................................................................................................................... 6

Curiosity................................................................................................................................................ 7

We all have our price.............................................................................................................................. 8

We are different .................................................................................................................................... 8

Why I decided to learn Russian ............................................................................................................... 9

Why I decided to learn Korean .............................................................................................................. 10

CHAPTER II: NATURAL LEARNING ........................................................................................11

Understand before you speak ............................................................................................................... 11

False friends to avoid ........................................................................................................................... 11

There are many ways to enjoy a language .............................................................................................. 12

Language learning research ................................................................................................................... 12

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Don't believe the myths........................................................................................................................ 12

Three laws of language learning ............................................................................................................ 13

Take it easy and enjoy your silent period ............................................................................................... 14

Language learning is like falling in love .................................................................................................. 15

Seek out high resonance situations ........................................................................................................ 16

Avoid low resonance situations ............................................................................................................. 17

CHAPTER III: INPUT AND CONTENT .....................................................................................18

Stephen Krashen, a pioneer .................................................................................................................. 18

Context, context, context ..................................................................................................................... 19

Bored with Korean ............................................................................................................................... 19

Listen to learn...................................................................................................................................... 20

How often should we listen? ................................................................................................................. 20

Use it or lose it? ................................................................................................................................... 21

The exciting new world of podcasts ....................................................................................................... 21

What about video?............................................................................................................................... 22

CHAPTER IV: GRAMMAR ..........................................................................................................23

Intransitive verbs etc............................................................................................................................ 23

Do we need to study grammar? ............................................................................................................ 23

Confusing "he” and "she" ..................................................................................................................... 24

Buy the smallest grammar book you can ................................................................................................ 24

Grammar learning may be an obstacle ................................................................................................... 25

"You can only learn what you already know" ......................................................................................... 25

An English teaching certificate holder .................................................................................................... 25

English grammar and Russian grammar ................................................................................................. 26

Rules................................................................................................................................................... 26

CHAPTER V: WORDS ..................................................................................................................27

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Words, the basic building blocks ........................................................................................................... 27

Phrases, chunks of the language ............................................................................................................ 27

Vocabulary over grammar .................................................................................................................... 28

Three questions about words................................................................................................................ 28

Idioms................................................................................................................................................. 31

Paul Nation's four strands and my vocabulary acquisition zone ............................................................... 31

One word a day ................................................................................................................................... 32

Study conversations to master phrases.................................................................................................. 33

Getting the big words........................................................................................................................... 34

Why do they do it?............................................................................................................................... 34

Academic and business English ............................................................................................................. 34

Global English ...................................................................................................................................... 35

The big muscles-the words and phrases ................................................................................................. 35

And the small details............................................................................................................................ 36

Slang................................................................................................................................................... 36

CHAPTER VI: OUTPUT - SPEAKING AND WRITING...........................................................38

Moving to output................................................................................................................................. 38

Do not seek perfection ......................................................................................................................... 38

Corrections.......................................................................................................................................... 39

Mistakes are good................................................................................................................................ 40

Take it easy ......................................................................................................................................... 40

Overcoming fear .................................................................................................................................. 41

Talk to yourself .................................................................................................................................... 42

How much writing and speaking is needed ............................................................................................. 42

Output activities and learning ............................................................................................................... 43

Pronunciation ...................................................................................................................................... 43

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