But Bwtcamp first-timers should be slightly worried if one of the activities is basket weaving?
I think it would be better, on the whole, if they remained calm and peaceful, and just accepted the inevitable.
I do something similar to Jenny - I try to relate the Welsh word Iâm trying to learn to a word or words in English, and accompany them with a visual image. ExampleâŚthe Welsh word for ârunâ sounds like âred eggâ. For some reason that particular word just wouldnât stick in my brain, so I imagined a huge red egg which has sprouted legs, running up the road past my window. Iâll never forget that now. Only AFTER Iâd learnt the word by this method, did I look it up in the dictionary and see that itâs spelt ârhedegâ.
I try not to write anything down at any stage (itâs been difficult, and I have to constantly stop myself from reaching for pen and paper!), because the SSi âaudioâ system really DOES seem to work. I find that writing things down just gets in the way of learning.
I sympathise with you. My wife is a native Welsh speaker and I often find out, later rather than sooner, that I am making errors in pronunciation.
HOWEVER - it doesnât matter because Eirwen can understand me and knows exactly what I mean even when I mis-pronounce.
Also the proof of the pudding is in the eating - I can speak Welsh and Eirwen and I can speak Welsh together.
So try if you can to avoid looking at the word list until you have listened to the lesson the first time. Dare yourself.
It doesnât matter at all if you are making mistakes or if you are mis-pronouncing. It is more likely a sign that you are making fantastic progress.
And it wasnât until I was a teenager that I discovered that ââWednesdayââ had a ââdââ in it. So much for making mistakes and Iâm still alive to tell the story!!
Justin
Some Slovene native speakers never in their life realize that âpetdesetâ (50) has that âtâ in so they constantly say âpedesetâ and âĹĄestdesetâ (60) is about the same. So, yes, so much for making mistakes.
Spot on - walking, driving (but be safe), housework - all of these are very valuable to do whilst listening and responding to the lessons.
Hwyl,
Stu
A cult looking for a home perhaps - when not in the Llyn peninsula, I think there is a crystal cathedral going for a song somewhere in Southern California
Justin
Or perhaps a wee bit more like Alcoholics Anonymous? I just got an image of a meeting hall where someone gets up and says âMy name is David and Iâm a visual learner. But Iâve been auditory for the last 6 weeks and right now Iâm just taking things one day at a timeâ
According to my daughter who was with me on my first boot camp, yes!
That would be because of the âburnt offeringsâ I expect.
Well, according to a book I read once, the socialigical definition of a cult is a group of people who gather around one central leader, soâŚ
God, I hope not!
That wouldnât be good, for all sorts of reasons!
I think the fact that SSiW is thought of as a tremendously effective thing by people of differing opinions without it being thought of as perfect and the Only One True Way is, in my opinion, its strength. It can appeal to everybody, and thus help everybody in their journey.
Thatâs what Iâve found through talking to everyone I know learning Welsh, anyway. Even if people donât think SSiW is perfect on itâs own, Iâve not found anyone using it who doesnât think it is one of the best resources out there.
And in my opinion, if for some strange reason you were limited to only one resource, Iâd recommend SSiW.
Maybe that sounds excessive, but it is true. And that may make me seem tremendously proselytising, which isnât in my nature normally, but itâs in a good cause!
Can someone smite the unbeliever for me, please? Iâm a little too busy trying to get the kids to eat some burnt offerings. Theyâll never grow up to be omni-anything-at-all if they donât eat their burnt offerings.
I, Tatjana the Annoying defend this one, master. This unbeliever MUST live!
Well, I took your advice and ran through lesson 11 without looking! I think youâre right, this method is actually better. I found myself listening more closely to the audio since I didnât have the written forms as backup in my head, and thinking more about the meaning than the words themselves, if that makes sense. Iâm going to stick with this and see how it goes.
Another one converted!
Great that itâs working for you. Onwards and upwards!
Thatâs certainly one of the positive effects we hope to seeâŚ
Incidentally, changes to the auditory cortex in someone wearing a blindfold take place in a matter of minutes, apparentlyâŚ
Heh!
Diolch yn fawr iawn, tatjana! Iâm relieved that someone is keeping me from the wicker man!
Spot on! (in my humble opinion, anyway. Thatâs part of why it works so well).
Cult, blindfolds, changes to our auditory cortexes - and all for less than the cost per month of a ââpysgod ac tatwsââ
Justin