Linguistics/New Language Flashcards
Language concepts to learn a language fast
What are the 6 Major levels of Linguistics?
Language 80/20 rule
Learn core vocab first. look up a list of 100-300 most used words in the language.
For example, in English just 300 words make up 65% of all written material.
Learning a language Rule 2.
Learn the Cognates
(Words that sound/look similar and share meaning because of common origin)
This will give you an immediate vocab boost.
Issue with taking a class/teacher fo language
Teachers are prescriptive not descriptive.
Learning a language rule 3.
Immerse youself across various media and natvie speakers.
a. Study
b. Read
c. Write
d. Watch/Listen
e. Talk
Mnemonics
A mnemonic is a tool that helps us remember certain facts or large amounts of information. They can come in the form of a song, rhyme, acronym, image or phrase.
Cognates
In linguistics, cognates, also called lexical cognates, are words that have a common etymological origin.
Phoneme
A phoneme is the smallest unit of sound in speech.
For Example:
In English, there are 44 phonemes, or word sounds that make up the language. They’re divided into 19 consonants, 7 digraphs, 5 ‘r-controlled’ sounds, 5 long vowels, 5 short vowels, 2 ‘oo’ sounds, 2 diphthongs.
Learning a language Rule 4
Don’t worry about mistakes, make getting the point across your purpose.
Learning al language rule 3.
Immerse and diversify intake and outtake with
a. Study
b. Read
c. Write
d. Listen/Watch
e. Talk
Make SMART goals
S - pecific
M - easurable
A - attainable
R - relevant
T - timebound
Measure Progress
Use CEFR (Common European Framework Reference)
Learning a language rule 5.
Make it a point to engage in speaking for 30 minutes a day.
(Do this once you got the first 4 steps established)
Interrogatives
An interrogative word or question word is a function word used to ask a question, such as what, which, when, where, who, whom, whose, why, whether and how.
Learning a language rule 6.
(If the language has a different structure)
Best way to learn is to not think about grammar and structure. Learn the vocab and start using it with native speakers and learn from how they use sentences.
