My 6 Tongues

Kató Lomb (1909-2002) was a Hungarian translator and a simultaneous interpreter. She has had a great influence  on how others learn languages. She herself spoke 10 languages and was able to "translate technical documents and enjoy fiction in 6 more, and understand written journalism in 11 more or so". I've found her book "Polyglot - How I Learn Languages" very interesting, I like her point about how useful is to know a language even at a low level: "We should learn languages because language is the only thing worth knowing even poorly ", because "well-intentioned sentences full of mistakes can still build bridges between people. Asking in broken Italian which train we are supposed to board at the Venice railway station is far from useless". About her METHOD , some main points are: devote 60-90 minutes a day time spent in language learning is lost unless it reaches a certain -daily and weekly- concentration "one sh...

Today I've learned an expression I didn't know: " Spring Forward - Fall Back ". Most countries change their official time after summer and after winter. Depending on the season, the change implies moving clocks one hour forward or one hour backward. I'm one of these people who year after year can't recall if you have to change your clocks one hour forward... or backward?... but there is a phrase most often heard in the US and Canada that can be of help in this situations... The saying " Spring forward - Fall Back " is meant to trigger your memory in order to set your clocks correctly, one hour forward in the spring ( spring forward ) and one hour back in the fall ( fall back ). Facebook   fb.me/My6Tongues Instagram   @My6Tongues Tweeter   @MTongues

Aujourd’hui, comme tous les mardis, j’écoute Radio France International en route pour le travail. Pour ce faire, j’utilise l’application TuneIn Radio. Parfois, je change de station, c’est incroyable d’aller travailler à Barcelone et d’écouter en même temps la FM de Paris! Facebook   fb.me/My6Tongues Instagram   @My6Tongues Tweeter   @MTongues

Si vous souhaitez apprendre le catalan, vous trouverez une bonne ressource en ligne: Parla.cat Cette ressource en ligne offre des plan gratuits et payants et vous pouvez avoir accès aux examens et cours officiels. Le catalan est ma langue maternelle. Je suis là si vous avez des doutes! Bonne chance! / Bona sort! Facebook fb.me/My6Tongues Instagram @My6Tongues Tweeter @MTongues

If you are interested in learning Catalan there is a good resource on line: Parla.cat It offers free and paid plans and you can get access to official exams and course. Try it! Catalan is my native language. I'm here if you have any doubt! Good luck / Bona sort! Facebook   fb.me/My6Tongues Instagram   @My6Tongues Tweeter   @MTongues

Today I have read a fairly long text in German. I have used Google Translate to get some expressions translated into English (I also use it with French>English). This Google tool allows you to add the translated expressions (or words) to a phrasebook in order to study them later. To do this, simply touch the star image (smartphone or computer): On a computer, the phrasebook also lets you sort the saved words/expressions by language - a very useful feature if you are learning more than one language: Let me know if this tool is useful for you! Facebook   fb.me/My6Tongues Instagram   @My6Tongues Tweeter   @MTongues

Lingohut.com ( web i app ) permet practicar molts idiomes (19 llengües  en aquest moment) i també permet triar entre desenes de llengües vehiculars per seguir el curs. Tot i que, de moment, no hi ha curs de català, sí que es pot fer servir el català per practicar (amb àudio) molts idiomes... Facebook   fb.me/My6Tongues Instagram   @My6Tongues Tweeter   @MTongues