Barbara Nolan
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Barbara Nolan
@BarbaraNolan
First language is Nishnaabemwin, residential school survivor - living & loving life - each day. Wenesh geyaabi ge-kidyaamba? / What more can I say?
Garden River, ON เข้าร่วม Mayıs 2010
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We seem to have a few new friends here! For those who haven't yet seen it, here is a copy of our booklet: An Overview of the Indian Residential School System. #EveryChildMatters anishinabek.ca/wp-content/upl…
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@DtPine Nishin sa gii-zhitoyin ziisbaakwad miinwaa ziinsbaakdoonsan! Tommy ge’ii gii-zhitoon ziinsbaakwad!
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It was with great honour that I accepted the post!
Paul Meighan | Pòl Miadhachàin@PaulJMeighan
Awesome news, @BarbaraNolan!
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Enh, mii go geyaabi maadiziyaanh!!
Deb Pine@DtPine
Mii go geyaabi maadiziyaanh... is this how a fluent speaker would say this
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Barbara Nolan รีทวีตแล้ว
Native speakers will almost never correct your speaking if your errors didn't impede communication. So get the input you need and don't rely on corrections!
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Barbara Nolan รีทวีตแล้ว
Ever used video games to learn a language? ⠀
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Jared Gimbel has focused on many minority, indigenous and endangered languages. He studied Greenlandic & went to Greenland to make sure his game was as authentic. An amazing language learner! youtu.be/nm6XdyPV-rw
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Barbara Nolan รีทวีตแล้ว
How do we learn to swim?
Children: Practice. Adults: Practice.
How do we learn about history?
Children: Read. Adults: Read.
How do we learn a language?
Children: Listen. Adults: Mmm, study grammar? What???
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Barbara Nolan รีทวีตแล้ว
The book "Thinking, Fast and Slow" amzn.to/3cWzG3B so clearly shows the difference between the "slow thinking" we use when studying a language consciously, and the "fast thinking" that we need to be able to speak a language.
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Barbara Nolan รีทวีตแล้ว
The best way to know that people will understand you speaking a foreign language? Acquire it. When you have acquired the grammar and vocab you're using you know people will understand you, because you're not just using some abstract concepts that you saw in a book.
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Barbara Nolan รีทวีตแล้ว
Babies aren't better than you at learning a language. They just have no way to escape having great Comprehensible Input. If you set up your environment the same way you can learn even faster than them.
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Barbara Nolan รีทวีตแล้ว
When you immerse yourself in the language every day, you don't need exams or tests, you know that you are improving. You know how many new words you're understanding today that you didn't understand last week.
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