We’ve always seen controversy over the use of lists. Something seldom mentioned is how the lists are used. Right now I’m going through a 3K (Continue Reading)
Pat’s Polemics
On-going brilliance
Word retention – repetition or impact?
06/30/2011 Pat Barrett Add CommentI’ve learned —??? many words in many languages but they are not a part of my active vocabulary and often not even of my passive. (Continue Reading)
Language study so far
05/27/2011 Pat Barrett Add CommentMy last day of work. I begin my circuit. The Circuit is the name I give to the language study I engage in. In another (Continue Reading)
My Norwegian Summer
08/01/2010 Pat Barrett Add CommentThis summer has proved fruitful in terms of language study. The other night I was lying on the floor near where my wife was sitting (Continue Reading)
My girlfriend, Margie
07/27/2010 Pat Barrett Add CommentAs I’ve described before, I realized when I started teaching fl that in May my students remembered what I had said to them in August (Continue Reading)
An overview of my formal education in language
06/14/2010 Pat Barrett Add CommentMy first class was a Spanish conversational class in 8th grade, 1954. I went into Latin the following year, then French. One year of German, (Continue Reading)
acquisition through reading
04/15/2010 Pat Barrett Add CommentIn some self-talk, I found myself saying “e infieldad” instead of “y in…”, the first sign that e before i has been acquired. I wonder (Continue Reading)
difficulties in comprehension when words are from English
02/27/2010 Pat Barrett Add CommentPost from a listserv: > In fact, when I was asked in France, “Tu aimes Harry Potter?” I never did > manage to understand until (Continue Reading)