Showing posts with label regularity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label regularity. Show all posts

Monday, 4 July 2016

Dice (or die) and kitchen timer

So as to keep this project a game instead of an obsession I bring in the die (dice) and kitchen timer.

The timer is for measuring off intervals, naturally. For everyone there must be an optimum amount of time to engage on an activity. It may be as little as 10 minutes. Or it may be as much as 90 minutes.

Bringing in a dice introduces a random factor.

Let's say I roll it twice. Then there are 36 possible permutations. I can divide these up between my languages: 15 for Japanese, 10 for Dutch, 5 for German, and 6 'free' rolls that allow me to do what I want, or to start another language.

Furthermore, I can divvy up the 15 Japanese throws to the different  activities I've chosen to do: say 5 for kanji, 3 for sentences, 2 each for lJrE, lErJ, and lJrJ etc.



 

Monday, 28 December 2015

Break up the time

Instead of doing a lot at once, do a little often.

That's the best way to get used to a language.

Every time that you switch from from one language to another, you get better at it.

It's like training for the transitions in a triathlon.

So twelve 5-min periods of 'doing' your target language is better than one whole hour at a time.

Rock around the clock!