Journal Entry #1

[Nicolas Dacey]

I have only studied Latin as a foreign language in my life, and this has always been done in an academic setting. The language was beaten over my head for years, and I never really liked that style of learning. Trying to cram words never really works for me because a week after a test, I would forget what most of the definitions were. I remember back in elementary school, I took a French class that met once a week. The first thing we learned was the alphabet. Instead of reciting it over and over, the teacher provided us with cassettes of how to learn the language. The cassettes had songs for everything, including the alphabet. To this day I can still recite the French alphabet. This result is consistent with my results in my Multiple Intelligence Inventory. This test showed that Music is my strongest attribute. Music has always been my favorite subject, and I never had to work as hard as my peers at it because I have always been good at it. I believe that coming up with some sort of musical quality towards learning Hebrew may actually help me to learn it. Combining that with using numbers and getting help from other people should result in maximizing my ability to learn a language. I hope that by putting together my strongest suites, I can finally tap into my greater intelligence and be done with the cramming I was forced to learn by.

[Nicolas Dacey]

I do. I play the guitar and sing. I can also play the piano a little.

[Nuray Grove]

Music seems to be popular in this section. you should definitely use music to learn Hebrew. We have to come up with some effective ways of using music to learn new words. Do you play an instrument?