Learning Journal #1

[Maddie Philips]

I like to think that I am an avid language learner. I have tried to learn Portuguese, Spanish, German, Dutch, Bulgarian, and Basque over the years, to little success. Reading these articles helped in reminding how I learn language, why, and what it means, but I am not scientifically inclined enough to find the articles particularly useful for my own learning. It isn't the learning itself that I've consistently had trouble with, it's finding the motivation to continually apply the learning strategies. That in particular is something that I know can be explained, but I still have a hard time with it anyway.