Wednesday 16 March 2016

Polyglot Balázs Csigi Talks the Importance of Cultural Semantics

"... 'Master every bit of the culture and you can achieve native-like mastery of the language itself.' ... cultural semantics is the study of the meaning of words and phrases and their connection to culture. Many words in a language are unique; they cannot be exactly translated into other languages ... That's one of the main reasons why memorizing words is not an option if you want to achieve mastery. Instead of rote learning, one needs to go beyond the surface and uncover the hidden culture behind words and phrases. It's like cracking an exciting secret code or connecting the dots in a detective story."

businessinsider.com/polyglot-reveals-the-biggest-secret-to-learning-a-new-language-2016-3

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