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Self-modeling when learning a language
Posted: August 28th, 2008 | Filed under: Personal | Tags: Language, learning, thoughts | 5 Comments »Recently I’ve been thinking, when we learn a language (those who never tried, stop reading 
), we pick up constructions and turns of phrases from native speakers. Usually, we choose someone we like and model ourselves after them in speech. I find that frequently do I use constructions that do have equivalents in my native language, yet that I would never use, like “no-no-no, …” which I can easily shoot in English, but would never utter in Russian.
Is that a personality switch? Is that an OPPORTUNITY to change (for the better)?
It’s curious, but when I wrote that, it gave me that feeling of vast opportunities you get on a fresh start. It literally gives you a chance to start from scratch since what we say is almost everything that people use to make an impression of us. It’s a chance to defeat your bad habits and migrate them later to your other personality. Meta-physical…
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