Learning Korean

• The “Life is a journey” blog has several postings on learning Korean – http://creativityjapanese.wordpress.com/
  • Using Evernote to learn Korean – http://creativityjapanese.wordpress.com/2010/10/30/using-evernote-to-learn-korean/
• Learn Korean: http://learn-korean.net

More at this blog:

• Learning languages / Language acquisition – https://eikonal.wordpress.com/2010/11/12/learning-languages-language-acquisition/
• Learning Japanese – https://eikonal.wordpress.com/2010/11/12/learning-japanese/

Learning Japanese

• PeraPeraPenguin’s – http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/columns/0002/: This column is a conversation class for learners of the Japanese language. It is written by Hitomi Hirayama, a Japanese teacher with more than 15 years of experience, and the founder of Shibuya Ward-based Japanese Lunch, a Japanese language school serving businesspeople in Tokyo. Her column is carried once every eight weeks in Tuesday’s Language Connection of The Daily Yomiuri, and may be downloaded at no cost from this page after each installment appears in the newspaper. …

More at this blog:

• Learning languages / Language acquisition – https://eikonal.wordpress.com/2010/11/12/learning-languages-language-acquisition/
• Learning Korean – https://eikonal.wordpress.com/2010/11/12/learning-korean/

Learning languages / Language acquisition

At this blog:

• Learning Japanese – https://eikonal.wordpress.com/2010/11/12/learning-japanese/
• Learning Korean – https://eikonal.wordpress.com/2010/11/12/learning-korean/

General

• Papers on Learning and Modeling – http://hum.uchicago.edu/~jriggle/modeling
• Chater, N. and Christiansen, M. H. (2010), “Language Acquisition Meets Language Evolution” (Cognitive Science, Volume 34, Issue 7, pages 1131–1157. doi: 10.1111/j.1551-6709.2009.01049.x; 2009.06.22) [ACCESS REQUIRES PAYMENT/SUBSCRIPTION] – http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1551-6709.2009.01049.x/abstract
  Abstract: Recent research suggests that language evolution is a process of cultural change, in which linguistic structures are shaped through repeated cycles of learning and use by domain-general mechanisms. This paper draws out the implications of this viewpoint for understanding the problem of language acquisition, which is cast in a new, and much more tractable, form. In essence, the child faces a problem of induction, where the objective is to coordinate with others (C-induction), rather than to model the structure of the natural world (N-induction). We argue that, of the two, C-induction is dramatically easier. More broadly, we argue that understanding the acquisition of any cultural form, whether linguistic or otherwise, during development, requires considering the corresponding question of how that cultural form arose through processes of cultural evolution. This perspective helps resolve the “logical” problem of language acquisition and has far-reaching implications for evolutionary psychology.
• When can you say you speak a language? 9The Economist; 2010.11.05) – http://www.economist.com/blogs/johnson/2010/11/learning_languages
• European language levels – Self Assessment Grid – http://europass.cedefop.europa.eu/LanguageSelfAssessmentGrid/en
• Children creating core properties of language (Experimental Expressions blog; 2010.11.04) – http://experimentalexpressions.wordpress.com/2010/11/04/30/
• “Reference material for learning Chinese” by Jerome Parisse (2010.10.23) – http://alivewithwords.com/2010/10/23/reference-material-for-learning-chinese/
• Reflections on articles on language acquisition – http://creativityjapanese.wordpress.com/2010/10/17/reflections-on-articles-on-language-acquisition/
  • Using challenging concepts to learn promotes understanding of new materials (ScienceDaily; 2008.12.01) – http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081201105702.htm
  • Techniques For Better Learning Illuminated (ScienceDaily; 2007.08.24) – http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/08/070823142827.htm
  • Monkey See, Monkey Do? Novel Study Sheds Light On Imitation Learning (ScienceDaily; 2007.03.20) – http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/03/070320095836.htm
• Learn a Language With Flashcards (WordMentis blog; ) – http://wordmentis.wordpress.com/2010/10/01/learn-a-language-with-flashcards/
  • Spaced Repetition – http://wordmentis.wordpress.com/2010/10/01/spaced-repetition/
  • Better Flashcards – http://wordmentis.wordpress.com/2010/10/01/better-flashcards/
• Baby Talk: How to boost your child’s language skills (The Blessing Tree blog; 2010.09.19) – http://blessingtree.wordpress.com/2010/09/19/baby-talk-how-to-maximise-your-childs-language-skills/
• Syzygy on Languages – Musings on Foreign Language Learning (blog) – http://syzygyonlanguages.wordpress.com/
  • The Polyglot Project – http://www.docstoc.com/docs/60429490/The-Polyglot-Project

Chinese

• “Today’s Chinese Semiotics Lesson” by James Fallows (The Atlantic; 2011.05.31) – http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2011/05/todays-chinese-semiotics-lesson/239668/

Language acquisition in animals

• Vocal imitation as a form of cultural transmission: parallels between human language acquisition and vocal learning in birds (Experimental Expressions blog; 2010.10.28) – http://experimentalexpressions.wordpress.com/2010/10/28/11/

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