A Good Day!
Today was my second time to church here in Norway, and it was much better than last week. Last week everyone was very welcoming, but I became very overwhelmed with the language and pretty homesick. Today I was able to embrace the fact that this is my home ward now, and I think the attitude made up a lot of the difference. I also had my wonderful husband translate a bit for me, and then a kind sister translated for me during Relief Society. Overall, I am much more excited for this opportunity that we have, and have more of a motivation to learn the language.
I've started slowly studying Norwegian, but I'm running into the same problem that I always had in school. I have no idea how to memorize things. In school, I just crammed everything in for the tests, and then forgot it a few days later. So, if anyone has any tips on how to memorize things (such as vocabulary words), please pass them my way!
Glenn seems to be enjoying his new job, besides the freezing to death walk to the bus stop early in the morning. Apparently it's been abnormally cold, but all I know is that it is stinkin' cold! The temperatures have been flirting around -20 F. And I thought I was moving somewhere somewhat warmer than Idaho! It's exactly the same...
posted by Christy @ 13:25
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im not sure if this helps but i use mnemonics to memorize things. im not sure how to use them to learn a new language though, sorry! Prayers help, but im sure you already know that! good luck...
wow - you are awesome! Good luck learning! My best method for memorizing any subject was to write things over and over again. This helped me for my languages - writing sentences or phrases over and over (because then I could see them as I was repeating them in my mind) or mathematics with proofs...anyways, good luck!
I used to label everything in the house. I still remember the names of spices in spanish because I saw them every time I cooked.
Like Tara said, writing out words has also helped me when I've been trying to learn words in another language. Also, I don't know if this will work for you, but try listening to some music in the language... you will start to pick up on words you hear in the songs. When I'm trying to memorize lyrics/ meanings for other languages, I will look at root words and make connections to words I know in other languages... fuerte in Spanish is like forte in Italian... hope these ideas help. :)
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