Four pillars to language learning

Hello everybody.

When we learn a language, we need solid foundations:

1. Grammar (rules of language)

2. Syntax (word order & inflection) "inflection" means how words change for different reasons:  tense, mood, voice, aspect, person, number, gender and case

3. Semantics (meaning of language)

4. Phonology (pronunciation)

These are complex linguistics ideas. I am not a trained linguist. However, we can think in more simple terms.

1. How the language rules work.

2. Which order to put the words and how to change them in the correct way

3. The meaning of what we want to say

4. Pronunciation of words and phrases.

I use the photo of the Eiffel Tower in Paris to demonstrate these 4 important things.

The Eiffel Tower is very high and heavy. It is made from iron.

Its four tall "legs" rest on four strong pillars.

We can build our language "tower" on our four language pillars.

So, we should enjoy learning:

1. The structure of language we speak or write (our language output)

2. Do our best to put words in the right order for understanding.

3. Make sure that people understand the meaning of what we want to say or write.

4. Concentrate on pronunication of words and phrases.

We have 4 language pillars!

That is 4 BIG ways to develop our language skills!!

 

Bye for now

Alan

 

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