Posted by Colin

I've always used the three hobby rule, one hobby that makes you money, one that you enjoy, and one that allows you to be creative.



My favourite hobby is basically studying anything science related and it makes money while letting me be very creative and I highly enjoy it, my main focus is Quantum/Astro Physics but I deal with a lot of creative work when studying astronomy. So it's pretty much a three-in-one hobby for me.



The one I do for strict enjoyment is learning new languages which started through my world religion studies, I've so far learned Hebrew and Arabic and now focusing on Chinese and Japanese (spending the summer next year in Japan so that'll be lots of enjoyment).



and for creativity I do front-end web developing work and sometimes back-end, in this case I can also use this hobby to earn extra money when/if needed.



I think you'll find hobbies more enjoyable through self discovery, just keep trying new things until you stumble across something you really enjoy!

Hey that's awesome. Also the rules you mentioned in your post are good to follow.

What techniques do you use when learning a language to get it to stick in your long term memory?

Posted by Goddess

Lol. Do you dj or do u use it for other musical things?

Andy introduced it to me, I've been using it for acoustic covers and stuff[/QUOTE]


I love going on YouTube and listening to acoustic covers. There are some really talented people in this world. When I get home I'll post this cool YouTube video I seem where this guy does an awesome collab.  

Posted by pacman

Hey that's awesome. Also the rules you mentioned in your post are good to follow.

What techniques do you use when learning a language to get it to stick in your long term memory?

Well when I first started with Hebrew I found myself rewriting words, letters, and numbers a lot and then reading them out before I crumpled the paper and repeated the process this way it stuck into my brain more, I also often gave my friends lessons on it and started thinking with it instead of English and then when I got comfortable with it I moved onto Arabic.

The trick for learning multiple languages is when you are on your third language instead of comparing it to your first language (English in my case) compare it to your second language and base the translations off of the second language.

So I learned English > Hebrew then learned Arabic without the use of English as I did it like Hebrew > Arabic.

Something that helped a lot was the fact that I'm a world religions student, this means I get to own copies of holy scriptures in Hebrew and Arabic so I was able to do lots of translating that helped me get more familiar and use to the languages.

If you plan on learning multiple languages chances are you'll forget some stuff in other languages along the way so it's important to constantly use each language daily, spending my summer in Japan is probably going to be filled with lots of studying and definitely will help out with learning Japanese and Chinese.  

Dude, Colin, that's awesome. I'm learning Japanese right now. It's a bit tough, so I'll try your methods and see how they do for me  

Posted by Colin

Well when I first started with Hebrew I found myself rewriting words, letters, and numbers a lot and then reading them out before I crumpled the paper and repeated the process this way it stuck into my brain more, I also often gave my friends lessons on it and started thinking with it instead of English and then when I got comfortable with it I moved onto Arabic.



The trick for learning multiple languages is when you are on your third language instead of comparing it to your first language (English in my case) compare it to your second language and base the translations off of the second language.



So I learned English > Hebrew then learned Arabic without the use of English as I did it like Hebrew > Arabic.



Something that helped a lot was the fact that I'm a world religions student, this means I get to own copies of holy scriptures in Hebrew and Arabic so I was able to do lots of translating that helped me get more familiar and use to the languages.



If you plan on learning multiple languages chances are you'll forget some stuff in other languages along the way so it's important to constantly use each language daily, spending my summer in Japan is probably going to be filled with lots of studying and definitely will help out with learning Japanese and Chinese.

That's super cool. Thanks for sharing!  

Ugh, I wish I had it in me to learn a second language.

Foreign language is probably my worst subject no matter which language I choose.

Ironically, English has to be one of my best subjects.  

je parle le francais et I speak english
Understand italian
I think its a good idea to leaRn a 2nd or third language, might try spanish  

Posted by Sardon

je parle le francais et I speak english
Understand italian
I think its a good idea to leaRn a 2nd or third language, might try spanish

I'm learning Portuguese so I can talk to my ingame brazillian baes  

I'm bilingual, (English & Spanish), I really want to learn a third language. Possibly French.  

Posted by Spirit19

Dude, Colin, that's awesome. I'm learning Japanese right now. It's a bit tough, so I'll try your methods and see how they do for me

Japanese has been my favourite so far mainly because I'm heavily interested in Japanese fighting styles (Kenjutsu/Battōjutsu, Kyūdō, Karate).

I've never really watched anime but I'll probably start watching some and try to follow along to practice my Japanese.

Posted by Bryan*

I'm bilingual, (English & Spanish), I really want to learn a third language. Possibly French.

I grew up in a bilingual elementary school where we studied in French a majority of the time, I actually forgot a lot of French though.

It's always been my worse language.  

Posted by 5hift

Ugh, I wish I had it in me to learn a second language.

Foreign language is probably my worst subject no matter which language I choose.

Ironically, English has to be one of my best subjects.

Try Spanish, it's really easy when it comes to learning a second language.  

Posted by Bryan*

I'm bilingual, (English & Spanish), I really want to learn a third language. Possibly French.

le francais est difficile mais je pense que si tu l'apprend tu peux parler avec n'importe qui.

Posted by Colin

Japanese has been my favourite so far mainly because I'm heavily interested in Japanese fighting styles (Kenjutsu/Battōjutsu, Kyūdō, Karate).

I've never really watched anime but I'll probably start watching some and try to follow along to practice my Japanese.



I grew up in a bilingual elementary school where we studied in French a majority of the time, I actually forgot a lot of French though.

It's always been my worse language.

french is hard to remember, i started in a french school and learnt to read and write in french, my english class was a joke.
the school was a little too strict and hard so i left later on to an english school, haven't done much french in years
I can't escape it though because where I live we must speak it.  

Posted by Sardon

le francais est difficile mais je pense que si tu l'apprend tu peux parler avec n'importe qui.



french is hard to remember, i started in a french school and learnt to read and write in french, my english class was a joke.
the school was a little too strict and hard so i left later on to an english school, haven't done much french in years
I can't escape it though because where I live we must speak it.

This is a pretty important part about learning and memorizing languages, I lost my french ability because I never really had to speak and write it living in an English community.

Usually when I learn new languages I set all my language settings on my electronics and games to that language this way I am forced to constantly interact with the language and memorize it so I know what I am doing.

Japanese is a bit confusing because they have three different syllabaries one of which is formed using Chinese characters but it's so far been my most enjoyable.  

Posted by Colin

Usually when I learn new languages I set all my language settings on my electronics and games to that language this way I am forced to constantly interact with the language and memorize it so I know what I am doing.

Oo interesting way of going about it lol..

I really want to learn another language D: But don't really have much patience etc for it what are other ways people go about learning a language/programs etc you use? or whatever?

p.s. on a sidenote uk education system on learning new languages really does suck.

@thread maybe do art,
or go gym/do excercise(best way to keep your mind off things)  

Posted by G Fatal

Oo interesting way of going about it lol..

I really want to learn another language D: But don't really have much patience etc for it what are other ways people go about learning a language/programs etc you use? or whatever?

p.s. on a sidenote uk education system on learning new languages really does suck.

Yeah, I never really liked how the education system taught languages here as well, a majority of my studying is self studying.

I heard Rosetta and Babble were pretty good for beginners, something that definitely helps is learning about the culture and history of the language and the main place it is used.

Another thing that helps is by studying something you enjoy doing in your native language but using the foreign language instead, since I like physics and science I study some science in Japanese because my brain is more familiar with it and not only do I increase my knowledge of Japanese but I am also increasing my knowledge of physics so it's like two birds one stone.

Also, as Fatal mentioned earlier, exercising can become a very fun and beneficial hobby!

If anyone has questions or wants help just inbox me them instead since this thread is about hobbies in general and not just language speaking  

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