How long does it take to learn a new language when fully immersed?
I would think the answer is different for different people. Besides innate ability, distance from ones mother tongue and motivation matter a great deal.For myself, as a 17 and 18 year old English speaker who had studied high school German but no other language, when I went to Japan and lived with a Japanese family and went to Japanese school (almost full immersion with not much in the way of any English speakers around, it was a rural area), in one year I was pretty good at everyday getting around in the language. If I had studied a lot more or been more talented I might have been at that place in 6-7 months. Some people in my program were much better and they also had not previous exposure to Japanese. However, none of us were very good at reading and writing. The Japanese orthographic system is quite complex and takes several years to master. However, it is worth noting that a writing system is not the same as the language. Most people in most languages in most of human history did not read or write or even have a system to do so, yet they were completely fluent in their languages.I would also note that for a native English speaker trying to learn a language from a non Indo-European language family, Japanese is very, very simple. Almost all the sounds are very easy to learn and the grammar is very regular. I would say from my experience watching my sister learn Russian that even though it is much closer to English it takes much more time as it has sounds and grammar that are harder for an English speaker. Turkish, Arabic, Chinese, Khoi-san, Navajo, Khmer and others should take a lot more time. Immersion learning of Spanish, Italian, French, German should be much much better after one year.
Why People become LGBT?
Personally, I believe that it is related to epigenetics, which would explain why some times identical twins raised in the same home, by the same parents, in the same exact way, occasionally have one gay twin, and one straight twin. Epigenetics are related to every thing in your life. From places you go, what you drink, and what you eat, to how many times you scraped your knees or what medicines you have taken. Epigenetics are what turn parts of your DNA on and off, because obviously, not all parts of your DNA are active all the time, in every cell (for instance, parts of your DNA for growing toenails, are not active in your liver). DNA in twins is the same through out their life, but their epigenetics change. New born twins will have the same epigenetics, by five, there are many differences, and by 13 you would never know that they were twins. ------- "Medically, bacteria that inhibit anus is harmful to penis and bacteria that inhibit penis harmful for digestive tract." Thats why most people use condoms. -------- "I don't opposed LGBT people, but I opposed sodomy" Do you oppose oral sex? ------- I've noticed that you ignored my question. Do you oppose oral sex? ------- Kencana I am still waiting. Do you... Oppose oral sex. Yes, or no. It is a very simple question. -------- Bonobos participate in oral sex (male/female. male/male, and female/female) more often than male/female vaginal sex. Chinchillas, rats, and mice are among animals that will autofilate them selves. Sheep, hyena, various other primates, and goats have been documented performing autofilatio and oral sex on other members of their species. As for anal sex being ok in male/female couples, ALL anal sex, regardless of the genders involved, is sodomy, as is Oral sex. If you are going to oppose sodomy, do it correctly and oppose all forms of sodomy in all pairings. ------ Do you KNOW the definition of sodomy? Sodomy is any thing other than vaginal sex. The bible also prohibited any position that didn't involve the woman being on her back, with the man between her legs. And the bible DOES speak against oral. It speaks against any thing that does not involve putting semen in the vagina, because it "wastes the seed". The same reason masturbation is bad. .
Can you heal that inner wounded child by yourself? It seems to be something that overwhelms therapists.
How many therapists have you gone to that were “overwhelmed”? This is what we go into this career field for: to help in a caring, compassionate way to help facilitate a person through that ‘wounded child’ symptom and move onto an adult way to handle life. Knowing there is an “inner child” is a good symptom for a therapist to know about: how else to explain so many issues that came from the childhood experiences. I myself have inner wounded child symptoms at times, and am so glad to be able to recognize and tell that child that as an adult, I am able to handle the situations around me. Before learning about the “adult child” therapy in the 70’s, I was confused as to why I was so frightened of so many situations. After studying therapy skills and living close to Santa Barbara ( a great open-minded town for groups to heal within), I was so thrilled to learn of the inner child. When I brought it back to Bakersfield, the Professor literally laughed at me and said there was no such thing. Viola. I had answers that she was unable to teach me and later saw her many issues that she had never addressed. SHE was an adult child, unable to see it or be open to it. There are so many books on this: remember an adult child (of an alcoholic, or dysfunctional parent) is real. Read up on it and if your therapist seems overwhelmed, PLEASE seek a therapist that isn’t into countertransference and is willing to be able to help you through ALL issues brought into sessions.
Is it unhealthy to be "obsessed" with your child (children)?
Some women with co-dependency issues get so enmeshed in their childrens lives that it is unhealthy for the child. The Moms suffer real separation anxiety and find ways to sabotage the child's natural and normal developmental stages. The idea that the child may have a life that is not centered on them is both frightening and maddening to such mothers. It often takes professional help to get these families back on track. Other mothers are just so self centered that they don't see that their children are not wrapped up in every thing their mothers do. They seem like they are wrapped up in their children but they are wrapped up in their own needs, forcing their children to accomdate their plans and often interacting inappropriately (like attending a HS dance because it will be so much fun and I want to see the hot guys my girl likes.) A parents job is to raise children that can function in the real world. Children are NOT the parents personal entertainment centers.
The random variable x represents the number of girls in a family of three children.Assuming that boys?
Since 1) the number of children (say n) is fixed, 2) and the probability (say p) that a given child be a girl (or boy) = 0.5 (this follows from the given fact that a child can equally likely be either a boy or a girl), the number of girls X follows the Binomial distribution with parameters n=3 and p=0.5 i.e. X~Bin(3,0.5) The mean and variance of Bin(n,p) are n*p and n*p*(1-p) respectively Therefore, mean = n*p = 3 * 0.5 = 1.5 std.deviation = √(variance) = √(n*p*(1-p)) = √(3 * 0.5 * 0.5) = 0.8660
I was “gifted” in elementary school, but my grades are slipping in high school. How can I motivate myself to do my homework?
Here's the thing about being labeled.When I was very small I was considered smart.When I entered Elementary School, I was considered smart. Everyone said so.When I entered Middle School, I was considered smart and a nerd, because my grades were all perfect.Then I entered High School. Things got fucked up.I hadn't ever needed to study before, so I didn't have good studying habits. I was the smart kid, remember?When things got hard, I had no idea what to do. Wasn't I smart? I'm smart, right?I realized “smart” doesn't mean anything. Instead, what it does do is make a kid think he doesn't have to try. Because, for a while, that's true. But it doesn't raise a kid with good studying habits. It doesn't prepare a kid for real life. Good grades mean nothing except that you listened in class and did well on the test.I finished high school with a 3.4 GPA but that wasn't after a very troublesome 9th and 10th grade.So, I don't call my kids smart. I don't consider myself smart.And when others call me smart, I smile and nod, but don't take it to heart. Because smart is a dangerous word.Being labeled is dangerous business.
So you think your life is bad?
Hey everybody, im a 20 years old male and my life has been terrible so far. I feel like im cursed. as a young kid i was the happiest child ever always playing soccer and making friends. In middle school my best friend back then who became jelous of me was talking bad behind my back. I lost all my "friends" and ended up changing schools. Well in my new school it was worse. The only 2 guys in my class wouldnt talk to me. And nobody really gave me a chance from the beginning. I was so lonely at this point it was years ago i had some fun and everyweekend im sitting at home. Just being lonely. i wanted to kill myself. I had enough of it and eventually they pulled me out of school. I am the most lonely guy on earth. Started developing sleep problems. I still got them till this day.No friends, never had a girlfriend, never even kissed. i had some girls who liked me in the past. But i never really did something with it. Or i had no confidence. Fast forward things went better im less paranoid, gained some confidence, im going to school for adults. I had some really good contacts. But as soon people know i dont have anybody, they back off. At this point i want some affection, being loved. I started to feel empty again and i didnt want to go trough this **** anymore. And ended up doing something really really stupid.i went to some hooker. She scammed me.She gave me some really bad head.And took my money.i feel dirty.When will this be over?its emberassing to even type this. Please help!
Do people forget a foreign language they don't use regularly? How fast does it happen?
There are different aspects to language. Some parts are sensitive to usage and passage of time, and some parts are not.Vocabulary is very sensitive to attrition. If you constantly use a language, you maintain and build vocabulary. If you do not, you will lose words, very rapidly.However, pronunciation and syntax are very resilient to usage and passage of time. Once you acquire the sound system of a language, it stays there for a long time, even if you do not speak the language. The same is true with having a sense of how words can combine and in what ways. An English speaker who has not spoken a word in English for 20 years will never say sentences that are syntactically incorrect, e.g., “hit ball the John.” Or, a Spanish speaker, who has lived in Germany for 20 years will never say, El Manzano (the apple), instead of the correct way, “La Manzana.” The fact that in German she has always used the masculine definite article ‘der’ for apple (der Apfel) will not influence her native sense about the way objects takes gender in Spanish.On other hand, pragmatic aspects of language are also very sensitive to usage and passage of time. English speakers who have lived in Asian countries may come back to their home country and superimpose aspect of Asian politeness into English, e.g., “may your family live in honor.’