tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4942522681264332044.post9075420137998256838..comments2023-03-30T10:05:13.911+01:00Comments on Living the simple life I want: Languages and teddy bearsMoonwaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16018956740090192993noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4942522681264332044.post-76746702006273975482016-11-22T12:09:49.475+00:002016-11-22T12:09:49.475+00:00I really love this post! For starters, it is lovel...I really love this post! For starters, it is lovely to know the history of Teddy sitting there on the shelf. I'm glad he's not a neglected bear but instead a bear who has been taken out of his bag!<br /><br />I loved reading about which language you think in! It must be amazing to be so fluent that you can swap between languages in your mind and think in German as well as English! It's such an amazing achievement when your first language was English.<br /><br />It fascinates me to see how language is acquired. A kid I taught last year moved to Paris this year and emailed to say she now thinks in French first. It blew my mind. I just love the whole idea of how the brain works and can switch between languages and cultures.<br /><br />I have only been to Europe once so I'm still a long way off thinking in French. But I do remember the excitement the first time I dreamt in French. That was the first time it was 'easy' (all in my dreams, literally!) But recently I watched a YouTube video in French for 40 minutes and at the end, had forgotten whether I heard it in French or English. That was a real thrill. <br /><br />I'm intrigued about the comments concerning maths and music. It is a lovely notion that some things happen faster than language (as you mentioned with music.) But I also love the parallels between language, maths and music...because all of them are languages.<br /><br />Interesting to think about!Fionahttp://www.declutterer.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com