Thought Mastery
There was an incredible woman named Sri. Sri was a linguist and she wanted to study Swahili.She spoke 247 languages.
What was Sri?
What is a linguist?
So what did Sri study?
Was Sri a truck driver?
Who was a linguist?
How many languages didSri speak? Three?
In fact, she had total mastery in 247 languages.But, she needed another language. She wanted to studySwahili.People speak Swahili in Africa,of course.
Did she have total mastery orwas she pretty good?
What kind of linguist was Sri?
Where do people speakSwahili?
Did Sri want to speak Swahilior did she want to speak Japanese?
She wanted to speak 248 languages perfectly.So shewanted to learn Swahili. First shetried avisual method.She read textbooks and grammar rules.
What was Sri?
Did she try to learn with hereyes or her ears?
What kind of method did shetry to learn Swahili with?
Did she listen to them or didshe read them?
What language was shestudying?
She studied Swahili with a visual method for two years. Every day she read textbooks. Every day she read grammar books. After twoyears what happened?Nothing. After two years Sri was frustrated. She still could not speak Swahili.
Was the visual methodsuccessful for Sri?
For how long did she studywith the visual method?
Which language did she studyfor two years?
Who studied Swahili with a visual method fortwo years?
Was she successful after twoyears?
So, she modified herapproach.It was a kinesthetic approach, a kinesthetic method.She learned Swahili withher body, with movement and feelings inher body.
Did she change her approachor did she keep the same approach?
What did she modify?
Shemodified her approach towhat?
What kind of approach did she try next? Wasit a visual approach again?
What kind of method did she try next?
Who tried a kinestheticmethod?
For what?
Did she try to learn with her body or withher ears?
Well, it was called TPR and she had to jump and move while learning. The teacher said “Jump” in Swahili, of course, and Sriwould jump. The teacher said “Sit” in Swahili. And Sri would sit. She did thisevery day. Every day she jumped and sat and moved and walked and wrote and read, asthe teacher told her to in Swahili. It was a kinesthetic method, right? She hadto move her body. She was learning with movement. Kinesthetic.
It boosted her learning. It raised herlearning. It increased her learning. She began to learn Swahili. She began to understandSwahili. She began to speak Swahili.She began to learn much, much faster.
What was the kinestheticmethod?
Did this boost her learning?
Did the kinesthetic methodlessen or boost her learning?
What boosted Sri’slearning of Swahili?
Did it boost her learning alittle or a lot?
So she used the kinesthetic method for one year. It boosted her learning. She learned faster and faster and better and better. But,but she did not achieve mastery. She did not become a master of Swahili. She was good, but not a master.And so she modified her approach again.
Whichwas faster, the visual method or the kinesthetic method?
What did it boost?
Of what?
What boosted her learningspeed of Swahili?
Did Sri become a master ofSwahili by using the kinesthetic method?
Did she change her approachagain, a little bit?
What did she modify?
What did she do next?
Well, she addedsomething this time. She continued to learn with the kinesthetic method but she added something more.Well, she added an auditory method.
What did she add? What kindof method did she add next?
What kind of method did sheadd?
Who added an auditory method?
Why?
Which language did she want to totally master?
So what did she add to herlearning method?
What did she add an auditory approach to? Whatdid she add it to?
Did she subtract an auditory method?
And she added a visual method?
So what did she add?
She began to listen to Swahili every day, listeningmore and more and more.Every day listening to Swahili, tons of listening, 3hours, then 4 hours, then 10 hours, then 23.5 hours of listening every day.
How many hours did she listento Swahili every day?
So how many hours did she sleep every day?
Was she successful?
Sri became a total master of Swahili in only one year.After one year of listening to Swahili 23.5 hours a day she became a total masterof Swahili. Now she speaks 248 languages perfectly. Sri is the bestlinguist in the world.
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What did it boost?
Which language did she wantto totally master?
Was the visual method successful for Sri?
Did she try to learn withher eyes or her ears?
Did she listen to them ordid she read them?
Did she change herapproach or did she keep the same approach?
Did the kinestheticmethod lessen or boost her learning?
Did it boost her learninga little or a lot?
Did she subtract anauditory method?