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40 + years old. How to learn a language?

"Many people like to say, 'Old, bad memory, can't learn the language.'..May I say that's not true!

Our 40-year-old brain is not regressed.

But we're just doing different jobs with kids. Kids may be good at imitating, but people our age are good at connecting the dots.

Stop memorizing the golden bird parrot and change the way you study to our Golden Era age.

🧧 Anyone who wants to learn Chinese can start by liking.

✅ likes to sing.

✅. Like the series.

Let's start with a little and uncomplicated vocabulary.# Lemon 8 Howtoo

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... Read moreเมื่อเข้าสู่วัย 40 ปีขึ้นไป หลายคนมักคิดว่าสมองไม่สามารถเรียนรู้ภาษาใหม่ได้เหมือนตอนเด็ก แต่จากประสบการณ์ส่วนตัว พบว่าการเรียนภาษาช่วงวัยนี้มีข้อดีที่แตกต่างกันอย่างชัดเจน นั่นคือเรามีวิธีคิดที่ลึกซึ้งกว่าการท่องจำแบบเด็ก มันคือการ 'เชื่อมโยง' หรือที่เรียกว่า Connecting the dots ฉันเริ่มเรียนภาษาจีนตอนอายุ 42 จากการฟังเพลงจีนและดูซีรีส์ที่ชอบอย่างสนุกสนาน แทนที่จะนั่งท่องคำศัพท์อย่างเดียว ก็เปลี่ยนเป็นการจับความหมายและเชื่อมโยงคำกับบริบทในชีวิตประจำวัน ทำให้การเรียนรู้มีความหมายและสนุกมากขึ้น ช่วยให้จำคำศัพท์ได้นานและใช้ได้จริง อีกอย่างที่เรียนรู้คือการตั้งคำถามกับปัญหาเวลาที่เจอ ไม่กลัวผิดและล้มเหลวเหมือนเด็กวัยเรียน เรามีความอดทนและมีแรงบันดาลใจที่จะพัฒนาตัวเองอย่างต่อเนื่อง เรียนรู้จากประสบการณ์จริงและนำไปใช้ต่อยอดได้จริงในชีวิตประจำวัน นอกจากนี้ การเริ่มจากคำศัพท์ง่ายๆ และเน้นความชอบส่วนตัว เช่น เพลงโปรดหรือซีรีส์ที่เราสนใจ ช่วยกระตุ้นความอยากเรียนรู้ได้มากขึ้นและไม่รู้สึกกดดัน เหมือนที่ตารางเปรียบเทียบในบทความพูดไว้ว่า วิธีเรียนของวัย 40 เป็นการเรียนรู้เพื่อเข้าใจและเติบโตอย่างยั่งยืน ต่างจากวัยเรียนที่เรียนเพื่อสอบผ่านหรือท่องจำเพียงอย่างเดียว สรุปคือ เรียนภาษาหลังวัย 40 ได้ผลดีหากปรับวิธีเรียนให้เข้ากับสมองและประสบการณ์ของเรา เลิกท่องจำแบบซ้ำๆ เปลี่ยนมาเป็นการเชื่อมโยงความรู้ สร้างแรงบันดาลใจด้วยความชอบ และพร้อมเรียนรู้จากข้อผิดพลาดตลอดเวลาเท่านั้นเอง

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