memory and languages
Apr. 17th, 2014 07:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kareinaI have noticed something: even though I am now very comfortable with reading in Swedish, and rarely bother to pause to look up a word because I can understand even the words I haven't seen before from context, when I remember later what I read, the memory is in English. It is just about three and a half years since I moved here and started learning this language. I wonder how long it will be before I remember things in Swedish, instead of my understanding simply being translated to my native tongue for long term storage?
I am currently reading the book Aurien by Maggie Furey and listening to the audio book at the same time. This is the second book I have done this with, and I think that it is helping both my pronunciation and my ability to understand others when they speak. I had thought I had never read this book before, and I certainly have never owned a copy, but every so often something in the story just seems so familiar that I can't help but wonder if I have read someone else's copy at some point. Or is it just that many fantasy books revisit the same themes? Hmmm. Copyright 1994, the year I finished my bachelor's degree and moved back to Alaska to start my Master's at UAF. I don't remember having access to anyone else's books then--sure I had friends who were also avid readers and who would have lent me books if I had asked, but I don't recall it ever happening. I guess it is more likely to be because the themes are comfortable and familiar.
I am currently reading the book Aurien by Maggie Furey and listening to the audio book at the same time. This is the second book I have done this with, and I think that it is helping both my pronunciation and my ability to understand others when they speak. I had thought I had never read this book before, and I certainly have never owned a copy, but every so often something in the story just seems so familiar that I can't help but wonder if I have read someone else's copy at some point. Or is it just that many fantasy books revisit the same themes? Hmmm. Copyright 1994, the year I finished my bachelor's degree and moved back to Alaska to start my Master's at UAF. I don't remember having access to anyone else's books then--sure I had friends who were also avid readers and who would have lent me books if I had asked, but I don't recall it ever happening. I guess it is more likely to be because the themes are comfortable and familiar.