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Perhaps the most likely way to get our level of motivation up is by concentrating on one language at a time. Dividing your time between more than one language means that the effort needed for each has also need to be increased proportionally. This may be tapping your energy.Also try someone whom you can communicate your new language to....not practice with, but talk to without fear of always being shown on your mistakes. I think this will make learning the language more enjoyable and gives you more freedom of speech.

Writing Systems A writing system as a set of visible or tactile signs used to represent units of language in a systematic way. This simple explanation encompasses a large spectrum of writing systems with vastly different stylistic and structural characteristics spanning across the many regions of the globe. 1 of 6 Writing provides a way of extending human memory by imprinting information into media less fickle than the human brain. However, many early philosophers, such as Plato, have branded writing as a detriment to the human intellect. They argued that it makes the brain lazy and decreases the capacity of memory. It is true that many non-writing cultures often pass long poems and prose from generation to generation without any change, and writing cultures can't seem to do that. But writing was a very useful invention for complex and high-population cultures. Writing was used for record keeping to correctly count agricultural products, for keeping the calendar to plant crops at the correct time. And writing was used for religious purpose (divination and communicating with the supernatural world) and socio-political functions (reinforcing the power of the ruling elite).

Hi there I"m from sunny South Africa> Up to now I haven't even decided whether I want to learn a new language or not, but reading through the postings of the new members, I decided then and there that I certainly should........Spanish!