SphinYote
So has anyone used their tarot interests to help them learn a foreign language?
Seems like the Lo Scarabeo decks would be especially useful for this, if you are interested in one of the languages they produce the deck and LWB in.
Materials: Good dictionary, good grammar guide, reasonable introductory text (or whatever level you're at), one tarot deck (helos if it has a multi-language LWB, but not required--or if you can find one of the basic tarot books in an edition other than your first language). Reccomended: Verb guide in language you are learning.
Level 1: Vocabulary
If there's a LWB, start there--gather terms associated with card, look up first language versus language learned, make notecards of each term.
No LWB? Get dictionary, look up words to describe card, either equivalent to the guidebook or on your own--the personalized vocabulary version.
Possible categories: Colors, actions, meaning, objects (animals, body parts, inanimate objects, etc), tangental associations, whatever.
Level two:
Sentence construction. Short sentances--what does this card mean? Look up sentances in grammar guide or basic language learner manual. You might do word substitution first--look up the structure you need--future tense, past tense of verbs, pronoun and sentance order, etc.
Write up mini-fortunes--This WILL happen, this could happen, has this happened in your past....
Seems like the Lo Scarabeo decks would be especially useful for this, if you are interested in one of the languages they produce the deck and LWB in.
Materials: Good dictionary, good grammar guide, reasonable introductory text (or whatever level you're at), one tarot deck (helos if it has a multi-language LWB, but not required--or if you can find one of the basic tarot books in an edition other than your first language). Reccomended: Verb guide in language you are learning.
Level 1: Vocabulary
If there's a LWB, start there--gather terms associated with card, look up first language versus language learned, make notecards of each term.
No LWB? Get dictionary, look up words to describe card, either equivalent to the guidebook or on your own--the personalized vocabulary version.
Possible categories: Colors, actions, meaning, objects (animals, body parts, inanimate objects, etc), tangental associations, whatever.
Level two:
Sentence construction. Short sentances--what does this card mean? Look up sentances in grammar guide or basic language learner manual. You might do word substitution first--look up the structure you need--future tense, past tense of verbs, pronoun and sentance order, etc.
Write up mini-fortunes--This WILL happen, this could happen, has this happened in your past....
