flashy
There are many things that I expect to be distinctly American. This week, Thanksgiving is the most notable example of such things.
One thing that I did not expect to be exclusively American is the flashcard. Every day, I make new slips of paper with my new Serbian vocabulary written on one side, the English equivalent on the other. I carry them around with me, practicing my words when I have a free moment. No one else has seen flashcards before. Flashcards are unfamiliar to Cypriots, Swedes, Swiss, and Serbs. But they all seem to be able to learn foreign languages.
How?
One thing that I did not expect to be exclusively American is the flashcard. Every day, I make new slips of paper with my new Serbian vocabulary written on one side, the English equivalent on the other. I carry them around with me, practicing my words when I have a free moment. No one else has seen flashcards before. Flashcards are unfamiliar to Cypriots, Swedes, Swiss, and Serbs. But they all seem to be able to learn foreign languages.
How?
posted by rachel @ 2:26 PM
3 Comments:
At 7:45 PM,
Belgrade Daily Photo said…
Are you making your flashcards on regular ol' paper? I have been unable to find index cards anywhere in this city, I finally resorted to bringing some in from the USA. :) I've gotta have flashcards too!
At 9:55 PM,
Anonymous said…
I know someone who learned Greece in a year through flashcards.
and hard work.
I have 3x5 cards for my hipsterPDA. I haven't seen any in Greece.
At 1:15 PM,
rachel said…
I'm using slips of paper. I actually prefer them to index cards.
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