When you have a toddler in the
house, changing of the tv channel is not allowed when their favourite show is
running.
You are forced to watch the children’s programmes like Peppa
Pig. Looking at the brighter side, it provides the chance for immersion and for
beginners, it’s an opportunity to develop fluency.
When it comes to fluency in foreign language especially
Japanese, one of the most difficult languages in the world, going by the
traditional route is not sufficient.
Very well explained
in the video:
‘JLPT N1 and Still
Not Fluent’ - Confessions of a Traditional Language Learner:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5t37q1neC4
Fluency is not having a ‘Shashi
Tharoor’ vocabulary but the ability to articulate your thoughts and feelings,
expressing yourself effectively. The programmes made for children are simple
and the plot is easy to follow. A detailed analysis of learning a language
through Peppa Pig published in ‘Journal
of Linguistics and Education Research’
is here: https://ojs.bilpublishing.com/index.php/jler/article/view/314
https://ojs.bilpublishing.com/index.php/jler/article/view/314/340
The most important part mentioned
in the article is Lexical Priming and the formulaic sequences , they are the building blocks of
communication.
If the dialogues are analysed and learnt with ‘the Ancyra
method’ where everything is understood through a context, a very good
comprehension happens. This leads to the acquisition of language much-much
faster and the repetition leads to fluency.
One episode from Peppa pig is taken for analysis.
In English:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDUASheI0aI
In Hindi:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usl-tHpck1Y
in Japanese:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrCYPaqIiRg
The dialogues : ペッパは親友(しんゆう)のスージーシープを待っ(まっ)ています。
こんにちは、ペッパ。
スージーシープはペッパと遊ぶ(あそぶ)為(ため)に来(き)ました。
Are analysed as follows:
親友(しんゆう) could be decomposed as {intimate+
friend},
Intimate is しん or Shin
{Mnemonic: you don’t use maShin gun on someone
intimate}
Friend is ゆう or Yuu
{Mnemonic: the friend you got through Youtube}
Likewise, every word is analysed and the mnemonic or memory bridge is
provided.
Continuing to wait 待つ【まつ】 {matsu} – Waiting for you at Machu-Picchu.
to play遊ぶ(あそぶ) aasobu {who
are playing? Aaliya and
Shobhu}
to come-来(き)ました。Past tense of 来る【くる】{a Cool breeze has come}
in this manner, everything could be connected with the already familiar
elements and a lot of efforts are saved along with big reduction in time.
Or this can be customized and own personal mnemonics could be created by
oneself, however a lot of practice is required to make them effective.
Some kanji like 為 crops up which is a N1 kanji. It
takes 3-4 years to reach N1 level if someone studies diligently.
There are shortcuts, let’s see them some other time.
