Ep. 350 The Language Square

This is a blank notebook designed for people who want to learn another language or take notes. It is A6 in size (pocket book size for easy handling) and Coptic bound (for easy opening and using).

There are four squares on each page. If you are learning another language, the first square is for your native language. The second square is for the target language. Research has shown this to be an effective method (your brain knows your native language and will soon connect it with the target language).

The third square is for sentences in the target language in order to practice writing.

The fourth square is to add details of your choosing. For example, where and when you found the new word, or who you learned it from. Or for doodling as is your want.

Earlier I mentioned I have a lot of scrap material and want to use it. This notebook uses scrap material I just created. Rather than store it or throw it away, I used it on this book which is why the front is mostly red and the back is grey; using up scrap material.

Also recently I said I hadn’t written a lot on any of the three books I have on the back burner: The Posthumous Autobiography of the Widow Agnes Grout, Death Weaver; Dmitry the Scavenger; and a Marsh Mystery that I mistakenly called by the wrong name. The correct name is The False Promises Case.

This week I have reversed that trend. I wrote not only on False Promises but also on Agnes Grout. Busy I am. Plus I want to finish False Promises as soon as I can. It is the latest in my Joe and Carmen Marsh Mystery series. 

For your viewing pleasure, I have uploaded on to YouTube the creation of Language Squares – a notebook for people who want to learn a new language. Included in the video are hints and suggestions of how to learn a language. For example, write vocabulary by hand i.e. pencil and paper rather than on a computer. Your hand muscles will remember the word long after your computer has been trashed.

For your listening pleasure, I’m promoting the audio book of  The Merchant of Venus.  In this world, females are created from body parts from males. But a man with a special set of skills is required to add the herbs and spices to the body part to create a woman.

Marshall, the merchant, is a talented creator of females, so much so that he is threatened out of retirement after the cancelation of his second wife. 

The audio book is available only on Apple Books. The ebook is available on Apple Books, Barnes & Noble, and Kobo.