tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27580737.post2599035459277310317..comments2020-04-01T23:22:12.013+08:00Comments on f o r e i g n w o r d s: Language ScentsAlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10026665782313418297noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27580737.post-43556568531496714772009-08-20T12:58:39.708+08:002009-08-20T12:58:39.708+08:00Interesting.
So, practical application. What if y...Interesting.<br /><br />So, practical application. What if you had something similar to a la nez du vin kit (a wine essence kit). You could have the equivalent of smells such as the beach when doing a lesson where you learned verbs like -to relax -to swim and the associated vocab. Then you could dull the rest of the senses (dimming lights and ensuring quiet). But the beach scene might only work if the student had been to the beach. <br /><br />It could be useful in teaching food and flowers. At least those would be the easiest. <br /><br />Very interesting.la viajerahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12682247884454267274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27580737.post-37771873803267917262009-08-16T11:35:19.481+08:002009-08-16T11:35:19.481+08:00This kind of reminds me of a project I heard about...This kind of reminds me of a project I heard about a few years ago to integrate smell into the internet experience. It was rather cumbersome, with base scents, and cartridges one would have to buy. But the idea fascinated me for some of the reasons you enumerated. Hm.<br /><br />You know where I think this would be the most...doable? Let's say one was in a full-immersion situation, like if someone hypothetically moved to Taiwan, or at the very least someone helped their bible student, say, cook a meal. I could imagine the vocab acquired in an authentic setting of learning a process could be retrieved by the smell of that dish. And in the TESOL class, do remember the method for teaching imperative verbs where the student had to describe how to do something like make rice? Kind of mix that with the authentic experience and you come close to the olfactory association you were describing.<br /><br />I'm kind of rambling and so fatigued I can't sleep. So if this makes no sense, just let me know on gtalk Monday.Kimberly Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03874232511917203790noreply@blogger.com