There’s no such thing as writer’s block.
You can tell because writing is just expressing our ideas using words. Talking is also just expressing our ideas using words and no one’s ever complained about getting talker’s block.
So why do we hear about writer’s block?
It’s really just procrastination.
This week I encountered what I am going to call Learners Block.
learner’s block
[ lur-nerz blok ]
noun
1. a temporary condition in which a student finds it impossible to proceed with a course of study they had previously committed to
2. an excuse to stop learning because of boredom, fear or any other thing spurring the procrastination monkey into action.
I came across passive forms of verbs a few days ago while using the Tipu app the learn grammar. I’ve been thoroughly enjoying this app, but realised yesterday since hitting passive verbs I haven’t gone back to the app.
I didn’t do anything about it. I had learners block.
By which I mean, I procrastinated.
I google searched passive verbs.
I researched different ways of using Anki to learn how to conjugate verbs.
I tried to figure out the pattern for making verbs passive in Te Reo.
I discovered a whole lot of Te Reo resources I’d never found before!
But I didn’t learn any grammar, and I didn’t learn any passive verbs,
Now the solution to writer’s block is pretty simple: Small, daily doses of writing. The solution to learner’s block is the same.
Small, daily doses of learning.
My solution: I decided to learn the first three passive verbs that showed up on Tipu today.
Here they are:
puritia - passive form of pupuri: to hold
omakia - passive form of oma: to run
kitea - passive form of kite: to see, perceive
The Reo Project | Day 89