Tuesday's Tip for Language Learning #13: Brainscape - Tolerance of Ambiguity
Excerpt from Think Yourself into Becoming a Language Learning Super Star Brainscape: Tolerance of Ambiguity Tolerance of Ambiguity Do you feel lost if you cannot understand 100% of everything going on around you in your classroom, including every single word you hear? Do you need to know every work in a reading text, broadcast, or movie before you can understand what you are reading or listening to? If you answered yes to these questions, then you have a low tolerance of ambiguity. We meet ambiguity in many places in life. Anywhere we find things less than black-and-white, we meet ambiguity. Gray areas intrigue some people; they have high tolerance of ambiguity. Gray areas trouble other people; they have low tolerance of ambiguity. For some people, ambiguity is even perceived as an existential threat (Budner, 1962). Unfortunately for language learners, languages are high in ambiguity, especially if you are looking for direct correspondences with your own language and culture. There