As for musical features of different languages, it mostly depends on the timbre of the speaker and his accent. Lots of times I enjoyed marvellous German which sounded highly poetic. I like Polish with its lovely mixture of hissing and sonorous consonants, fricatives and vowels. Though both languages may sound very harsh as well.
As for French, it sounds like a dream or a dream of a dream. I can't imagine an ordinary human can produce such perfect sounds.
However, I'd place Greek on the top considering its musical structure.

Anyway, sound is not all that we have in a word, though it might be the most attractive detail. There are lots of minor details about the word one could hardly think of. For example, I'm in love with the word 'weird' as the combination of letters is not usual in English, so it's really a kind of enigma.

All I want is to show various ways of getting acquainted with new vocabulary in a foreign language in the most amusing way.

One can hardly overestimate the importance of vocabulary drills for a beginner or even for an intermediate student. One might have heard of neurolinguistics which is actually a comparatively new branch of linguistics that deals with the relation between language and the function of the nervous system. Its achievements are widely used in marketing and advertising now. Why not use them for the benefit of language students, then?

Everyone has his own personal perception of each word. In class we usually practise describing words regarding their size, pronunciation, graphic, meaning, origin, various associations etc. While doing this, the words imprint deep in heart and there's no possibility to forget them. Moreover, while playing these game, the students learn not just separate words but through the context (see below), so finally, they know how to use the words correctly.

There's also a question of styles. This problem can easily be solved with this language activity.


My most favourite English word today is 'sparkling'.

First of all, this word is 'wide', it's so-to-say spread upward (letters k,l) and downward (letter p).

Secondly, it's a very light word as 'the fire leaped and sparkled', 'the candlelight sparkled in the dark'.

Thirdly, it's a very rich word, as one can see 'the sparkle of diamonds'.

Then, it's a very merry word as 'we drink sparkling wine on holidays'.

Finally, it's a very romantic word as 'when moonlight sparkles the water' one can see 'pleasure sparkling her eyes'.

Do you like my favourite English word?