Learn Sanskrit In Selangor Malaysia.

When UNLEARNING actually helps LEARNING.

Sounds paradoxical?
Well..read on.

Unlearning is a process where we let go of preconceived notions making our mind receptive to new information and processing it to aid learning.

This is very relevant in the study of Sanskrit.
Many of us who want to learn Sanskrit do it so for mostly religious purposes and would have had exposure to mantra recitals even committed to memory various Sanskrit shlokas and vedic chants without knowing the meaning the words recited.

Committing mantras and shlokas to memory isn't really all that difficult because we are memorizing sounds.

Many a times we have heard Non Indians who can not speak or understand Hindi sing away Bollywood numbers in perfect diction.
This is because we humans have the capability to retain sounds even though we might not understand every word or any word heard.

Many of us who have had exposure to mantras/shlokas/vedic chants (without actually knowing Sanskrit) might think that it would be easy to study Sanskrit because of this prior exposure.

But to be honest it isn't always that way.

Reason?
Grammar!
Learning Grammar,Reading and Writing a language is totally different from memorizing mantra/shlokas/vedic chants.

Processing language efficiently needs sensory reinforcement via visual(seeing a word being written),audio(hearing a word being pronounced) and mechanical(writing a word/sentence).

Learning a language needs more skill than memorizing mantras/shlokas/vedic chants.

So at some point of learning one might start to wonder "hey why when I was able to commit to memory Purusha Shuktam or Narayana Upanishad" why am I finding it a little hard to handle grasping the Sanskrit Language?

This is where I say the Key to Learning is UNLEARNING.

Drop all preconceived notions that past exposure to reciting mantras etc is going to aid study of Sanskrit.
It might not work for everyone.

Many of those who have grasped Sanskrit well have been those who had zero exposure to anything religious because their minds imbibed grammar as it is and did not have preconceived notions of any kind.

UNLEARNING is about emptying and clearing up storage space in the mind to process a language.
Once we master the basic grammar and euphonics watch how effortless reciting of mantras/shlokas/vedic chants would become.