[with] -- the Koch Method
Morse Code gives each character a pattern of dots and dashes.
k = - . -
m = - -
Beginners usually try to count each dot and dash and compare them to “flashcards” in their heads. This results in slow and laborious transcription because the student is trying to do two things at once — listen and solve a math problem.
In contrast, the Koch Method teaches Morse Code by training people to recognize the sounds of complete aural units, not individual bits. No calculation is necessary.
Learning Morse Code is like traveling back to early childhood. Out of the chaos of a continuous sound stream, we group data together with mental “parentheses” and extract meaning from them. The Koch Method’s emphasis on whole sound units turns transmissions into songs, not a ciphers. Do infants employ a similarly musical, not mathematical or linguistic, thinking when segmenting their mother tongues?