tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89949043629087232962024-03-13T15:01:23.491-07:00Learning LanguagesAll about learning additional foreign languages......Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03455232680694140140noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8994904362908723296.post-21343011982440474212011-03-03T07:04:00.000-08:002011-03-03T07:04:40.420-08:00Language Jokes<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-SZ3P5fbZ4Gc/TW-t-x83LDI/AAAAAAAAAU0/6IPFjlYtPKQ/s1600/language+jokes.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-SZ3P5fbZ4Gc/TW-t-x83LDI/AAAAAAAAAU0/6IPFjlYtPKQ/s1600/language+jokes.png" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Two cops are hanging around on a corner in the former East Germany shortly after the Wall fell. Up ride two bicyclists from England, looking for directions.<br />
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"I don't speak German," one says to one of the cops, "Might you speak English?"<br />
The cops shrug with incomprehension.<br />
"Parlez vous francais," the biker says, non-plussed.<br />
More shrugs.<br />
"Parla Italiano?"<br />
Shrugs<br />
"Habla Espanol?"<br />
Same thing. The guy even tries Portuguese and Latin, no luck.<br />
Finally the bikers ride off, frustrated.<br />
One cop looks at the other and says, "Hey, that guy spoke 6 languages!"<br />
The first one shrugs one last time. "Yeah well, what good did it do him?"</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;">A Spanish speaking bandit held up a bank in Tucson. The sheriff and his deputy chased him. When they captured him, and the sheriff, who couldn't speak Spanish, asked him where he'd hidden the money. "No sé nada," he replied.<br />
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The sheriff put a gun to the bandit's head and said to his bi-lingual deputy: "Tell him that if he doesn't tell us where the money is right now, I'll blow his brains out."<br />
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Upon receiving the translation, the bandit became very animated. "¡Ya me acuerdo! Tienen que caminar tres cuadras hasta ese gran arbol: allí está el dinero."<br />
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The sheriff leaned forward. "Yeah? Well..?"<br />
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The deputy replied: "He says he wants to die like a man."</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;">Why French is better than sex<br />
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1. You're never too old or too young to learn French<br />
2. French-fanatics don't make people uncomfortable<br />
3. It's OK to speak French anytime and anywhere<br />
4. You can speak French with as many people and as many times a day as you like<br />
5. Can't get arrested for speaking French with a minor<br />
6. Speaking French with lots of people at once is socially acceptable<br />
7. No risk of disease or pregnancy from speaking French<br />
8. You can speak French all day without getting really tired<br />
9. No next-day regrets about whom you spoke French with<br />
10. Speaking French is fun even if you have a headache </span></span></span><br />
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</span></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03455232680694140140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8994904362908723296.post-5805302077597301122011-01-21T23:20:00.000-08:002011-01-21T23:46:14.210-08:00Italian for Tourists - Love Phrases<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hk_m478mbzg/TTqLILiR5lI/AAAAAAAAAT4/6JArfW-EQrY/s1600/italian_love.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hk_m478mbzg/TTqLILiR5lI/AAAAAAAAAT4/6JArfW-EQrY/s200/italian_love.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br />
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<table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" summary="Learn the Italian love phrases."><tbody style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">
<tr style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><td style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: center; width: 353px;">English</td><td style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: center; width: 353px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Italian</span></td></tr>
<tr style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><td style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;">I love you (care for you)</td><td style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Ti voglio bene.</span></td></tr>
<tr style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><td style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;">I love you (more serious)</td><td style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Ti amo.</span></td></tr>
<tr style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><td style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;">Do you love me? (care for me?)</td><td style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Mi vuoi bene ?</span></td></tr>
<tr style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><td style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;">Do you love me? (more serious)</td><td style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Mi ami ?</span></td></tr>
<tr style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><td style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;">I (female) am in love</td><td style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Sono innamorata.</span></td></tr>
<tr style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><td style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;">I (male) am in love</td><td style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Sono innamorato.</span></td></tr>
<tr style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><td style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;">You are beautiful</td><td style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Sei bella.</span></td></tr>
<tr style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><td style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;">You are handsome</td><td style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Sei bello.</span></td></tr>
<tr style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><td style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;">I am passionate about you</td><td style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Sono pazzo/a di te.</span></td></tr>
<tr style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><td style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;">You make me happy</td><td style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Mi rendi felice.</span></td></tr>
<tr style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><td style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;">Will you marry me?</td><td style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Mi vuoi sposare ?</span></td></tr>
<tr style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><td style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;">She’s my fiancé</td><td style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">È la mia fidanzata.</span></td></tr>
<tr style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><td style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;">He’s my fiancé</td><td style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">È il mio fidanzato.</span></td></tr>
<tr style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><td style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;">You are the love of my life.</td><td style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Sei l’amore della mia vita.</span></td></tr>
<tr style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><td style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;">I adore you</td><td style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Ti adoro.</span></td></tr>
<tr style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><td style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;">I miss you</td><td style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Mi manchi.</span></td></tr>
<tr style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><td style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;">Would you like to be my boyfriend?</td><td style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Vuoi essere il mio ragazzo ?</span></td></tr>
<tr style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><td style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;">Would you like to be my girlfriend?</td><td style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Vuoi essere la mia ragazza ?</span></td></tr>
<tr style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><td style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;">I want to be with you forever.</td><td style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Voglio stare con te per sempre.</span></td></tr>
<tr style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><td style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;">I need you</td><td style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Ho bisogno di te.</span></td></tr>
<tr style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><td style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;">I always think about you</td><td style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Ti penso sempre.</span></td></tr>
<tr style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><td style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;">I like you</td><td style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Mi piaci.</span></td></tr>
<tr style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><td style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;">Kiss me</td><td style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Baciami.</span></td></tr>
<tr style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><td style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;">Hug me</td><td style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Abbracciami.</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03455232680694140140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8994904362908723296.post-66249789021610977162010-11-03T07:10:00.000-07:002010-11-03T07:10:10.172-07:00Fake English Video..... Music Idol, .... Sarki Yarismasi<span lang="TR" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><object height="385" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/BNQLmHKlmiE?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/BNQLmHKlmiE?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03455232680694140140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8994904362908723296.post-85991118381367909482010-10-22T03:11:00.000-07:002010-10-22T03:21:45.473-07:00Spanish for Tourists - part 2 "Courtesy Expressions"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hk_m478mbzg/TMFjMiG7PYI/AAAAAAAAATk/BfGQgTyZRf4/s1600/Spanish+Language.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hk_m478mbzg/TMFjMiG7PYI/AAAAAAAAATk/BfGQgTyZRf4/s1600/Spanish+Language.png" /></a></div><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><i>Spanish for Tourists - Part 2 "Courtesy Expressions"</i></b></span><br />
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<tr><td align="left" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><b>Perdón. Discúlpame</b></td><td align="right" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><i>Excuse me</i></td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><b>Por favor</b></td><td align="right" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><i>Please</i></td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><b>¿Le importa si...?</b></td><td align="right" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><i>Do you mind if...?</i></td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><b>Disculpe por la molestia.</b></td><td align="right" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><i>Excuse me for your trouble.</i></td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><b>Gracias.</b></td><td align="right" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><i>Thank you</i></td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><b>Muchas gracias.</b></td><td align="right" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><i>Thank you very much.</i></td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><b>Muchísimas gracias</b></td><td align="right" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><i>Thank you very much.</i></td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><b>Muy amable.</b></td><td align="right" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><i>How kind.</i></td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><b>Usted es muy amable.</b></td><td align="right" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><i>You are very kind.</i></td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><b>De nada</b></td><td align="right" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><i>You are welcome</i></td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><b>No hay de que</b></td><td align="right" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><i>Don't mention it</i></td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><b>No importa.</b></td><td align="right" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><i>It doesn't matter.</i></td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><b>No se hubiera molestado.</b></td><td align="right" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><i>You shouldn't have.</i></td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><b>No se preocupe.</b></td><td align="right" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><i>Do not worry.</i></td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><b>Déjelo.</b></td><td align="right" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><i>Never mind.</i></td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><b>Que lástima</b></td><td align="right" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><i>What a shame</i></td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><b>Ha sido sin querer.</b></td><td align="right" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><i>It was not intentional.</i></td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><b>Lo puede pasar a cualquiera.</b></td><td align="right" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><i>It could have happened to anyone.</i></td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><b>Le invito a un café.</b></td><td align="right" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><i>I invite you to a coffee.</i></td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><b>¿Le apetece ... ?</b></td><td align="right" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><i>Would you like ... ?</i></td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><b>Es una buena idea.</b></td><td align="right" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><i>That is a good idea.</i></td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><b>Cuento con Usted.</b></td><td align="right" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><i>I'm counting on you.</i></td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><b>Iré con mucho gusto.</b></td><td align="right" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><i>I'd love to come.<br />
It would be a pleasure to come</i></td></tr>
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<b>Affirmations in Spanish: </b></div><div style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><table border="1" style="width: 500px;"><tbody>
<tr><td align="left" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><b>Sí.</b></td><td align="right" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><i>Yes.</i></td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><b>Sí, claro.</b></td><td align="right" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><i>Yes, of course.</i></td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><b>Yo también.</b></td><td align="right" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><i>Me too.</i></td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><b>De acuerdo.</b></td><td align="right" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><i>OK. All right.</i></td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><b>Está bien.</b></td><td align="right" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><i>All right.</i></td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><b>Vale.</b></td><td align="right" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><i>All right.</i></td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><b>Con mucho gusto.</b></td><td align="right" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><i>With pleasure.</i></td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><b>Será fantástico.</b></td><td align="right" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><i>It will be great.</i></td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><b>Quizá</b></td><td align="right" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><i>Perhaps</i></td></tr>
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</div><div style="color: yellow;"><b>Negations in Spanish:</b></div><div style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><table border="1" style="width: 500px;"><tbody>
<tr><td align="left" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><b>No</b></td><td align="right" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><i>No</i></td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><b>No, eso es imposible.</b></td><td align="right" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><i>No, that's impossible.</i></td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><b>No, de ninguna manera.</b></td><td align="right" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><i>No, not at all.<br />
No, no way.</i></td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><b>No, nadie.</b></td><td align="right" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><i>No, no one.</i></td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><b>No, nada.</b></td><td align="right" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><i>No, nothing.</i></td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><b>No estoy de acuerdo.</b></td><td align="right" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><i>I do not agree.</i></td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><b>No es cierto.</b></td><td align="right" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><i>That's not right.<br />
That's not true.</i></td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><b>No lo sé.</b></td><td align="right" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><i>I do not know.</i></td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><b>Lo siento</b></td><td align="right" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><i>Sorry</i></td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><b>Lo siento, pero no puedo</b></td><td align="right" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><i>I'm sorry, I'm afraid I can't.</i></td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><b>Lo siento, pero no estaré.</b></td><td align="right" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><i>Sorry, but I won't be there.</i></td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><b>Me gustaría mucho, pero ...</b></td><td align="right" style="font: 13px Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="250"><i>I'd love to, but ...</i></td></tr>
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<br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03455232680694140140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8994904362908723296.post-65811758954665838452010-10-13T04:59:00.000-07:002010-10-13T05:17:25.986-07:00Learn Languages On Your Own<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hk_m478mbzg/TLWSsqW7W2I/AAAAAAAAATg/i5Gybczq1tc/s1600/learnlanguage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="167" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hk_m478mbzg/TLWSsqW7W2I/AAAAAAAAATg/i5Gybczq1tc/s200/learnlanguage.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Learn Languages On Your Own</b></i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">It is not that much difficult as it was in the past. The opportunities to learn a foreign language is nowadays 15 times greater than it was 10 years ago. The development of technology and the internet is giving people many possibilities to reach and learn<a href="http://www.amazon.com/New-Way-Things-Work/dp/0395938473?ie=UTF8&tag=learnilangua-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank"> new things</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=learnilangua-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0395938473" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /> in a shorter and easier time.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: orange;">But the question is</span>, " How far can you go on your own and how much time will it take to learn a new foreign language. ? "</div><div style="text-align: justify;">There are many institutions or books which are talking about "Español in 3 Months". What are they talking about, to be fluent ? </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
A realistic short term goal of any foreign language learning method is a vocabulary to get thorugh, ability of conversation, or a foundation for further study. Even with a normal program, any of these goals are achievable in a few months of study. For the<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Best-Pickin-Average-White-Band/dp/B0000032VE?ie=UTF8&tag=learnilangua-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank"> average</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=learnilangua-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B0000032VE" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /> person, however, a realistic accomplishment is a good foundation in the language in 3 months. To be functional in the language in<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Double-Your-Profits-Months-Less/dp/088730740X?ie=UTF8&tag=learnilangua-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank"> 6 months </a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=learnilangua-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=088730740X" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" />and real fluency is probably a few years away.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Actually, this is possible if you are using your method <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Position-Day-Playbook-Sex-Every/dp/0811847012?ie=UTF8&tag=learnilangua-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">every day</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=learnilangua-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0811847012" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" />, and supporting it with real life practice, and vocabulary. Afterwards moving on to a more advanced level based language course. <b style="color: orange;"><i>The KEY is to use the language every day.</i></b> You will be able to be understood in a short period of time, but ease of communication or proficiency with your foreign language will take time. </div><div style="color: orange; text-align: justify;"><i><b><br />
</b></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i style="color: orange;"><b>What to do, to do it on your own.....</b></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="color: orange;">First Set Goals : </b>As you are doing it in your whole life make short term, medium term and long term goals. Always reward yourself when you hit them, but don't get too down when you don't : ))) Reevaluate always whether your goals are reasonable and adjust them if necessary. Don't set a goal which is global like "I want to complete this Spanish course." Be more specific so thaht you can evaluate yourself. Like "One chapter per week"<b> </b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="color: orange;">Try to Learn from many sources possible :</b> As mentioned before the internet is a good place. for gathering information, its like a ope source. There are more sources of free information and learning on the internet than it was just a few years ago. Search for learning materials that you can use to help you to learn your foreign languag. Websites, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Technical-Pro-PM-22-Podcast-System/dp/B002UD53GG?ie=UTF8&tag=learnilangua-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">podcasts</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=learnilangua-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B002UD53GG" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" />, tutorials and even videos are available for many many languages. Use them to support your language learning to help you achieve your goals.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="color: orange;">Study every day :</b> Do your best and work hard every day, even if only a little bit. <u style="color: red;">This phase is so critical, especially when you are working on your own</u>. You can achieve a very good foundation in almost any foreign language you learn on your own. And not just a few words or phrases, but real conversational ability and understanding. It will take hard work and 3P´s (daily <span style="color: orange;">p</span>ractice, <span style="color: orange;">p</span>ermanence, and <span style="color: orange;">p</span>ersistence). A modest and less expensive language method <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Odd-Fellows-Costumes-Guards-Supporters/dp/B001GE7FXE?ie=UTF8&tag=learnilangua-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">supporte</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=learnilangua-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B001GE7FXE" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" />d with free materials can give you all the tools you need to achieve to learn a foreign language, but it all <a href="http://www.amazon.com/When-World-Comes-All-American-Rejects/dp/B001H9JBF8?ie=UTF8&tag=learnilangua-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">comes down</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=learnilangua-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B001H9JBF8" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /> to you doing the work yourself!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" src="http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.learnquicklanguages.com%2F2010%2F10%2Flearn-languages-on-your-own.html&layout=standard&show_faces=true&width=450&action=like&colorscheme=light&height=80" style="border: medium none; height: 80px; overflow: hidden; width: 450px;"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<b><span style="color: orange;">Paris hotel elevator -</span> </b>Please leave your values at the front desk<br />
<b><span style="color: orange;">Tokyo hotel -</span> </b>It is forbidden to steal hotel towels please. If you are not a person to do such a thing is please not read this notice<br />
<b><span style="color: orange;">Bucharest hotel -</span> </b>The list is being fixed for the next day. During this time you will be unbearable<b> </b><br />
<b><span style="color: orange;">Japanese hotel room -</span> </b>You are invited to take advantage of the chambermaid<br />
<b><span style="color: orange;">Leipzig elevator </span>- </b>Do not enter the lift backwards, and only when lit up<br />
<b><span style="color: orange;">Athens hotel -</span> </b>Visitors are expected to complain at the office between the hours of 9 and 11am daily<br />
<b><span style="color: orange;">Belgrade elevator -</span> </b>To move the cabin, push button for wishing floor. If the cabin should enter more persons, each one should press a number of wishing floor. Driving then going alphabetically in national order.<br />
<b><span style="color: orange;">Sarajevo hotel -</span> </b>The flattening of underwear with pleasure is the job of the chambermaid<br />
<b><span style="color: orange;">Moscow hotel -</span> </b>You are welcome to visit the cemetery where famous Russian and Soviet composers, artists and writers are buried daily except Thursday<br />
<b><span style="color: orange;">Swiss menu -</span> </b>Our wines leave you nothing to hope for<br />
<b><span style="color: orange;">Hong Kong tailors shop -</span> </b>Ladies may have a fit upstairs<br />
<b><span style="color: orange;">Bangkok dry cleaners -</span> </b>Drop your trousers here for best results<br />
<b><span style="color: orange;">Paris dress shop </span>- </b>Dresses for street walking<br />
<b><span style="color: orange;">Rhodes tailor shop -</span> </b>Order your summer suit. Because is big rush we will execute customers in strict rotation<br />
<b><span style="color: orange;">Hong Kong advert -</span> </b>Teeth extracted by the latest methodists<br />
<b><span style="color: orange;">Rome laundary -</span> </b>Ladies, leave your clothes here and spend the afternoon having a good time<br />
<b><span style="color: orange;">Copenhagen airline -</span> </b>We take your bags and send them in all directions<br />
<b><span style="color: orange;">Moscow hotel -</span> </b>If this is your first visit to the USSR, you are welcome to it<br />
<b><span style="color: orange;">Norwegian lounge -</span> </b>Ladies are requested not to have children in the bar<br />
<b><span style="color: orange;">Tokyo shop -</span> </b>Our nylons cost more than common but they are better for the long run<br />
<b><span style="color: orange;">Acapulco hotel -</span> </b>The manager has personally passed all the water served here<br />
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</tbody></table><div style="color: orange;"><i><b>Nouns : Masculine or Feminine ; ))</b></i></div><br />
A foreign language teacher was explaining to her class that, unlike their English counterparts, French nouns are grammatically designated as masculine or feminine.<br />
Things like ‘chalk’ or ‘pencil,’ she described, would have a gender association although in English these words were neutral. Confused, one student raised his hand and asked, “What gender is a computer?”<br />
The French teacher wasn’t sure which gender it was, so she ivided the class into two groups and asked them to decide if a computer should be masculine or feminine. One group was comprised of the women in the class, and the other of men. Both groups were asked to give four reasons for their recommendation.<br />
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The group of women concluded that computers should be referred to in masculine gender because:<br />
1. In order to get their attention, you have to turn them on.<br />
2. They have a lot of data but are still clueless.<br />
3. They are supposed to help you solve your problems, but half the time they ARE the problem.<br />
4. As soon as you commit to one, you realize that, if you had waited a little longer, you could have had a better model.<br />
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The men, on the other hand, decided that computers should definitely be referred to in the feminine gender because:<br />
1. No one but their creator understands their internal logic.<br />
2. The native language they use to communicate with other computers is incomprehensible to everyone else.<br />
3. Even your smallest mistakes are stored in long-term memory for later retrieval.<br />
4. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself spending half your pay check on accessories.<br />
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<div style="color: orange; text-align: center;"><i><b> Teachers often use jokes in the ESL/EFL classroom to teach culture, grammar and vocabulary. <br />
Here are some examples...</b></i></div><div style="color: orange; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Two boys were arguing when the teacher entered the room. <br />
The teacher says, "Why are you arguing?" <br />
One boy answers, "We found a ten dollor bill and decided to give it to whoever tells the biggest lie." <br />
"You should be ashamed of yourselves," said the teacher, "When I was your age I didn't even know what a lie was." <br />
The boys gave the ten dollars to the teacher. <br />
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</div><div style="color: white; text-align: justify;"><i><b> </b></i>A teacher asked a student to write 55. <br />
Student asked: How? <br />
Teacher: Write 5 and beside it another 5! <br />
The student wrote 5 and stopped. <br />
teacher: What are you waiting for? <br />
student: I don't know which side to write the other 5! </div><div style="color: white; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</tbody></table><b><i>Why do language learners fail ? Many people blame just to have inadequate natural abilities, intelligence, time or discipline. But these factors are not that much effecting someone when he/she is going to learn a new language.</i></b><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><i><b>1. Since everyone is speaking English or is goin to speak English why should I learn a foreign language ?</b></i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">It is true that every non English speaking country is going to teach their people English at school or people are going to take a English course themselves in order to learn the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/ENTOURAGE7-Talking-Translator-International-Languages/dp/B001JQLHS8?ie=UTF8&tag=learnilangua-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">International Language</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=learnilangua-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B001JQLHS8" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" />. But, this doesn't mean that all of them are able to speak the language well enough to communicate or to solve problems even handle negotiations. Non English speaking countries people are learning it in order to have a second language and to take advantage of it. Look from your point of view how fantastic it could be to speak with the person in front of you in his native language though he speaks English. Just consider all the advantages you can have : ease of mind, improved negotiations, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Apple-MacBook-MC240LL-13-3-Inch-Messenger/dp/B002TRR10Y?ie=UTF8&tag=learnilangua-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">comfortable travels</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=learnilangua-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B002TRR10Y" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" />, making friends, be "the person" in your community,...etc..</div><br />
<b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">2. Language learning is difficult </span></i></b><br />
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It is obvious that learning a new language is difficult and it will be difficult since you are going to learn a new language and also a new culture. But don't be afraid that much, here are the hard parts of learning a new language :<br />
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a ) Learning grammar rules<br />
b ) Memorizing vocabulary and conjunction<br />
c ) Spelling rules and new alphabets<br />
d ) Pronunciation of unfamiliar sounds<br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">Don't "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Panic-Betrayal-Capitalism-Street-Washington/dp/0980076366?ie=UTF8&tag=learnilangua-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">panic</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=learnilangua-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0980076366" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" />"<i><b> none</b></i> of these are necessary to learn a foreign language and thats why most people FAIL !!!!</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Learning a new language depends on how much input you put at the beginning, it is a physical skill that can be learned with lots of input in the beginning stage and lots of output when you are ready to use it.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Think about <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Babies-Thomas-Balmes/dp/B002ZG974M?ie=UTF8&tag=learnilangua-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">babies</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=learnilangua-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B002ZG974M" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" />, all new born babies learn their first language perfectly without ever reading a grammar book or taking a language course : ))))</div><div style="text-align: justify;">You can do the same, the difficult part is to start to use it. Use it everyday don't worry about doing mistakes the rest comes by itself.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The difficulty of a language is mostly rated by how similar it is to your own native language. For example, Chinese is difficult for <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Early-Germans-Peoples-Europe/dp/1405117141?ie=UTF8&tag=learnilangua-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">German people</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=learnilangua-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1405117141" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /> but not that much difficult for <a href="http://www.amazon.com/JAPANESE-PERSONS-PREISER-SCALE-FIGURES/dp/B003WAQD4M?ie=UTF8&tag=learnilangua-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Japanese people</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=learnilangua-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B003WAQD4M" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" />. If you are going to learn your new language in the traditional way than "yes" similarity between two language will make it less difficult. The important point is to have a) <i>much interest (to be eager) to learn a new language</i> b) <i>comprehensive input as possible</i>.</div><br />
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<i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">3. No usage in daily life thats why I can never learn it effectively</span></b></i><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">Of course it will have many advantages to learn a foreign language where it is spoken, but it is not a condition to do it. According to many linguists, the key point in foreign language learning is "listening" in stead of speaking. This is a big advantage since you can listen to your new foreign language anytime and anywhere. Just imagine how <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Fantastic-Four-Blu-ray-Ioan-Gruffudd/dp/B000ICLRIO?ie=UTF8&tag=learnilangua-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">fantastic</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=learnilangua-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B000ICLRIO" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /> it is to put as much input as you can through a media player wherever you are. And you can find very easy high-quality contents from everywhere.</div><br />
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AS YOU SEE, GEOGRAPHY IS NOT A BARRIER TO LEARN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE, GO FOR IT !!!<br />
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A good "Foreign Language" knowledge can be that much important : ))<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Learning a new language can take much time if you don't have a system to learn it or haven't set your goals at a satisfying time period. In such a case you are going to steal your time, money and your motivation of learning other additional languages.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Here are 6 mistakes done by new language learners, take these in account in order to avoid them :</div><div style="color: yellow; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="color: yellow; text-align: justify;"><i><b>1. Choosing a Course with Poor Quality</b></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">It is very important to choose the right course in order to get the most of it. Before choosing a course do serious researches and try to get in contact with people who have already done these experiences. It is a wise decision to pay more than to choose a cheap course with poor education quality.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="color: yellow;"><b><i>2. Buying unnecessary or forgetting bought Working Materials</i></b><br />
</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">At the beginning where everybody is highly motivated to learn a new language is buying working materials that are to much for the beginning as a beginner or the wrong ones. In many cases we are buying that much materials such as flash cards, study kits, teach yourself manuals, dictionaries, softwares, books (mostly <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sea-Cards-Certification-Knowledge-Color-Coded/dp/B00070EKAE?ie=UTF8&tag=learnilangua-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">advanced levels</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=learnilangua-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B00070EKAE" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" />) that we do not use at the beginning and due to leave them lying on the shelf.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="color: yellow; text-align: justify;"><b><i>3. Not taking in account the difficulties of that particular language</i></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
Be always realistic and do not underestimate the time of learning a new foreign language. The fact is that some languages are more difficult to learn the others. For example it will be easy to learn italian for those ones who speak a latin based language as native. </div><div style="color: yellow; text-align: justify;"><i><b><br />
</b></i></div><div style="color: yellow; text-align: justify;"><i><b>4. Learning Discipline</b></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
It is a must for those ones to have a learning discipline who are starting to learn a foreing language. Many people are <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Struggling-Man-Jimmy-Cliff/dp/B000003QGO?ie=UTF8&tag=learnilangua-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">struggling</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=learnilangua-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B000003QGO" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /> with their self-disicpline when they have started to learn a new language. The point is that learning a new language needs time and disicpline in order to learn it properly within a certain time period.<br />
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<b style="color: yellow;"><i>5. Learning Speed and Technique</i></b><br />
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Learning speed is about your talent and skills it has nothing to do with the difficulties of the language you are learning. But the learning technique which you are using is also effecting directly your learning process. Therefore, check how quick you are able to learn specific terms, grammars, new words, vocabulary and than adapt that certain method of learning to your learning.<br />
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<div style="color: yellow;"><i><b>6. Not to Learn the Language in its Origin</b></i></div><br />
One of the easiest and quickiest way to learn a foreign language is to learn it in the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Country-Origin-Novel-Don-Lee/dp/039332706X?ie=UTF8&tag=learnilangua-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">country of origin</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=learnilangua-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=039332706X" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /> where your are surrounded by native speakers. The reason is you will be forced to use the language all the time. You will think, speak, demand, feel and even dream in that particular language. You will save time, you will get that much familiar with the language and learn it in couple of month instead of years by not being there.</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">* </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Scandinavian vacuum manufacturer Electrolux used the following in an American campaign: </span></span><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Nothing sucks like an Electrolux</span></span></b></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><br />
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</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.</b><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">* </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Long-Walk-Freedom-Autobiography-Mandela/dp/0316548189?ie=UTF8&tag=learnilangua-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Nelson Mandela</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=learnilangua-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0316548189" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /></span></i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>The limits of my language are the limits of my universe.</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Die Grenzen meiner Sprache bedeuten die Grenzen meiner Welt.</span></i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">* <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Philosophical-Investigations-Ludwig-Wittgenstein/dp/1405159286?ie=UTF8&tag=learnilangua-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Ludwing Wittgenstein</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=learnilangua-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1405159286" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /></span></i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal;"><b>When you go to a country, you must learn how to say two things: how to ask for food, and to tell a woman that you love her. Of these the second is more important, for if you tell a woman you love her she will certainly feed you.</b><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><i>* <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Louis-LAmour-Westerns/dp/B00153ZQ96?ie=UTF8&tag=learnilangua-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Louis L'Amour</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=learnilangua-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B00153ZQ96" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /></i></span></span></span></i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal;"><b>No man should travel until he has learned the language of the country he visits. Otherwise he voluntarily makes himself a great baby, - so helpless and so ridiculous.</b><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">* <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Works-Ralph-Emerson-Thoreau/dp/1453610596?ie=UTF8&tag=learnilangua-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Ralph Waldo Emerson</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=learnilangua-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1453610596" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /></span></i></span></i></span></span></span></i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>A man who speaks three language is trilingual.<br />
A man who speaks two languages is bilingual.<br />
A man who speaks only one language is English.</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Un homme qui parle trois langues est trilingue.<br />
Un homme qui parle deux langues est bilingue.<br />
Un homme qui ne parle qu'une langue est anglais.</span></i></span></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">* <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Pour-tout-mots-Bouquins-French/dp/2221082559?ie=UTF8&tag=learnilangua-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Claude Gagnière</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=learnilangua-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=2221082559" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /></span></i></span><br />
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What´s your name ? Come ti chiami ?<br />
Come si chiama ? (formal)<br />
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My Name is ...... Mi chiamo .......<br />
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Do you speak Italian ? Parli italiano ?<br />
Parla italiano ? (formal)<br />
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Yes, I speak italian. Si, io parlo italiano. <br />
Non parlo italiano.<br />
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How old are you ? Quanti anni hai ?<br />
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Where are you from ? Di dove sei ?<br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">There are many prejudices, myths, misunderstandings and misconceptions about the abilities or inabilities of the language learners of different ages. There are many question about this where nobody has an exact answer for it. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><ul><li><i style="color: orange;">Do children learn language quicker than adults ?</i> </li>
</ul><ul><li><i><span style="color: orange;">Is it impossible for adults to achieve fluency in any additional language ?</span> </i></li>
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">In one sipmle word - " <i><b><span style="color: lime;">No</span></b></i> " </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">These and other kind of beliefs are no right. Children do not learn quicker than adults, even adult people may learn more efficiently. Since age is not a determining factor of learning language there will be no loss of language learning abilities over a certain of time. In addition, learning additional languages (second, third, etc) keeps the human brain active and this is an benefit for older learners. This means that people of any ages can take advantages from learning additional languages.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">There are two reports (click below <span style="background-color: #999999;"> read more </span>) which were sponsored by the <i>US Department of Education</i>. The reports show the effect of age and language learning from two different point of view. <span style="color: orange;">The Older Language Learner</span> shows some of the myths surrounding <span style="color: lime;">adult</span> language learners, and Myths and Misconceptions about <span style="color: orange;">Second Language Learning</span> shows the same from the perspective of working with <span style="color: lime;">children</span>. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">These reports were produced mainly for teachers and educators, but they clearly show that people of any age can be accomplished language learners, particularly self-motivated adults. In addition, they show how learning style and different learning methods can have a powerful impact on our success rate as language learners.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<h3 style="color: orange; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Older Language Learner</span></h3><br />
Can older adults successfully learn foreign languages? Recent research is providing increasingly positive answers to this question. The research shows that: --there is no decline in the ability to learn as people get older; <br />
--except for minor considerations such as hearing and vision loss, the age of the adult learner is not a major factor in language acquisition; <br />
--the context in which adults learn is the major influence on their ability to acquire the new language. <br />
Contrary to popular stereotypes, older adults can be good foreign language learners. The difficulties older adults often experience in the language classroom can be overcome through adjustments in the learning environment, attention to affective factors, and use of effective teaching methods.<br />
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<div style="color: cyan;"><i><b>AGING AND LEARNING ABILITY </b></i></div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">The greatest obstacle to older adult language learning is the doubt--in the minds of both learner and teacher--that older adults can learn a new language. Most people assume that "the younger the better" applies in language learning. However, many studies have shown that this is not true. Studies comparing the rate of second language acquisition in children and adults have shown that although children may have an advantage in achieving native-like fluency in the long run, adults actually learn languages more quickly than children in the early stages (Krashen, Long, and Scarcella, 1979). These studies indicate that attaining a working ability to communicate in a new language may actually be easier and more rapid for the adult than for the child. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Studies on aging have demonstrated that learning ability does not decline with age. If older people remain healthy, their intellectual abilities and skills do not decline (Ostwald and Williams, 1981). Adults learn differently from children, but no age-related differences in learning ability have been demonstrated for adults of different ages. </div><br />
<div style="color: cyan;"><b><i>OLDER LEARNER STEREOTYPES </i></b></div><br />
The stereotype of the older adult as a poor language learner can be traced to two roots: a theory of the brain and how it matures, and classroom practices that discriminate against the older learner. <br />
The "critical period" hypothesis that was put forth in the 1960's was based on then-current theories of brain development, and argued that the brain lost "cerebral plasticity" after puberty, making second language acquisition more difficult as an adult than as a child (Lenneberg, 1967). <br />
More recent research in neurology has demonstrated that, while language learning is different in childhood and adulthood because of developmental differences in the brain, "in important respects adults have superior language learning capabilities" (Walsh and Diller, 1978). The advantage for adults is that the neural cells responsible for higher-order linguistic processes such as understanding semantic relations and grammatical sensitivity develop with age. Especially in the areas of vocabulary and language structure, adults are actually better language learners than children. Older learners have more highly developed cognitive systems, are able to make higher order associations and generalizations, and can integrate new language input with their already substantial learning experience. They also rely on long-term memory rather than the short-term memory function used by children and younger learners for rote learning.<br />
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</div><div style="color: cyan;"><i><b>AGE RELATED FACTORS IN LANGUAGE LEARNING </b></i></div><br />
Health is an important factor in all learning, and many chronic diseases can affect the ability of the elderly to learn. Hearing loss affects many people as they age and can affect a person's ability to understand speech, especially in the presence of background noise. Visual acuity also decreases with age. (Hearing and vision problems are not restricted exclusively to the older learner, however.) It is important that the classroom environment compensate for visual or auditory impairments by combining audio input with visual presentation of new material, good lighting, and elimination of outside noise (Joiner, 1981).<br />
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<i><b> <span style="color: cyan;">CLASSROOM PRACTICES </span></b></i><br />
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Certain language teaching methods may be inappropriate for older adults. For example, some methods rely primarily on good auditory discrimination for learning. Since hearing often declines with age, this type of technique puts the older learner at a disadvantage. <br />
Exercises such as oral drills and memorization, which rely on short-term memory, also discriminate against the adult learner. The adult learns best not by rote, but by integrating new concepts and material into already existing cognitive structures. <br />
Speed is also a factor that works against the older student, so fast-paced drills and competitive exercises and activities may not be successful with the older learner.<br />
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</div><div style="color: cyan;"><i><b>HELPING OLDER ADULTS SUCCEED </b></i></div><br />
Three ways in which teachers can make modifications in their programs to encourage the older adult language learner include eliminating affective barriers, making the material relevant and motivating, and encouraging the use of adult learning strategies. <br />
Affective factors such as motivation and self-confidence are very important in language learning. Many older learners fear failure more than their younger counterparts, maybe because they accept the stereotype of the older person as a poor language learner or because of previous unsuccessful attempts to learn a foreign language. When such learners are faced with a stressful, fast-paced learning situation, fear of failure only increases. The older person may also exhibit greater hesitancy in learning. Thus, teachers must be able to reduce anxiety and build self-confidence in the learner. <br />
Class activities which include large amounts of oral repetition, extensive pronunciation correction, or an expectation of error-free speech will also inhibit the older learner's active participation. On the other hand, providing opportunities for learners to work together, focusing on understanding rather than producing language, and reducing the focus on error correction can build learners' self-confidence and promote language learning. Teachers should emphasize the positive--focus on the good progress learners are making and provide opportunities for them to be successful. This success can then be reinforced with more of the same. <br />
Older adults studying a foreign language are usually learning it for a specific purpose: to be more effective professionally, to be able to survive in an anticipated foreign situation, or for other instrumental reasons. They are not willing to tolerate boring or irrelevant content, or lessons that stress the learning of grammar rules out of context. Adult learners need materials designed to present structures and vocabulary that will be of immediate use to them, in a context which reflects the situations and functions they will encounter when using the new language. Materials and activities that do not incorporate real life experiences will succeed with few older learners. <br />
Older adults have already developed learning strategies that have served them well in other contexts. They can use these strategies to their advantage in language learning, too. Teachers should be flexible enough to allow different approaches to the learning task inside the classroom. For example, some teachers ask students not to write during the first language lessons. This can be very frustrating to those who know that they learn best through a visual channel. <br />
Older adults with little formal education may also need to be introduced to strategies for organizing information. Many strategies used by learners have been identified; these can be incorporated into language training programs to provide a full range of possibilities for the adult learner (Oxford-Carpenter, 1985).<br />
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</div><i><b><span style="color: cyan;">CONCLUSION</span> </b></i><br />
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An approach which stresses the development of the receptive skills (particularly listening) before the productive skills may have much to offer the older learner (Postovsky, 1974; Winitz, 1981; J. Gary and N. Gary, 1981). According to this research, effective adult language training programs are those that use materials that provide an interesting and comprehensible message, delay speaking practice and emphasize the development of listening comprehension, tolerate speech errors in the classroom, and include aspects of culture and non-verbal language use in the instructional program. This creates a classroom atmosphere which supports the learner and builds confidence. <br />
Teaching older adults should be a pleasurable experience. Their self-directedness, life experiences, independence as learners, and motivation to learn provide them with advantages in language learning. A program that meets the needs of the adult learner will lead to rapid language acquisition by this group.<br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: yellow;">Author: Schleppegrell, Mary</span><br />
Source: ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics Washington DC.<br />
ERIC Identifier: ED287313 <br />
Publication Date: 1987-09-00 </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">FOR MORE INFORMATION </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Gary, J. O., and N. Gary. "Comprehension-based Language Instruction: From Theory to Practice." ANNALS NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (1981): 332-352. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Joiner, E. G. THE OLDER FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNER: A CHALLENGE FOR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES. (Language in Education Series No. 34). Washington, DC: ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics; available from Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1981. ED 208 672. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Krashen, S. D., M. A. Long, and R. C. Scarcella. "Age, Rate and Eventual Attainment in Second Language Acquisition." TESOL QUARTERLY 13 (1979): 573-582. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Lenneberg, E. H. BIOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF LANGUAGE. New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1967. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Ostwald, S. K., and H. Y. Williams. "Optimizing Learning in the Elderly: A Model." LIFELONG LEARNING 9 (1985): 10-13, 27. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Oxford-Carpenter, R. "A New Taxonomy of Second Language Learning Strategies." Washington, DC: ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics, 1985 (FL No. 015 798). </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Postovsky, V. "The Effects of Delay in Oral Practice at the Beginning of Second Language Learning." MODERN LANGUAGE JOURNAL 58 (1974): 229-239. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Walsh, T. M., and K. C. Diller. "Neurolinguistic Foundations to Methods of Teaching a Second Language." INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF APPLIED LINGUISTICS 16 (1978): 1-14. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Weisel, L. P. ADULT LEARNING PROBLEMS: INSIGHTS, INSTRUCTION, AND IMPLICATIONS. (Information Series No. 214.) Columbus, OH: ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult, Career, and Vocational Education, 1980. ED 193 534. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Winitz, H. THE COMPREHENSION APPROACH TO FOREIGN LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION. Rowley, MA: Newbury House, 1981. </span><br />
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<h3 style="color: white; text-align: left;">REPORT TWO</h3><h3 style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Myths and Misconceptions about Second Language Learning</span></h3>As the school-aged population changes, teachers all over the country are challenged with instructing more children with limited English skills. Thus, all teachers need to know something about how children learn a second language (L2). Intuitive assumptions are often mistaken, and children can be harmed if teachers have unrealistic expectations of the process of L2 learning and its relationship to the acquisition of other academic skills and knowledge. <br />
As any adult who has tried to learn another language can verify, second language learning can be a frustrating experience. This is no less the case for children, although there is a widespread belief that children are facile second language learners. This digest discusses commonly held myths and misconceptions about children and second language learning and the implications for classroom teachers.<br />
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</div><div style="color: cyan;"><i><b>MYTH 1: CHILDREN LEARN SECOND LANGUAGES QUICKLY AND EASILY. </b></i></div><br />
Typically, people who assert the superiority of child learners claim that children's brains are more flexible (e.g., Lenneberg, 1967). Current research challenges this biological imperative, arguing that different rates of L2 acquisition may reflect psychological and social factors that favor child learners (Newport, 1990). Research comparing children to adults has consistently demonstrated that adolescents and adults perform better than young children under controlled conditions (e.g., Snow & Hoefnagel-Hoehle, 1978). One exception is pronunciation, although even here some studies show better results for older learners. <br />
Nonetheless, people continue to believe that children learn languages faster than adults. Is this superiority illusory? Let us consider the criteria of language proficiency for a child and an adult. A child does not have to learn as much as an adult to achieve communicative competence. A child's constructions are shorter and simpler, and vocabulary is smaller. Hence, although it appears that the child learns more quickly than the adult, research results typically indicate that adult and adolescent learners perform better. <br />
Teachers should not expect miraculous results from children learning English as a second language (ESL) in the classroom. At the very least, they should anticipate that learning a second language is as difficult for a child as it is for an adult. It may be even more difficult, since young children do not have access to the memory techniques and other strategies that more experienced learners use in acquiring vocabulary and in learning grammatical rules. <br />
Nor should it be assumed that children have fewer inhibitions than adults when they make mistakes in an L2. Children are more likely to be shy and embarrassed around peers than are adults. Children from some cultural backgrounds are extremely anxious when singled out to perform in a language they are in the process of learning. Teachers should not assume that, because children supposedly learn second languages quickly, such discomfort will readily pass.<br />
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</div><div style="color: cyan;"><i><b>MYTH 2: THE YOUNGER THE CHILD, THE MORE SKILLED IN ACQUIRING AN L2 </b></i></div><br />
Some researchers argue that the earlier children begin to learn a second language, the better (e.g., Krashen, Long, & Scarcella, 1979). However, research does not support this conclusion in school settings. For example, a study of British children learning French in a school context concluded that, after 5 years of exposure, older children were better L2 learners (Stern, Burstall, & Harley, 1975). Similar results have been found in other European studies (e.g., Florander & Jansen, 1968). <br />
These findings may reflect the mode of language instruction used in Europe, where emphasis has traditionally been placed on formal grammatical analysis. Older children are more skilled in dealing with this approach and hence might do better. However, this argument does not explain findings from studies of French immersion programs in Canada, where little emphasis is placed on the formal aspects of grammar. On tests of French language proficiency, Canadian English-speaking children in late immersion programs (where the L2 is introduced in Grade 7 or 8) have performed as well or better than children who began immersion in kindergarten or Grade 1 (Genesee, 1987). <br />
Pronunciation is one area where the younger-is-better assumption may have validity. Research (e.g., Oyama, 1976) has found that the earlier a learner begins a second language, the more native-like the accent he or she develops. <br />
The research cited above does not suggest, however, that early exposure to an L2 is detrimental. An early start for "foreign" language learners, for example, makes a long sequence of instruction leading to potential communicative proficiency possible and enables children to view second language learning and related cultural insights as normal and integral. Nonetheless, ESL instruction in the United States is different from foreign language instruction. Language minority children in U.S. schools need to master English as quickly as possible while learning subject-matter content. This suggests that early exposure to English is called for. However, because L2 acquisition takes time, children continue to need the support of their first language, where this is possible, to avoid falling behind in content area learning. <br />
Teachers should have realistic expectations of their ESL learners. Research suggests that older students will show quicker gains, though younger children may have an advantage in pronunciation. Certainly, beginning language instruction in Grade 1 gives children more exposure to the language than beginning in Grade 6, but exposure in itself does not predict language acquisition.<br />
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</div><b><i><span style="color: cyan;">MYTH 3: THE MORE TIME STUDENTS SPEND IN A SECOND LANGUAGE CONTEXT, THE QUICKER THEY LEARN THE LANGUAGE.</span> </i></b><br />
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Many educators believe children from non-English-speaking backgrounds will learn English best through structured immersion, where they have ESL classes and content-based instruction in English. These programs provide more time on task in English than bilingual classes. Research, however, indicates that this increased exposure to English does not necessarily speed the acquisition of English. Over the length of the program, children in bilingual classes, with exposure to the home language and to English, acquire English language skills equivalent to those acquired by children who have been in English-only programs (Cummins, 1981; Ramirez, Yuen, & Ramey, 1991). This would not be expected if time on task were the most important factor in language learning. <br />
Researchers also caution against withdrawing home language support too soon and suggest that although oral communication skills in a second language may be acquired within 2 or 3 years, it may take 4 to 6 years to acquire the level of proficiency needed for understanding the language in its academic uses (Collier, 1989; Cummins, 1981). <br />
Teachers should be aware that giving language minority children support in the home language is beneficial. The use of the home language in bilingual classrooms enables children to maintain grade-level school work, reinforces the bond between the home and the school, and allows them to participate more effectively in school activities. Furthermore, if the children acquire literacy skills in the first language, as adults they may be functionally bilingual, with an advantage in technical or professional careers.<br />
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</div><div style="color: cyan;"><i><b> MYTH 4: CHILDREN HAVE ACQUIRED AN L2 ONCE THEY CAN SPEAK IT. </b></i></div><br />
Some teachers assume that children who can converse comfortably in English are in full control of the language. Yet for school-aged children, proficiency in face-to-face communication does not imply proficiency in the more complex academic language needed to engage in many classroom activities. Cummins (1980) cites evidence from a study of 1,210 immigrant children in Canada who required much longer (approximately 5 to 7 years) to master the disembedded cognitive language required for the regular English curriculum than to master oral communicative skills. <br />
Educators need to be cautious in exiting children from programs where they have the support of their home language. If children who are not ready for the all-English classroom are mainstreamed, their academic success may be hindered. Teachers should realize that mainstreaming children on the basis of oral language assessment is inappropriate. <br />
All teachers need to be aware that children who are learning in a second language may have language problems in reading and writing that are not apparent if their oral abilities are used to gauge their English proficiency. These problems in academic reading and writing at the middle and high school levels may stem from limitations in vocabulary and syntactic knowledge. Even children who are skilled orally can have such gaps.<br />
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<div style="color: cyan;"><i><b>MYTH 5: ALL CHILDREN LEARN AN L2 IN THE SAME WAY.</b></i></div><br />
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Most teachers would probably not admit that they think all children learn an L2 in the same way or at the same rate. Yet, this assumption seems to underlie a great deal of practice. Cultural anthropologists have shown that mainstream U.S. families and families from minority cultural backgrounds have different ways of talking (Heath, 1983). Mainstream children are accustomed to a deductive, analytic style of talking, whereas many culturally diverse children are accustomed to an inductive style. U.S. schools emphasize language functions and styles that predominate in mainstream families. Language is used to communicate meaning, convey information, control social behavior, and solve problems, and children are rewarded for clear and logical thinking. Children who use language in a different manner often experience frustration. <br />
Social class also influences learning styles. In urban, literate, and technologically advanced societies, middle-class parents teach their children through language. Traditionally, most teaching in less technologically advanced, non-urbanized cultures is carried out nonverbally, through observation, supervised participation, and self-initiated repetition (Rogoff, 1990). There is none of the information testing through questions that characterizes the teaching-learning process in urban and suburban middle-class homes. <br />
In addition, some children are more accustomed to learning from peers than from adults. Cared for and taught by older siblings or cousins, they learn to be quiet in the presence of adults and have little interaction with them. In school, they are likely to pay more attention to what their peers are doing than to what the teacher is saying. <br />
Individual children also react to school and learn differently within groups. Some children are outgoing and sociable and learn the second language quickly. They do not worry about mistakes, but use limited resources to generate input from native speakers. Other children are shy and quiet. They learn by listening and watching. They say little, for fear of making a mistake. Nonetheless, research shows that both types of learners can be successful second language learners. <br />
In a school environment, behaviors such as paying attention and persisting at tasks are valued. Because of cultural differences, some children may find the interpersonal setting of the school culture difficult. If the teacher is unaware of such cultural differences, their expectations and interactions with these children may be influenced. <br />
Effective instruction for children from culturally diverse backgrounds requires varied instructional activities that consider the children's diversity of experience. Many important educational innovations in current practice have resulted from teachers adapting instruction for children from culturally diverse backgrounds. Teachers need to recognize that experiences in the home and home culture affect children's values, patterns of language use, and interpersonal style. Children are likely to be more responsive to a teacher who affirms the values of the home culture.<br />
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Research on second language learning has shown that many misconceptions exist about how children learn languages. Teachers need to be aware of these misconceptions and realize that quick and easy solutions are not appropriate for complex problems. Second language learning by school-aged children takes longer, is harder, and involves more effort than many teachers realize. <br />
We should focus on the opportunity that cultural and linguistic diversity provides. Diverse children enrich our schools and our understanding of education in general. In fact, although the research of the National Center for Research on Cultural Diversity and Second Language Learning has been directed at children from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, much of it applies equally well to mainstream students. <br />
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This Digest is based on a report published by the National Center for Research on Cultural Diversity and Second Language Learning, University of California, Santa Cruz: "Myths and Misconceptions About Second Language Learning: What Every Teacher Needs to Unlearn," by Barry McLaughlin.<br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Copies of the full report are available for $4.00 from Center for Applied Linguistics, NCRCDSLL, 1118 22nd St. NW, Washington, DC 20037 </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Source: ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics Washington DC ERIC Identifier: ED350885 <br />
Publication Date: 1992-12-00 </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Florander, J., & Jansen, M. (1968). "Skolefors'g i engelsk 1959-1965." Copenhagen: Danish Institute of Education. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Newport, E. (1990). Maturational constraints on language learning. "Cognitive Science, 14," 11-28. </span><br />
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<b>Pronounciation in Spanish</b><br />
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<h2 style="color: #ffd966; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">Vowels in Spanish</span></h2><h2 style="background-color: black; color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;">The pronunciation of Spanish vowels is easy for all native English speakers and for those ones which English is the second language. This is because there are similar vowel sounds in English and all the Spanish vowels are generally pronounced in the same way. </span><span style="color: white; font-size: small;">In some cases Spanish vowels are pronounced slightly differently depending on the letters before or after them.</span> </h2><h2 style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;"> </h2><h2 style="color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;">In Spanish, <span style="color: yellow;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: white;"></span></span> </span></h2><b> </b><br />
<ul><li class="cities"><span style="color: yellow;">A</span> is pronounced like the A in "awesome", never like the A in "apple".</li>
<li class="cities"><span style="color: yellow;">E</span> is pronounced like the A in "hay".</li>
<li class="cities"><span style="color: yellow;">I</span> is pronounced like the EE in "jeep".</li>
<li class="cities"><span style="color: yellow;">O</span> is pronounced like the OA in "goat".</li>
<li class="cities"><span style="color: yellow;">U</span> is pronounced like the U in "duty".</li>
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</h2>Spanish consonants have similar pronunciation as consonants in English, but there are a few consonants that have distinct differences to those of English :<br />
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<ul><li class="cities"> <span style="color: yellow;">B</span> and <span style="color: yellow;">V</span> sound identical in Spanish in most cases, like the "b" in baby. </li>
<li class="cities"><span style="color: yellow;">G</span> is pronounced like the g in good, except when it comes before an E or an I, when it is pronounced like the hard H in English (the Spanish J). Gimenez (himenez), Girona (hirona), Genial (henial)</li>
<li class="cities"><span style="color: yellow;">H</span> is always silent "hola" is pronounced "ola". Hernandez (ernandez), Hermano (ermano)</li>
<li class="cities"><span style="color: yellow;">J</span> is pronounced like the hard H of "hello", perhaps a little harder than one would say it in English. Javier (havier), juego (huego) </li>
<li class="cities"><span style="color: yellow;">L</span> is pronounced like the L in "like", never like the "le" in ankle.</li>
<li class="cities"><span style="color: yellow;">LL</span> is pronounced like the Y in "yawn", Lleno (yeno), </li>
<li class="cities"><span style="color: yellow;">Ñ</span> is pronounced like the NY in "canyon". Nunez (nunyez)</li>
<li class="cities"><span style="color: yellow;">RR</span> is the infamous rolling R, which stumps beginning speakers. You can try making to brum-brum sound imitating a car motor or imitate a cat purring.</li>
<li class="cities"><span style="color: yellow;">X</span> is pronounced either like the S or the Spanish J, "experto", is pronounced as esperto, "México" is pronounced as meh-hee-co and not meks-ih-co.</li>
<li class="cities"><span style="color: yellow;">Z</span> is pronounced identically to S, like "single". This pronunciation is standard in all of Latin American. In Spain, Z is pronounced as TH, as in the TH of 'math'. </li>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Top 10 Languages Learned in the U.S</span></b><br />
Based on Fall 2006 Enrollment in the U.S. Institutions of Higher Education<br />
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1. Spanish 52,2 %<br />
2. French 13,1 %<br />
3. German 6 %<br />
4. American Sign Language 5 %<br />
5. Italian 5 %<br />
6. Japanese 4,2 %<br />
7. Chinese 3,3 %<br />
8. Latin 2 %<br />
9. Russian 1,6 %<br />
10.Arabic 1,5 %<br />
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1. English 38 %<br />
2. French 14 %<br />
3. German 14 %<br />
4. Spanish 6 %<br />
5. Russian 6 %<br />
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A <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Air%252dO%252dSwiss-AOS-Ultrasonic-Humidifier-7135/dp/B000J4LCS6?ie=UTF8&tag=learnilangua-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Swiss</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=learnilangua-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B000J4LCS6" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /> guy visiting Sydney, Australia, pulls up at a bus stop where two locals are waiting. "Entschuldigung, koennen Sie Deutsch sprechen?" he asks.<br />
The two Aussies just stare at him.<br />
"Excusez-moi, parlez vous Francais?" he tries.<br />
The two continue to stare.<br />
"Parlare Italiano?"<br />
No response.<br />
"Hablan ustedes Espanol?"<br />
Still nothing.<br />
The Swiss guy drives off, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Avene-Extremely-Sensitive-Irritated-Fragrance-Free/dp/B002D48QWA?ie=UTF8&tag=learnilangua-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">extremely</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=learnilangua-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B002D48QWA" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /> disgusted. The first Aussie turns to the second and says, "Y'know, maybe we should learn a foreign language."<br />
"Why?" says the other. "That guy knew four languages, and it didn't do him any good."<br />
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<h1><span style="font-size: small;"></span></h1><h1 style="font-weight: normal; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Be Careful following the Crowd </span></b></h1></center></div><br />
A missionary recruit goes to <a href="http://www.amazon.com/EyeBuyDirect-Eyeglasses-Inc-prescription-eyeglasses/dp/B002YC9BCA?ie=UTF8&tag=learnilangua-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Venezuela </a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=learnilangua-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B002YC9BCA" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" />for the first time, struggling with the language. He visits one of the local churches and sits in the front row.<br />
So as not to make a fool of himself, he decides to pick someone out of the crowd to imitate. He decides to follow the man sitting next to him in the front pew. As they sing, the man claps his hands, so the missionary recruit claps, too. When the man stands up to pray, the missionary recruit stands up, too. When the man sits down, the missionary sits down. <br />
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Suddenly a hush falls over the entire congregation. A few people gasp. The missionary looks around and sees that no one else is standing. So he sits down.<br />
After the service ends, the missionary recruit greets the preacher. "I take it you don't speak Spanish," the preacher says.<br />
The missionary replies, "No, I don't. It's that obvious?"<br />
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<iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" src="http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.learnquicklanguages.com%2F2010%2F08%2Fcomedy-central-cory-fernandez-spanish.html&layout=standard&show_faces=false&width=450&action=like&colorscheme=light&height=35" style="border: medium none; height: 35px; overflow: hidden; width: 450px;"></iframe>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03455232680694140140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8994904362908723296.post-51841272070365816982010-08-05T03:19:00.000-07:002010-08-17T06:14:01.738-07:00How to improve foreign language skills<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hk_m478mbzg/TFqAl-cPYOI/AAAAAAAAAFo/quP0Ks-6Nt0/s1600/Improve+Language.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hk_m478mbzg/TFqAl-cPYOI/AAAAAAAAAFo/quP0Ks-6Nt0/s200/Improve+Language.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Speaking an additional foreign language has many <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Benefit-Cosmetics-Bestsellers-Sephora-Palette/dp/B0031NNIZC?ie=UTF8&tag=learnilangua-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">benefits</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=learnilangua-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B0031NNIZC" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" />. You can express your thougts, ideas and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Vintage-Style-Feeling-Frisky-Compact/dp/B003PBAVLY?ie=UTF8&tag=learnilangua-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">feeling</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=learnilangua-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B003PBAVLY" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /> better in different languages instead of using a <a href="http://www.amazon.com/GOLDIA-Personal-Pocket-Translator/dp/B003PAOCDS?ie=UTF8&tag=learnilangua-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">translator</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=learnilangua-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B003PAOCDS" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" />. This will help also to increase your interactions with different people, communities, and organizations.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">But foreign languages are not easy to learn you need time and have to work very hard for it. You have to work hard on grammar, vocabulary and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Translator-Pocket-Sized-Electronic-Dictionary-ENTOURAGE7/dp/B001WTQ3WW?ie=UTF8&tag=learnilangua-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">speaking</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=learnilangua-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B001WTQ3WW" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /> (pronunciation) to get the basics of that <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Particular-Man-Volumizing-Shampoo-Unscented/dp/B0018IXN7U?ie=UTF8&tag=learnilangua-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">particular</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=learnilangua-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B0018IXN7U" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /> language.</div><br />
<i><b>Here are additional tips how to improve foreign language skills :</b></i><br />
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1. Take your Time<br />
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To learn a foreign language in a<a href="http://www.amazon.com/L%2527Oreal-Perfect-Calcium-Radiance-Perfector/dp/B002LJ2948?ie=UTF8&tag=learnilangua-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank"> perfect</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=learnilangua-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B002LJ2948" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /> way, you need to spend much more time in it. Reading, listening and speaking are the three most important factors of learning a language. Therefore, you need to read books, magazines, newspapers in that particular language. Listening to music and speaking will help you to improve your<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Zirh-CORRECT-Vitamin-Enriched-Serum/dp/B000KEMQ4Y?ie=UTF8&tag=learnilangua-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank"> correct</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=learnilangua-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B000KEMQ4Y" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /> pronunciation.<br />
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2. Travel to the Country where the language is spoken natively<br />
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Traveling to that country where the language is spoken natively will give you good<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Olive-Essence-Experience-Antioxidant-DMAE/dp/B003RIEF3A?ie=UTF8&tag=learnilangua-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank"> experience</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=learnilangua-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B003RIEF3A" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" />. Being there will help you to understand their<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Simply-Smooth-keratin-replenishing-Tropical/dp/B003PM2MU6?ie=UTF8&tag=learnilangua-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank"> culture</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=learnilangua-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B003PM2MU6" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" />, tradition and their values with the language. In this way you will quickly get used to it, you will speak and pronounce the language as it is, you will behave in their<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Dove-Moisture-6-67oz-bottle-24-Ounce/dp/B00365F6IC?ie=UTF8&tag=learnilangua-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank"> body</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=learnilangua-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B00365F6IC" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /> language, and you will also learn words which you will newer learn in books because of regional accents.<br />
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3. Be a Member of Communties<br />
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All languages have their communities and it is a <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Nivea-Good-bye-Cellulite-Smoothing-Gel-Cream/dp/B000Q5P6LM?ie=UTF8&tag=learnilangua-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">good</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=learnilangua-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B000Q5P6LM" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /> way to pratice and learn your foreign language. It will help you to understand where like-minded people share their thoughts, ideas and oppinons.<br />
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4. Get the most of it.<br />
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One important point in learning an foreign language is to love it. If you want to learn a language and want to get the most of it, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Lord-Berry-Love-Cool-Tones/dp/B000LVW1PU?ie=UTF8&tag=learnilangua-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">LOVE IT</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=learnilangua-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B000LVW1PU" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /> and<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Man-Hands-Healing-Lotion-Relax/dp/B00370DFNY?ie=UTF8&tag=learnilangua-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank"> ENJOY IT</a>. : )))<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Hi / Hello - Ciao Welcome ! - </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Benvenuti ! </span></span><br />
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<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Hello / Good Morning - Buon giorno</span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Good afternoon - Buon pomeriggio</span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Good evening - Buona sera</span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Good night - Buona notte</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Goodbye - Arrivederci</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>See you later - A piu tardi<br />
See you soon - A presto<br />
See you tomorrow - A domani<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Please - Per favore </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Thank you - Grazie</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Thank you very much - Grazie mille</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">You are welcome - Prego</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Sorry - Mi dispiace</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Excuse me - Scusi (scusa - formal)</span><br />
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How are you ? - Come stai ? ( Come sta ? formal)<br />
Grazie, bene e tu ? - Thank you, fine and you ?<br />
Grazie, bene e Lei ? - Thank you, fine and you ? (formal)<br />
I am fine - Sto bene<br />
Pretty good - Abbastanza bene<br />
So so - Cosi Cosi<br />
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Yes - Si<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Spanish for Tourist 1</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Basic Communications - Comunicacíon Básico </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Good morning - <i>Buenos días </i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Good afternoon - <i>Buenas tardes</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Good evening,Good night - <i>Buenas noches</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Hello - <i>Hola </i> Goodbye - <i>Adíos</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Excuse me - <i>Perdon</i> Sorry - <i>Discúlpame</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Yes - <i>Si</i> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">No - <i>No</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Please <i> - Por favor</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Thank you <i> - Gracias</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Thank you very much<i> - Muchas gracias</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Not at all <i> - De nada</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">How are you ? <i> Como estas ? (como esta usted ? formal )</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Fine thanks, and you ?<i> Bien gracias y tu ? (bien gracias y usted ? formal )</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Nice to meet you<i> - Mucho gusto</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">What´s your name ?<i> - Cómo te llamas ? ( Cómo se llama Usted ? formal) </i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">My name is ....<i> - Me llamo ....</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Do you speak English ? (German, Italian, Russian, Turkish,...etc) </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><i>Hablas ingles ? (aleman, italiano, ruso, turco,...etc) </i> </span><br />
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I don´t speak Spanish. - <i>No hablo español.</i><br />
I don´t understand. - <i>No entiendo. </i><br />
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Where are you from ? <i> - De donde eres ? (De donde es Usted ? formal)</i><br />
Where do you live ? <i> - Donde vives ? (Donde vive Usted ? formal)</i><br />
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I am American<i> - Yo soy Estadounidense</i><br />
I am English <i> - Yo soy Inglés / Inglésa (woman)</i><br />
I am German <i> - Yo soy Aleman(a)</i><br />
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