Foreign Language Round up
Here are a few interesting articles written by some other foreign language bloggers.
The Linguist posts:
Should we ask Why? - Steve makes some good points. Sometimes you have to put aside logic and just accept that something is said or phrased a certain and it means X. Later on you can ask why. I think the best question to ask when learning a foreign language is HOW? How do you pronounce, say or ask X.
What makes a successful language learner? I think that the core of this idea is good but is probably a little more complex.
Stop teaching languages in schools? I think this is more of a controversial post that should be thought out more before just throwing out the idea. I agree that the current education system is not working but can be successful if given a full make over and focuses more on real life experience.
Tomisimo posts:
27 reasons to visit Spain I’m convinced
My Languages posts:
Promoting Languages with Holidays. I think this is a great idea. Cultural events are great ways to introduce people to new languages.
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Written by Aaron Kuroiwa - Learn Spanish and English
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Nice round-up, I think I’ll go read those posts now and see if I agree with your commentary. It looks like Steve Kaufmann has some interesting things to say. Thanks for including me in your round-up too!
By David on 08.02.07 10:06 am
Hi there
Thanks for the mention! Just wanted to say that the European Day of Languages (EDL) is not a holiday as such (shame).
More and more schools are putting on some kind of activities for the day with the aim to raise the profile of languages as a cross-curricular subject.
As far as “Stop teaching languages in school” Nooo. Just start teaching them differently.
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By IC Jones on 08.03.07 2:33 am
My name is Pili and I’m a Spanish girl. I’m 20 years old and I’m studing Fine Arts at the University of Salamanca. I’d like to be a painter. I like to go to “tapear” (to a Spanish bar, you know) go to some parties, but specially I like to travel around the world. Last year I studied in USA, when I met my friend Lucy. She is studing Spanish there. I write a spoken diary for her and for all of you. You can visit me every week in http://www.dpili.com and download a free podcast. ¡Learning Spanish is easy with me!
I recommend you to listen the first podcast to understand the diary.
http://www.dpili.com
see you!!!
By pili on 08.10.07 6:41 am
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