Travel to learn

Travel to learn
 

Do you think it is essential to live in an English-speaking country for a while to learn the language properly? This is something I often discuss with my students... I'll tell you what my opinion is later...:impatient:

I don't think so. However, having an English-speaking person to interact
with is a tremendous help.

I knew a spanish person ho has mastered a good german level without going to Germany
http://rachelavalos.blogspot.com/200...de-lengua.html
And you ahve "hperpoliglotas" who master other languages
http://es.answers.yahoo.com/question...7204809AAXhR6K

saludos :D

I believe you can learn any language, as long as you have someone to interact with (as Poli mentioned). If there is more than one person to converse with in the other tongue, so much the better. If possible, total immersion in the culture (people, country, and language) is, in my opinion, the best way to learn a language.

If you watch enough cable TV in English that should be enough ... :D

It's no joke. I think you are right. My elder children are both bilingual( the little one still speaks Spanglish), but my daughter watches more TV and the influence on her English is unbelievable. She sounds totally American at times...

Y es seguro que lo lamentas. Tu hija no es una inglésa perfecta como tú sino una americana. Sugiero que pongas un bloqueo en los canales americanos. Así va tendrá que mirar BBC a la fuerza;):D

I don't mind at all. I love American accents...:love:

To actually respond to your original question, I think it's not 100% necessary, but it's extremely helpful.

I agree
 

I agree! But try to surf on internet too. There are a lot of social networking sites wherein you can make friends with somebody and you can communicate to them through chat and free phone calls.

American like from the USA? wow that's nice to hear someone say. I've always felt less...sophisticated...than people with accents. Now I feel like I'm in the ranks with the best of them :D

are there Chinese accents...? probably not... :P

yes!

I like the people's accent from U.S.A, I try to speak everyday with them, so I can learn faster in my English, because if you don't practice, you never won't learn the language, as you have said bmarquiz124, the way more important is speak with people from social networking, or chat rooms, or perhaps if you know above someone who speak Spanish or English, she/he could helps you with, your Spanish or English.

yes, it´s very important to travel because you can lear or to know about the cultura. and you can also can to learn to speak more quickly. i don´t know . but I would like to travel to USA and china to know each cultura and then to lean to speak the language. but I hope someday to travel one of these places.. first god.

okay :good: