Forum: Teaching and Learning Techniques
January 17, 2010, 02:21 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 12,800
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Forum: Teaching and Learning Techniques
January 17, 2010, 02:14 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 7,053
I'm sure you'd learn a lot, but if you're only...
I'm sure you'd learn a lot, but if you're only going to learn the language (and not really to learn the country and culture) I'd stay home and immerse myself at home.
Contrary to what many believe...
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Forum: Official Announcements
January 17, 2010, 02:09 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 48,213
Pretty cool.
I've been running a Spanish...
Pretty cool.
I've been running a Spanish Word of the Day for a while on my blog, but due to a lack of time I couldn't continue with it. Still, if you want to use some of the stuff I published,...
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Forum: Other Languages
September 02, 2008, 05:56 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 4,079
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Forum: Teaching and Learning Techniques
September 02, 2008, 05:55 AM
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Replies: 80
Views: 41,413
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Forum: Teaching and Learning Techniques
August 07, 2008, 10:19 AM
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Replies: 80
Views: 41,413
Vale, saber la base de la gramática está bien,...
Vale, saber la base de la gramática está bien, pero no es fundamental para poder hablar una lengua. Mira: ¡LA BASE! Mucha gente estudia la gramática profundamente, pero no puede hablar bien. ¿Por...
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Forum: Other Languages
August 07, 2008, 10:09 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 6,943
I actually hate the sound of German (in my...
I actually hate the sound of German (in my opinion, it's even worse than Dutch), but I can understand it perfectly and speak it fairly well. Not because I studied it (well, I did, in high school),...
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Forum: Other Languages
August 07, 2008, 10:07 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 24,073
Well, Dutch and English are my mother tongues...
Well, Dutch and English are my mother tongues (although English didn't fully develop due to a lack of pratice, hehe). Spanish is a language I just started studying about a year ago.
How can I use...
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Forum: Teaching and Learning Techniques
August 07, 2008, 09:20 AM
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Replies: 80
Views: 41,413
Yeah, but I strongly believe that there's a...
Yeah, but I strongly believe that there's a general path someone can (or should) walk in order to become fluent. When you speak English, do you think about grammar all the time? Maybe once in a...
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Forum: Other Languages
August 07, 2008, 09:12 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 24,073
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Forum: Other Languages
August 07, 2008, 09:09 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 4,079
"Schmeißen" means "throw" in this context. Or...
"Schmeißen" means "throw" in this context. Or even better: fling. "Fliegt" doesn't mean "flies" when you translate it in this context, but "will be kicked out". I don't know, it's weird to translate...
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Forum: Grammar
August 07, 2008, 09:00 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 8,852
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Forum: Grammar
July 21, 2008, 08:57 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 8,852
Sure, but only later on. If I begin learning a...
Sure, but only later on. If I begin learning a language I don't care about stuff like that. I want to learn survival vocab and simple grammar where I can build on. It has worked for me and boosted my...
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Forum: Grammar
July 21, 2008, 03:28 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 8,852
Yeah, ok. But there must be something like that...
Yeah, ok. But there must be something like that for Spanish too, right? To be honest; I'm not that into learning grammar as I believe that you can reach almost the same by getting massive input, but...
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Forum: Teaching and Learning Techniques
July 20, 2008, 04:37 PM
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Replies: 80
Views: 41,413
Ever heard of the sentence method...
Ever heard of the sentence method (http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/10000-sentences-why - doesn't matter it's Japanese, learning a language is learning a language)? I came to the conclusion...
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Forum: Grammar
July 20, 2008, 04:24 PM
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Replies: 41
Views: 16,162
Well, I - as a teacher in training - truly...
Well, I - as a teacher in training - truly believe that you can't 1) TEACH someone a language. You can only teach someone how to learn a language (maybe people disagree with me, but how often have...
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Forum: Grammar
July 20, 2008, 04:07 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 8,852
Online grammar guide for Spanish
I've been searching the web for hours, and found some neat stuff regarding grammar, but not quite where I was looking for.
For Japanese I found Tae Kim's Guide to Japanese grammar...
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Forum: Other Languages
July 19, 2008, 10:47 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 24,073
In the shop I work there are often Portuguese...
In the shop I work there are often Portuguese people doing their daily errands. They don't speak Dutch that well, but as soon as they found out that I speak Spanish, they often want to have a chat...
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Forum: Other Languages
July 13, 2008, 03:48 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 6,943
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Forum: Teaching and Learning Techniques
July 11, 2008, 01:10 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 8,050
Well David (may I call you David?), I think in...
Well David (may I call you David?), I think in Spanish all the time and I'm never translating (only if I'm not sure about the structure of something, or if I'm not sure about a word, but I analyze it...
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Forum: Other Languages
July 11, 2008, 01:00 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 20,024
I wasn't saying that it's not difficult. Of...
I wasn't saying that it's not difficult. Of course it's best to concentrate on one language, but if you already have a strong base in one language, studying another language which is totally...
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Forum: General Chat
July 11, 2008, 12:10 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 3,662
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Forum: Other Languages
July 11, 2008, 11:59 AM
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Replies: 39
Views: 20,024
Well, there are 'only' 4 tones to master, and...
Well, there are 'only' 4 tones to master, and it's not THAT hard. Yes, learning the Hanzi can be a challenge, but it's also great fun when you get the hang of it. And yes, the vocab is totally...
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Forum: Introductions
July 11, 2008, 11:54 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 2,544
¡Saludos de Ramses!
Hola a todo,
I'd like to introduce myself. My name is Ramses and I'm currently a second-year (as of last week) college student majoring Spanish. It's actually the first year that I'm serious about...
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