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Old February 06, 2011, 07:59 AM
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There is nothing you can do that cannot help you, except doing nothing.

here is a link to a blog of mine and see if it helps you.

http://puedohablaringles.blogspot.co...s-mi-blog.html


I hope it will help you and others.
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"Entonces, [] decidí traducir una novela del inglés al castellano. Y de esa manera a un año de haber llegado a Estados Unidos ya estaba leyendo, escribiendo, entendiendo y hablando inglés."
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Es un óptimo modo para aprender el idioma sobre todo si lo puede ejercer a cada instante para verificar los progresos hechos, cosa que algunos no lo pueden hacer por vivir en países donde el inglés no se habla por las calles.
Creo que el dominio de la segunda lengua llega cuando se comienza a pensar en ella y a confundirla con la lengua materna.
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Old February 06, 2011, 09:14 AM
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MHO:
Es un óptimo modo para aprender el idioma sobre todo si lo puede ejercer a cada instante para verificar los progresos hechos, cosa que algunos no lo pueden hacer por vivir en países donde el inglés no se habla por las calles.
Creo que el dominio de la segunda lengua llega cuando se comienza a pensar en ella y a confundirla con la lengua materna.
Gracias.

Eso era muy válido cuando llegué en 1979, pero hoy en día con el internet, ya casi no lo es. Obvio que la gente no habla inglés en las calles pero con el internet hay gente que está incluso más interesada en idiomas en general.

Hace 30 años atrás habría sido imposible encontrar una película en inglés sin subtítulo en castellano...

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Old February 06, 2011, 07:12 PM
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Ok, te lo explico en castellano. no tienes que "pensar" en inglés. Eso es lo que que te está demorando.

Traduce una novela del inglés al castellano, porque yo sé positivamente que no lo has estado haciendo.

Haz lo que te digo y muchas de las correcciones que te han hecho van a empezar a tener sentido en tu cabeza.
Sincerely I have not made that yet. Perhaps there's the troubles, I will put in practice your advice.

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Old March 24, 2011, 09:04 PM
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I'm sure that there have been a billion threads with this problem, but what is a fun and efficient way to build upon Spanish vocabulary? I enjoy reading, but reading and looking up every other word in a dictionary is tiring and no fun. Should I just drill phrases and common-use words or should I continue to read and look things up? What are good sources to learn common-use phrases and words?
You're right sometimes book studying can be boring. I'm at that point too. You gotta mix it up. Make games for yourself invent new ways to incorporate Spanish into your daily life. Have you seen the Firefly Spanish/English Visual dictionary of pictures? Get Spanish scrabble, do a language exchange over skype. Or, my personal favorite - start teaching what you know to other people - it forces you to think of the language in different ways.
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