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Learning a Foriegn Language?
Posted by dbowles1017 • 8/26/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: foriegn language
Does anyone have any experience in learning through things like rosetta stone? But not rosetta stone, because I don't really need to say that the elephant is under the table (true story)
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L'elephant est sous la table.
nope, i learned the old fashion way: getting yelled at by granny!-
elefante é debaixo da mesa
Stupid rosseta stone. Seriously. When will I ever need to say there is an elephant under a table? -
It sounds so much nicer in French! -
I dont have that dumb accent
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well, I suppose it's possible if you were in India, or Africa...
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But would you really need to say that? Don't you think some one would notice an elephant under a table?
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yah but when you call animal control to remove it, what would you say???
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I'm not calling animal control. I'm going to get a rope, and ride that biotch
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OK then. My advice is not to buy it.
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Cripes-- how big is this table, anyway?
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Is she related to Maria Stone the Spammer?
(and no experience with things like that...)-
Possibly. They do spam my TV with their commercials.
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hmmm suspicious...
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They must be in cahoots.
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I started learning watching "sesame street", then I had mandatory English in middle and high school. Then I voluntarily took advanced classes in college. I think it payed off
. No experience with programs or on-line thingys though.-
I took spanish in high school, but I'm not wanting to learn spanish. And I dont have time to take another class
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El elefante está bajo la mesa.
I recommend against learning by listening to songs in foreign languages. You might end up with the next version of Ken Lee or something. -
I was learning Welsh via book & tape (not Rosetta Stone,) but it's such a difficult language that even though I was getting the hang of it, I still felt a strong need to have an actual person I could ask questions, etc. -
I've had the best experience learning a language from a native speaker. I can understand that a shy person might want to practice with a tape to improve their pronunciation, but a tape can't prepare you to think on your feet and respond in a real conversation.
Russian: Slon nakhodit'sa pod stolom. (I think.) -
I have a hooked on phonics system for my Kindergartner and books for my 8th grader. If I run into a problem I go down to the local Mexican resturant to a certain waiter point at the phrase and he laughs and says it the right way. I swear he gets a kick out of us. But he makes the kids talk to him in Spanish and Spanish only when we are there. He also gets a big tip every time we or family members eat there. I couldnt do it with out someone that can speak the language. -
Ah still trying to study Irish and Scottish Gaelic...a bit of Welsh, Breton...I guess a Celticist has to master these to be called authentic
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I tried to learn Irish once, but it was incredibly confusing to try to pronounce from reading it. Just not intuitive based on other more romance-oriented languages at all.
I did learn about 5 years of French. But what I recall of it pretty much amounts to the elephant under the table stuff at top!
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I found a couple of good online portuguese courses, learned the basics, i combined it with watching brazilian soap operas....
then i found myself in Brasil speaking pretty decent portuguese, at least people understood me.
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