Archive for February, 2009

Foreign Language Learning with Tutors

Foreign Language Learning with Tutors
Polyglot Alexander Arguelles presents a series of video reviews and demonstrations of those <b>foreign language learning</b> series that he has found most useful in his own studies. For further information about the series, please refer to http://www.foreignlanguageexpertise.com/index.html

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What Role Does Reading Play In Your Language Practice

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You might have got the impression of my upholding the methodology that is dominated by READING. The reason is that reading can improve other sides of your language learning aptitude.

Learn Foreign Languages Better While Having Fun

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“As an adult who has explored well over two dozen languages, I have to say i m jealous. The kid, by the way, picks up his native language not through textbooks but through interaction and exposure. So why is it that adults turn so readily to rote memorization? Repetition will [...]

Alternative To Rosetta Stone

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Alternative To Rosetta Stone
Rosetta Stone is a kind of language learning software which is widely used by many units and organizations including U.S. State Department and U.S. Army, which is very impressive to me when I first got to know it.
For this reason, I guess that Rosetta Stone is very effective when it [...]

Learn a Foreign Language: How to Speak Fluently in 60 Days

Effective techniques for learning a foreign language. The author discusses his personal experience teaching and learning a foreign language.
…some skills or knowledge that they promise to somehow implant in you cranium. Language learning is one of the hottest commodities going, foreign language skills do very much to increase your employability, job qualifications, and earnings capacity.
Now [...]

Communicative Language Teaching in the Foreign Language Classroom

Communicative Language Teaching is a new way to teach foreign languages, which helps the students to retain the information, and motivates them in the learning process.
The older methods, usually involving meaningless drills and the foreign language taught in the native tongue, stem from a method which was designed in the 1950’s, called Audio-Lingual Methodology (ALM). [...]

How Long Does it Take to Learn a Foreign Language?

Article describing my personal experience learning foreign languages and giving concrete tips about how to accomplish it.
The first point that I got stuck was probably being afraid of speaking or even learning a foreign language. However, good friends who spoke one of both languages that I wanted to know, showed me an astounding similarity between [...]

How to Help Your Children Learn French During the Holiday Season

It’s common knowledge that foreign languages are best learned as a child. Yet, our school systems seem to ignore this. But as a parent, you can use this holiday season to help your children get their first exposure to the French language.
…if you want your children to succeed in learning French and becoming fluent one [...]

Languages and Audio Bible Translations

The audio bible has revolutionized sharing God’s Word. No longer do you need to be a proficient speaker to share the love of God with others.
There are Bible Societies, Wycliffe Bible Translators and other groups that do Bible translations for people groups who have never had their spoken language written down before. The terrible thing [...]

How to Make Up a Fancy Foreign Name for Any Food – Your Ticket to Culinary Stardom!

Is it mac and cheese, or ‘poco rosso di rotini formagiatta con bacon-bitte della Toscana’? Today we learn how to wow anyone (including culinarily astute Frenchpeople) by making up extremely impressive foreign-sounding names for our food.
The Bachelor Pad Gourmet Master Class – Naming 103: Fancy-Sounding Foreign Languages
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Learn a Second or Foreign Language

Some models of learning to learn a second or foreign language.
Meanwhile Ellis and Sinclair (1989) designed a book for classroom use to supplement existing course materials. They stated that the learners have the opportunities to i) develop new strategies, ii) organize their learning, iii) reflect on their current strategies, iv) assess short-term learning goals, and [...]

Games that Make Learning Foreign Languages Fun

Free language resources that you might not have realized were even an option.
…that most adults can’t even put into words (why can’t we say
“red big three balloons” anyway?). As an adult who has explored well
over two dozen languages, I have to say, I’m jealous. The kid, by the
way, picks up his native language not through [...]

Are Students Getting Enough Foreign Language Classes?

I had a recent conversation with a relative over teaching foreign language to my kids. This person has a daughter in college who is majoring in languages. I was thoroughly impressed by this young woman.
Then the question came: “How much foreign language have your kids done at this point?” My answer was [...]

Very Best Ways to Learn a Foreign Language

Away with the frustrations of learning a brand new language. This article will arm you for success without the usual hassle!
Tip 1
HAVE PATIENCE!
Learning to speak a new language fluently to the point where you can converse freely and confidently and understand everything being said to you can be a tedious process. This is a skill [...]

Where to Find Children’s Book in Foreign Languages

Here is a list of websites that offer books for children in foreign languages, such as, Spanish, French, Chinese, Japanese, and German.
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Learn Spanish, German, French, and Other Foreign Languages for FREE

Helping your kids and yourself learn a foreign language is easier today than ever before.
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Why Learn Conversational Spanish?

Last night I went to an associational dinner meeting at an old established Hotel. The staff at the Hotel was multinational with the predominate culture being Hispanic. There was an obvious language barrier between the staff and patrons of the event.

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You Can Learn to Speak Chinese on the Web

In spite of the difficulty one may encounter when starting to learn Chinese, there are many people who feel attracted to it. The proof is in the huge number of online learners. There are many websites created for everyone interested in acquiring the basic knowledge of the Chinese language and many others meant to help [...]