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drunkenfool

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18th Nov 07 at 15:20

Just wondering if anyone had any tips to help learn new vocab, or things that you do to make life even easier for yourself? Ive already learnt so much since I moved out here, but it cant hurt to put in the extra effort

Fee

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18th Nov 07 at 15:35

being in the country definitely helps
I lived in Italy when I was younger and was fluent within 3 months
whereas I studied French at school and uni for 7 years and never reached the same level

Just speak it as often as you can and don't be shy about it

I'm hoping to move out to singapore for a while, so hoping to start learning mandarin before I go and then carry it on whilst I'm there

drunkenfool

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18th Nov 07 at 15:37

Aye im not shy about it at all, ive been learning Spanish since I was 14, so 9 years now. Im living with spanish people, seeing a Spanish girl who only speaks a few words of English, go to a spanish uni and most of my friends here are locals, not the erasmus exchange students. Im doing everything I can to improve, just wonderin if anyone had any extra tips

Nismo

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18th Nov 07 at 15:37

Im currently learning english, us somerset folk dont get taught it

Nath

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18th Nov 07 at 15:38

Alot of people on here should try learning English tbh.

Robbo

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18th Nov 07 at 15:42

quote:
Originally posted by Nismo
Im currently learning english, us somerset folk dont get taught it

Charlene

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18th Nov 07 at 15:52

The children at the nursery i work at are three and are learning French and Spanish already

Aaron

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18th Nov 07 at 15:59

When i was doing GCSE spanish, i'd write vocab down on post-it notes with the English meaning underneeth...then i'd stick these everywhere in the house

So i'd look at them while passing

drunkenfool

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18th Nov 07 at 16:08

quote:
Originally posted by Charlene
The children at the nursery i work at are three and are learning French and Spanish already

That makes me really happy

Bilingual/polylingual children have a higher average IQ than monolingual ones as it helps the brain to develop in certain areas. Plus I think being able to speak another language (especially Spanish as its spoken by pretty much the same amount of people as English) is a great asset to have in life, never know when you might need it

drunkenfool

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18th Nov 07 at 16:09

quote:
Originally posted by Aj.
When i was doing GCSE spanish, i'd write vocab down on post-it notes with the English meaning underneeth...then i'd stick these everywhere in the house

So i'd look at them while passing

I bought shit loads of postit notes but left them back in Wales by accident

Im just making a vocab list now of the words I dont know, I just asked Salomé to explain some of them to me and she didnt even know them

Charlene

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18th Nov 07 at 16:12

quote:
Originally posted by drunkenfool

quote:
Originally posted by Charlene
The children at the nursery i work at are three and are learning French and Spanish already

That makes me really happy Bilingual/polylingual children have a higher average IQ than monolingual ones as it helps the brain to develop in certain areas. Plus I think being able to speak another language (especially Spanish as its spoken by pretty much the same amount of people as English) is a great asset to have in life, never know when you might need it

Is amazing how quickly they actually pick it up

A few children can speak three lanugages, e.g. their mam is spanish and dad is Italian, and she speaks English at nursery

Carl

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18th Nov 07 at 16:31

Best time for them to learn, they are like human sponges. Met a family in Ibiza, there kids could speak Dutch, English and Spanish. Their little girl would only speak in Spanish around the pool, but then at home her mum said she flicks onto English. It's mad really.

drunkenfool

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18th Nov 07 at 16:40

One of my mates here is fluent in 5 languages; Polish, German, Russian Spanish and English. Im quite jealous! If/when I have kids im definately gonna teach them spanish as soon as possible

CorsAsh

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18th Nov 07 at 16:55

Some people we know are language teachers, they have a 6 or 7 year old lad who can already switch seamlessly from French to German to English even within a single sentence. Amazing.

Ian

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19th Nov 07 at 01:11

One of my major wishes

Butler

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19th Nov 07 at 01:31

I lived in france when i was 4 and picked it up so quickly just being around the french. Wish I could remember everything now.

drunkenfool

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19th Nov 07 at 10:27

quote:
Originally posted by CorsAsh
Some people we know are language teachers, they have a 6 or 7 year old lad who can already switch seamlessly from French to German to English even within a single sentence. Amazing.

Code switching is quite funny, theres only one other English guy that ive met out here and when we are together we usually talk in Spanish but every now and again switch to English without realising.
I was also talking to a mate on MSN the other day and she said I was talking English like a foreigner, cos my mind is now purely thinking in Spanish, saying things like "talking with my friend" instead of "talking to", cos in spanish its "hablar con" not "hablar a"

RichR

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19th Nov 07 at 12:03

The other point is to not get out of practice - I was privately taught German by a German lady from the age of 9 because Dad was 50/50 on moving to Frankfurt with work; they wanted my siser and I to have a good level of understanding before we went and by 11/12 we were both fluent. I took my A-Level German when all my friends did GCSE and got a B.

I haven't really had call to use it since leaving school and I'm out of practice, a few words slip me by and I can't understand fast talkers, have to constantly get them to slow down so I can keep up. From being Fluent, I could now "get by", albeit get by well, but it's a shame I let it slip - I'm going to pick it up again in the new year!

[Edited on 19-11-2007 by LiVe LeE]

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