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Post by nateball89 on Sept 4, 2015 22:17:01 GMT -5
If there was one thing I was horrible at high school, it was Spanish. I don't why, but I just couldn't get myself to understand anything during class. I've read that the ability to learn languages diminishes rapidly after age 10. We got (not given a choice) Italian (predominant in my area of the Bronx) in 4th thru 6th grade. I skipped 3rd grade so I was like age 8 - 10. I spoke fluent Italian, and could talk to my friend's grandma better than she could. haha And all 3 years were 'supposedly' the equivalent of 1 year high school. But learning it that young, that part of the brain is like a sponge I guess - probably why Spanish wasn't that hard, similar to Italian. Edit: nateball89 - What is this app? Can I do it on a laptop? Bought these CDs when I had Windows XP and don't work in Win 7. Can't get in touch with the company either. Never even bothered to use it until it was too late. But for free would be nice. Speaktribe Spanish. |
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Post by Divebitch on Sept 5, 2015 7:13:58 GMT -5
Thanks, but looks like it won't work on a regular computer. Pero buena suerte a tu! |
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Post by nateball89 on Sept 5, 2015 17:37:49 GMT -5
Thanks, but looks like it won't work on a regular computer. Pero buena suerte a tu! ¡Muchas gracias! |
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Post by OD on Sept 6, 2015 16:36:48 GMT -5
Hola amigo. Soy Mexicano!
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Post by Juggs on Mar 18, 2016 10:57:13 GMT -5
I've always been fascinated with the Spanish language, and once I learn it, I'll have absolutely zero use for it in my day to day life Strongly disagree with this statement. Spanish is an extremely useful language to know here nowadays with the growing population of Hispanics in our country. Being fluent in Spanish is huge as far as jobs go; depending on the job, it will be way easier to get hired if you know Spanish. I took it all four years of high school and my first semester in college, but it's useless in my major (mechanical engineering) and with all the required courses in engineering, it's impossible to squeeze it in my schedule without being in school an extra semester (at least). I would love to keep learning it, and I anticipate I'll be fluent eventually. Keep at it. Now French, yeah that's useless unless you want to teach a useless language in school or visit France on a regular basis.  I totally agree with you about Spanish, but not about French! I interact with french canadians nearly every day in northern New England, and there are tons of french speaking countries in Europe, Africa and Latin America other than just France. Fluency in Spanish or French is like an international passport that you can use to go all over the world. I'm learning Arabic at the moment, which is also a growing language I think. |
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Post by saskabronco on Mar 18, 2016 12:26:38 GMT -5
Strongly disagree with this statement. Spanish is an extremely useful language to know here nowadays with the growing population of Hispanics in our country. Being fluent in Spanish is huge as far as jobs go; depending on the job, it will be way easier to get hired if you know Spanish. I took it all four years of high school and my first semester in college, but it's useless in my major (mechanical engineering) and with all the required courses in engineering, it's impossible to squeeze it in my schedule without being in school an extra semester (at least). I would love to keep learning it, and I anticipate I'll be fluent eventually. Keep at it. Now French, yeah that's useless unless you want to teach a useless language in school or visit France on a regular basis. I totally agree with you about Spanish, but not about French! I interact with french canadians nearly every day in northern New England, and there are tons of french speaking countries in Europe, Africa and Latin America other than just France. Fluency in Spanish or French is like an international passport that you can use to go all over the world. I'm learning Arabic at the moment, which is also a growing language I think. My wife is fluent in French and Spanish (as well as English, of course) and it's been huge for her. Obviously French is more important in Canada since we are technically bi-lingual, but most Canadians don't actually speak French beyond the core French we learn up to grade 8. After that it's optional, and most Canadians outside of Quebec opt not to learn it. I wish I had stuck with it. I suck at learning languages now. I took a few spanish classes in high school but never really caught on and the same with German in university.
While travelling with my wife though, her fluency in those three languages has helped us a ton. In France, people are so much nicer if you speak their language. In Cuba, she basically was a tour guide for the rest of her family, making all the plans and handling all interactions for all 8 of them that went for 10 days. In Italy, she could speak with Italians (same with a few Portuguese people that we have encountered) by speaking spanish. They understand enough spanish to be able to respond in their language and vice versa, because the languages are so similar. She also got to teach a French biology course in University as a PhD student because there was no one else qualified who could speak French fluenty to do the course.
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