Comments for Language Training http://www.stupidcustomerquestions.com Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:02:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Comment on Sticky: Teach yourself to Speak Spanish With a Spanish Language Course by Don't Eat My Cat http://www.stupidcustomerquestions.com/learn-language/teach-yourself-to-speak-spanish-with-a-spanish-language-course/comment-page-1#comment-56 Don't Eat My Cat Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:02:59 +0000 http://www.stupidcustomerquestions.com/spanish-language/teach-yourself-to-speak-spanish-with-a-spanish-language-course#comment-56 If you live in the US and your child is going to attend an english speaking school here, your child will learn english in school. Focus on making sure the child can speak to people he/she interacts with most in English (teachers, students, friends, etc). Speak Spanish as much as possible in the home and as the child gets older he/she will learn to identify the difference between the two languages and be less likely to speak Spanglish. Definitely more Spanish in the home than English in a situation like this where you live around people that mainly speak English.<br><b>References : </b><br> If you live in the US and your child is going to attend an english speaking school here, your child will learn english in school. Focus on making sure the child can speak to people he/she interacts with most in English (teachers, students, friends, etc). Speak Spanish as much as possible in the home and as the child gets older he/she will learn to identify the difference between the two languages and be less likely to speak Spanglish. Definitely more Spanish in the home than English in a situation like this where you live around people that mainly speak English.
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]]> Comment on Sticky: Teach yourself to Speak Spanish With a Spanish Language Course by Unexpected Sandwiches http://www.stupidcustomerquestions.com/learn-language/teach-yourself-to-speak-spanish-with-a-spanish-language-course/comment-page-1#comment-55 Unexpected Sandwiches Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:00:59 +0000 http://www.stupidcustomerquestions.com/spanish-language/teach-yourself-to-speak-spanish-with-a-spanish-language-course#comment-55 I grew up with several languages spoken at home, in my case, English, French and Greek. This was before all this "one person one language" stuff... my father speaks five languages and spoke three of them routinely at home, which was how I learned. He was my only parent from aged 4 until he remarried when I was 9, and my mother when she was around only spoke English. I think a bilingual parent is just as good as having one parent for each language. Kids will mix them in the beginning, when they have few words, but soon they'll adopt "codes" and understand that the two languages are spoken in different contexts. My daughter has grown up speaking English, French and Spanish at home. I speak English and French with my family and with my brother and friend (who we share a home with), and my long-time boyfriend is from Argentina. She's picked up Spanish from listening to us speak it. At 4 she's as proficient at it as I am. She hasn't mixed them hardly at all since she was 2 1/2 or 3. As a young toddler, she definitely did, but that was because she was still learning so many words, and words that she didn't have in English, she might have in French and would substitute it until she learned the word in English. Now that her vocabulary is large in all three languages, she doesn't need to fill in the gaps in one language with another as much. She knows to speak French when there's a French speaker around or someone else is speaking it. She knows that it's not appropriate to speak French or Spanish to someone who's speaking English. It's just something that happens naturally with kids that are raised in bilingual homes or cultures. In fact, in most advanced countries around the world, second languages are instilled in children from a young age, even from birth. Countries with English as the first language are the only countries that really don't, and I think the population suffers from it. About forgetting... I personally have forgotten most of my Greek. I only heard it when my uncle or grandfather were around and they and my father would speak it. But French was reinforced daily, and it has stayed with me. I think if it is spoken routinely, forgetting will not be an issue.<br><b>References : </b><br> I grew up with several languages spoken at home, in my case, English, French and Greek. This was before all this "one person one language" stuff… my father speaks five languages and spoke three of them routinely at home, which was how I learned. He was my only parent from aged 4 until he remarried when I was 9, and my mother when she was around only spoke English. I think a bilingual parent is just as good as having one parent for each language.

Kids will mix them in the beginning, when they have few words, but soon they’ll adopt "codes" and understand that the two languages are spoken in different contexts.
My daughter has grown up speaking English, French and Spanish at home. I speak English and French with my family and with my brother and friend (who we share a home with), and my long-time boyfriend is from Argentina. She’s picked up Spanish from listening to us speak it. At 4 she’s as proficient at it as I am. She hasn’t mixed them hardly at all since she was 2 1/2 or 3. As a young toddler, she definitely did, but that was because she was still learning so many words, and words that she didn’t have in English, she might have in French and would substitute it until she learned the word in English. Now that her vocabulary is large in all three languages, she doesn’t need to fill in the gaps in one language with another as much. She knows to speak French when there’s a French speaker around or someone else is speaking it. She knows that it’s not appropriate to speak French or Spanish to someone who’s speaking English.
It’s just something that happens naturally with kids that are raised in bilingual homes or cultures.
In fact, in most advanced countries around the world, second languages are instilled in children from a young age, even from birth. Countries with English as the first language are the only countries that really don’t, and I think the population suffers from it.

About forgetting… I personally have forgotten most of my Greek. I only heard it when my uncle or grandfather were around and they and my father would speak it. But French was reinforced daily, and it has stayed with me. I think if it is spoken routinely, forgetting will not be an issue.
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]]> Comment on Learn to Speak Mandarin Chinese by Shell Shell http://www.stupidcustomerquestions.com/learning-languages-online/learn-to-speak-mandarin-chinese/comment-page-1#comment-40 Shell Shell Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:00:59 +0000 http://www.stupidcustomerquestions.com/chinese-language/learn-to-speak-mandarin-chinese#comment-40 I am Chinese and I know that you can go to a Chinese class in the United States. You can improve your language skills that way or ask a Chinese person to help you. Tip: Hello is written=??<br><b>References : </b><br> I am Chinese and I know that you can go to a Chinese class in the United States. You can improve your language skills that way or ask a Chinese person to help you. Tip:
Hello is written=??
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]]> Comment on Learn to Speak Mandarin Chinese by Frankie O http://www.stupidcustomerquestions.com/learning-languages-online/learn-to-speak-mandarin-chinese/comment-page-1#comment-39 Frankie O Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:58:59 +0000 http://www.stupidcustomerquestions.com/chinese-language/learn-to-speak-mandarin-chinese#comment-39 Go stay in Beijing for 2 years and you'll be speaking those beijing curl pronunciations...<br><b>References : </b><br> Go stay in Beijing for 2 years and you’ll be speaking those beijing curl pronunciations…
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]]> Comment on Sticky: Teach yourself to Speak Spanish With a Spanish Language Course by Yohioh http://www.stupidcustomerquestions.com/learn-language/teach-yourself-to-speak-spanish-with-a-spanish-language-course/comment-page-1#comment-53 Yohioh Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:56:59 +0000 http://www.stupidcustomerquestions.com/spanish-language/teach-yourself-to-speak-spanish-with-a-spanish-language-course#comment-53 we just use both languages all the time, we even throw in some itailian and spanish for the benefit of learning the root words of languages<br><b>References : </b><br> we just use both languages all the time, we even throw in some itailian and spanish for the benefit of learning the root words of languages
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]]> Comment on Japanese Language Accelerated Learning Techniques by Marie http://www.stupidcustomerquestions.com/learn-languages/japanese-language-accelerated-learning-techniques/comment-page-1#comment-48 Marie Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:56:59 +0000 http://www.stupidcustomerquestions.com/japanese-language/japanese-language-accelerated-learning-techniques#comment-48 Okay, colleges look for students that are not only intelligent and logical but that have common sense as well, because lets be obvious common sense is the foundation for intelligence. With that said, if you are not smart enough to see your own credentials and understand what your chances are compared to who they normally let in, then you lack any kind of common sense. (and with as many AP's as you claim to be taking, I doubt youre an idiot) Soooo its OBVIOUS that you only asked thsi question because you have some kind of inferiority complex. STOP ASKING STUPID QUESTIONS Seriously, its ridiculous when people write "hi, I have a 10.0 and got a perfect score on SAT's also, Im part of ten clubs, play a sport for my school and am taking everything AP, do you think my chances are good for getting into Harvard? the answer is obvious.<br><b>References : </b><br> Okay, colleges look for students that are not only intelligent and logical but that have common sense as well, because lets be obvious common sense is the foundation for intelligence.

With that said, if you are not smart enough to see your own credentials and understand what your chances are compared to who they normally let in, then you lack any kind of common sense. (and with as many AP’s as you claim to be taking, I doubt youre an idiot)

Soooo its OBVIOUS that you only asked thsi question because you have some kind of inferiority complex. STOP ASKING STUPID QUESTIONS

Seriously, its ridiculous when people write "hi, I have a 10.0 and got a perfect score on SAT’s also, Im part of ten clubs, play a sport for my school and am taking everything AP, do you think my chances are good for getting into Harvard? the answer is obvious.
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]]> Comment on Learn How to Speak Italian – How to Master the Italian Language by bLoOdYMiKi http://www.stupidcustomerquestions.com/uncategorized/learn-how-to-speak-italian-how-to-master-the-italian-language/comment-page-1#comment-34 bLoOdYMiKi Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:55:59 +0000 http://www.stupidcustomerquestions.com/italian-language/learn-how-to-speak-italian-how-to-master-the-italian-language#comment-34 se ti serve una mano..... o'soi furlan! mandi! io sono in italia, ci vivo, un piccolo paesino in prov di udine..... fiorentino te eh? mia nonna abita a firenze! abiti negli USA? come sono? e poi.... sai parlare giapponese?????????? ma te non sei un uomo qualunque. te sei mandrake!!!! ghghghghg XD ti auguro di vivere la tua vita felice.... io sono piccolina1 (15enne)<br><b>References : </b><br> se ti serve una mano….. o’soi furlan! mandi!
io sono in italia, ci vivo, un piccolo paesino in prov di udine….. fiorentino te eh? mia nonna abita a firenze! abiti negli USA? come sono? e poi…. sai parlare giapponese?????????? ma te non sei un uomo qualunque. te sei mandrake!!!! ghghghghg XD
ti auguro di vivere la tua vita felice…. io sono piccolina1 (15enne)
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]]> Comment on Sticky: Teach yourself to Speak Spanish With a Spanish Language Course by Mrs. H ttc, 1st IUI September 09 http://www.stupidcustomerquestions.com/learn-language/teach-yourself-to-speak-spanish-with-a-spanish-language-course/comment-page-1#comment-52 Mrs. H ttc, 1st IUI September 09 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:54:59 +0000 http://www.stupidcustomerquestions.com/spanish-language/teach-yourself-to-speak-spanish-with-a-spanish-language-course#comment-52 children have the ability to pick up both languages with ease especially if they are exposed from birth. They may occasionally mix them up when they are little but they will outgrow it as they expand their vocabulary. A good way if for them to associate one language with one parent and the other language with the other parent.<br><b>References : </b><br>teacher of many bilingual kids and I'm bilingual and have many friends who are as well. children have the ability to pick up both languages with ease especially if they are exposed from birth. They may occasionally mix them up when they are little but they will outgrow it as they expand their vocabulary.

A good way if for them to associate one language with one parent and the other language with the other parent.
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teacher of many bilingual kids and I’m bilingual and have many friends who are as well.

]]> Comment on Japanese Language Accelerated Learning Techniques by kittysavant http://www.stupidcustomerquestions.com/learn-languages/japanese-language-accelerated-learning-techniques/comment-page-1#comment-47 kittysavant Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:54:59 +0000 http://www.stupidcustomerquestions.com/japanese-language/japanese-language-accelerated-learning-techniques#comment-47 I think if you keep your grades and other qualifications where they are and apply to your top 5 schools you will get into at least one of them - Ivies included. However, don't just think of colleges as places of prestige, really look into their unique characters to find the one that works for you as an individual. You will basically have your pick of the more offbeat places, so run with that. Don't rest on your laurels with the writing, though; you may have learned to construct a sentence in middle school, but constructing an argument is another thing entirely.<br><b>References : </b><br> I think if you keep your grades and other qualifications where they are and apply to your top 5 schools you will get into at least one of them – Ivies included. However, don’t just think of colleges as places of prestige, really look into their unique characters to find the one that works for you as an individual. You will basically have your pick of the more offbeat places, so run with that.

Don’t rest on your laurels with the writing, though; you may have learned to construct a sentence in middle school, but constructing an argument is another thing entirely.
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]]> Comment on Learn to Speak Mandarin Chinese by D J http://www.stupidcustomerquestions.com/learning-languages-online/learn-to-speak-mandarin-chinese/comment-page-1#comment-37 D J Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:54:59 +0000 http://www.stupidcustomerquestions.com/chinese-language/learn-to-speak-mandarin-chinese#comment-37 If there are classes around your area, take them. Then after a few months of studying the language, do a language exchange of some sort with native speakers to keep up your level of vocabulary or even improve. If you can travel after that, even better.<br><b>References : </b><br> If there are classes around your area, take them. Then after a few months of studying the language, do a language exchange of some sort with native speakers to keep up your level of vocabulary or even improve. If you can travel after that, even better.
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