http://lavidaidealist.org/2009/12/03/what-your-language-teacher-doesnt-want-you-to-know/ Stories and Resources from Idealists in Latin America Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:25:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://lavidaidealist.org/2009/12/03/what-your-language-teacher-doesnt-want-you-to-know/comment-page-1/#comment-1339 Weird Words and How to Learn Them  /  La Vida Idealist Thu, 30 Jun 2011 15:19:37 +0000 http://lavidaidealist.org/?p=2616#comment-1339 [...] La Vida Idealist bloggers: “Help! I’ve Reached the Foreign Language Flatlands!”; “What Your Language Teacher Doesn’t Want You to Know”; “Could You Pick Up Some Milk and a Second Language While You’re Out?”; [...] [...] La Vida Idealist bloggers: “Help! I’ve Reached the Foreign Language Flatlands!”; “What Your Language Teacher Doesn’t Want You to Know”; “Could You Pick Up Some Milk and a Second Language While You’re Out?”; [...]

]]> http://lavidaidealist.org/2009/12/03/what-your-language-teacher-doesnt-want-you-to-know/comment-page-1/#comment-247 Could You Pick Up Some Milk and a Second Language While You’re Out? | La Vida Idealist Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:26:55 +0000 http://lavidaidealist.org/?p=2616#comment-247 [...] my last posting I briefly explored what achieving multi-lingual fluency really means. In the end I determined that [...] [...] my last posting I briefly explored what achieving multi-lingual fluency really means. In the end I determined that [...]

]]> http://lavidaidealist.org/2009/12/03/what-your-language-teacher-doesnt-want-you-to-know/comment-page-1/#comment-240 Jon Brandt Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:23:46 +0000 http://lavidaidealist.org/?p=2616#comment-240 An interesting trick that sometimes works is listening to people making mistakes in English as a second language. If they say, ‘I have 20 years’ you can figure that in Spanish you should be saying ‘Tengo 20 años.’ It doesn’t always work, but it can from time to time. An interesting trick that sometimes works is listening to people making mistakes in English as a second language. If they say, ‘I have 20 years’ you can figure that in Spanish you should be saying ‘Tengo 20 años.’ It doesn’t always work, but it can from time to time.

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