#foreign langauge

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It Just Sounds Better

It Sounds better to the native speaker...

When I first came to live in the USA, good American friends would correct my grammar. One time when I said: I read that book. My friend said that it was more correct to say: I have read that book. But why? I asked. Both are in the past, why do I have to say “I have read”? How come you guys have so many ways to say the Past Tense when Hebrew has only one way? Her answer was (after some hesitation…

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When your...

When your native language is not English but still in real world you give reaction as English 

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Australian Students Not Learning Foreign Languages Anymore

According to recent statistics and a SMH article, only 10% of students are studying a foreign language compared to 40% back in the 1960's. Kurt Mullane, the executive director of the Asia Education Foundation, said "one of our great challenges is our monolingual mindset", while Amber Flohm, multicultural officer at the NSW Teachers Federation claims "there's an oversupply of secondary language qualified teachers, and an under supply of primary ones".

Amber Flohm continued on to offer her opinion, claiming "it's a lack of focus on languages in the primary years, a lack of continuity from kindergarten into year 11 and 12, and [mandating only] 100 hours in year 7 or 8 frankly is tokenistic". We believe our tutors in Perth can assist students in filling the gaps in their knowledge and understanding, while providing continuity throughout their schooling years. Feel free to make an enquiry regarding our foreign language tutors available. We have tutors for a range of languages, from French, to Spanish, Mandarin, and Japanese.

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Quick Tip for Foreign Language Learners

Back in high school, to study for my German III final I only spoke German for an entire week. I didn’t speak a word of English. As a result, my mom and little brothers kind of understand German. But basically the only people that really understood me that whole week were other students in German class and the German teachers.

That being said, it was worth it. I got a ton of speaking practice and I was able to solidify all the concepts in my mind so I had them in the front of my mind (do people say the front of my mind?) when it came time to take the test. There was a speaking portion and a writing portion. For the speaking portion the only thing that I got wrong was I said “an” instead of “auf”, so it slightly changed the meaning. I got the highest grade in the class. I would recommend this study method to anyone who’s nervous about any finals coming up in a foreign language class, or if you want to have a fun challenge for a week to really increase your speaking skill level.

Maybe if you have a math final, only respond in equations—only kidding.

Hope this helps!

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Sitting In A Foreign Language Class

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I wish I spoke another language fluently just so I could go off on people in an argument like Ricardo does to Lucy, in I Love Lucy.

You’re allowed to scream violently, spit flying out of your mouth, full on hand gestures.

Then they’d be like, “sorry, what’d you say?” 

and you’re like, “never mind, glad I got that off my chest.” 

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Backpfeifengesicht & Other Perfect Words With No English Counterpart

Backpfeifengesicht & Other Perfect Words With No English Counterpart

I’m in love with words. It doesn’t matter that one day they will return my affection freely and start an unannounced game of hide-and-seek the next. Playing hard to get only makes the conquest sweeter. But even though there are 1,013,913 English words to love, I have to say that I often find myself flirting with other languages.

Here there are words that we can only dream of finding in English,…

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