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10-06-2008, 04:13 PM
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How to go about learning Spanish?
I seen "bilingual preferrable" to many times. Any recommendations?
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10-06-2008, 06:54 PM
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There are online (free classes) as well as pay ones. You can go to nightschool. You can also get out language tapes/cds/computer disks from the library for free.
Make friends with a Hispanic person who speaks Spanish.
You can learn it but if you want to be bi-lingual for job purposes your average class will not prepare you to be 'fluent enough.'
To really learn a language you need to be fully immersed in the culture.
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10-06-2008, 07:23 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GypsySoul22
There are online (free classes) as well as pay ones. You can go to nightschool. You can also get out language tapes/cds/computer disks from the library for free.
Make friends with a Hispanic person who speaks Spanish.
You can learn it but if you want to be bi-lingual for job purposes your average class will not prepare you to be 'fluent enough.'
To really learn a language you need to be fully immersed in the culture.
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Being in the culture will teach you in a hurry!!! |
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10-07-2008, 08:37 AM
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go live in LA for a year, you'll pick it up lol
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10-07-2008, 12:34 PM
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In many cases bilingual is code word for illegal immigrants. And that's basically saying, "We want people we can exploit and spend little money doing it". I've seen the whole bi-lingual in job ads for dishwasher, busser, cook, and landscaper. That should tell you something.
Also, you can learn Spanish from Rosetta Stone and by watching Univision and other Spanish-language channels, as well as associating with people who speak Spanish.
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10-07-2008, 05:15 PM
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I'm looking at gov't positions, but regardless, I've heard good and bad about Rosetta Stone? Do you know much about it? I, like eveyone else, has seen their ad's.
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10-07-2008, 05:35 PM
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So is the IRS exploiting illegal immigrants? Puleez!! Some major corps have a need and a demand for such.
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10-07-2008, 07:04 PM
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second for rosetta stone. The best IMO.
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10-08-2008, 10:01 PM
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10-08-2008, 10:59 PM
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Jane
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Learn Spanish
this is a good website which you can receive a lot of course for free . I have learned it for a while..pretty good !
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