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25 Comments
February 6th, 2009 at 8:47 pm
I want to learn ”ESPERANTO” , is so hard , but in the right time , i will speak it.
February 6th, 2009 at 9:30 pm
You’re no alone. Because I am of a different generation, I don’t really understand rap music either.
February 6th, 2009 at 10:14 pm
The problem is that the language spoken in rap music is nor informal. Is describe as “jerga language” in spanish. Is a group words created by a certain commuity who share the same thoughts about it.
February 6th, 2009 at 10:43 pm
I want to learn portuguese, mandarin and japanese. I now dominate english and spanish. Some one told me portuguese is similar to spanish. What advice to learn this languages? My purpose is to improve my record when getting a job. Maybe in the future, I will like to dominate that language to work in that foreign country.
February 6th, 2009 at 11:13 pm
answer to fonsecafh :
People who learn English in schools know mainly formal language. Americans use much more informal language than people from Great Bitain.
Especially when they use slang, you won’t understand them. However, watching a lot of english videos make me used to guess meaning of new words. Although I’ve been learning english for 13 years and i know all the grammar rules (and also my vocabulary is rather advanced) i still don’t unterstand american rap songs.
February 6th, 2009 at 11:49 pm
Thanks for your comments.
February 7th, 2009 at 12:22 am
this video on learning a foreign language really helps since I’m trying to keep up with portugese
February 7th, 2009 at 12:37 am
Hi i live in Brazil and speak a little bit of english but sometimes i have difuculty to understand what americans or somebody else are speaking because they speak too fast.I think i have to listening over and over again.
February 7th, 2009 at 12:59 am
Fantastic! Thanks for sharing.
February 7th, 2009 at 1:38 am
(2) I got the idea to try the singing method to learning pronunciation after watching some vids of TEFL teachers teaching English to Chinese kids by having them sing songs in English in class.
I am really excited about learning tagalog now! At first it felt like a insurmountable mountain I was going to have to climb and struggle with. Now, it is fun!
Your vids also are a real help to me, as well. Thank you!
February 7th, 2009 at 2:17 am
(1) I agree with you that listening is an important first step. I have found that combining listening and singing help tremendously with pronunciation. I have had trouble pronouncing tagalog words and my fiance is always getting a laugh from my attempts. I started listening and singing along to the song “Ikaw na nga” by Willie Revallime. I learned the words and pronunciation and sang the song to her. She was shocked and pleased with my pronunciation, and gave me a 10 in pronunciation!
February 7th, 2009 at 2:42 am
i’ve just started spanish and that helped a lot, thank you.
February 7th, 2009 at 3:09 am
Very insightful, thank you
February 7th, 2009 at 3:27 am
I used to talk to myself in some of my tongues to keep myself from getting a bit rusty with ‘em..People could have thought I was crazy! Don’t do anymore, I just try to practice my languages whenever I can..go check my video “Luca speaks 8 languages”..Ciao!
February 7th, 2009 at 3:30 am
You’re right, lessons always focus on reading and writing, and on grammar before vocab. I use songs to get a feel for a language, I may be wrong but it seems like people exagerate the different sounds when they sing, making it easier to imitate?
February 7th, 2009 at 4:06 am
thank you very good..
February 7th, 2009 at 4:32 am
Some people study while they are waiting… but you even teach while waiting *g*
thanks a lot, I already took a look at some of your videos and you helped me a lot
keep on the great work!
February 7th, 2009 at 5:13 am
Thanks so much for that. I’m language lover too. Listening to the language primarily is really good advice.
February 7th, 2009 at 6:01 am
Great tips.
February 7th, 2009 at 6:32 am
thank you, Bud. I think you are right.
February 7th, 2009 at 6:42 am
I’m similiar in my approach, he is right.
February 7th, 2009 at 7:40 am
his glasses are annoying..all flashy and such
February 7th, 2009 at 8:19 am
yaaaaaaaay!! Good for you! Keep up the good work!
February 7th, 2009 at 8:37 am
lol everything you said is EXACTLY what i do when learning a language!!!!! YAAAAAY!!!!!!!! ur awesomeeeness!!!!! em yeu ahn!!!!!
February 7th, 2009 at 9:00 am
Very interesting i will start listening more because i am surrounded in Vietnamese language i bet they talk about me all the time i think thats why there laughing sometimes HAHAHA but there cool people they speak english too but see i wanna learn there language so they cant talk about me anymore if they are. lol Thanks again!