Learning Spanish As A Second Language
Learning Spanish As A Second Language
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Spanish for Kids: Learn Spanish Beginner Level 1 $13.64 Learning Spanish opens doors to new life opportunities: greater career possibilities enhanced academic performance and better understanding of other cultures. Spanish for Kids Vol. 1 introduces Spanish in a way kids will truly enjoy. Starring native Spanish speakers and 3-D animated characters this DVD teaches basic conversational Spanish within the context of a fantastic birthday party – full of … |
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Al Agua Pato Latin American Music for Children $11.50 Brand new arrangements of Latin American favorites and original compositions inspired on styles such as son, merengue and swing. Contains sing-along songs, tongue-twisters and activity songs. Great for kids who are learning Spanish as a second language. In this playful musical journey to Latin America, they bring us the music that Latin parents, grandparents and teachers sing with their children. … |
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Así me gusta 1 Video PAL [VHS] $44.00 Así Me Gusta is a new three-level course for learners of Spanish. It focuses on communication needs, presents vocabulary and grammar in context, and deals with the multicultural aspects of the Spanish language. The course involves students emotionally in their learning process and is fully endorsed by the Insitituto Cervantes. Así Me Gusta fulfils the requirements of the Common European Framewo… |
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The Prep Pack [VHS] This is one of nine video tapes available as an optional extra for “The Prep Series”. The videos reinforce the ideas on teaching reading and writing in the teacher’s resource book and offer specific suggestions for using the “Prep” materials. “The Prep Series” is a multilingual reading and writing series for the first four years of schooling, including school readiness. It consists of text charts,… |
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Welcome to English Video VHS PAL Spanish Edition $100.00 Welcome to English is a video for young students of English at elementary level which provides: – 11 Lively and informative documentary style sequences each lasting 4-5 minutes, filmed on location in Britain and Australia – topics which appeal to young students – motivating exposure to real, natural English – a variety of cultural contexts and links to other subject areas in the school curriculum… |
Obama; Americans Learn Spanish! I’m Embarrassed
Learning Spanish Part Twenty-Three: Language Learning Versus Language Acquisition
In the field of second language acquisition, Stephen Krashen, Ph.D, is a name that rises above the academic din that usually begins when the subject of Language Acquisition versus Language Learning is brought up. The noise becomes even more deafening when someone, such as myself, would dare to report how the theories of Dr. Krashen have affected his personal adventure in trying to achieve the highest possible degree of spoken fluency. Without at least one Ph.D under your belt, you are considered (I want to say “an idiot” but I won’t) unqualified to utter the words, “I get it…”
We live in an age that those in white coats are the final arbiters of truth. Unless you’ve earned your white coat, you’d best sit there with your hands folded in your non-doctorate lap and keep your mouth shut. How can you begin to understand the theories of basket weaving when you don’t have a Ph.D in basket weaving? (I’ve never been one for convention, so here goes.)
Lest I bore you with touting Dr. Krashen’s academic resume and become guilty of white-coat worship myself, try Googling “Dr. Stephen Krashen” when you have nothing else better to do than sift through the over 131,000 hits. The man does have an impressive track record and reputation in this field. However, critical thinking does demand that while his credentials do demand consideration, is what he proposes true and reasonably worth our time and effort to examine?
Dr. Krashen’s explanation of Second Language Acquisition follows along five points:
1) the Acquisition-Learning hypothesis,
2) the Monitor hypothesis,
3) the Natural Order hypothesis,
4) the Input hypothesis,
5) the Affective Filter hypothesis.
Perhaps I should have begun my series on Learning Spanish with this material, so bear with this diversion as I try to explain it (and all I was in college was a lowly Voice Performance Music major!).
“Language acquisition does not require extensive use of conscious grammatical rules, and does not require tedious drill.” – Stephen Krashen
NEXT: The Acquisition-Learning hypothesis
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Any stories of Spanish learners as a second language?
I’m looking for people to share their stories (in complete detail) of becoming fluent in Spanish as a second language (I mean fluent!).
I’d prefer that it be your own personal story.
Please tell me everything, including how much you understand or if you think you are able to understand as well as English (assuming that’s your native language).
Thank you very much.
P.S. Bonus to Latinos that learned Spanish as a second language
I spent ten years studying Spanish before I finally made my first trip abroad.
I spent a year studying at the University of Seville, in Spain, and within a very little time, I could finally understand, and even speak, at a conversational speed. I consider myself completely fluent, and am licensed to teach in the public schools, but I choose to have my own private daycare, where I teach my little guys how to speak a little Spanish.
Just this week, I met another soccer mom. She is from Mexico (as are a LOT of the moms in our area, and happily, the soccer league has finally gotten a bunch of interest in their community). I walke up and introduced myself, and simply telling her my name, and answering one question, she was gushing about my fluency. I looked at her blankly, and asked her how she could possibly say that, and she said. “your accent, I can tell you have spent a lot of time because or your accent”.
I have spent YEARS trying to lose my English accent, and never felt like I had succeeded at it, until last Saturday. Too bad her boy is on the OTHER team. I´m not likely to see as much of her in the next few weeks. 
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