German is a language that many people would like to learn but a vast majority of people find it very frustrating to achieve a level where they can speak German fluently. When people learn German in school often the grammar is a hard piece to crack.
Learning Spanish – Part 12 – Conversational Spanish Lessons
This article discusses some of the benefits of conversational Spanish lessons. I explain what my lessons were like at the Spanish school I attended in Antigua, Guatemala for two weeks and in what ways they helped me to improve my overall level of Spanish.
Learn Spanish Online – How You Should Choose One?
This article discusses the keys to finding a great online Spanish course. It focuses on the characteristics that you should look for when you are trying to find a great resource to learn Spanish.
Movies: The Natural Way To Learn a Language
Have you ever wondered how it is possible that you can speak your native language so easily? When you want to express something, correct phrases and sentences just come to you. Most of this process is unconscious.
The New Dark Ages
he more texts we make available online, the more research is published, the more books are written – the less educated people are.
English Grammar Really Does Matter
Whether we are talking about a five year old that is about to start learning to read or whether we are talking about a thirty year old woman who is attempting to write a thesis for her master’s degree, we cannot deny the fact that taking time to learn proper English grammar is important.
When we see or hear about English grammar, the immediate reaction of many people I know is to cringe. They are reminded of junior high and high school English class and the way that their …
How To Learn Spanish Easily
With the popularity of the Internet has come the opportunity to partake in a plethora of new services. Who would have imagined that you could, for example, learn the fundamentals of the Spanish language from an online course? All you need is an Internet connection and the desire to learn.
Providers of online Spanish language courses offer a number of programs from whhich to choose. Online language-course services not only offer fast-paced Spanish language lessons but many …
Learning Spanish – Part 3 – Taking Your First Steps
This article looks at some of the first steps that you might want to think about taking when learning Spanish. It introduces some of the differences between how English and Spanish is used and makes the point, that early on it is best not to get to bogged down with these differences.
Learn Spanish Online Amazingly Simple
The invention of the internet has made everything easier right? You can now shop online, send letters, find information at the drop of a hat, even find your house in satellite pictures on Google Earth.
No – SMALLER is Better!
Scientific studies have shown that we learn best by absorbing small morsels of information, applying them in a practical manner, then building on what we know. As we add more chunks of information our minds correlate, collate, and link everything, referring back to previously learned facts to form a comprehensive sphere of knowledge.
The Problem Of Illiteracy
In general terms, illiteracy is an inability to use language — an inability to read, write, listen and speak. Today, it is usually taken to mean being unable to read and write at a level adequate for written communication or at a level that will allow an individual to function at certain levels of society. In the simplest of terms, illiteracy is the opposite of literacy.
English Pronunciation For The ESL Learner
What is an accent? An accent is the carryover of sounds from the speakers original language to the second language. When we are infants we literally have the ability to speak any language in the world. We are all born with the necessary speech mechanisms and the capability to learn any language. We end up speaking the language that we do solely by reinforcement. The sounds a baby hears and the speech patterns he is exposed to are the ones that she develops. Soon the baby gai…