A different language is a different vision of life
Federico Fellini
Learning a new language may be quite an adventure...!
Some people see language just as a means of communication. Sherlock would say "That's obvious, Watson, but..."
Learning another language means far more than acquiring and using varied lexis, mastering grammatical rules, understanding common idiomatic expressions, and using appropriate pronunciation, rhythm and intonation. These and other issues are the building blocks of everyday communication. However, language is produced by people differing in origin, race, cultural background, climate, educational system, interest, well-being, ...Thus, the language of a particular group of people varies widely compared to that of another group of people living in a distant geographical site and using the same language; people living in warm, tropical regions are more talkative, express their feelings with strong voice and bodily movements, while people in cold regions speak with a lower voice, almost whispering their ideas, taking good care of cold drafts from affecting their throats and moving slowly to keep their bodies warm.
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Thus, you might read "Monday thru Friday" instead of "Monday through Friday" or "tonite" instead of "tonight" and may hear "overr-itiin" instead of "over eighteen"...
Films, comics, facebook, videos, blogs, internet, RPGs, emoticons, chatting via whatsapp, twitters, ... are contributing to enrich, for the better or the worse, our language.
In this modern, computarized world, people are closer than ever in the history of mankind through the use of internet and learning a language can be facilitated through the use of plenty of resources, such as videos, on-line activities, games, blogs, songs, pen pals, youtube ...
Even visiting other countries is becoming easier.
During these terms you have been bombarded with exercises of various kinds: exercises from the web, webquests, role playing games and situations, instructions and dialogues in English, pronunciation exercises, blogs, units with special contents, oral interactions, videos, ... and still there is a lot to be learnt. So, I wonder .... what are your English language challenges?
Now it's you turn.
> What comments can you make about your experience learning English at university?
> What about the use of blogs?
> What about the use of blogs?
> What aspects of your English need to be improved and how do you plan to do this?
> Outside the English class, how much are you using English these days? What for?
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- Make comments on your teacher's and 3 of your partners' posts.
I wish that one day I could learn Italian !
ReplyDeleteHi Alejandra,
DeleteIt's always time to learn another language... Do it!
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Is incredible how the lenguages change with the geography!
ReplyDeleteHi Javiera,
DeleteDo you have a favorite foreign language?
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I would like to learn more about English and French.
ReplyDeleteHi Priscilla,
DeleteNice to know...You have plenty of time to learn...do it!
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Is amazing how a language can represent an entire culture!
ReplyDeleteHi,
DeleteLanguage and learning are tightly interconnected.
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I'd like to speak another language fluently! It could be french, italian or portuguese.
ReplyDeleteHi Catalina,
DeleteWhat are you waiting for?
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Exactly the same though, learn a new language is the entry of a new world, my challenge is to learn french and italian, nice post.
ReplyDeleteHi Vicente,
DeleteNice to know you liked it. Follow your dreams...!
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i wish i could improve more my pronunciation in english :(
ReplyDeleteHi Omar,
DeleteLearning never stops.
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Is so funny that the pronunciation vary in people who speak the same language, I was in Spain and I did not understand anything haha
ReplyDeleteHi,
DeleteYou usually need time to get used to any language....
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I would like to learn Latin and improve my English for the career that I'm studying.
ReplyDeleteHi Manuel,
DeleteScientific english is at hand...
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I think that a new language is a new door, I was in a English institute for a year (in Chile, besides the school) and there I understood that. Also, I discovered that you don't need too much theory, you need practice and like the proverb says "no pain, no gain" :3
ReplyDeleteHi Gabriela,
DeleteRight you are... We all have to work hard to get what we want.
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Even in the same country we can find some language difference, the expressions of the south are different than the ones from the north.
ReplyDeleteHi Gonzalo,
DeleteLanguage is alive and lives with all of us.
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One of my challenges now is improve my pronunciation and my fluency
ReplyDeleteHi Camilo,
DeleteA new challenge...that's good!
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the pronunciation its pretty important
ReplyDeleteHi Brian,
DeleteRight you are... Yet, it may have flaws....
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I really enjoy watch some videos of different people who speak English, is so different and fun listen some Australian people talking, or a British. But a Scottish...haha I don't understand anything what they say.
ReplyDeleteHi Macarena,
DeleteSometimes it is hard to understand people talking our own language!!!
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The pronunciation it's important, like hearing, you have to know what they say, and they have to know what you say
ReplyDeleteHi Luis,
DeleteYet don't give it too much importance.... or you may get stuck!
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Apart from English I would also like to learn other languages.
ReplyDeleteHi Osvaldo,
DeleteIt's a great idea...do it!
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