My mom sent me a Rosetta Stone Level 1 and 2 CD-ROM, and I can't thank her enough. I'm so excited to try out the program; I've heard nothing but good reviews of the company.
I'd studied Spanish in high school, and it never sank in for me. Maybe it's because my teacher was a bitch (ahem), maybe it's because memorization of vocabulary just doesn't sync me up to actually speak the language. RS uses the 'immersion technique', meaning there's no translation. They won't tell you 'roja' means 'red'...they'll label a picture of the color red, 'roja'. Then they teach you through context, a picture of a red apple, and the accompanying sentence 'la manzana es roja'. etc.
Speaking another language has always seemed like a magical skill to me, and something I've never had the confidence to practice with native speakers. Still, I'll keep y'all updated...it should be easier to handle than my Japanese vocab reader, right?
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Is Abraham Lincoln teaching you Spanish?
lol, actually it's one of the first pictures that came up when I did a google image search for 'recitation'.
I was wondering why your old Spanish teacher was weeping after perusing Blogger. Now, I know... Poor, wretched woman.
Oooh! I hope you learn the phrase "Poor, wretched woman" quickly!!
oh so your trying to learn spanish
i know the language:
hola, como estas "señorita" no quiere un "taco" "amiga" :p
joking, spanish is my main language (as you can see from my ban english u.u) maybe we could someday share some spanish word moment :)
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