The school board President of the Pasadena Unified School District talks about the importance of language instruction for youths: Dual Language Immersion programs are a draw for middle class parents. The world is a smaller place and parents understand that…
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How Can Parents Help Children with Spanish Language Learning
Posted in Language Learning Tagged with: Fluenz, language learning, Pasadena Unified School District, Rocket Spanish
Learning a Second Language Early in Life
I’m not a huge fan of “natural” language learning approaches for adults but they make perfect sense for children. Case in point, a Lincoln, NE based-program called The Language Project. Many other nations teach children English from the moment they…
When is Learning Spanish Unnecessary?
For me, the answer to that question is, “never!” But there are degrees to which it’s true or false. You can travel to Spanish-speaking countries and not know a lick of Spanish. And still have a wonderful time. But you…
Lingua.ly Available as Chrome Plug-in
From TechCrunch: Lingua.ly indexes texts on the web in Spanish, English, French, Hebrew and Arabic. After you’ve taken a few vocabulary quizzes and used the service for a little while, Lingua.ly will be able to recommend real texts for you…
Duolingo Android Review (CNet)
I haven’t tried the Duolingo language learning program yet but it’s gotten pretty good reviews around the ‘net. Here’s an excerpt of a review of Duolingo’s Android app from CNet.com: The good: Duolingo is completely free and turns language-learning into…
Posted in Free Language Resources, Language Learning Tagged with: CNet, Duolingo, free resources, language learning
Is Learning English Tougher than Spanish?
And you thought learning Spanish was tough: Sweetmeats are candies, while sweetbreads, which aren’t sweet, are meat. Quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig? And why…
Free Spanish-language webinar
Interesting in GIS? No? That’s ok, you can still get some good language-learning practice if you check out a free Spanish-webinar being given by Blue Marble Geographics in September: Blue Marble Geographics (bluemarblegeo.com) is teaming up with MundoGeo to offer…
Software helping students with language disabilities
Software development work being done in Camagüey, Cuba to help students with language disabilities: [C]omputer software has been used with excellent results on children with speech and language disorders in the “Enrique José Varona” elementary school, belonging to the special education…