Lets face it, trying to learn a foreign language is not the easiest thing to do. Many people will tell that it requires too much practice and patience as well as the fact that only people who have “photographic” memories stand a good chance of being able to speak a foreign language fluently.They will also say the only way to learn is to actually go to the country and hear the people speak and try converse with them. This is certainly helpful, but not entirely necessary.

I think people who are truly passionate and determined to speak a foreign language will go the extra mile and put in the required effort regardless of whether they have good memories or not. Its all about patience and clearly using the right techniques to learn the language. But then how does one go about learning a foreign language? Well, most people including myself will go out and purchase these “language phrase” books which teach you the most common phrases spoken by your desired language.

These books are great, however they do not give you the comprehensive understanding of how and why those sentence phrases are constructed,as well as the meaning of the individual words which make up the sentence. You clearly have to start off learning the basics in understanding grammar, words, tenses, use of verbs and the list goes on. So now what? You can go and attend lectures given by an expert in that language, or you can do it yourself at your own pace in the comfort of your own home. I take myself for example.

I was passionate about learning German, so I started out with these “phrase books” and they were great because I could learn the sentences like a parrot, but soon found myself asking myself the who,how,what and why questions about the sentence structures etc.Now there are many different ways to go about learning foreign languages, but I made use of “Rocket German” course.If you want comprehensive audio learning, sentence guides and vocabulary, this is the one. Please check out my homepage below for more information on this Foreign language package.



By: Stephen Alfred

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Why learn a language? Well it is easier to deal with the local people if you speak even a little of their language. Don’t assume everyone, everywhere you go will speak English. Numbers, greetings, directions and simple questions are not that difficult to learn and are very useful. Locals will appreciate your efforts and in fact, you may notice they will go out of their way to help you knowing that you are trying hard to communicate. It is also good travel etiquette to know a few key phrases.

When planning your next overseas trip give some thought to learning some of the local lingo. Its simple to get started and can be relatively inexpensive or even free. Consider starting at your local library, or search the internet, there are sites offering free introductions to language that may be all you need to get started. Local papers may offer private tuition.

A relatively new and increasingly popular learning technique is learning with your iPod. Your language of choice is simply downloaded onto your iPod so you can learn any place any time. Why not make use of your time traveling to and from work?

Begin with greetings and phrases such as how are you? my name is, can you help me? Some common destination phrases, such as post office and pharmacy, café, restaurant, train station and taxi. Your favorite food and drink phrases, knowing how to order your coffee correctly is essential. Practice on your family, your workmates, and your pets.

If you consider what you will be doing while you are on holiday and the things you may need to ask for, why not start with those? Shopping? At least please and thank you. Touring? Phrases for maps, guides and accommodation would be useful. Learning a foreign language just takes a little practice, and the more you use your new skills the better you will become.

If you are really keen on learning the language there are numbers of companies which now offer language holidays! You book your place and included in the cost is accommodation and immersion in the local language and the local culture. Live and breathe the language on these tours. For those keen on getting involved in the culture of a country you can’t go past this type of holiday. The longer you can spend the better your language will become. Making great lasting friendships with your hosts is all a part of the holiday.

Anywhere you go it will benefit you to learn the local language. Learning the language of your destination will really make an amazing difference to how you interact and how the locals will interact with you. You will feel self confident and be more willing to talk with the locals.

Once you have a grasp the local language you will be surprised at where and when it may become useful. Helping other tourists who are struggling to order lunch at a bar to helping a tourist in your own country, you will always have a number of great reasons to learn another language, so why not start today.



By: Trudie Simpson

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Techniques used by physicians to gather data for a diagnosis consists of two procedures known as:

• History Examination

• Physical Examination

Combined, these two make the physician report of “history and physical examination.” The history portion is the patient’s own description of his or her experiences, observations, symptoms or complaints of illness. The physical examination consists of a process whereby the physician seeks and observes objective changes and abnormalities, which are the signs of illness.

In a typical case, a skillfully obtained history provides a larger number of diagnostic clues that are more useful and specific than the actual physician’s physical examination.

To get the most out of your doctor visit, be well prepared with a thorough list or report describing your illness or ailment. I have written detailed reports for personal use, and granted, a physician may not always need such details as I have provided, but…..in one case in particular I think without my detailed report I would have not gotten the expert treatment as I eventually got. Sometimes, you have to really “jar” the minds of the physician to really get out of them the diagnosing and treating skills specific to your particular illness or ailment.

By definition, the physical examination includes those procedures performed directly by the physician as he relies on his own senses, with the aid of hand-held instruments. X-rays, laboratory studies, electrocardiography and electromyography, various scans or other techniques may eventually be absolutely essential to make a precise and accurate diagnosis. These are not considered part of the physical examination.

The word “diagnosis” in medicine is an interesting word to think about what it means. First, it is the intellectual process of analyzing, identifying, or explaining a disease. The diagnosis forms the subject matter and means the explanation proposed for a patient’s problems. Physicians speak about arriving at a diagnosis or of making a tentative diagnosis. So that the history and physical examination report is a physician’s report of his findings during the interview with a patient and his own examination with a goal of moving toward a diagnosis for this patient.

Upon dictating the history and physical report, the physician will include patient’s name, patient’s date of birth and other identification information such as hospital number or private practice number, etc. The medical transcriber must be very careful that he or she transcribes the patient identification information accurately.

The medical report of a thorough history and physical contains more negative than positive statements. This is due to the fact that a physician is not concerned only with compiling a list of abnormalities about the patient. He or she must establish a complete picture of the patient’s condition; therefore, he must also say what common or relevant symptoms and signs are not present.

The language of medicine is like a “foreign language” that a Medical Transcriptionist must learn as well. It is sort of like while in Rome, you must be like the Romans and speak and understand as the Romans. When transcribing medical dictation a Medical Transcriptionist is in the foreign land of “Medicine,” and he or she must or will learn the language of this foreign land.

The language in which a physician writes or dictates a history and physical contains many recurring terms, phrases, and formulas. Some of these terms and phrases are formal medical terminology, while others are highly informal, perhaps regional, institutional, or even individual, and do not appear in conventional medical reference books. For these types of phrases and terms, a Medical Transcriptionist usually learns them as she goes.

Of course, the History and Physical medical report is not the only medical document that a Medical Transcriptionist produces in the daily schedule of Medical Transcription. There are many more reports and much more to learning the language of medicine than meets the eye.

Formal education is definitely a “must” in today’s Medical Transcription work environment. You will to start your own personal library of books and references along with notebooks of these out-of-print types of words and phrases physicians use when they dictate.

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© 2007 Connie Limon All Rights Reserved



By: Connie Limon

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Since a long time, Russia attracts visitors coming from all over the world.

Thinking about Russia, we think about a deep-rooted nation, always engaged in fulfill its strong feelings, a developing nation that do not allows to the fast changes subduing the entire world, to touch its soul.

Located in East Europe, Russia is reaching the highest point of its economic and cultural evolution. Russia is a renewed, beautiful country today, worthy of being visited during a long stay and ready to welcome new visitors.

To visit Russia in this period of development that the nation is living, could be a wonderful, interesting experience, and to know Russian language is the key requirement for foreign visitors to get at best this new current feeling and get in touch with Russian people.

In fact, Russian is the only language spoken here, so that during your stay in Russia it is important to know the basic language skills, in order to be able to move and menage also the most common activities, such as ask for information, buy something and mix it up with Russian people. In order to realize this purpose, all the Russian language schools in Russia, also offers basic language courses conceived to help foreign students in their everyday activities.

Moreover, Russian is listed among the six United Nations official languages: one more reason to consider knowledge of Russian an essential educational feature.

Whoever is interested in choosing Russia during holidays, could think about taking advantage by the learning of Russian language. In order to help you to realize this purpose, we suggest an interesting Russian language learning programme in Russia, that combines an international officially recognized language course with a qualified and stimulating learning environment.

For this reason, Russian language schools in Mosca and St. Petersburg, offer to foreign students wishing to learn Russian, language courses carefully tought to help any single learner to achieve his goals, with the support of a professional and skilled staff.

To study Russian is undoubtedly not easy, but it turns into a unique experience when you have the chance to learn this language with the help of skilled teachers, carefully selected training aid and the full immersion into a beautiful, interesting, stimulating and funny background.

A learning travel in Russia allows anybody to open their cultural barriers, to get in touch with a special country and learn a language whose relevance is increasing everyday, and whose knowldge will be useful both in studying and working field, both in Russia and abroad.



By: Learn Languages Abroad

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When students think of learning a foreign language, the first thought is of books, exercises, audio cassettes and all the rest. Those are all important and fundamental to learning but the time comes when you need to spice things up a bit.

After all, you need to maintain your studies over a long period of time. In order to do this, it’s necessary to change things so that your interest level remains high. After all, most people have the initial desire but lose interest due to, among other things, a boring routine.

That’s where things like a cell phone come in handy.

It’s the perfect addition to your study materials. You have it with you day after day, you are familiar with how it works and you can use it to practice whenever you have some downtime. No need to have your books by your side or be in your car to listen to tapes.

Let’s take a look at how to add your cell phone to your study toolchest.

Tip #1 - Set up your cell phone to use the language you’d like to study. - Go to the menu, find settings, locate language and change it to Spanish, Chinese, whatever you would like to learn. If you ever get stuck you can go and change it back.

Tip #2 - Take a look at the buttons you normally push and begin associating those items with the new vocabulary. - This is a great way to master simple words and phrases with little or no effort. For example, each time you open up your cell phone you’ll see, (in the case of Spanish), “mensajes” instead of “messages”, “juegos” instead of “games” and “llamdadas hechas” instead of “calls made.”

These words begin to stick once you see them again and again. Before you know it you’ll recognize the Spanish word just as quickly as the English one.

Tip # 3 - When you have downtime, take out your cell phone and start hitting buttons. - You’ll be surprised at all the vocabulary you can learn by just playing with the different menu items. Some things you’ll recognize immediately and others you’ll be able to guess just by where you find them.

As you probably know, the more contact you have with the language the better. That is particularly true of vocabulary. Seeing a word for the first time and then not seeing it again is a recipe for a very limited vocabulary. You have to get the repetitions needed to help move the information into long term memory.

You also need to see things in context. With a cell phone, you begin to see relationships between words of the same category. For example, the category “llamadas” is “calls” in English. Contained in this category are “llamadas hechas” (calls made), “llamadas recibidas” (calls received), “llamadas perdidas” (calls missed), just to name a few.

You have a goldmine of related words and phrases that can double your vocabulary almost overnight. Why not take advantage of it?

It’s one of the ways you can keep your learning fresh and interesting. And that’s important because boredom is a big problem with language learners. You need variety and a cell phone is one way to get it.

Don’t fall into that trap. Grab your beloved cell phone right now and start hitting some buttons!



By: Jim Sarris

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In this day and age, getting ahead can be a rather tough thing to achieve. Our children are born into a day and age where ordinary just isn’t good enough anymore. Our children need as much of an edge over their peers as they can. And when the time comes that they have to set out into the world and get on with their careers, knowing a second or third language might just be that ‘edge’ that they need. How to learn English for kids is relatively easy.

Here are some tips on fun English for kids to get you started

Start Early

You’ve probably heard that kid’s brains are like sponges when it comes to learning new things, including new languages like English for kids. This is because kids are practically wired to learn. During these carefree years, the brain is actually gearing up to learn and to soak up as much as it can. It’s the time when the language centers in the brain are most active and are most likely to pick up a new language.

Some parents are concerned that their kid can get confused when they are being taught more than one language. This is a complete sham. Children don’t really get confused. In fact, research shows that those who know two languages may even have a wider and better vocabulary. The trick to this is to start exposing the child to a new language early on in life. Even if the start may be a bit rocky and not at all refined, don’t worry. What you’re doing during these early stages is making the child comfortable with the language, and refinement can happen later on in life when he gains the facilities to use more complex learning styles.

Use Appropriate Materials

However, not all people know that it’s okay for the child to be a bit crude during his first years of learning the language. Most people usually take it as a negative sign. And in an attempt to compensate, they would usually overwhelm the child with language books on grammar for kids, dictionaries, and other such complicated materials. These materials are for adults and not for children. Children would usually fare better if they’re given learning materials like English dictionary for kids, story books, flash cards, and other colorful items that feature different languages. Games for learning English for kids are also a good way.

Constant Exposure

Also, it would be best to keep exposing the child to the language to make him as comfortable with it as possible. It might help if you learn English for kids yourself and converse with the child from time to time using it. Language tapes might also be good ways to expose the child to the new language as well as English songs for kids.



By: Vladimir Chen

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Because of continuous expansion of Russia, which is slowly growing in the world economic chart, learning Russian today means enlarge your own cultural and linguistic borders, which is a point in your favor in the world of international work.

Staying for a while in wonderful Russia is a good reason to start the study of the language of this country so, why don’t you choose Moscow - the political and economic capital of Russia - for your studies and learning vacation?

With its 11 millions inhabitants, Moscow is the most populated city in Europe, rich of cultural and social events, it is the favourite aim of thousands curious people from the whole world.

To learn Russian, first of all means to live a beautiful and interesting experience and you will be supported by the most qualified professional men in the area of the Russian teaching as a foreign language.

The seat of Moscow of the Russian language school Liden & Denz is the best institution you can rely on if your desire is to learn Russian.

Member of IALC, association authorized to prepare students for the state exam TKRI (Test of Russian language knowledge as foreign language), the school proposes a large variety of courses in Moscow which are organized for students of any age, with differents needs and goals to reach. In fact, there are courses for adults, like the “Russian standard language course” or the “Academic Year in Russia”, which are courses tailored on students not ready for an intensive learning program, yet and many other special courses which combine study and discipline to amusement, like for example “Russian along the river”, a particular course of Russian which takes you by cruise along the river from Moscow to St. Petersburg and viceversa.

Moreover, students will be free to choose their accomodation: they can stay with one of the families carefully selected by the schools following strict seriousness and cordiality criteria (it is the most used accomodation), or they can live in shared flats or hotels, if preferred.

Studing Russian in Moscow is absolutely a training experience, which puts students in touch with culture and traditions of this country, giving them the right tools to communicate and know people, to face every situation and daily activity and to take part to the several cultural activities organized by the school.

There are so many reasons to spend a learning vacation in Russia, and there are furthermore many reasons for choosing to learn such a useful and interesting language.

If you think that studying Russian is too much difficult, think about the fact that Moscow will make everything more interesting, simple and funnny!



By: Learn Languages Abroad

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When referring to the languages I speak they are English, French, Spanish, Italian and Polish which to many may seem like an impressive number but before some get the idea that I should be admired for my linguistic skills I would like to say that this is due more to circumstances then skill. First of all I was born in New York City where I spent the first 3 months before being sent away to live with my grandparents who spoke both Spanish and Italian, so unsurprisingly the languages I started speaking were Spanish and Italian. By the time I was five years of age I spoke both these languages well however I did not speak English at all so it was with this in mind among other things that my parents brought me back to New York where I started learning English. It was strange to me at first; going to school in a country that was my own hearing people speak a language that I did not understand. With time however since I was still at that early age in which languages come with ease; English started becoming more and more comprehensible and in a bigger way it was the cartoons I watched on television which I had already seen in Spanish that helped me. It is because of this factor which I experienced when I learnt English at the age of 5 that I can lay claim that those who are in their very youthful years need not to have languages taught to them as they will learn them their own. It is with this in mind that I urge parents whose wish it is for their children to learn a foreign language or two to simply expose their child to the language as I was by my parents who sent me to a school where everybody spoke English.

Of course when giving this advise I have not lost sight of the fact that not all parents have at their disposal the chance to send their child to a school where the language they want their child to learn is spoken either because they do not live in a country where it is spoken or they don’t have the funds to send their child to a school in which all subjects are carried out in that language. It is to these parents that I suggest that constant exposure to that language by all means at their disposal would be the most appropriate. When I say this I have in mind that parents naturally if they speak the language in question should do so with their children; this basically being the way most people get to speak a language at the start; from their parents.

However to those parents who are not speakers of the language they wish their child or children to learn then I would suggest exposing their child or children to that language by way of television such as “Cartoon Network” or perhaps films on DVD. As an idea to follow first have the child watch the film in his or her first language and then in the second one; repeating this process as many times as possible everyday. To many parents it may seem that their children only waste time when they sit in front of the TV set and to a large degree they do but time spent watching TV need not be a waste of time specially if it can help their child learn a foreign language. I recall in my many years as an E.S.L. (English as a Second Language) teacher; a five year old child. It was this child who spoke fluent English. Naturally making grammatical errors but then again what child his age does not. Regarding his accent I can say in earnest that this child from Warsaw, Poland spoke English with no traces in his accent that would have given away even to a foreign accent trained ear like mine that he was not an American. One might think as I did that this child had spent time in America or another English speaking country or that his parents were English speakers but when I asked the child’s mother she informed that this child had neither set foot in an English speaking nor did she or her husband speak any English what so ever. As far as lessons were concerned he had only had those which were offered at the public school which he attended which did not exceed those that would have taught him the very basics. My curiosity took over my actions at this point making me ask how it was possible for their son to speak English fluently like any American child his own age even without the slightest trace a foreign accent. To this question I was met with the answer that this child watched “Cartoon Network” in English practically 24 hours a day.

If there is an unfortunate side to learning languages it is that those who did not start at a very early age in life for the most part will always be at a disadvantage to those who did. They will tend to speak with an accent that will classified as foreign and for the most part struggle with grammar however I say this not with the aim of dissuading but of informing those who start past the age of 10 that they will have to work harder. Of course this is not to say that they will not learn and learn well but perhaps certain nuances of the language will be lost to them.

Many are the reasons for wanting or needing to learn a language from living in a country to seeking a job to so many others that I will not go over all of them however as many as there be reasons there also be methods. If the later be the case I have found that the “target method” to be the most efficient when the matter be simply learning to communicate. As this is what most people seek to get when they study a language. By communicating I have in mind learning how to understand and be understood in a second language which by its own virtue does not concentrate so much on grammar’s rules but on how one should speak a language using correct grammar without the need to necessarily go over a lot of rules that would not necessarily make one a better speaker. I in my fourteen years as an ESL (English as Second Language) teacher have come to discover that those who know more rules regarding for instance when to use “present perfect” as opposed to when to use “past simple” do not always speak more grammatically correct however it is important to have a basic understanding of the tenses if one is to use them correctly. During the course of this time there is a lot I have taught my students but also a lot which I have discovered for myself from both my students and from teaching them and here are some tips which I would like to provide those who are seeking to learn a language:

-Find a teacher or a school; this is of more importance to total beginners as languages are not like history which can be learnt solely by reading it. Languages require the spoken part which involves learning how words are pronounced in languages that are not always systematically phonetic so for this reason I recommend getting a teacher. For total beginners I also suggest starting in a group because at the start what people are most in need of is repetition. For instance a teacher might begin with each student saying “My name is ___.” and if there should be 20 students in the class then we should hear this sentence repeated just as many times and therefore making it more provable that the sentence will stick in our mind then if we had just heard it repeated twice. Granted groups advance more slowly but the speed in which we cover the material is not the issue but what is, is how much of it we absorb and I noticed specially when I was studying French and Polish how much easier it was to learn things because of the repetitive nature to be found in groups.

-When learning a second language we must think in the language we are trying to learn. There are those however who may say that for beginners this is the neither possible or recommendable but to those I would say that on the contrary it is. The reason I say this is for instance if a person is learning Spanish and the first sentence he is presented with is “Yo me llamo ___.” (My name is ____.) then he or she should say this sentence not translating in to English and then repeating it in Spanish but knowing what the sentence means and simply repeating it. This method perhaps may be slower at first but will pay off in the future because if the student can say the sentence in the language he or she is learning without having to translate in his or her mind this will make it possible for that student to become fluent as that person will be able to speak without thinking of the words. Fluent speaking is when a person gets an idea and can put that idea in to words without thinking of the words because they come automatically. Naturally this does not mean that if a person speaks a language fluently he or she will speak that language correctly as these are two different things. Fluency dealing with how much time passes from the moment the thought enters the mind to the moment the words come out and only this. Many of my students on many occasions have asked me how can they think in the language they are speaking and to them I tell the following. When speaking or repeating a sentence or word in a language one should pretend that the only language one speaks or knows is the language one is trying to speak. In other words one should forget all other languages that one may speak and if one does so speaking a foreign language fluently will be easier ; reason being that translating as one goes along slows one down. This even holds more true when listening to a language for if we had to stop and translate every word in to another language that is being said to us by the time we translated the first word the whole sentence would have gone by so with this in mind I say we should only think in the language we are speaking or listening to forsaking all others.

-To learn a language when we wish to translate a sentence what we should do is translate the general idea of the sentence and not word per word but as a whole for it is there where we see the general idea. For instance in Italian we say “Io me chiamo Gianni” which when translated word per word would be “I call myself Gianni” which in English does not have the same meaning. This however if translated not word per word but the general idea we would get “My name is Gianni”. The reason this stands as truth is that every language is different and not only that words are different but their grammar. Grammar being the order in which we place words. Sometimes however it is not a matter of grammar which in an of itself differs one language from another. As an example I can give that Polish only employs three tenses (present, past and future) and does not have articles, definite or indefinite but the way people speak. For instance in French it is correct to say “J’ ai 40 ans” which when translated directly in to English would be “I have 40 years” which in proper English would be “I am 40 years old”. This proving my point that is not always a question of grammar but of the way people in different languages speak this making it that the same thing is expressed in a different way. As an added example I can give that in Polish the sentence “happy birthday” does not exist but in its place Polish people say (from a literal translation) “all the best wishes”.

-Never ask why! In languages it is not important to know why Polish does not use articles or why English does not have articles that differentiate genders like French which has them in the form or “le” and “la” or why Spanish and Italian do not use the letter “k” to spell any of their own words. What is important is to understand how the language is and speak it as such and not waste time analyzing why it is one way or was made one way and not another. Knowing this; if we could even find out why will not help us speak the language we are trying to learn anymore then knowing why most of us have two instead of three eyes would help us see better. So in short do not worry about why it so just accept it and speak it or write it as such.

Languages do not require thinking or least none that be analytical but the ability to understand a situation and repeat the sentence that explains it to another person. For instance when we say “This is a pen.” we establish what something is and if the object we were establishing were a table then the structure would be the same “This is a table”. These two sentences only requiring us to change one word but not the structure which should not change since the situation has not.

-Do not be afraid to make mistakes. When learning a language mistakes are as unavoidable as is falling down to a child who is learning to walk. If that child or his parents were afraid of their child falling down that child would never learn to walk; same thing with languages. I always tell my students that if they can not avoid mistakes at least they should try to learn from them. One of the reasons people are afraid or perhaps embarrassed about mistakes is what other people might think. This if one logically thinks about should not represent a problem as those who are mindful will understand that the person who is speaking is not a native speaker of that language and will not only understand if that person makes some mistakes but will not think less of that person for doing so.

-Using good grammar is not the most important thing! Unless we are teachers of that language or writers in that language; then grammar is not the most important thing if we just want other people to understand what we are saying. Grammar only becomes an issue when we are misunderstood or not all. For instance if I heard someone say “I had bought a book, yesterday” I would understand that this person bought a book yesterday. This despite the fact that he or she used “past perfect” in a situation when he or she should have used “past simple”. So my advise to those who are speaking a foreign language is to not worry about what is grammatically correct and just to speak.

Practice as much as possible! To learn a language well we need to have at least 20 hours of contact a week with the language. By this I mean taking lessons but they are not enough. For instance if a person took piano lessons this would not be enough to learn the piano as that person would have to have a piano he or she could practice on at home otherwise lessons would not be so beneficial. Having said this what I recommend to those who do not live in a country where the language they want to learn is spoken is to look for as much contact with the language in question as possible. May be in the form of watching television in that language, making friends with people who speak that language or just having a romantic acquaintance that would also contribute to one’s linguistic needs apart from all the rest.

-The four parts to languages are the following: the spoken one, the read one, the written one and listening. To practice the last one all we need is to watch films in that language maybe even with subtitles. With regard to reading this we should practice for the reason that it is the best way for us to expand our vocabulary in the language as we have time to look up the words we do not understand. Writing should be improved by reading because after seeing the words many times this should teach us how to spell them. The speaking perhaps is the hardest to practice as it is most advisable to not do this alone as this would force one to answer oneself.

In all my years as a language teacher and learner of languages it has been my experience that has taught me that when speaking or learning a language as in life all we can do is our best and hope for just that so with this in mind I leave those who should read this with the following thought. It is better to speak a language badly then not at all because if we really think about it how many people speak a language with grammatical perfection even their own let alone a second or a foreign one.



By: Gianni Truvianni

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Learning a new language is something that helps you in more ways than one. The reasons why you want to engage in the leaning process may vary; it can be either a vacation in that particular country, business you conduct and require the language or just because you want to extend the sphere of your knowledge. Whatever the reason, learning a new language is very helpful.

The process of learning a new language requires time, dedication and effort. If you really want to commit to this process, then you have overcome the first step, which is desire. Now that you know you want to learn the language, the next step is the method you choose. As it always happens, you have more than one path to undertake in your quest for knowledge.

For some people, being part of large classes does the trick. But not everyone is like that. There is one major disadvantage in going down this road. Due to the increased number of students, the teacher will not be able to spend time with you and give you the necessary attention that you may need. The costs for this method are low, but you will need to purchase at least one textbook for study and homework. And you may also feel the need to partake in several classes before you can be confident about your knowledge.

Having your own tutor is the best way to learn a foreign language. The teacher will give you his or her undivided attention, listen to your pronunciation and monitor the progress you make. You will also need a reasonable number of lessons before you learn the language. The major downside is the costs, because it will leave you with quite a dent in your finances.

There is also the option of buying manuals, books or conversation guides. This, however, will not lead to breathtaking results, because you do not have anyone to listen to the way you speak and give you advice on how to better those aspects. It is the cheapest form of learning, but the situations when you lose interest and the manuals will end up collecting dust on a shelf are often.

These are some of the old methods. A revolutionary way of learning a foreign language has been developed – the Rosetta Stone Language Course. This program gives you the opportunity to listen to native speakers and also follow the course at a natural pace. You receive lots of feedback on how well you are doing and soon you will be confident to talk, listen, read or write the language you have chosen. The cost for this learning path is relatively lower than a personal tutor but slightly higher than communal lessons. This is the best way to start learning a new language.

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By: Amelie Mag

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TV can be vice, or it can be a blessing depending on how you use technology. When is it a vice, and what it is a blessing?

Watching TV becomes a vice when you watch too much of it. Many people watch TV because it’s just a habit to them. They come home from school or work, and immediately switch on the TV without thinking. Then they watch TV programs that doesn’t require them to think much, like game shows, and other pop culture television shows. Not that these programs are bad, but they are meant to provide entertainment. So if you need the entertainment, watching these shows will be nice.

Watching TV also becomes a vice when there is too much of it. This is particularly true for students and teenagers. They haven’t learnt to control and manage their time wisely, so they spend way too much time in front of the television. Notice how each show says something like, “Up next, we have the most exciting show for you…” The TV stations know that it’s easy to get glued to the TV. So they deliberately aired some teasers before the end of each program to encourage people to stay glued to seats. And it works! The viewers will be caught thinking, “Wow, that’s exciting. I MUST watch this.” And on to the next television show. Meanwhile, the hours went by without the viewing noticing. That can’t be good.

But that’s not to say that watching TV is all bad. The key is to be discerning when watching TV. Too much of anything will always lead to something bad. For example, too much violence, too much pop music, etc. So if a viewer spends two hours each day watching just violent shows, it’s certainly not the same as spending that same two hours, watching one violent show and several other documentaries.

So you see, the television can become a blessing, especially when we think about how to use the technology to our advantage. Recently, there have been an increase in popularity of free-to-air TV, which is a system that allows the TV owners to tune in to thousands of TV programs. These programs include foreign language programs, documentaries, variety shows, game shows and many other interesting programs. Now watching a local game show and watching foreign game show is, in itself, very different. That’s because when watching a foreign game show, the viewer has a chance to experience and learn more about the different cultures. So with thousands of foreign programs made available, it is now possible to see and learn about the rest of the world. That is how we can benefit from technology, and certainly benefit from the wide variety of foreign language TV programs.

Finally, when it comes to installing a free-to-air TV system, make sure you do your homework and check out the latest technology that is available in the market. Request for product catalogs, and talk to sales representatives. Choose a product vendor who is able to offer you great products at great prices, and at the same time, also offers great support.

By: Gen Wright

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