I love how everyone is expected to learn spanish these days. I'm in Texas where if you don't speak spanish, you are learning to speak spanish, or your screwed.
I also happen to be in an international program that insists that you take five years of foreign laungage and that means spanish. I don't think it's fair that I have to learn spanish because all these other people have decided to speak it. But then again I guess the illegal immigrants could make the same argument about english right?
People seem to be only capable of looking at the perspective that is their own. I mean I realize that it's not the easiest thing to see that that person is trying, but maybe he/she really is.
Shouldn't the effort count for something? If I can read, write, and understand spanish, does it really count when they ask me on a job application for other languages I know besides english? I'm told it doesn't. I mean, I can't speak it, but if you need me to write a letter or eavesdrop on those people over there, I'm your girl. But that doesn't really amount to much.
For all the effort I put into it, I still can't speak spanish; so, does it really matter how hard I tried?
Is the problem immigrants have with not learning English just bad luck? Who's to say they didn't give it an honorable effort?
Could you explain the program you're in? i feel like most programs wouldn't force one language on you..
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I have trouble speaking spanish myself. Keep the good writing up!
I'm in the international baccalaureate program and in theory there are supposed to be other languages offered, but the other foreign language offered is french and they don't have as good of teachers on account of they're harder to find and they did have Latin and Greek for awhile but everyone in those classes had to transfer to French or Spanish for some reason I'm unclear on... same as those in German ... and the French people almost didn't have a teacher this year... so the only foreign language you're guaranteed to actually be able to have a good teacher (or one at all) is spanish
Gotcha. Well I speak French and I love it, so maybe give it a try?
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It takes the adult language learner an average of seven years of intensive study to become fluent in a second language (less time if the person already speaks two languages). If you are in high school, that places you in the adult language learner category. For some people, receptive skills (understanding) are easier than expressive (speaking) skills. That seems to apply to you. But everyone is different. Some people can speak all day, but will make you repeat everything six times before they understand. Be patient with your self, and everyone else. It takes a long time. When you get upset with people for not being fluent in English yet, keep in mind how hard it is to learn a new language. And English is among the hardest languages to learn as a second language, because our rules don't make any sense.
http://www.progressiveu.org/blog/ediblewoman
English is one the hardest, if not the hardest. I agree, our rules make no sense whatsoever. We have words pronounced differently but they are spelled the same.
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