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| Introductory
Info to The Language Learning Playground |
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Preface
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You
DO know how to use the "BACK"
button, don't you? You'll need it!
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| OBJECTIVE: |
Gain
an insight into your own self: culturally,
individually, ethnocentrically,
personally, ... any way you wanna
look at it! |
| TASK: |
Learn
another language. |
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It
takes effort, discipline, devotion,
understanding, patience, more
effort, repetition, brain-racking,
groping, hand signals and gesticulations,
and utterances. Add a cup of coffee
in there somewhere, too.
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is where you can begin your learning adventure!
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CAN LEARN another language. |
You
speak English. You know lots of people, and they
probably speak English. You even know some idiots.
What do they speak? English??? |
Well,
if idiots can speak English, - don't include
yourself in there!!! - then it must be the same
with any other language. |
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Whether
it's Spanish, or German, or whatever language: ...
You CAN learn it. |
The
greatest challenge is: Have you forgotten how to
play? ... how to pretend? ... how to "talk to yourself?"
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Well,
this site provides lots of vocabulary, lots of "language
explanations," lots of technical stuff (grammar).
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But,
... it's presented in conjunction with the Internet,
--- the whole gambit of "stuff" out there: you should
be able to hit sites, describe what you see, talk
about the site in another language, play with information
(recite numbers & prices), read through foreign
newspapers and understand more and more, ... while
at the same time hitting sites you'd normally visit
for shopping or learning or searching or ... WHATEVER!!! |
Go
from page to page, clicking links as they appear.
Run your mouse cursor over every item, and see where
the links lead you. These are "learning tools" throughout
the site. |
Visit
other sites, do searches, but above all else, do
the same thing you did as a 2-year-old.
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SPEAK
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When
you get to another website (especially if it's in
another language), read some out loud. Don't worry
about comprehending or understanding. You won't
understand everything. You didn't understand everything
as a child, and it was okay. Your reading skills
and pronunciation will improve, and eventually (after
you've learned more vocabulary) you WILL understand
more & more. |
In
this website, THE WORLD IS YOUR TEXTBOOK.
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Follow
instructions if they are given, and don't be afraid
to go off in any tangent you want.
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Don't
let the information on any particular pages scare
you! |
You
can visit them again & again. Just as in real
life vocabulary appears and reappears, the same
will happen here. |
You
don't need to try to learn every word on every page,
... just learn the ones you want to, a few at a
time. Practice these, and practice these, and practice
them !!! Then practice some more.
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More
vocabulary will appear so many times that many words
will become second nature all by themselves, just
like the words to songs you hear on the radio, never
"memorize," but just somehow know as time goes on. |
If
you learn 2 words a day, or 5, or 75, it won't ingrain
unless YOU SAY THEM OVER & OVER.
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The
more exposure you provide yourself with, the more
you will learn. The more you listen to, the faster
you'll learn. The more you speak, the sooner you'll
speak the language. |
Visit
this site 5 times a week, and you'll speak more
than you thought possible in a very short period
of time. |
This
site does not contain every word in the Spanish
or German languages. Don't expect it to. No one
that I know of knows every word in English, nor
even every word in one particular dictionary.
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Every
attempt has been made to provide as much basic vocabulary
as possible, but I'm sure there are words missing.
For this reason, you should get a dictionary to
help you in your learning - but only after working
at it seriously for a few weeks. If you find that
your abilities are increasing, and you're certain
that you will continue, then GET A DICTIONARY!!!
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A
very valuable recourse is to surround yourself with
as much foreign language as possible, by acquiring
children's books, Spanish videos, Spanish music,
German dictionaries, German films, etc. - and resorting
to their use as frequently as possible. This "self-immersion"
technique enhances your learning tremendously. |
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please visit site
sponsors, so that this site can remain FREE
to all !!! |
| Thank
you !!! |
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Richard
C. Aguilar |
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author
of this site |
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TLLP (c) RCAguilar 2004
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