Language

I teach one on one and hence are able to change my teaching ideas to suit student learning styles more freely then clasroom teachers! How do I tell which learning styles suit individual students?

Practice multiple learning styles with them. Use every method you can think of, then determine which works best for each student. Asking the student is silly because nobody really knows until they try each technique.

*edit* Lisa, there are far more than 4 learning styles. Visual, Auditory, Hands on/Project based, Rote skills and numerous others can be added to your list. When trying to find the best skills for each learner to use, it’s important not to think of the number of ways tried but to continue searching until the BEST method for THAT STUDENT has been found no matter how many methods have been tried.

Besides English of course. I’m thinking geographically, not the amount of population who speaks the language.

According with EU government statistics, German is the most spoken language (as first language) with 24% of populatio, followed by French 16% and English 16%. However, spoken as both mother tongue and foreign language English is the most spoken one with 47%, followed by German 32% and French 28%,

My company requires for all to speak English. We have a Delivery driver that speaks VERY little English (he speaks Spanish ONLY). And the reason he was hired was because my boss’s daughter felt sorry for him. Now, I speak spanish (now, it’s not perfect- but enough to get by). And I’ve been speaking w/ him in spanish. My boss told us to speak English, because that’s the only way he’ll learn. And he still speaks spanish to me. How do I nicely tell him not to speak to me in spanish anymore? He is mad because he has to speak english. But he knows he needs to speak it if he wants to work here.

I feel like if you come to this country at least make the effort to learn to speak our language. I think this country accomodates immigrants and it’s not fair.
He’s lived in this California for over 25 yrs, and he hasn’t taken the time to learn it. He’s told me his children dont know how to really speak spanish. My mother has been in this country for over 25 yrs too, and she learn to speak it, it’s not perfect but she hast aken the effort to learn it. My job deals with the African-American community, so you definetly need to know how to speak english. And me being half Black and Half Latino I get the best of both worlds.

You can just tell him by example. When he starts speaking to you in Spanish just answer him in English…everytime. If he ask you why you are doing this just tell him that the boss says that you have to speak in English and that you don’t want to make him mad.

I would like to learn how to speak Korean. What is the easiest/best way to learn how to speak/understand Korean with out having to take a class?

There are many websites where you can learn Korean by exchanging languages or taking free lessons, such as italki.com, sharedtalk.com, and livemocha.com. And you can make use of online resources that can help you learn Korean.

http://www.infocobuild.com/language/korean/korean.html

What made you want to learn?

It’s pretty good although I personally think it needs a little work on the audio side of things.

Essentially, it’s a "visual" course, which works more with pictures rather than sounds. This means that you’ll learn more vocabulary than pronunctuality… which can be good and can be bad.

The fastest and easiest way to learn Spanish, from my experience, is to first talk with someone, chat, speak, etc.
Try to meet girls/boys on the net, and have chat, you can talk about anything and share your phantasms and feelings.
On the net, nobody knows u for real.
You can chat with a woman/man and study ,approve your knowledge.
Try the free links I’ll put for u in the source.

http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-UfzxIps7fqDGlZCnXAWp_H4due5d?tag=lrnspnsh

Communicating in French wth French people has many facets beyond the words and grammar. How can I go about learning these facets of French?

You are so right! If there is an Alliance Francais near you, you can join other french speaking people for social interaction, and that will help you. And by all means visit your video store and see if there are any french movies you can rent. It may be difficult to find something that doesn’t have english sub-titles, but regardless of that, you can still learn a great deal by watching the actors in the movie. Make sure it is made in France, and ignore the subtitles, if you can. (Some of them have Asian subtitles, and that’s great because you have to listen to the french sound track and can’t guess at the meaning.)
Other than that, watch your newspaper and every time there is a french artist in town, a french concert, a french dignitary, try to get invited to the event.
Of course, the best thing of all is to treat yourself to a holiday in France once you have mastered the basics. You could call it advanced homework!!
Bonne chance.

I don’t have time to take classes, but really want to learn French. So far I know the very basics. Thanks!

i’d try what i did….and that is: if you want to learn french, change yahoo’s webpage (or your favorite webpage) into french and then MAKE yourself translate it DAILY….using altavista.babelfish.com or whatever online translator you choose…it has worked pretty good with me, i work with a bunch of LEGAL mexicans and i have learned pretty decent spanish in a short amount of time…it’s still hard to understand it, but i can speak it well

I have always been extremely interested in alternative health techniques and treatments. I am currently in a very good job that I am not really crazy about. I would like to move into the alternative health field and would like to eventually open a health food store and small health spa. I know it is a process but I want to know where I can start. As far as I know (and I could be wrong) there is no school to go to learn alternative health. I don’t know where to start learning and how. Also for the learning process I need to work around my full time job as I don’t have the option to not work as I need the income. I really want to start learning about this field and just need some suggestions on where and how to start. Is there perhaps a way to be like an apprentice to an alternative practitioner?

What about some books from a health store?

An even better start is a web search in Yahoo for "alternative health techniques" that will yield at least 412 results including overviews of alternative health techniques and stacks of other useful information for you.

Another useful search in Yahoo for "alternative health practices" will yield at least 2,888 results.

If there is a website that I can learn from , I watch English movies with Arabic subtitles, does that help?
How to say in Slang Arabic 1) My name is Faisal but my friends call me Faisoo

i use arabicpod.net, it’s really good

I really want to learn German and I am also learning French right now so I wont be able to take classes or anything but I am dedicated to learning it.

What I really need, is something 100% free and easy that will let me learn German and also to be able to remember it. You know, through pictures and stuff like that. Websites would work great since that is what I’m mostly aiming at.

Thanks ALOT!

Speaking or writing in German?

There are many good books for learning German (Everything German book, etc). However, German grammar can get rather confusing. If you’re like me, the books’ explanations on grammar probably aren’t enough.

If you’re looking to actually speak German, I would look for something like Rosetta Stone or an actual German class. Pronunciation isn’t too beastly, but trying to teach yourself how to read/write/speak german is enough. I’ve been taking German in high school, and the pronunciation comes naturally after awhile. But when you’re teaching yourself, it’s rather forced.