Language

I am encouraging my children to learn spanish because so many jobs now require you to speak both!
How do you feel should the US continue to have 2 languages? Canada does and other countries….
IT costs alot to teach the spanish kids entering the public school system english and alot of schools dont offer the english kids spanish! but it keeps them from getting jobs.
If Mcdonalds can hire a bilingual teen over one that speaks only english you know who will get hired.

This is a great question. One of the important aspects of a united country is a single language. You mention that French and English are both spoken in Canada, but there are divisions in Canada that follow linguistic lines. There are 2 languages spoken in Belgium, and there are divisions in that country, too. In fact, the only country I am aware of that speaks several languages without noticeable division is Switzerland.

Throughout the history of the USA, one language (English) has always been used for government, education and business. There had to be one only language or the country would have become a hodge-podge of languages because of the many countries of origin of foreign-born Americans.

In past years, immigrants to America were only too eager to learn English to become a part of the country. Only recently, with easy international transportation and communication, has immigrants’ desire to use their native language become an issue.

I strongly disagree that Spanish (or any language other than English) be used for official, educational or business purposes in the US. I know many new arrivals have difficulty with English, but that has always been the case. People learned English because it was necessary to get ahead, and that is needed to maintain a united country.

This does not mean that one should not learn other languages. Of course, everyone should. But knowing several languages is not the same as having to use it in everyday life in this country.

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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

I’m looking for a place to advertise and/or a place where one might be considered to speak publicly for groups. Where do people go when they need a speaker?

Toast Masters. They have chapters all over the country.

If you have a gift for gab- that’s the place for you!

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Hey, I know how to speak, read and write in English, and speak Hindi (official language of India), and Gujarati (State Language of Gujarat in India). . also some Spanish as i’ve been learning it in High School. I’m a senior in high school going off to college Fall 2010. I will major in Industrial Engineering and probably minor in Economics or something. Would being able to speak multiple languages give you a leg up over the competition in various ways?

ya no doubt in it, some one can easily grip on multiple languages and easily speak,
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I have a 31 month-old son that still doesn’t speak. We are living in Italy and I speak in English and my husband in Italian and sometimes the local dialect. He seems to understand us both and uses his hands and certain sounds to communicate with us but no words. How will speech therapy help him? What exactly is involved? I ask because I think we might need to bring him to a speech therapist eventually. Thanks.

Many people think that speech therapy is just about how to pronounce words but it covers a whole range of other issues as well including:
- The absence of speech or not reaching speech milestones at an appropriate age
- dyspraxia (words or sentences don’t come out right)
- Not using language in a functional way (eg. my daughter had good speech and a very large vocabulary but did not use her speech to ask for things or to tell me if something was wrong etc)
- Language comprehension issues
- Auditory processing issues (when they hear and understand individual words but may have difficulty following instructions etc)
- Social issues (how they relate to others)
- Eating issues and oral motor issues
…and much more.

Depending on your child’s issues the speech therapist will use a range of techniques to help them develop their speech. With a very young child a good speech therapist will use mostly games and fun activities to encourage them to speak and use their language in an appropriate way; the games are usually designed or reworked to maximise the language skills that you are working on.

A good speech therapist will also work with you as much or even more than your son. They will understand that at this age his primary relationship is with you (and your husband) so they will teach you how to teach him. Most speech therapists will give you some things to work on at home but a really goods speech therapist will teach how to incorporate these lessons into your everyday life (eg. I never have to sit down to do speech practise with my daughter, it is incorporated naturally into our conversations and play time)

Some examples (these were done at various stages over the last 3.5 years) :
To encourage my daughter to ask for things we did blowing bubbles. She could say the word "bubbles" and would say it if she saw them but she never asked for them. To get her to ask I would hold the wand in front of my mouth ready to blow but wouldn’t actually blow until she said "Bubbles"; I then blew lots of bubbles for her to play with which rewarded her for asking.

Another thing we did was to put all her toys away in see-through plastic boxes. She couldn’t get her toys without asking for them. This worked particularly well for things that had lots of pieces (eg. blocks) because I could give her just one at a time which would encourage her to ask over and over again to get all the blocks.

To encourage my daughter to take turns speaking (she would often speak without listening to the person she was talking to) we played lots of games where you took turns. Once she understood how to take turns we talked about "your turn" and "my turn" in conversations.

To encourage her to listen better to what people were saying we would play a listening game where she had to follow all my instructions (without me having to repeat myself) and at some point one of the instructions would be "Go and get a cookie" (or other treat). This made her listen really well!

All these sound really simple but they were VERY effective and my daughter’s speech therapist has a never ending supply of ideas like this. We started speech therapy at 16 months and I have never regretted the decision to start so young. Her specific condition means that the she will probably be in speech therapy for some time to come but she is doing much better than other kids of the same age with the same condition because we started so early.

Good luck

Hii…
I have a problem that I can’t speak clearly what I feel or whats in my mind.
I am good at expressing my views by writing but I want to speak. I’ve tried a lot but I didn’t succeed.
I get nervous while talking with people and often try to avoid them.

you probably have the same problem i tend to have. this comes from the conscious or subconscious idea that ur feeling and ideas aren’t important,or the other people wont think they are. you need to be heard and that’s the problem

but you can’t let this take over you.gain some understating of others and your self. and remember you are not always wrong

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