whatupswags
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I'm really looking for a Spanish refresher course, and it would be great to find it in an app for an iPod! Any ideas? I do love workbook formats, but do not have the space for books where I live these days, and can't really afford one anyway. Maybe there is a digital workbook via PDF somewhere out there on the internet...
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Hello Everyone!
I've been living in the Paris area for 2 years now, slowly learning French while teaching English! I am in love with languages, currently adding Spanish back into the work load.
I took just 2 years of Spanish in high school, and didn't realize it had really stuck with me until late college when I went on a trip to the Dominican Republic and could still communicate!
Unfortunately, most of my original Spanish is now lying under a thick mass of French lessons since 2011, but needing to bring my Spanish back out for a Spain trip later this spring.
I love talking about language, how it affects us, how it affects culture, and how the physiological differences affect our accents.
See you on the forum!
-Whatupswags
When did you start to learn a second language?
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My small private school was a similar experience; option to start in junior high, but I wasn't required to (so I didn't!) until 9th grade. We only had Spanish as an offering, so I half-heartedly did my two years and moved on. It wasn't until I was 25 and moved to Belgium, and then France, that I felt the language passion for learning French.
Here in France, the students must choose their "first-second-language" at 8 years old! Then they add another one at 12 years, and finally have an optional fourth language around 15-16 years old. We Americans would be much more culturally sound if we respected other languages enough to embed them earlier in our education curriculum. I feel cheated that it wasn't just expected of us like it is of the students in Europe. Doing my best to make up for lost time now!