tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240097.post8597198665964976238..comments2023-10-09T21:49:57.366+09:00Comments on Page F30: Harvard students demonstrate how not to learn a languageMehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15083766178887686304noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240097.post-84796525835042633232011-03-07T14:17:57.404+09:002011-03-07T14:17:57.404+09:00Me juego el cuello a que nadie de fuera lee este a...Me juego el cuello a que nadie de fuera lee este artículo del año de la polka. <br>Cuantos le caerán al Jerez, 8 goles?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240097.post-67273045213205842672011-03-07T14:17:56.533+09:002011-03-07T14:17:56.533+09:00As Spaniard I can give some advice.It is impossibl...As Spaniard I can give some advice.<br>It is impossible to have it all: to have fun and learn a lot. Barcelona is a nice city: international, at coast, good architecture... But if you really want to learn Spanish you have to change your mind and go to a different place. <br>Do not hang out with Americans; otherwise you will only speak English. To learn the language must be your main goal. That Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240097.post-21262604337091699572011-03-07T14:17:56.156+09:002011-03-07T14:17:56.156+09:00We speak Galician in Galicia!!!!GALIZA IS NOT SPAI...We speak Galician in Galicia!!!!<br><br>GALIZA IS NOT SPAIN!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240097.post-24279378259225286912009-09-24T20:38:02.249+09:002009-09-24T20:38:02.249+09:00SPAIN IS NOT SPAINSPAIN IS NOT SPAINAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240097.post-24397989475034928652009-09-21T17:57:18.958+09:002009-09-21T17:57:18.958+09:00We speak Galician in Galicia!!!!
GALIZA IS NOT SP...We speak Galician in Galicia!!!!<br /><br />GALIZA IS NOT SPAIN!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240097.post-17652450045670439812009-09-20T18:33:32.562+09:002009-09-20T18:33:32.562+09:00As Spaniard I can give some advice.
It is impossib...As Spaniard I can give some advice.<br />It is impossible to have it all: to have fun and learn a lot. Barcelona is a nice city: international, at coast, good architecture... But if you really want to learn Spanish you have to change your mind and go to a different place. <br />Do not hang out with Americans; otherwise you will only speak English. To learn the language must be your main goal. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240097.post-86198497203710098912009-09-20T16:58:42.749+09:002009-09-20T16:58:42.749+09:00Me juego el cuello a que nadie de fuera lee este a...Me juego el cuello a que nadie de fuera lee este artículo del año de la polka. <br />Cuantos le caerán al Jerez, 8 goles?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240097.post-11017864929068875742009-09-20T09:27:22.930+09:002009-09-20T09:27:22.930+09:00Saludos a todos. Si queréis podemos practicar el e...Saludos a todos. Si queréis podemos practicar el español por aquí, o lo que sea.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240097.post-23765436811291428442009-09-20T07:00:27.560+09:002009-09-20T07:00:27.560+09:00This is a message dedicated to the bunch of tontop...This is a message dedicated to the bunch of tontopollas ofended on the article above (sorry, english speakers, but it must be written in spanish):<br /><br />Queridos barceloneses míos, en Barcelona no hay dios que aprenda buen español por la sencilla razón de que habláis como si tuvierais la boca llena de polla. ¿Vosotros os atrevéis a decir que en Andalucía se habla mal el español? Tenéis los Amateur dumbs readernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240097.post-33028343997301587672009-09-20T06:17:25.631+09:002009-09-20T06:17:25.631+09:00If you don't want to go so far to learn Spanis...If you don't want to go so far to learn Spanish you can come to MEXICO. And get some fun too.<br /><br />Saludos,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240097.post-59454896909137067832009-09-20T04:30:01.936+09:002009-09-20T04:30:01.936+09:00Barcelona is not a very good place to learn Spanis...Barcelona is not a very good place to learn Spanish. As pointed out in the article, you will find most signs and information in Catalan. It is a lot easier if you go to another Spanish city (Madrid, Seville, Salamanca...) where you actually find everything in Spanish (not only the speakers)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240097.post-59817620570437636962009-09-20T03:36:00.234+09:002009-09-20T03:36:00.234+09:00People is very diverse everywhere!!! And you can f...People is very diverse everywhere!!! And you can find stupid or kind people in every region of Spain... Not rely on clichés and experience for yourself, it happens in every country.<br /><br />PD. I'm sure you could check some different accents on YouTube, for example.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240097.post-20971524349591941832009-09-20T03:00:41.521+09:002009-09-20T03:00:41.521+09:00Hi eveyone;
I will present myself; I'm native...Hi eveyone;<br /><br />I will present myself; I'm native form Barcelona, in my family everyone speaks Catalan but of course we all know Spanish since we have all the TV channels -except 3 or 4- in Spanish and we all have done Spanish in school.<br /><br />With my friends I speak Catalan too and we discussed, several times, about how pathetic is the behavior of English and USA students in Aepachttp://seeyousoon.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240097.post-66626170637605353672009-09-20T02:28:33.859+09:002009-09-20T02:28:33.859+09:00CATALONIA IS NOT spainCATALONIA IS NOT spainAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240097.post-70574320981437795962009-09-20T01:55:39.221+09:002009-09-20T01:55:39.221+09:00- "With a language like Spanish you're go...- "With a language like Spanish you're going to encounter a number of different accents", cause in English there's just one accent right?<br /><br />- There's also Galician but, who cares? it's not sunny thereAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240097.post-53890919567190611792009-09-19T23:49:02.278+09:002009-09-19T23:49:02.278+09:00I, Spaniard, say:
Andalucía: warm people but bad ...I, Spaniard, say:<br /><br />Andalucía: warm people but bad spanish.<br /><br />Catalonians: the best city in Spain but the most unsociable people.<br /><br />Madrid: In the middle of both. But also a bit unfriendly city (differents reasons)<br /><br />And from Madrid to the North, the weather is not so sunny as the people from Europe hopes to have when they got here. <br /><br />My advice: Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240097.post-4483181097586563472009-09-19T22:49:27.713+09:002009-09-19T22:49:27.713+09:00Hi guys. I am a Catalan living in the UK. I can en...Hi guys. I am a Catalan living in the UK. I can ensure you that Catalonia is an excellent place to learn Spanish as 100% can speak, read and write it. Young university students will be delighted if they can exchange conversation English/Spanish.<br />The most important is avoiding to hang out with people from your own language background.<br />The same happen to Spaniards when they go to learn Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240097.post-661188622866025392009-09-19T22:04:38.259+09:002009-09-19T22:04:38.259+09:00Well... I live and go to university in barcelona a...Well... I live and go to university in barcelona and have had the chance to meet many students from abroad that come here to learn the spanish language. Im catalan born, so I speak both languages spanish and catalan. The first thing you notice is that foreign students always travel in packs, have serious issues to relate to native students, and most native students dont try to even make the mAhnuelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240097.post-63935606848575776142009-09-19T21:25:06.964+09:002009-09-19T21:25:06.964+09:00Well, Barcelona is not hell-for-language learners ...Well, Barcelona is not hell-for-language learners but it certainly may seem confusing for some people, especially if they are beginners and ignored that Catalan existed. The film "L'Auberge Espagnole" is a wonderful satire of what it can be like (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0283900/). This said, my two tips as someone who learnt English basically by living abroad (in Ireland, Elenahttp://ohdoh.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240097.post-87996701948762525572009-09-19T21:23:40.995+09:002009-09-19T21:23:40.995+09:00Hi,
I'm from Barcelona, and I work really nea...Hi,<br /><br />I'm from Barcelona, and I work really near to 'Las Ramblas', and every time I see tourists walking down this street, I think the same:<br /><br />'They think they are living a spanish experience?'<br /><br />'Las Ramblas' is prepared for tourists, everything is prepared and faked. Prices, foods, drinks, everything.<br /><br />If you want to have a good Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240097.post-47872165709212961462009-09-19T20:43:53.278+09:002009-09-19T20:43:53.278+09:00Yes, I had the same problem when I went to Belgium...Yes, I had the same problem when I went to Belgium to increase my level of english (my subjects were in english). Almost all the spanish people who were with me made a spanish ghetto, so the firsts days it was impossible to learn new vocabulary or grammar. So, the second week in there I decided to made some friends from other countries, and that was the best chooice I ever made. Now they say thatAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15236694657230413951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240097.post-18371560225804792302009-09-19T20:31:03.132+09:002009-09-19T20:31:03.132+09:00You could do one thing to solve point number 3 : l...You could do one thing to solve point number 3 : let's kill all people that speak catalan.<br />As a Catalan i am used to be looked down, but that doesn't mean that comments like yours feel very dumb.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240097.post-91685787464549304592009-09-19T20:07:05.847+09:002009-09-19T20:07:05.847+09:00Me encata que haya regiones de españa que tengan s...Me encata que haya regiones de españa que tengan su lengua propia y la usen, soy Andaluz y me gustaria hablar un idioma propio.<br />Es cultura española el catalan, el gallego y el vasco... y son idiomas que no se deben de perder por lo que apoyo que en sus comunidades lo hablen.<br />Somos una nacion de naciones .. como USA_juanan_noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240097.post-39520001563925879252009-09-19T19:57:31.660+09:002009-09-19T19:57:31.660+09:00La verdad es que Cataluña no es el mejor sitio par...La verdad es que Cataluña no es el mejor sitio para aprender español, aunque creo que Andalucía, por su fortísimo acento, es aún menos recomendable. Incluso a mí, que soy española, me cuesta a veces entender algunas palabras a los andaluces.<br />De todas formas, si se quiere, se puede, y puedo asegurarte que la mayoría de extranjeros que vienen a España a "aprender español" lo que Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240097.post-91687714731788300082009-09-19T19:57:12.210+09:002009-09-19T19:57:12.210+09:00what do you mean "as Basque speakers don'...what do you mean "as Basque speakers don't have their own country "?....we do have our own country and its name is very easy in english..."Basque Country"...in basque "Euskadi" or "Euskal Herria". What you mean is that maybe only 30% of the people will speak basque.....but it will be the best place to learn basqueAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com