Comments on: Bilingual or American?

By: tio jose

tio jose — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 23:26:40 +0000

Pablo, muy bueno, you always got me as a practice partner, see you in 2 weeks

By: thinkingfamily

thinkingfamily — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 17:34:16 +0000

I went to a British School in Hong Kong when I was little. Totally screwed up my ability to spell! I spell half my words American style and half British style. If I didn't have an American spell check on my computer, I would really be in trouble! (Since most of my work is with Americans!)

Thanks for stopping by!
-Paul.

By: loozeta

loozeta — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 17:28:56 +0000

I asked my South American friend from Second life to teach me Espanol.
As a very lazy Brit, I was impressed by my linguistics capacity and used it to help a Spanish Mum to empujón, with mucha apoyo.

Then our mac decided to give up on English and all the applications to defragment were in Spanish…. it still works

Now if only the Americans could spell properly )
http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwesl/egw/jones/differences...

By: thinkingfamily

thinkingfamily — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:54:41 +0000

College requirements helped me further my Spanish studies as well. I think hosting an exchange student is a great way to help your kids develop an awareness of the world around them.

Thanks for the comment, John!

-Paul.

By: John Kenneth King

John Kenneth King — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:35:19 +0000

My son took Spanish from seventh grade through college (minored in it there). Our daughter took German in high school and college (had to be out from under her brother's shadow). Our daughter also did a short exchange program where we hosted a girl from Germany and then her family hosted Rachel for about six weeks each way.

Neither there mom nor I speak another language, but wanted the kids to tap into that capacity while they were young. College requirements also helped with motivation.