Spanish is coming along nicely alhamdulillah and I am really enjoying it. Here are a few useful links to resources:
Spanish Alphabet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abVbLbcKwOg&feature=related
Numbers: http://www.donquijote.org/spanishlanguage/numbers/numbers1.asp
BBC Talk Spanish: http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/talk/greetings/
More to come soon inshaAllah... :)
Have you got any useful Spanish resources you'd like to share?
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Spanish with Michel Thomas
Yesterday I found myself enrolling for a foundation Spanish module. Thus, I spent some time in the library looking for books and CDs on introductory/foundation Spanish. I came across many CDs and managed to bring two CD's home. The one I am currently trying (I am taking a break from it) is 'Spanish with Michel Thomas: 2-hour introductory course':
At the beginning of the course he sets his rules: one must not pressurise oneself to memorise or even write, one must focus, and interact with him. All seems so well said, but does it really work, that's what I am wondering? I have done four lessons but I am just so tempted to write it down and memorise it, because that is the method I have used in the past to learn languages. So I think it may be a difficult for me to get used to this but I have already learnt quite a few sentences. But the key question is, will I actually remember them tomorrow?
Michel Thomas was a polyglot linguist, language teacher who developed a language-teaching system known as the Michel Thomas Method. With Thomas's method, the teacher cautions students to avoid making notes and to refrain from making conscious attempts to memorise, promising that the teacher will "be taking full responsibility" for their learning. Thomas stated that keeping the students relaxed, focused and stretched with a feeling of mounting successful achievement, is at the heart of the method. The removal of the stress and anxiety 'of being put on the spot' of conventional language learning, especially school language learning, is a key goal of the method.
There are many it seems that have seen and experienced his method of learning and see it as a source of success. Have you had any experience with this method of learning or are there any other methodologies that you would recommend for learning languages?
At the beginning of the course he sets his rules: one must not pressurise oneself to memorise or even write, one must focus, and interact with him. All seems so well said, but does it really work, that's what I am wondering? I have done four lessons but I am just so tempted to write it down and memorise it, because that is the method I have used in the past to learn languages. So I think it may be a difficult for me to get used to this but I have already learnt quite a few sentences. But the key question is, will I actually remember them tomorrow?
Michel Thomas was a polyglot linguist, language teacher who developed a language-teaching system known as the Michel Thomas Method. With Thomas's method, the teacher cautions students to avoid making notes and to refrain from making conscious attempts to memorise, promising that the teacher will "be taking full responsibility" for their learning. Thomas stated that keeping the students relaxed, focused and stretched with a feeling of mounting successful achievement, is at the heart of the method. The removal of the stress and anxiety 'of being put on the spot' of conventional language learning, especially school language learning, is a key goal of the method.
There are many it seems that have seen and experienced his method of learning and see it as a source of success. Have you had any experience with this method of learning or are there any other methodologies that you would recommend for learning languages?
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