Hello everyone! World Conversations is an organization that is here to encourage people to learn one or more foreign languages. As our world becomes smaller, it becomes more and more important to be able to communicate easily with those around us. Whether we need to learn a language for school, for the workplace, a trip, or even just for your community, we should have resources available to us to do that as quickly and easily as possible.

World Conversations is here to look at various programs for learning languages, and to provide resources, reviews and recommendations for people so that they can find the programs that best match their needs. We welcome any input from anyone in terms of your own experiences with various methods, products which you like, good sites you have found, etc.,  and would love to receive posts (and videos) of your success stories, and of how learning another language has impacted your life. Feel free to look around at what others think, as well as what our recommendations are. Thanks for contributing to this community!

Alan Thomas                                                                                                                                                       

www.WorldConversations.com

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Telenovela

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Eva wants to go to the bathroom urgently, but Paco is taking his time and Eva's needs don't seem to matter.

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Having your child learn Spanish, French, German, Latin or any language gives your child a distinct educational advantage that will last a lifetime! Elevate your child’s brain.

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Is learning a foreign language ever easy ? Yes. If you are five and move to another country ……

But what about for the rest of us who are no longer five, and need to be polite when travelling for business or for pleasure ? I think that the answer is yes, language learning can be easy provided you don’t want or need to learn too much.

The key to successful language learning in my mind is not to set the goalposts too high. It is rather like running. Even if you run twice a week, you don’t necessarily want to be able to run a marathon, or have any intention of running a marathon or maybe you never could run a marathon. You might just want to maintain a level of fitness. I think the same can be said for language learning. I find languages fascinating and enjoy dabbling with them, but that doesn’t mean I feel duty-bound to get good (or maybe I can’t anyway). I’m a programmer and have no particular aptitude for foreign language learning, but I like to learn a few words here, a few words there type of thing.

Let’s get back to the goalposts. If you decide to learn ten words in a foreign language before visiting the country, you know that you will manage to do this. Learning a foreign language for your purposes has now been redefined to learning ten words. Conversely if you decide to attain conversational fluency, unless you are an exceptionally talented individual you will fall far short of your goal, and quite probably give up in disgust.

I think that there is far to much emphasis on this completer-finisher thing with regard to languages. For the majority of us, language learning should be easy and fun. Of course, I’m not saying that there isn’t a place for becoming fluent in other languages, I’m just saying that for most of us it isn’t practical or necessary.

I like travelling but I don’t have the time or aptitude to learn too much of any particular foreign language. So I learn, or dabble and enjoy it. I set goals that work for me and are usually to learn about hundred words whenever I visit a new country. I’ll learn the words you need to be polite, the numbers, greetings and a few general phrases. Doing this always results in a better holiday and I enjoy it.

It is also far easier to start learning a foreign language than to finish. In other words the better you are the slower it can be to improve, because you are becoming stuck with grammar, making sentences, learning less common words etc. If you are only trying to learn a few foreign words and phrases you will enjoy a faster rate of progress, have more fun, and don’t have to spend to much time on any given language.

Minority languages are particular candidates for this approach, because often you don’t need to use them to communicate and they are by their very nature not widely used.

A good example is Catalan which is spoken in the north-east of Spain by about 10 million people, almost all of whom are bilingual (also speaking Spanish). There is no need to learn Catalan to travel around this area of Spain, if you already speak Spanish, but it shows respect for the local culture and it is interesting.

The intention of learning only a few hundred words in a language, and then stopping, isn’t the usual approach to language learning, but it can be a very rewarding and entertaining activity. Linguata helps.

happy lesson 07 audio español spanish

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Korean lessons by arirang

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Beth Manners’ Spanish for Kids CD make learning new languages fun! Children love to listen to other children, and that’s why these award-winning audios use children to teach! Bobby, a little American boy, meets little Spanish girl Maria. Together, they go on picnics, meet the Three Bears, sing songs, experience magical adventures, and play all kinds of games!

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This product has been refurbished by the manufacturer. Limited Availability. Speaking Electronic Bilingual Dictionary provides you with instant access to 5,000,000 total translations to and from Spanish and English! Speaks words and phrases. Includes new Touch Panel technology with active keys for easy use. Communicate Effectively in Spanish This dictionary is specially designed for all levels of language skill from beginner to advanced, with extra attention given to the Spanish of Central and South America. Details:   Clear, concise full definitions from Merriam-Webster, Your #1 Language Resource, give you the meanings to communicate effectively. Hear words spoken clearly and pronounced accurately. Write and speak accurately with the advanced verb conjugation feature, conjugating and translating both English and Spanish verbs, for example I learn -> yo aprendo. Grammar guide includes all essential information on Spanish grammar rules, to help you construct sentences. Hear 600 travelers’ phrases in recorded human voice, useful for business and leisure travelers. Instant phonetic spell correction provides you with correct spellings based on phonetically entered words. Learning Exercises are a fun, systematic approach to improving spelling and vocabulary, including Spelling Bee and Flashcard methods. Built in ROLODEX Organizer with telephone book and world clock. Calculator and Metric/Currency Converter for quick math Use your book card slot to access a library of additional Franklin titles. This reference tool is expandable with a PC connectivity kit (sold separately) that allows for downloads of other reference and eBook titles as well as eNews from around the world.  

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This fast-paced, energetic variation of Bingo is a guaranteed crowd-pleaser. Kids get a kick out of pulling the Zinger forward to reveal two mystery tiles and attempting to be the first to call out the tiles that match the images on their cards. The first player to fill his or her card wins! Ages 4 to 8. 2 to 8 players. 2 levels of play. 8 double-sided Zingo! cards and 72 picture tiles. Both the Zingo! cards and picture tiles are in English and Spanish. Play and Learn: image/word recognition image/word matching spelling vocabulary concentration & memory verbalization winning and losing having fun!

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