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Random Thoughts.....What are you thinking?
Bismarck.Magnuss
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By Bismarck.Magnuss 2012-03-07 00:52:29
Yeah, I've always felt that the best way to learn a language is to immerse yourself in their culture firsthand. Usually those foreign language classes are about formality anyway. It's better to learn the less formal end in person, I feel. I mean, I've taken a year of Spanish. I can't speak the language.
Ramuh.Urial
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By Ramuh.Urial 2012-03-07 00:54:10
Yeah, I've always felt that the best way to learn a language is to immerse yourself in their culture firsthand. Usually those foreign language classes are about formality anyway. It's better to learn the less formal end in person, I feel. I mean, I've taken a year of Spanish. I can't speak the language.
I have to take like like all the way up to Spanish 202 so that's 4 Spanish courses too. But I'll have 2 done when I transfer there.
Bismarck.Magnuss
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By Bismarck.Magnuss 2012-03-07 00:56:11
Wait, you need German and Spanish? I know one of your majors is History. Is the other Linguistics?
Cerberus.Irohuro
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By Cerberus.Irohuro 2012-03-07 00:56:40
Yeah, I've always felt that the best way to learn a language is to immerse yourself in their culture firsthand. Usually those foreign language classes are about formality anyway. It's better to learn the less formal end in person, I feel. I mean, I've taken a year of Spanish. I can't speak the language.
most classes dont tell you how to have a real conversation in the language, they just teach you phrases to use to get around, in my experience at least.i took a few years of french and thought i was decent enough, i go to read something and im like "lolwut".
Ramuh.Urial
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By Ramuh.Urial 2012-03-07 00:56:54
German is the other.
If majoring in a language you have to take up to 202 in a second.
Cerberus.Irohuro
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By Cerberus.Irohuro 2012-03-07 00:59:04
its hard to find good linguistics programs that dont cost a fortune =(
UNC has one, but i dont think i could get in to there, or at least afford it
Bismarck.Magnuss
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By Bismarck.Magnuss 2012-03-07 00:59:24
Yeah, I've always felt that the best way to learn a language is to immerse yourself in their culture firsthand. Usually those foreign language classes are about formality anyway. It's better to learn the less formal end in person, I feel. I mean, I've taken a year of Spanish. I can't speak the language.
most classes dont tell you how to have a real conversation in the language, they just teach you phrases to use to get around, in my experience at least.i took a few years of french and thought i was decent enough, i go to read something and im like "lolwut". Yeah, I thought I was top ***when I finished my Spanish classes, so I went to the nearby Ranch Market out here (it's a Spanish grocery store... good stuff) and I tried to make an order (they had like a cafe in there, too) entirely in Spanish. That... didn't pan out too well. lol
German is the other.
If majoring in a language you have to take up to 202 in a second. How about...... English 202?
Ramuh.Urial
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By Ramuh.Urial 2012-03-07 01:00:11
German is the other.
If majoring in a language you have to take up to 202 in a second. How about...... English 202? I'm taking that buttttttttttttttttttttt, doesn't count since it's my native :/
Bismarck.Magnuss
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By Bismarck.Magnuss 2012-03-07 01:00:41
Damn catch 22s...
Cerberus.Irohuro
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By Cerberus.Irohuro 2012-03-07 01:02:25
these are all the languages taught at UNC chapel hill
here
Ramuh.Urial
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By Ramuh.Urial 2012-03-07 01:02:48
Hopefully everything will pan out and in a couple years I'll look at Grad schools. Hopefully I'll find a nice one in Germany if not I'll stay here for one.
Ramuh.Urial
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By Ramuh.Urial 2012-03-07 01:05:34
Oh, Dutch.
If UNC didn't cost an arm and leg out of state I'd consider it.
Unfortunately nowhere in like 1000 miles teaches Swedish, Cause I'd much prefer that as my second over Spanish.
Bismarck.Magnuss
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By Bismarck.Magnuss 2012-03-07 01:06:11
See, that'd be sweet. You just doing a Master's, or going for full Doctorate?
Ramuh.Urial
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By Ramuh.Urial 2012-03-07 01:07:10
See, that'd be sweet. You just doing a Master's, or going for full Doctorate? Masters in History at first.
I'll see after that.
I've also considered masters in Linguistics but ehhh, I prefer History.
May even take some masters level German so I can teach that.
Bismarck.Magnuss
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By Bismarck.Magnuss 2012-03-07 01:13:55
Well, best of luck in that, man. I'm gonna go ahead and call it for the night. I'll speak at you guys later.
Ramuh.Urial
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By Ramuh.Urial 2012-03-07 01:14:23
Well, best of luck in that, man. I'm gonna go ahead and call it for the night. I'll speak at you guys later. Thanks, night Mag.
Cerberus.Irohuro
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By Cerberus.Irohuro 2012-03-07 01:20:16
Oh, Dutch.
If UNC didn't cost an arm and leg out of state I'd consider it.
Unfortunately nowhere in like 1000 miles teaches Swedish, Cause I'd much prefer that as my second over Spanish.
i dont think anywhere in the US period teaches swedish to a level thats really even worth it =/
i've looked at studying there but some places are a bit expensive
Ramuh.Urial
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By Ramuh.Urial 2012-03-07 01:29:44
Oh, Dutch.
If UNC didn't cost an arm and leg out of state I'd consider it.
Unfortunately nowhere in like 1000 miles teaches Swedish, Cause I'd much prefer that as my second over Spanish.
i dont think anywhere in the US period teaches swedish to a level thats really even worth it =/
i've looked at studying there but some places are a bit expensive
Yeah most of them only offer a few courses
Cerberus.Irohuro
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By Cerberus.Irohuro 2012-03-07 01:32:26
im using this whenever i do get around to working on it, it has audio, and its free, its kinda the best i can find that fits both of those.
Ramuh.Urial
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By Ramuh.Urial 2012-03-07 01:33:52
I'll have to look into that.
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By Asura.Dominate 2012-03-07 02:01:29
I'll have to look into that. Go to bed!
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By Odin.Sawtelle 2012-03-07 02:06:29
im using this whenever i do get around to working on it, it has audio, and its free, its kinda the best i can find that fits both of those. I might mess around with this for my spanish
Cerberus.Irohuro
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By Cerberus.Irohuro 2012-03-07 02:15:00
playing around with ubuntu now, i like it a lot more than fedora. Its like mac os x, but without the suck! =D
edit: if i had a spare computer, i would totally run ubuntu on it
Bahamut.Jetackuu
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By Bahamut.Jetackuu 2012-03-07 02:40:48
playing around with ubuntu now, i like it a lot more than fedora. Its like mac os x, but without the suck! =D
edit: if i had a spare computer, i would totally run ubuntu on it
depends on the desktop layout you chose, I need to learn how to run debian, I wish I could find a gui arm emulator, the command line stuff is beyond my free time limit right now.
Fenrir.Uzugami
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By Fenrir.Uzugami 2012-03-07 02:44:12
What's worse, Liver Failure, Kidney failure, or Encephalitis.. >.>
Leviathan.Hohenheim
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By Leviathan.Hohenheim 2012-03-07 02:45:24
What's worse, Liver Failure, Kidney failure, or Encephalitis.. >.>
im guessing kidney failure? maybe kidneys are easier to get a transplant for, since you can live with one.
Fenrir.Uzugami
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By Fenrir.Uzugami 2012-03-07 03:10:58
Seems liver failure is what caused people to die the most. eh well. XD took forever.
Cerberus.Irohuro
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By Cerberus.Irohuro 2012-03-07 03:14:19
i imagine a mix of all 3 would be pretty horriterrible
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By Asura.Lokimaru 2012-03-07 03:14:53
I am tired but don't want to sleep. :x
Cerberus.Irohuro
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By Cerberus.Irohuro 2012-03-07 03:18:57
oh btw uri, i used FSI in conjunction with Anki when i had enough time to really buckle down on it.
Anki is a really nice flash card program thats free, and you can add sounds to the cards too.
This is a thread that I found on another website I post at. It can be really really interesting. I thought it deserved a place here.
Post your random thoughts for the day here, or anything else that intrigues you.
For starters, is it possible to give constructive critism to someone who doesn't have a neck? I totally just walked by a girl who didn't. Someone isn't getting a necklace for Valentines day!
And who decided black and white can't be colors? I want to say a racist. I really do.
Inb4thisthreadgetsreallywtf
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