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TASTING the language. Thank you again @ConcLangVillage for the creative ideas for my Arabic students to experience language!
Q:
What inspired you to learn all these
new languages?
A:
I’m probably the best in Spanish
and Arabic, and then after that, French, and then last would be Korean and Latin. Obviously, you know how I speak Spanish; I’ve studied for six years. The only way I could get better at this point is by studying abroad. I need to get better at Arabic.
Q: Have these languages assisted you in school or life in any way? If so, how?
A:
Yeah. I can definitely understand
English words better now because I know the root of them, especially with Latin. And then it’s just really easy to bond with someone when you have something in common, like a language. I remember freshman year, I was friends with some girl from Thailand because she spoke a little bit of Korean and I spoke a little bit of Korean, and so that little thing kind of brought us together. People just like being able to communicate with you even if it’s not in their native language.
Q:
What tools did you use to help learn
and study?
A:
I go to bookstores and don’t buy
the books, and I’ll sit there and take notes out of the books there. Watching reality TV is probably the most helpful, because especially American Idol, it’s something that I’m familiar with and it’s in other places too and it’s the same kind of idea, so there’s no confusion. So you know they’re either going to say yes or no, and then explain why. With reality TV, I feel like it’s more engaging too, because you
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can imagine being in a situation. Another thing that I use is the Internet,
like
ThoughtCo.com,
Ms. Hasan has a lot of resources on her classroom, so I usually get it from teachers or TV.
Q:
What about [speaking these
languages] brings you joy?
A:
I like little different things
about each language. I like speaking
Spanish,
because
to me it’s easy and beautiful sounding. I like writing Arabic, I like listening to Korean, I like
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