English-Spanish

[sj5 4]

Non-spanish skills will you take Spanish class or hire a tutor?

i feel bad that i have poor English skills (don't you try to make fun of me because I'm not good in English) Anway, i will take ESL class and if possible Spanish class too.

[pedroh 21]

it helps a lot.. it might be the difference between you and another candidate here in the US, if you speak spanish, u got a big advantage.. don't let the 'they're in America they should speak english' people fool you.. in the real world, u need spanish

[Chica Yeyé 41]

Non-spanish skills will you take Spanish class or hire a tutor?

i feel bad that i have poor English skills (don't you try to make fun of me because I'm not good in English) Anway, i will take ESL class and if possible Spanish class too.

Take a class. Hiring a tutor is a crapshoot... anyone can say "Hey, I will tutor you" but they do not have the pedagogical knowledge of Second Language Acquisition. Check out community colleges in your area.

[✿Ice Rain✿ 0]

being a multi-lingual is really an advantage.. it pays well..

[nane1104 146]

I would love to learn spanish. I hope one day I will have the time and nerve and energy to take classes. We have online acces to rosetta stone (my hubby uses that for his german classes), it's a shame I haven't taken advantage of that yet.

[✿Ice Rain✿ 0]

Taking class and hiring a tutor is a plus..

But as a basic, just do lot of reading and learn the basic greetings of the foreign language you want to study and learn.. That would help you before taking a class; a tutor is good for teaching you pronouncing the words.

Non-spanish skills will you take Spanish class or hire a tutor?

i feel bad that i have poor English skills (don't you try to make fun of me because I'm not good in English) Anway, i will take ESL class and if possible Spanish class too.

[simple_male 1]

Non-spanish skills will you take Spanish class or hire a tutor?

i feel bad that i have poor English skills (don't you try to make fun of me because I'm not good in English) Anway, i will take ESL class and if possible Spanish class too.

I speak some Spanish. But your English skills look good. Keep up the good work.

[Minya's wife 25]

being a multi-lingual is really an advantage.. it pays well..

If you chose to pursue a career where the use of the multiple languages is a factor, otherwise its a non-issue to your pay. I'm multi lingual, but I use exactly one language at work....english. The fact that I am completely fluent in 3 other languages makes no different in my pay.

-P

[Nessa 23]

I looked for ESL classes here cuz I really want perfect english, but it was like $2500, he! no, I'll keep learning on a daily basis by making mistakes.

[eekee 182]

it helps a lot.. it might be the difference between you and another candidate here in the US, if you speak spanish, u got a big advantage.. don't let the 'they're in America they should speak english' people fool you.. in the real world, u need spanish

I took Spanish for eight years, and I can read it and understand it ok, but honestly I don't think that Spanish would help in every job. I can't really see it being an advantage in any field I'd be interested in. If you want to work with people, I can see it helping. But I definitely don't want to do that.

Any language is an advantage, not just Spanish. Knowing Russian, for example, opens many doors for me that would otherwise be closed. A lot of people in the US look at language-learning in a very narrow way, thinking that since there are a lot of Spanish speakers in the US they should learn Spanish. But honestly? Since I left Spanish IV I have not used Spanish once--yet I have had several opportunities where knowing Russian was very helpful to me, even outside of my obvious connections to Russia.

Plus, while parents may not learn English or speak it well, their children do. I see so many kids whose parents speak to them in Spanish and the kids answer them in English. So actually I think the need to know Spanish is way overstated.

Edited April 2, 2008 by eekee

[lucyrich 20]

Non-spanish skills will you take Spanish class or hire a tutor?

i feel bad that i have poor English skills (don't you try to make fun of me because I'm not good in English) Anway, i will take ESL class and if possible Spanish class too.

Take a class. Hiring a tutor is a crapshoot... anyone can say "Hey, I will tutor you" but they do not have the pedagogical knowledge of Second Language Acquisition. Check out community colleges in your area.

Absolutely right. I'm a native speaker of English, and I got good grades in all my studies of grammar. I studied journalism for awhile, and did a lot of writing.

But now, I'm living in a household with two native speakers of Spanish who are both taking English classes. I enjoy helping them with their homework. I can definitely and authoritatively tell them when they're mispronouncing things. I can tell them when they're phrasing things wrong. Occasionally I can even explain why. Sometimes, because of my fluency in Spanish, I can phrase an explanation in a way that's more understandable than the explanation they got in class (their ESL classes are taught by people who don't speak Spanish, and only about half the students speak Spanish, so the class explanations are generic enough to work for anybody with any native language).

But other times, I fall flat, and feel really incompetent at explaining my native tongue. There's an art to tutoring ESL, and just being able to speak English really well isn't always enough.

For example, this week, there was a lesson on words to describe time. In particular, they were studying the phrases we use to describe things that continue from the past into the present. It's not easy for me to explain the subtleties of the differences between "still", "already", "so far", "yet", and "until now". If you use one of those words/phrases in a sentence, I can tell you "yes, that's the way we'd say it", or "no, that's wrong". But it's beyond me to put the rules into simple English that an ESL student would find easy to understand.

Anyway, look for ESL classes offered by your local community college, high school community education department, or other similar organization. Not only will you learn English, you'll also probably make some good friends.

[RonMay 1]

im taking spanish lesson but its so tiring... im familiar with the words but i find it hard to combine it all (getting there)... im paying $25/hr... my cousin speaks fluently in spanish and she said she never had a tutor but rather renting a book and cd's at the library and that im "loca" enough to pay for one lol...

[EstebanTrabajos 7]

Me spika l'espanish

Yes I do, and I also speak french, one you get passed the GGGG, a person who speaks a roman language like spanish, italian, portuguese etc. can master it.

Based on my experience, it does make a different depending on the place you live in. Here in the border, it's a must because we have a lot of mexican turists coming back and forth on a daily basis, if you don't speak spanish in some of them, well basically you wont get hired. It also depends on the type of job. The only way french has served me, is on my resume and by giving a good first impression with future employers but no more than that. Location, location, location.

Edited April 2, 2008 by GueraYTavo

[amiquechu 0]

I don't know what the blackmarkets are like in other countries, but Lima, Peru has a pretty good one You can get a copy of Rosetta Stone that retails for $400 or so for about $10 or $15. And yes, it works just fine! I've used Rosetta Stone and this exercise book:

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Practice-...44273341/?itm=1

The combination of the two was a really good start for me. Then, of course, after you study it you have to practice conversing with Spanish speakers.

[sj5 4]

l @ loca...