Habla Espanol?

[Audrey2Katrina]

Muchas gracias, Cyclone; pero es solo bastante! Hoy? Ahh.. asi, asi... tengo que ir a la escuela para preparar por el ano nuevo. *sigh*

LOL--sorry no tildy availble to make the (enyay) kind of n in A~no...(need a Spanish keyboard!)

A2K

[Pburgh]

translation please????

[Audrey2Katrina]

"Many thanks, Cyclone--but it's only "enough" Today? Ahhh, so, so... I have to go to school to prepare for the new year.!



A2K

[Stephanie]

Stephanie,I see that you know a good deal of spanish. Kathy,a little more effort and you will do fine writting and speaking.

A2K,you know much.

Como estan ustedes hoy? Yo estoy muy bien.

Muchos gracias Luis! Buenos tardes!!

[dean]

yep, i've been taking spanish for 2 years in high school and taking a third year this year.

el burro sabe mas que tu.

[JonathanBelles]

yep, i've been taking spanish for 2 years in high school and taking a third year this year.

el burro sabe mas que tu.

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the donkey knows more than you.

???

[dean]

yep, i've been taking spanish for 2 years in high school and taking a third year this year.

el burro sabe mas que tu.

???

the donkey knows more than you.

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it was a stupid phrase that we had to learn in spanish class and was the only thing i could think of while i was posting.

[JonathanBelles]

yep, i've been taking spanish for 2 years in high school and taking a third year this year.

el burro sabe mas que tu.

???

the donkey knows more than you.

???

it was a stupid phrase that we had to learn in spanish class and was the only thing i could think of while i was posting.

haha

[azsnowman]

Yo comprendo un poco espanol.

Entendo muey un poco

Reason I asked, with huge influx of illegal immigrants streaming into the United States these days, seems like English has become the second language, or at least in Arizona....we (the police Dept) are being sent to immersion classes, for every 10 arrests that are made, "6" out of ten are now illegals and this has just happened over the past month.

We have a lot of people here who speak another language other than English. Our local schools here have ESL classes (English Second Language) and they are not allow to speak in their native language while at school. Actually I think that is sad because I think we all could benefit from learning a second language. One of the students came up to me one day while I was working in the snack bar at school and accidentally asked for something in spanish. I picked up on it right away and got the item for him before I realize that he didn't use English. He was frighten that I was going to get onto him for not using English since that was a policy at the school. Of course I didn't and talk a little to him in Spanish. Later I got a lecture from the other aide about not doing that.

And the teacher I worked with was going to start learning spanish because he wanted to be able to communicate with his Spanish students better in the class and make them feel more comfortable in the classroom. Still not a policy that is practice at the school.

It's sad, I truly believe everyone needs to be fluent in some other language than English........I can't WAIT till I learn MORE, Michelle Habla MUEY Bien espanol......she's my teacher along with the CD'S we have......Pimsluer Spanish I

[Audrey2Katrina]

Our local schools here have ESL classes (English Second Language) and they are not allow to speak in their native language while at school. Actually I think that is sad

Hey, I am ALL in favor of learning other languages... (I studied 7 or them), but there's a good reason for the ESL classes, and that is to help assist immigrant children to assimilate into an English-speaking society. Personally, I think the learning of a second language (whether it be English, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian/Cyrillic, or what-have-you) should be mandatory so that someone becomes fairly proficient in it by the time they graduate. Equally, I feel that the learning of English, as the de-facto "official" language of the United States is an essential part of assimilating into our society. This in no way suggests abandoning one' national heritage or culture. We here in Louisiana still have schools for the French speaking folks still living out in the Cajun areas (sadly disappearing--they are trying to save them). A lot of people don't realize where we've gotten so many of our wonderful cultural traditions--those red-green-blue etc. Christmas lights that decorate many houses--we owe that to the Spanish settlers. The beauty of our nation is that it indeed is a "melting" pot, where we do get "one" from "many"... the language may be a common glue; but the heritages of each and every culture assimilated, become a wonderful part of a better whole.

Just thought I'd give another perspective of ESL and its objectives, from a teaching perspective here in Cajun-land.

A2K

[azsnowman]

Our local schools here have ESL classes (English Second Language) and they are not allow to speak in their native language while at school. Actually I think that is sad

Hey, I am ALL in favor of learning other languages... (I studied 7 or them), but there's a good reason for the ESL classes, and that is to help assist immigrant children to assimilate into an English-speaking society. Personally, I think the learning of a second language (whether it be English, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian/Cyrillic, or what-have-you) should be mandatory so that someone becomes fairly proficient in it by the time they graduate. Equally, I feel that the learning of English, as the de-facto "official" language of the United States is an essential part of assimilating into our society. This in no way suggests abandoning one' national heritage or culture. We here in Louisiana still have schools for the French speaking folks still living out in the Cajun areas (sadly disappearing--they are trying to save them). A lot of people don't realize where we've gotten so many of our wonderful cultural traditions--those red-green-blue etc. Christmas lights that decorate many houses--we owe that to the Spanish settlers. The beauty of our nation is that it indeed is a "melting" pot, where we do get "one" from "many"... the language may be a common glue; but the heritages of each and every culture assimilated, become a wonderful part of a better whole.

Just thought I'd give another perspective of ESL and its objectives, from a teaching perspective here in Cajun-land.

A2K

Stands up and applauds!!! VERY well said...thank you!

Growing up on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation, I learned to speak and understand Apache pretty well but it's a TOUGH language like Navajo, most of the words have a very nasal sound to them and it's hard to master. Sadly, the Apache language is a dying language too, they have just recently starting teaching it in school.....the language itself was never a written one until 5 years ago and it's not a complete written language due to it's complexity.