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How easy is it to pickup a new language while teaching eng?
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naturegirl321



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 4:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

In my opinion, teaching English isn-t the best way to learn a language. YOu-ll be in an English environment at work. Best to try to take language courses. Or find a person to exchange English for the language you want to learn

And fluency is hard to achieve. I teach English, but get spoken to in Spanish by students and on the street, and use Spanish at home. After 14 years of using the language, I still don-t consider myself fluent and doubt I ever will be.
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tedkarma



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 7:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

naturegirl321 wrote:
And fluency is hard to achieve. I teach English, but get spoken to in Spanish by students and on the street, and use Spanish at home. After 14 years of using the language, I still don-t consider myself fluent and doubt I ever will be.


Good points from naturegirl.

A good friend of mine is an Iraqi working in Saudi Arabia for the last 20+ years. He has a Ph.D in linguistics/TESOL of some sort - and he was as close to being fluent as anyone I have ever met - after teaching English for 20 years and working hand in hand with native speakers for all of that time.

Yet . . . he still would often ask questions about quite simple things. He, for example - in all that time had never heard the word "dais" (for the raised platform a speaker stands on) and other similar terms. He tried quite hard as he really did enjoy learning. But naturegirl's point is important - at what point do you consider yourself fluent - and can you ever really get there?
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