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Are we teaching the wrong language?

 
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kimchikowboy



Joined: 24 Jan 2003

PostPosted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 7:45 pm    Post subject: Are we teaching the wrong language? Reply with quote

Here's an interesting read on Korean and Spanish in LA.
http://www2.dailynews.com/news/ci_3061843

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Peruvian immigrant Miguel Aliaga always knew that coming to Los Angeles would mean a long struggle mastering a new language. He just never figured that language would be Korean.
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skinhead



Joined: 11 Jun 2004

PostPosted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 7:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

That is an interesting read. It doesn't surprise me in the least. Not a huge call for Spanish in Korea itself, but if I went to live in el A, I'd probly learn Spanish too. I'd rather learn Spanish than Korean for how useful it would be almost everyelsewhere. Rather learn Spanish than English too, come to think of it.
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margaret



Joined: 14 Oct 2003

PostPosted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 8:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'd rather learn Spanish than either Korean or English. It took me less than a month to be able to say in Spanish what it's taken me over a year to learn in Korean.
Margaret
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lastat06513



Joined: 18 Mar 2003
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 2:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I learned Spanish for 2 years in High school and was quite fluent in it until I came to Korea.
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