Whatever you end up using for a foreign language curriculum, supplement with some fun activities. About once a week we would watch movies in a foreign language. Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, and others, all come with Spanish and French language, both spoken and in subtitles.
You don’t have to understand everything they say on the movie, just understand what’s happening and listen to the spoken words. My kids loved that! You can also find ways to interact with the Spanish speaking public. We work in a clothing bank which serves a large Hispanic population. In many communities there are Spanish-speaking church services, radio broadcasts, and television.
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J W says:
“Beauty and the Beast” is simply incredible in French. Many of the original actors did the French voices. Also, there is a very tender moment near the end where Belle and The Beast finally stop using the formal second person pronouns and start using the familiar second person pronouns with each other. Awwww!
August 30th, 2011 at 6:50 pm
Kristine says:
My dd dabbled enough in foreign languages, their history and more that she ended up with a Linguistics credit. She played an MMOG game, signing in from a different country to interact with those speakers. She watches loads of different youtube videos, from instructional to foreign tv shows, and listens to foreign music on her ipod. There are also many resources listed on opencourseware, and even itunes U has wonderful supplements.
As I type this, there’s something written in Korean on the back window of my car.
And don’t forget Live Mocha, an online site where you can speak with others in their native language, exchanging your time spent with others who want to learn English.
October 30th, 2011 at 4:24 am