Comments on: Challenge your assumptions http://spanish-podcast.com/2008/04/19/challenge-your-assumptions/ A bilingual blog and conversational Spanish podcast. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 02:02:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: eleena http://spanish-podcast.com/2008/04/19/challenge-your-assumptions/#comment-1005 eleena Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:46:11 +0000 http://spanish-podcast.com/2008/04/19/challenge-your-assumptions/#comment-1005 Cyril, I wrestled with French for six years and never got the hang of it. Granted that was when I was a kid and I never had an opportunity to study it in an immersion-like setting. Lovely-sounding language though. I take it that you speak French and Dutch since you mentioned them. What about Italian? Cyril, I wrestled with French for six years and never got the hang of it. Granted that was when I was a kid and I never had an opportunity to study it in an immersion-like setting. Lovely-sounding language though. I take it that you speak French and Dutch since you mentioned them. What about Italian?

]]> By: Cyril http://spanish-podcast.com/2008/04/19/challenge-your-assumptions/#comment-997 Cyril Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:51:20 +0000 http://spanish-podcast.com/2008/04/19/challenge-your-assumptions/#comment-997 I think as well that learning a new language gives you a lot of different insights in how people act and think, i.e. culture. Spanish differs a lot from English but it has a lot of similarities as well, a part from that they are both spoken in vast parts of the world. While beginning your Spanish learning experience as an English native, you will find yourselve translating from English most of the time. But indeed, when you immerse yourselve in a language you will be able to think different and along the way you will be able to think completely in Spanish. It is very interesting to compare English with French, Spanish and Dutch to see the similarities. Just give it a try! I think as well that learning a new language gives you a lot of different insights in how people act and think, i.e. culture. Spanish differs a lot from English but it has a lot of similarities as well, a part from that they are both spoken in vast parts of the world.

While beginning your Spanish learning experience as an English native, you will find yourselve translating from English most of the time. But indeed, when you immerse yourselve in a language you will be able to think different and along the way you will be able to think completely in Spanish.

It is very interesting to compare English with French, Spanish and Dutch to see the similarities. Just give it a try!

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