svenska :: min dag :: alla hjärtans dag
Idag är alla hjärtans dag. Jag gillar heldagen men idag stressar mej. Jag vill göra snällt något för min pojkevän. Jag vill hon ge en present av mig också. Inte något dyrt .. ett handgjordt kort kanske?
Ikväll ni ska se ett band heter And One. De är från tyskland och sjunger i tyska. Ni pratade med synthesizerspelar i Mars 2007. Han var snäll och tålamod med mig när jag försöket prater tyskt. Jag taler tyska sämre än jag skriver svensk!
Väder Idag :: Solen skiner men det är kallt.
How to choose a language to learn
So, you know you want to learn a new language but don’t know which one to learn. How do you decide?
First, do you want to learn a new language for personal or professional reasons? If professional, your choices may be limited. Since you’re reading this, I’m assuming your company isn’t requiring only one specific language but that you have a least a few options to choose from. If the sky is the limit, then take a look at countries in which your business may take you. It wouldn’t make much sense to learn French if your company is mainly dealing with businesses in Japan. Write out a list of countries in which your company does business. Do any or many of these appeal to you? Read the rest of this entry »
Is immersion required for language proficiency?
I had someone ask me if I thought it was possible to learn a language without living in an area where it was spoken exclusively. While I think one will never be fluent without doing so, I do believe it is possible to learn the language. After all, if not, why did I suffer though language classes in high school and college? At the same time, I do believe the more immersion available the better. I’m going to try to tala svensk at certain people in order to put some phrases into my subconscious. Phrases like, “Hej hej!” and “Hey då!” come naturally, but even the simple, “Hur är du?” doesn’t roll off my tongue easily when it would be appropriate. I’m still getting, “Jag förstor inte.” och “Jag vet inte.” confused in class.
What do you think? Is it possible to become fluent in a language without living in a country where that language is spoken?
Today I’ve been reading through Introduction to Swedish© by Urban Sikeborg. The phrases for greetings in Chapter 2 are more than I’ve heard in the past 6 months that I’ve been learning. Now I would like to use a few of these instead to switch it up a bit.
Svensk
Jag har läst Introduction to Swedish© by Urban Sikeborg idag. Jag vill använda talesätten i kapitel 2 i stället talesätten jag känner nu.
