Comments on: Sometimes Cultural Information is Just as Important as Language http://www.tomisimo.org/blog/2007/places/sometimes-cultural-information-is-just-as-important-as-language/ All about learning Spanish and English and the Tomísimo bilingual dictionary Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:12:18 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: Flashback to Costa Rica http://www.tomisimo.org/blog/2007/places/sometimes-cultural-information-is-just-as-important-as-language/comment-page-1/#comment-14931 Flashback to Costa Rica Mon, 15 Oct 2007 02:32:37 +0000 http://www.tomisimo.org/blog/2007/places/sometimes-cultural-information-is-just-as-important-as-language/#comment-14931 [...] immersion school website yesterday, I couldn’t help but remember the two months I spent in Costa Rica about ten years ago. The grainy pictures on there could have been pulled straight from my memory [...] [...] immersion school website yesterday, I couldn’t help but remember the two months I spent in Costa Rica about ten years ago. The grainy pictures on there could have been pulled straight from my memory [...]

]]> By: David http://www.tomisimo.org/blog/2007/places/sometimes-cultural-information-is-just-as-important-as-language/comment-page-1/#comment-5509 David Wed, 09 May 2007 14:14:30 +0000 http://www.tomisimo.org/blog/2007/places/sometimes-cultural-information-is-just-as-important-as-language/#comment-5509 It's just as much the fault of the teachers and teaching methods as the college students, even though learning depends 90% on the learner, the teaching methods are important to provide a suitable environment for learning. Good call on 'cultural experience' I just tagged it that. It’s just as much the fault of the teachers and teaching methods as the college students, even though learning depends 90% on the learner, the teaching methods are important to provide a suitable environment for learning.

Good call on ‘cultural experience’ I just tagged it that.

]]> By: Language Blog http://www.tomisimo.org/blog/2007/places/sometimes-cultural-information-is-just-as-important-as-language/comment-page-1/#comment-5471 Language Blog Wed, 09 May 2007 06:26:28 +0000 http://www.tomisimo.org/blog/2007/places/sometimes-cultural-information-is-just-as-important-as-language/#comment-5471 BTW, nothing against those college students because I'm sure they have good intentions. However, I think that lack of experience is part of the reason that American foreign language programs aren't very successful. BTW, nothing against those college students because I’m sure they have good intentions. However, I think that lack of experience is part of the reason that American foreign language programs aren’t very successful.

]]> By: Language Blog http://www.tomisimo.org/blog/2007/places/sometimes-cultural-information-is-just-as-important-as-language/comment-page-1/#comment-5470 Language Blog Wed, 09 May 2007 06:24:38 +0000 http://www.tomisimo.org/blog/2007/places/sometimes-cultural-information-is-just-as-important-as-language/#comment-5470 Great post. I think that this would be filed under real life language/cultural experience. This is what all those college students who want to grow up and be language teachers but who don't really know anything about the language are missing. They haven't experienced the culture and felt the language in it's natural environment. http://www.letutor.com Great post. I think that this would be filed under real life language/cultural experience. This is what all those college students who want to grow up and be language teachers but who don’t really know anything about the language are missing. They haven’t experienced the culture and felt the language in it’s natural environment.

http://www.letutor.com

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