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An Average Graduate KnowS Only 6000 Words In Chinese Language

Thursday, April 2nd, 2009

Is it really hard to learn Chinese as a foreign language?Is it true Chinese is difficult language to learn as a foreign language?

Strictly speaking, it’s not so.  Comparatively grammar in Chinese is much simpler than that of the European languages.  At times, there is a complaint from English speakers that languages like Spanish have a perplexed grammar (masculine and feminine genders, verb conjugations, etc),, but the Chinese language has virtually no syllable structure or grammatical paradigms either to by heart.  Each word has a fixed and single form: verbs do not take prefixes or suffixes showing the tense or the person, number, or gender of the subject.   Nouns do not take prefixes or suffixes showing their number or their case.  I do not mean that Chinese has no grammar; What I want to say is Chinese grammar is primarily concerned with arrangement of words to form meaningful sentences as they inflectional morphology.  Plus each Chinese character pronounced in one syllable, that’s why when watching Chinese movies, you find that a few words can be translated into a syllable mapping in the English subtitle. (more…)

Online Traffic School Advancements

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009

Traffic schools are now predominately available on the Internet for drivers to improve their skills and satisfy a court’s requirements to dismiss a citation. Online traffic schools offer comprehensive courses that are completely approved and recognized by the state in which they provide their services. Online traffic school courses make it easy to complete a court mandated driver safety program because of the convenience that online education creates.

The advent of online education has advanced the way drivers expand their driver safety awareness. This relatively new technology brings traditional practices and lesson plans together with the unlimited communication opportunities available on the Internet to establish a high tech standard for traffic schools everywhere. These courses train drivers using proven instructional methods like interactive videos and flash animations to instill better driving practices among traffic school students. (more…)

Invented Spelling - Get it Right!

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

”Phonetic spelling is seen by many educators as a way for children to learn to read and write more creatively but it has its opponents,” reports Andrew Gottesman from Chicago.

The writer proceeds to describe invented spelling, for example FMKNS R NIS (pumpkins are nice), as ”a largely uncontroversial educational philosophy that many teachers and experts believe will help kids to write, read and spell better”. The profession absolves itself from responsibility for its use, saying ”Invented spelling is not so much a piece of curriculum as it is something kids do naturally”.

The writer tells us that invented spelling began to surface as an educational philosophy about 20 years ago, ”When researchers discovered that children’s literacy emerges during a span of several years”. It seems hard to believe that it took researchers to discover (more…)

Set Your Goals and Learn Spanish Fast Online

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

If you are very motivated to learn Spanish fast online, then there are several things to think about first. You can learn Spanish quickly if you follow these simple yet important tips.

One important thing to remember when you start to learn Spanish online, is to realize what fast or quick actually means. People tackle language learning at different rates, and what might take years for one person to learn may only take an hour for another. Since life is not fair in this respect, it is easy for you to get discouraged and disappointed rather fast. Avoid setting yourself up for failure by making a goal before you start.
Since setting up a goal is probably the most important part of learning Spanish, you must take this seriously. It would be very unrealistic to think that you could be holding long complicated conversations in a few weeks. It just will not happen. What you should do is to take a look at the situation that you will be in and see what parts of the language you will be needing to use. (more…)