Comments on: Top 10 words and phrases to master when learning any language http://www.bitesizedlanguages.com/blog/2010/03/12/top-10-words-and-phrases-to-master-when-learning-any-language/ Language learning tips, tricks, motivation and discussion Sun, 11 Dec 2011 14:17:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: bibi http://www.bitesizedlanguages.com/blog/2010/03/12/top-10-words-and-phrases-to-master-when-learning-any-language/comment-page-1/#comment-1003 bibi Wed, 10 Aug 2011 21:07:24 +0000 http://www.bitesizedlanguages.com/blog/?p=51#comment-1003 i love this site and enjoy getting the phrase everyday. keep up the great work! GOD Bless u. i love this site and enjoy getting the phrase everyday. keep up the great work! GOD Bless u.

]]> By: bibi http://www.bitesizedlanguages.com/blog/2010/03/12/top-10-words-and-phrases-to-master-when-learning-any-language/comment-page-1/#comment-1002 bibi Wed, 10 Aug 2011 21:03:40 +0000 http://www.bitesizedlanguages.com/blog/?p=51#comment-1002 thanks i will try this method thanks i will try this method

]]> By: sarah http://www.bitesizedlanguages.com/blog/2010/03/12/top-10-words-and-phrases-to-master-when-learning-any-language/comment-page-1/#comment-920 sarah Sun, 13 Feb 2011 20:30:45 +0000 http://www.bitesizedlanguages.com/blog/?p=51#comment-920 I would have added what does this mean? Or how do you say ___________ I would have added what does this mean? Or how do you say ___________

]]> By: Frane http://www.bitesizedlanguages.com/blog/2010/03/12/top-10-words-and-phrases-to-master-when-learning-any-language/comment-page-1/#comment-491 Frane Wed, 20 Oct 2010 16:12:24 +0000 http://www.bitesizedlanguages.com/blog/?p=51#comment-491 what time...?; Where can I...?; how can I get there?...; I need ....; how much is it?; slower, please; bus station, restaurante, badroom, bank, store, food, water. what time…?; Where can I…?; how can I get there?…; I need ….; how much is it?; slower, please; bus station, restaurante, badroom, bank, store, food, water.

]]> By: sheda http://www.bitesizedlanguages.com/blog/2010/03/12/top-10-words-and-phrases-to-master-when-learning-any-language/comment-page-1/#comment-480 sheda Sun, 17 Oct 2010 14:27:34 +0000 http://www.bitesizedlanguages.com/blog/?p=51#comment-480 I usually use the following words : Thanks that's funny can I help you ? may god bless you dear .... Thank you v much:) I usually use the following words :

Thanks

that’s funny

can I help you ?

may god bless you

dear

….

Thank you v much:)

]]> By: Jake http://www.bitesizedlanguages.com/blog/2010/03/12/top-10-words-and-phrases-to-master-when-learning-any-language/comment-page-1/#comment-111 Jake Fri, 26 Mar 2010 13:07:26 +0000 http://www.bitesizedlanguages.com/blog/?p=51#comment-111 Great thread about learning languages fast! And with everyone travelling around so much now it's so important to pick up things like basic french and basic spanish! So here are my 3 additional words that will make people think you speak Spanish! These words make up around 85% of Spanish mobile phone conversations.. LOL Vale (bah-lay) - 'fine', 'sure' or 'righty-ho' Claro (klar-rro) - 'true', 'innit' or 'for real' Pero (pear-oh) - 'but', 'yeah but' or 'ummm...' Just use 'em and you'll sound as Spanish as Don Quixote's Real Madrid shirt! Great thread about learning languages fast! And with everyone travelling around so much now it’s so important to pick up things like basic french and basic spanish!

So here are my 3 additional words that will make people think you speak Spanish! These words make up around 85% of Spanish mobile phone conversations.. LOL

Vale (bah-lay) – ‘fine’, ‘sure’ or ‘righty-ho’
Claro (klar-rro) – ‘true’, ‘innit’ or ‘for real’
Pero (pear-oh) – ‘but’, ‘yeah but’ or ‘ummm…’

Just use ‘em and you’ll sound as Spanish as Don Quixote’s Real Madrid shirt!

]]> By: Willem http://www.bitesizedlanguages.com/blog/2010/03/12/top-10-words-and-phrases-to-master-when-learning-any-language/comment-page-1/#comment-58 Willem Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:14:31 +0000 http://www.bitesizedlanguages.com/blog/?p=51#comment-58 @Conrado and @Simon: For players of the "Where Are Your Keys?" language fluency game, your "where's the party" question actually brings up a critical issue. We use the ACTFL scale (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages): http://www.sil.org/lingualinks/languagelearning/OtherResources/ACTFLProficiencyGuidelines/contents.htm According to this scale, you could say "getting to the party" is the first major endeavor of fluent language proficiency. But this takes many, many tiny steps to get there. For "Where Are Your Keys?" we start with simple transactions at a want/have/give/take level (more on that later), and make them more and more complicated until we can finally get to that party, dressed appropriately, bringing/wearing the right stuff. This means eventually knowing numbers, telling time, what clothes do I wear, what is the address, what do I bring to drink, will my ex-girlfriend be there, can I bring children...etc. But each of these comes in bite-sized pieces, and starts with a conversation at want/have/give/take ("I want to have your red pen - if you give it to me, I will take it"). We've made some short videos on this approach: http://vimeo.com/user2215755/videos It's definitely working well in our endangered language revitalization work. Give it a shot, and tell us how it works out! -Willem @Conrado and @Simon:

For players of the “Where Are Your Keys?” language fluency game, your “where’s the party” question actually brings up a critical issue.

We use the ACTFL scale (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages): http://www.sil.org/lingualinks/languagelearning/OtherResources/ACTFLProficiencyGuidelines/contents.htm

According to this scale, you could say “getting to the party” is the first major endeavor of fluent language proficiency. But this takes many, many tiny steps to get there.

For “Where Are Your Keys?” we start with simple transactions at a want/have/give/take level (more on that later), and make them more and more complicated until we can finally get to that party, dressed appropriately, bringing/wearing the right stuff. This means eventually knowing numbers, telling time, what clothes do I wear, what is the address, what do I bring to drink, will my ex-girlfriend be there, can I bring children…etc.

But each of these comes in bite-sized pieces, and starts with a conversation at want/have/give/take (“I want to have your red pen – if you give it to me, I will take it”).

We’ve made some short videos on this approach: http://vimeo.com/user2215755/videos

It’s definitely working well in our endangered language revitalization work. Give it a shot, and tell us how it works out!

-Willem

]]> By: Russian http://www.bitesizedlanguages.com/blog/2010/03/12/top-10-words-and-phrases-to-master-when-learning-any-language/comment-page-1/#comment-54 Russian Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:11:19 +0000 http://www.bitesizedlanguages.com/blog/?p=51#comment-54 It's also might be useful to know how to ask "how much?" and to have a calculator to show sums of money or even to bargain. "top ten phrasal verbs" is a good idea but not all languages have the same type of structure as phrasal verbs in English. It’s also might be useful to know how to ask “how much?” and to have a calculator to show sums of money or even to bargain.

“top ten phrasal verbs” is a good idea but not all languages have the same type of structure as phrasal verbs in English.

]]> By: Top 10 words and phrases – the follow up… Not all words are created equal. | Bitesized Languages Blog http://www.bitesizedlanguages.com/blog/2010/03/12/top-10-words-and-phrases-to-master-when-learning-any-language/comment-page-1/#comment-49 Top 10 words and phrases – the follow up… Not all words are created equal. | Bitesized Languages Blog Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:03:05 +0000 http://www.bitesizedlanguages.com/blog/?p=51#comment-49 [...] week I posted on the top 10 words and phrases to master when learning any language.  It elicited some great responses from people some surprised I hadn’t include one word or [...] [...] week I posted on the top 10 words and phrases to master when learning any language.  It elicited some great responses from people some surprised I hadn’t include one word or [...]

]]> By: Braz http://www.bitesizedlanguages.com/blog/2010/03/12/top-10-words-and-phrases-to-master-when-learning-any-language/comment-page-1/#comment-46 Braz Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:00:56 +0000 http://www.bitesizedlanguages.com/blog/?p=51#comment-46 Hello Simon, Can I give you a suggestion: What is your top ten phrasal verbs? Thank you ! Hello Simon,

Can I give you a suggestion: What is your top ten phrasal verbs?

Thank you !

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