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                 <title><![CDATA[Cervantino 2008 Narco Terrorism]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[Of all the Cervantino Festival events that roll into the city of Guanajuato each October I believe my least favorite has to be that which sends many locals fleeing the city for three weeks each year The ghoulish punks the vampirish Goth or the 8220 hippies as the Guanajuatenses are wont to call them are not ..<p><a href=http://articleslash.com/501964>Link to the original site</a></p>]]></description>
                 <link>http://www.articleslash.com/News-and-Society/Pure-Opinion/501964__Cervantino-2008-Narco-Terrorism.html</link>
                 <pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[Guanajuato Mexico A Slower Pace of Life Sort Of]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[Mexico is a land of vast contrasts sometimes confusing contradictions and a culture that constantly will leave the American expat guessing for a lifetime You ve no doubt heard that Mexico has a slower pace of life Well that is true sort of Depending on which region of Mexico you finally are drawn as ..<p><a href=http://articleslash.com/500466>Link to the original site</a></p>]]></description>
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                 <pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[What Is Total Immersion in Learning a Second Language]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[Introduction In the 1990 s when I was contemplating learning Spanish I was told repeatedly by well meaning friends that if I really wanted to learn Spanish I would have to live in a country in which Spanish was the dominate spoken tongue If you Google 8220 Spanish Immersion you will get ..<p><a href=http://articleslash.com/323707>Link to the original site</a></p>]]></description>
                 <link>http://www.articleslash.com/Reference-and-Education/Languages/323707__What-Is-Total-Immersion-in-Learning-a-Second-Language.html</link>
                 <pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 18:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[Spanishing in Guanajuato]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[I ve been in Spanish classes for the past two weeks It s been great As a non native Spanish speaker it is important to refresh your Spanish by having a professional correct your mistakes I tend to pick up bad habits along the way and to go back to the class every now and then ..<p><a href=http://articleslash.com/290022>Link to the original site</a></p>]]></description>
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                 <pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 18:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[How To Conquer Central Mexico in Your Next Vacation]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[I ve noticed lately the tourists that make their way to central Mexico Guanajuato tend to be either the loosey goosey backpackers or the tourist elite who tend to have a lot of experience in coming to strange and new places The backpackers and there s nothing wrong with loosey goosey I would ..<p><a href=http://articleslash.com/280255>Link to the original site</a></p>]]></description>
                 <link>http://www.articleslash.com/Travel-and-Leisure/280255__How-To-Conquer-Central-Mexico-in-Your-Next-Vacation.html</link>
                 <pubDate>Sat, 05 Jan 2008 18:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[Living in Mexico With Lenny and Bubba]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[I have the very worst luck with getting wrong number phone calls no matter what country I live in Believe me when we moved to Mexico the problem didn t get any better When we lived in Overland Park Kansas the wrong numbers started the very day we moved in and had our ..<p><a href=http://articleslash.com/280254>Link to the original site</a></p>]]></description>
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                 <pubDate>Sat, 05 Jan 2008 18:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[DNA Left Behind in Space Alien Encounter]]></title>
                 <category><![CDATA[Paranormal]]></category>
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                 <description><![CDATA[Some folks skeptics and scoffers are not going to believe in the existence of Aliens from other worlds manning UFO s unless they land in their backyards and ask for directions or to call a tow And even then I do not know whether that would convince a scoffing skeptic I address this issue in my new book .<p><a href=http://articleslash.com/272949>Link to the original site</a></p>]]></description>
                 <link>http://www.articleslash.com/Reference-and-Education/Paranormal/272949__DNA-Left-Behind-in-Space-Alien-Encounter.html</link>
                 <pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 18:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[Is This Brazil s Roswell]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[On January 19 20 1997 Brazil s I Centro Integrado de Defesa Aerea e Controle de Trafego Aereo or Integrated Center on Air Defense and Air Traffic Control received a warning from the U S North American Air Defense Command NORAD of an incoming bogy NORAD estimated it would crash in the ..<p><a href=http://articleslash.com/272946>Link to the original site</a></p>]]></description>
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                 <pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 18:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[Jimmy Carter The UFO President]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[President Jimmy Carter was the first President of the United States of America to have officially reported the UFO he saw to the authorities He was also the President who said that if elected he would see that UFO Alien Full Disclosure would take place That the American public would be told the truth about everything was one of ..<p><a href=http://articleslash.com/272944>Link to the original site</a></p>]]></description>
                 <link>http://www.articleslash.com/Reference-and-Education/Paranormal/272944__Jimmy-Carter-The-UFO-President.html</link>
                 <pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 18:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[UFO Crashes in Mexico]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[During the summer of 1974 significant events were taking place On August 5th Congress placed a monetary limit on aid to the military in Vietnam On August 8th the scandal ridden Nixon presidency ended with Richard Nixon offering his resignation On August 9th he ..<p><a href=http://articleslash.com/272943>Link to the original site</a></p>]]></description>
                 <link>http://www.articleslash.com/Reference-and-Education/Paranormal/272943__UFO-Crashes-in-Mexico.html</link>
                 <pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 18:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[UFO Aliens President Nixon and Jackie Gleason]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[In doing the research for my UFO Alien book what I discovered about what the U S Presidents knew or didn t know about the UFO Alien question was somewhat overwhelming I simply did not know such a mountain of evidence existed The evidence indicated that not only were most Presidents since Truman UFO ..<p><a href=http://articleslash.com/272942>Link to the original site</a></p>]]></description>
                 <link>http://www.articleslash.com/Reference-and-Education/Paranormal/272942__UFO-Aliens-President-Nixon-and-Jackie-Gleason.html</link>
                 <pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 18:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[Learning Spanish Begin By Listening Part 3]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[The way in which adult Africans and I believe many of the adults I ve met in the resort areas of Mexico have developed a high degree of spoken fluency is the same way in which we learned our native tongue as children Passive Listening If ever there was a 8220 natural way to learn a second language this is it If ever there was a way ..<p><a href=http://articleslash.com/227717>Link to the original site</a></p>]]></description>
                 <link>http://www.articleslash.com/Arts-and-Entertainment/Language/227717__Learning-Spanish-Begin-By-Listening-Part-3.html</link>
                 <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2007 18:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[How Do I Become Fluent in a New Language]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[I read the following online on a site supposedly devoted to learning fluency in a second language Language is like any other skill or aptitude some people are proficient in languages while others are better at math science or music Everyone has the potential to learn but the fact ..<p><a href=http://articleslash.com/225775>Link to the original site</a></p>]]></description>
                 <link>http://www.articleslash.com/Arts-and-Entertainment/Language/225775__How-Do-I-Become-Fluent-in-a-New-Language.html</link>
                 <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2007 18:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[Learning Spanish The Input Hypothesis]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[Maybe the most important aspect of Stephen Krashen s theories of second language acquisition is The Input Hypothesis This explains how someone learns a second language The hypothesis deals with acquisition of speech and not the learning of formal grammatical rules and cold memorization of vocabulary words When you seek to learn a ..<p><a href=http://articleslash.com/225442>Link to the original site</a></p>]]></description>
                 <link>http://www.articleslash.com/Arts-and-Entertainment/Language/225442__Learning-Spanish-The-Input-Hypothesis.html</link>
                 <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2007 18:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[Learning Spanish Has Never Been Easier]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[Mnemonic memory training is a memory system that allows you to store information in and recall it from your long term memory and in the case of learning a new language your speech center Mnemonics gives you a way to organize information store it and recall it ..<p><a href=http://articleslash.com/224826>Link to the original site</a></p>]]></description>
                 <link>http://www.articleslash.com/Arts-and-Entertainment/Language/224826__Learning-Spanish-Has-Never-Been-Easier.html</link>
                 <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2007 18:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[Learning Spanish A New Resource]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[A host of commercially available Foreign Language home study products employ The Comprehension Approach to teach a level of proficiency in the target language The Comprehension Approach allows for that 8220 period of silence that all of us went through when learning our native language as children This is ..<p><a href=http://articleslash.com/224636>Link to the original site</a></p>]]></description>
                 <link>http://www.articleslash.com/Arts-and-Entertainment/Language/224636__Learning-Spanish-A-New-Resource.html</link>
                 <pubDate>Sun, 15 Jul 2007 18:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[Learning Spanish Part Nineteen The Audiolingual Method]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[This method of second language instruction was a further development or evolution of The Direct Method World War II rose up and slapped the U S government in its linguistically challenged face waking it to the need and definite lack of language competency to deal with the other nations of the world Apparently the U S continues ..<p><a href=http://articleslash.com/223990>Link to the original site</a></p>]]></description>
                 <link>http://www.articleslash.com/Arts-and-Entertainment/223990__Learning-Spanish-Part-Nineteen-The-Audiolingual-Method.html</link>
                 <pubDate>Sun, 01 Jul 2007 18:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[Learning Spanish Part Twenty The Silent Way Method]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[A most bizarre philosophy of education called 8220 Discovery Learning based partly on the educational ideas of Rousseau Pestalozzi and Dewey led to The Silent Way Method of Second Language acquisition It also enjoyed the support of psycho babblists psychologists Piaget Bruner and Papert Seymour Papert said ..<p><a href=http://articleslash.com/223981>Link to the original site</a></p>]]></description>
                 <link>http://www.articleslash.com/Arts-and-Entertainment/223981__Learning-Spanish-Part-Twenty-The-Silent-Way-Method.html</link>
                 <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jul 2007 18:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[Learning Spanish Intercambios]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[What got me started on an Intercambio jag was learning how Mexicans in the tourist industry on Mexico s Gold Coast learn English and achieve an amazing level of proficiency They do it by engaging in Intercambios This is where you exchange an hour of helping a Mexican struggling to learn English with an hour of ..<p><a href=http://articleslash.com/223978>Link to the original site</a></p>]]></description>
                 <link>http://www.articleslash.com/Arts-and-Entertainment/223978__Learning-Spanish-Intercambios.html</link>
                 <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jul 2007 18:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[Learning Spanish Part Twenty Two Suggestopedia]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[Georgi Lozanov a Bulgarian psychologist introduced what he undoubtedly thought an original and brilliant premise 8220 students naturally set up psychological barriers to learning based on fears that they will be unable to perform and are limited in terms of their ability ..<p><a href=http://articleslash.com/223975>Link to the original site</a></p>]]></description>
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                 <pubDate>Sat, 07 Jul 2007 18:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[Learning Spanish Part Twenty One Why Talk About Methods]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[My purpose in this series which I failed to make clear apparently from the beginning has been to do two things One is to show the progression of second language acquisition instruction in its historical development through 350 word articles The second is see who is still using these methods if any are using them at all ..<p><a href=http://articleslash.com/223973>Link to the original site</a></p>]]></description>
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                 <pubDate>Sat, 07 Jul 2007 18:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[Learning Spanish Part Twenty Five The Monitor Hypothesis]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[Dr Krashen explains that this idea The Monitor Hypothesis shows how language learning grammar affects language acquisition This is according to Krashen the useful outcome of learning grammar It acts as a 8220 monitor of spoken language Krashen postulates that this monitor brings refinement ..<p><a href=http://articleslash.com/223964>Link to the original site</a></p>]]></description>
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                 <pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2007 18:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[Learning Spanish Part Twenty Three Language Learning versus Language Acquisition]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[In the field of second language acquisition Stephen Krashen Ph D is a name that rises above the academic din that usually begins when the subject of Language Acquisition versus Language Learning is brought up The noise becomes even more deafening when someone such as ..<p><a href=http://articleslash.com/223962>Link to the original site</a></p>]]></description>
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                 <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2007 18:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[Learning Spanish Part Twenty Four The Acquisition Learning hypothesis]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[Dr Stephen Krashen s foundational principle in his theory of Second Language Acquisition is called 8220 The Acquisition Learning hypothesis In this idea a distinction is made in that wonderfully exciting and gaiety galore world of linguistics and language pedagogy between learning a language and acquiring it The acquired system .<p><a href=http://articleslash.com/223961>Link to the original site</a></p>]]></description>
                 <link>http://www.articleslash.com/Arts-and-Entertainment/223961__Learning-Spanish-Part-Twenty-Four-The-Acquisition-Learning-hypothesis.html</link>
                 <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2007 18:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[Learning Spanish The Natural Order Hypothesis]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[In second language acquisition research conducted in 1974 75 1980 and 1987 it was postulated that the acquisition of grammatical forms followed a natural and predictable order How this happens is contingent upon multiple factors The learner s age and the learner s ..<p><a href=http://articleslash.com/223956>Link to the original site</a></p>]]></description>
                 <link>http://www.articleslash.com/Arts-and-Entertainment/223956__Learning-Spanish-The-Natural-Order-Hypothesis.html</link>
                 <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2007 18:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[Living in Mexico Rainy Season and Puppy Dumping Season]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[The only time one can really say that the often cited 8220 near perfect weather in Guanajuato takes on a sour disposition is during the late spring and summer That s when the infamous Rainy Season descends on the inhabitants of Guanajuato and sends locals and expatriates alike running ..<p><a href=http://articleslash.com/219495>Link to the original site</a></p>]]></description>
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                 <pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2007 18:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[Living in Mexico It s The Rainy Season and I m Bored]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[We ve been holed up in the house pretty much now for two weeks and counting We venture out between downpours Such is life in Central Mexico during the rainy season Really there has not been as much rain as we had last year by mid June It is however overcast grey and miserable It s also cold So here we ..<p><a href=http://articleslash.com/217860>Link to the original site</a></p>]]></description>
                 <link>http://www.articleslash.com/Arts-and-Entertainment/217860__Living-in-Mexico-It-s-The-Rainy-Season-and-I-m-Bored.html</link>
                 <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2007 18:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[Living in Mexico Speaking Spanish The Child Factor]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[A surprising revelation you may not have thought of in your quest to develop fluency in a second language is that what you do NOT want to do the road you don t want to go down is the cold mechanical and frightfully boring attempt to memorize vocabulary All of us who have ..<p><a href=http://articleslash.com/217747>Link to the original site</a></p>]]></description>
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                 <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2007 18:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[Living in Mexico Spanish Speech Centers]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[Do you remember the first time your drooling goo goo ga ga child first saw a dog Perhaps you had the baby in a stroller in the park He was at that age where he could sit up and point at things he saw Then suddenly there it was his very first dog Predictably he began making all manner of sounds indicating his ..<p><a href=http://articleslash.com/217746>Link to the original site</a></p>]]></description>
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                 <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2007 18:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[Living in Mexico True Total Immersion Spanish]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[Almost without exception the private language schools and universities in Mexico use the translation method of Spanish instruction The translation method is a philosophy of second language instruction in which there is an intense concentration of the memorization of 8220 surface grammar rules and vast amounts of vocabulary You learn how ..<p><a href=http://articleslash.com/217737>Link to the original site</a></p>]]></description>
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                 <pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2007 18:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[Learning Spanish Part One The Problems and Solutions]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[It is not an exaggeration to declare that the United States of America could be the only country in the world where one can graduate from high school and even college without taking one course of foreign language study Of those few schools which still require their students to take a foreign language ..<p><a href=http://articleslash.com/217732>Link to the original site</a></p>]]></description>
                 <link>http://www.articleslash.com/Arts-and-Entertainment/217732__Learning-Spanish-Part-One-The-Problems-and-Solutions.html</link>
                 <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 18:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[Learning Spanish Part Two Some Solutions]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[Foreign language learning is not something that happens overnight it takes a commitment of time and money U S schools compound the problem by waiting too long to start foreign language instruction According to ACTFL Professional Programs Director Elvira Swender U S .<p><a href=http://articleslash.com/217731>Link to the original site</a></p>]]></description>
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                 <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 18:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[Learning Spanish Part Three Why Acquire a Second Language]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[Why should an American learn a foreign language in the 21st century What and where is the need If we are not connected in close proximity to our International Neighbors as are Europeans then why should Americans learn another language Why should Americans learn Spanish Spanish is ..<p><a href=http://articleslash.com/217730>Link to the original site</a></p>]]></description>
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                 <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 18:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[Learning Spanish Part Four The Right Approach]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[This article is about language learning methods I know what you are thinking Why isn t he talking about motivation first The reason I am starting with methodology first is that the wrong method of learning a second language is often the biggest deterrent of motivation I hear this all the time from potential expatriate wannebees ..<p><a href=http://articleslash.com/217729>Link to the original site</a></p>]]></description>
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                 <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 18:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[Learning Spanish Part Five Conversation Classes]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[Yes there are conversation classes sometimes offered in this sequence of courses They are supposed to be the speaking component of what is called The Total Immersion Experience But there are grave problems with even these conversation classes that we will cover later There is some confusion as to what a ..<p><a href=http://articleslash.com/217728>Link to the original site</a></p>]]></description>
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                 <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 18:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[Learning Spanish Part Six More On Conversation Classes]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[Think about this very seriously for a moment If you have children just think what degree of spoken fluency your child had when you first packed him off to first grade Think of all he could understand and say before he ever started his formal education When your child was 6 years old he or she had ..<p><a href=http://articleslash.com/217727>Link to the original site</a></p>]]></description>
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                 <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 18:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[Learning Spanish Part Seven How to Begin]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[The Horse as I wrote previously is spoken fluency I made the point that long before they go off to first grade children already have a high degree of spoken fluency in their native tongue before they learn the parts of speech or memorize grammar rules It is my contention and the premise of this book this ..<p><a href=http://articleslash.com/217726>Link to the original site</a></p>]]></description>
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                 <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 18:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[Learning Spanish Part Eight Some Really Bad Science]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[So just where did this hideous stereotype about adults learning foreign language originate It came from some very old science There used to be a theory on brain development from the 1960 s which taught that there was a crucial period an individual had before the brain ..<p><a href=http://articleslash.com/217725>Link to the original site</a></p>]]></description>
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                 <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 18:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[Learning Spanish Part Nine Still Looking for That Horse]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[What do we know so far We found the best approach to language learning is to learn Spanish the very same way you learned your native tongue Lots and lots of intensive listening without speaking comes first This is how you learned your native language This is how children instinctively approach learning ..<p><a href=http://articleslash.com/217724>Link to the original site</a></p>]]></description>
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                 <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 18:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[Learning Spanish Part Ten Even More Horsing Around]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[There are two additional courses that I recommend In fact they are so effective that these along with The Learnables I credit with helping on my road to a high degree of spoken fluency These courses are Pimsleur Spanish and Learning Spanish Like Crazy Without this trio of courses I would not be where I am today linguistically living ..<p><a href=http://articleslash.com/217723>Link to the original site</a></p>]]></description>
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                 <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 18:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[Learning Spanish Part Eleven Taking Classes in Spanish]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[If you have successfully completed at least The Learnables and The Pimsleur Spanish Learning Spanish Like Crazy courses you are ready for the formal study of Spanish i e grammar I know this is very costly I know because I ve paid the price myself for these courses But what ..<p><a href=http://articleslash.com/217722>Link to the original site</a></p>]]></description>
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                 <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 18:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[Learning Spanish Part Twelve Total Immersion courses in Mexico]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[Going to the host country of the target language has always taken on a sort of mythical quality It has been believed that you could not learn a foreign language unless you went to the country associated with the target language and engaged in something called Total Immersion Total Immersion is NOT a ..<p><a href=http://articleslash.com/217721>Link to the original site</a></p>]]></description>
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                 <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 18:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[Learning Spanish Part Thirteen Memory Part I]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[The truth is that as we age some memory 8220 deficits begin to occur The good news is these deficits are not necessarily set in stone nor are they irreversible Though we cannot escape the often inevitable loss of some cognitive functioning like aging issues ..<p><a href=http://articleslash.com/217720>Link to the original site</a></p>]]></description>
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                 <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 18:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[Learning Spanish Part Fourteen Memory Part II]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[What exactly is happening when we grow old and begin to suffer those Senior Moments seems to be a deficit in two issues of memory functioning 1 a slowing of the ability to use that area of the brain best suited for memory processing and 2 what seems a refusal to ..<p><a href=http://articleslash.com/217719>Link to the original site</a></p>]]></description>
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                 <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 18:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[Learning Spanish Part Fifteen Memory Part III]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[Think about this for a moment If you cannot successfully filter out the distracting information you cannot get at the information that you are trying to bring up from your memory the information you do want to recall It is not that you cannot remember something it is rather that you cannot block or filter the ..<p><a href=http://articleslash.com/217718>Link to the original site</a></p>]]></description>
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                 <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 18:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[Learning Spanish Part Seventeen The Translation Method of Language Instruction]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[The grammar translation method of second language acquisition is virtually the only method used in most language courses taught in classrooms all over the world It is also known as The Classical Method This method was developed over centuries to teach classical languages Latin and Greek were seen as important 8220 dead ..<p><a href=http://articleslash.com/217717>Link to the original site</a></p>]]></description>
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                 <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 18:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[Learning Spanish Part Eighteen The Direct Method of Language Instruction]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[Realizing that The Grammar Translation Method of second language instruction did not work to impart spoken proficiency in the target language in the late 1800 s The Direct Method surfaced in language instruction The need for a system that worked to teach spoken competence is what drove those to create The Direct Method .<p><a href=http://articleslash.com/217713>Link to the original site</a></p>]]></description>
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                 <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2007 18:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[Living in Mexico Don t Mess With Mexican Women Part II]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[In my story 8220 Don t Mess With Mexican Women I mentioned I had no clue what this Mexican Donnybrook was about One of my 8220 critics though professing to hate everything I write and professing to hate me took that opportunity because I said what I did to postulate that my not understanding ..<p><a href=http://articleslash.com/216065>Link to the original site</a></p>]]></description>
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                 <pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2007 18:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[Living in Mexico Guanajuato Sidewalk Safety]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[Try imagining a giant banana split bowl big enough to build a city inside Imagine the bowl twisted into a crooked 8220 S shape The next miracle is a city gets built along the winding and twisting bottom of the bowl and all up and down the sides If you can imagine this you have ..<p><a href=http://articleslash.com/215299>Link to the original site</a></p>]]></description>
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                 <pubDate>Sun, 17 Jun 2007 18:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[Living in Mexico Cultural Ineptitude]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[During a recent conversation with an American Gringa I made the point that since she doesn t speak Spanish how can she know if she is accepted in the Mexican community The woman didn t speak enough Spanish to even survive and yet she claimed all her friends are Mexicans and she is accepted by all of them .<p><a href=http://articleslash.com/215290>Link to the original site</a></p>]]></description>
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