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Gambit:
Thats called (I think) Instant Immersion.  When you go to another country and speak only that language and nothing else, you can learn that language very quickly.

Younger people have an easier time learning a new language than older people. I have been trying to learn Japanese for quite some time, listening to the audio learning CDs and such. I can speak it, its just that real Japanese would probably make fun of my accent.

Though no doubt if you are there it will greatly help your learning of the language, probably even help with your accent.

Animeka:
A lot of you guys are a bunch of idiots... Many people make personal sacrifices in order to improve their lives...

What about those asian women who leave their families/husbands/kids to go work abroad to help them live a better life?

What about those US army guys and girls who go abroad to serve your country and leave their family behind, at the risk of never coming back? Do you call them selfish, irresponsible towards their families?

This guys is simply asking if people are willing to help him out, so he can do something good for his family.

As someone else said, all you can and should do is decide for yourself if you think it's worth it for you help him or not.

Passing judgment on him for doing this is worse than anything you can accuse him of.

Marc

PS: For the record, I am not donating because some people are a lot worse off and more in need of my donation than he his, but I wish him the best and hope for him and his family that he succeeds in his career plan.

Zakk:

--- Quote from: Animeka on September 16, 2006, 11:31:22 am ---A lot of you guys are a bunch of idiots...
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.......aaaaaaaaaaaaaand most of us can stop reading right there.

Lord Iceman:
Hmmm, I don't think that a 2 week program will really improve your french skills.

As a matter of fact I am a lawyer and I got my master degree in France and currently I am applying for my PHD.

I learned a lot when in France, but honestly, what really made the difference was the huge amount of study I did in my own country. ( I am brazilian)

Two weeks speaking french isn't enough, I guarantee you that.

The language you use when talking to friends, at home, in stores, in the streets is way different from the "academic language" you must have for your law degree, and specially when dealing with french people who are extremely demanding with their language.

shmokes:

--- Quote from: Lord Iceman on September 16, 2006, 03:35:47 pm ---Hmmm, I don't think that a 2 week program will really improve your french skills.

As a matter of fact I am a lawyer and I got my master degree in France and currently I am applying for my PHD.

I learned a lot when in France, but honestly, what really made the difference was the huge amount of study I did in my own country. ( I am brazilian)

Two weeks speaking french isn't enough, I guarantee you that.

The language you use when talking to friends, at home, in stores, in the streets is way different from the "academic language" you must have for your law degree, and specially when dealing with french people who are extremely demanding with their language.

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FWIW this is a 1-month program, not two weeks.  And I'm not sure I entirely buy that.  A month, or even 2 weeks of speaking French exclusively day-in, day-out is going to have some effect.  That's a lot of practice.  In America there is almost no opportunity to speak french outside of a classroom environment. 

As for the studying in my own country, that is certainly being worked on.  I will have just finished a French major at university when I leave for the study abroad program next summer.

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