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What year did you graduate from high school? (pg. 30)
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| Frenchie |
| quote: | Originally posted by Scottaculous
Will your job improve because you learned the parent company's native language? Most likely not. |
Yes it will. You could be offered a high position or maybe even a permanent position IN Germany. Regardless if they speak English with you or not. Their clients may or may not but possessing that language is going to open extra doors. |
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| Scottaculous |
| quote: | Originally posted by Frenchie
Yes it will. You could be offered a high position or maybe even a permanent position IN Germany. Regardless if they speak English with you or not. Their clients may or may not but possessing that language is going to open extra doors. |
Learning any skill opens extra doors. My argument is there are better marketable skills to learn than a foreign language. Depends on your profession though. |
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| Krypton |
| RosettaStone scott. That's all you need. |
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| gehzumteufel |
| quote: | Originally posted by Scottaculous
Learning any skill opens extra doors. My argument is there are better marketable skills to learn than a foreign language. Depends on your profession though. |
No one said it was so much more marketable or anything. The whole argument came up because I said:
| quote: | Originally posted by gehzumteufel
Both typical American responses. You go to live/work in a country, learn their ing language. End of story. |
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| gehzumteufel |
| quote: | Originally posted by Krypton
RosettaStone scott. That's all you need. |
False. That stuff sucks. I have used it, and while it has a good style of teaching, it does not give you a good basic understanding of the language first with respect to grammar and structure. |
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| Scottaculous |
| quote: | Originally posted by gehzumteufel
No one said it was so much more marketable or anything. The whole argument came up because I said: |
This whole threadnaught is because of you and your fancy GED.
I'm using Rosetta Stone for Chinese... Their speaking part sucks. :/ So far it's not worth the price they are asking. |
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| gehzumteufel |
| quote: | Originally posted by Scottaculous
This whole threadnaught is because of you and your fancy GED.
I'm using Rosetta Stone for Chinese... Their speaking part sucks. :/ So far it's not worth the price they are asking. |
hahaha :p
See, I was using it for Russian, and while the pronunciations I was hearing were correct, that is all they start with. Understanding grammar is a HUGE part of speaking. And without that foundation, you will reproduce a horrible bastardization of a language.
Although since their Chinese speaking is horrible, then pretty much hits it home that this software blows.
Also, not having the ability for a teacher to correct you when you are speaking is also another advantage of a real person teaching you. |
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| Brian Scott |
| quote: | Originally posted by gehzumteufel
Also, not having the ability for a teacher to correct you when you are speaking is also another advantage of a real person teaching you. |
Sounds like you used Rosetta Stone for Engrish, too. |
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| Slylee |
| one of my bf's friends has the french rosetta stone and is going to let me borrow it lol he used it learning english and he does alright. he has some trouble with words sometimes though. |
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| Silky Johnson |
| quote: | Originally posted by Slylee
one of my man's friends has the french rosetta stone and is going to let me borrow it lol |
Fixed. :o |
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| Slylee |
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it does annoying to say "my man" |
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| Zild |
| quote: | Originally posted by winston
I don't get it, Zild; One day you're joining the marines/army/what have you; then some other day you tell us that you're dropping out of school to get a full time job, choose or i'll choose for you! :p |
If I drop out I'm going directly into the military. |
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