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Flarr Pages #35: Let Your Fingers Do The Talking, Andre Lebugle
Flarr Pages #35: Let Your Fingers Do The Talking, Andre Lebugle
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There are gestures and facial expressions that replace words and are immediately understood by natives of each country. The same signs may exist in another culture and have different meanings. Although these cultural traits are very simple, they must be performed very accurately; otherwise they are as meaningless as a mispronounced word.
Flarr Pages #36: Tomfoolery: Humor In The Classroom, Thomas C. Turner
Flarr Pages #36: Tomfoolery: Humor In The Classroom, Thomas C. Turner
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It is traumatic for some college students to leave their parents, to say those final goodbyes. But we suspect that even more than parents student miss ... their pets! Below are two exercises, the first on preterites and imperfects (see drawings on back of page) and the second on comparisons.
Flarr Pages #38: Spanish: Me Llamo O Me Yamo? Survival Of The Phoneme /L/ (Ll) In Andean Countries, Jacqueline Alvarez
Flarr Pages #38: Spanish: Me Llamo O Me Yamo? Survival Of The Phoneme /L/ (Ll) In Andean Countries, Jacqueline Alvarez
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Flarr Pages #39: Perceptions Of Foreign Language Education In The Rural High School, Mara M. Gust
Flarr Pages #39: Perceptions Of Foreign Language Education In The Rural High School, Mara M. Gust
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This study was conducted by the foreign language instructor of a rural school district in Northwestern Minnesota. The population of the high school (grades nine through twelve) is 144 students. The racial composition of the district is nearly 100% white. The district is classified as "low-income" with 41.3% of the district's children qualifying for free or reduced hot lunch. Of the most recent three classes, an average of 39% of graduates planned to attend a four-year college, 37% planned to attend a two-year college, and 24% planned to enter the work force. This study evolved from the observation by the …
Flarr Pages #37: Spanish: Me Llamo O Me Yamo? Survival Of Phoneme /L/ (Ll) In Andean Countries, Jacqueline Alvarez
Flarr Pages #37: Spanish: Me Llamo O Me Yamo? Survival Of Phoneme /L/ (Ll) In Andean Countries, Jacqueline Alvarez
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The phoneme /1/ (as calle=street, apellido=last name, Have= key or caballo= horse) has disappeared in many zones of Spanish America to give place to the "yeismo", a linguistic phenomenon characterized by the predominance of the /y/ over other phonemes like /1/. Because of this, the word calle is pronounced caye, apellido=apeyido, Ilave=yave and caballo=cabayo.
Flarr Pages #41: Foreign Language In The Rural High Schools, Mara M. Gust
Flarr Pages #41: Foreign Language In The Rural High Schools, Mara M. Gust
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Flarr Pages #40: Foreign Language In The Rural High Schools (Continued), Mara M. Gust
Flarr Pages #40: Foreign Language In The Rural High Schools (Continued), Mara M. Gust
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