tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686848259837863134.post2121059303619686142..comments2023-03-24T09:03:19.443-04:00Comments on Meet The Mimosa Club: English: the living languageMariam Kobrashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490156509781232762noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686848259837863134.post-44681267279208392522010-07-12T05:34:37.594-04:002010-07-12T05:34:37.594-04:00Look at the imagery in this 'Our whole town th...Look at the imagery in this 'Our whole town then come to us to say hello and we kiss' - it's beautiful. If she's Turkish, is this her third language?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686848259837863134.post-44158944151508822422010-06-26T17:38:17.863-04:002010-06-26T17:38:17.863-04:00I think the that has poetic potential :-))))I think the that has poetic potential :-))))Jamilahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686848259837863134.post-89106543678361468542010-06-03T11:25:43.966-04:002010-06-03T11:25:43.966-04:00Your right there, I don´t like it and I live here!...Your right there, I don´t like it and I live here!!<br />Even after 30 odd years I can´t understand the school system! On top of that they change things from school to school, or from County to County!Fionanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686848259837863134.post-86240756472410533582010-06-03T10:47:46.867-04:002010-06-03T10:47:46.867-04:00Ack, no. Neither mental block nor fluent German or...Ack, no. Neither mental block nor fluent German or Turkish. <br />I guess this calls for another blog that explains the German school system. It is complicated and confusing, and i think you will not like it a lot.Mariam Kobrashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03490156509781232762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686848259837863134.post-15862851232574392692010-06-03T10:44:34.323-04:002010-06-03T10:44:34.323-04:00"We grill there the whole family...". I..."We grill there the whole family...". I'd like to do that with my family. It's inspired.<br /><br />So, one of the good ones, eh? My idealized image of German foreign-language education has been tarnished a little. But, of course, we in the US have no frame of reference for this.<br /><br />I take it this girl speaks both German and Turkish fluently?Stephen Cole Farrandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14679178025916013924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686848259837863134.post-62491759793752450182010-06-03T10:22:56.953-04:002010-06-03T10:22:56.953-04:00Okay, then that's bad. I did better than that...Okay, then that's bad. I did better than that in French after only 2 years' study. Maybe a mental block?Leslie Hannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13514397178022946975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686848259837863134.post-19718693816277207292010-06-03T09:31:40.670-04:002010-06-03T09:31:40.670-04:00Kids at German schools start English in FIRST GRAD...Kids at German schools start English in FIRST GRADE!!!! Some even in kindergarden And with German and Math, it is never, ever dropped. You MUST study English until you leave school, be that after 9, 10 or 13 years. Maybe I should have put that in the post.Mariam Kobrashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03490156509781232762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686848259837863134.post-38264091961607163012010-06-03T09:23:41.442-04:002010-06-03T09:23:41.442-04:00I, too, could not do much better in another langua...I, too, could not do much better in another language. I took 4 years of French in school in a sort of immersion environment, so I did okay, but most American kids get 2 years, at best. I'm not so sure most American students could do a whole lot better than your student did. I AM surprised no one came to you for help, though. Seriously!Leslie Hannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13514397178022946975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686848259837863134.post-24370964098503018612010-06-03T08:59:36.186-04:002010-06-03T08:59:36.186-04:00Having read this piece twice I´m tempted to believ...Having read this piece twice I´m tempted to believe that a computer translation programm was used!! <br /><br />But to be honest, that could be how it looks when I write in German, having taught myself over the years I still tend to write sentences the wrong way round!<br /><br />Does this stand a chance in an exam?Fionahttp://www.fionze.denoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686848259837863134.post-88015946410006695792010-06-03T08:41:43.812-04:002010-06-03T08:41:43.812-04:00At least I could understand most of it - if I trie...At least I could understand most of it - if I tried to communicate in another language, it would be totally undecipherable. Anyone (like you) who can master more than one language has my undying admiration. Thanks for the laugh.Bunnynoreply@blogger.com