Re: TECH: Official languages of the list

On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 21:24:25 +0100, Joe <joe@...> wrote:

>
> But, I don't know if the system is that bad.  Over here, we're going
> through the yearly ritual of disregarding the hard work of teenagers
> across the country.  Yes.  Exam results season.  It improves, exams must
> be getting easier.  But anyway.
>
> We haven't done bits of the grammar.  Things like the Subjunctive and
> the Preterite tense.  We've covered most of it, though.
>

In the California State University system, one year of highschool
foreign language learning is equivalent to only one semester in
University. I remember i had a hard time with Spanish in high school,
but when I got to University, it all crystalized.... i don't know it
just seems language got easier out of High School. Anyway, i've had 4
semesters of Spanish instruction in University, and it only really
came together on my trip to Queretaro.

In High School I remember things like Subjunctive were only glossed
over, and lightly touched. I think we spent maybe a couple of weeks on
it, and i just didn't get it (i guess it wasn't explained clearly to
me)

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