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napoleon solo has never seen a cow in his life (outlawthief) wrote in thedisplaced,
@ 2018-04-21 18:48:00

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fray, gaby teller, koriand'r / starfire (au), kurt wagner / nightcrawler (616), leo valdez, margo hanson, napoleon solo, ochaco uraraka, quentin coldwater, rhy maresh, rogue (616), shuri (mcu)

While Leo and I are enjoying our one on one lessons, I would love to have more students to teach.

So EPS students who think German is overrated (all the love to you, Rogue and Gaby!), come to my French class.

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	outlawthief 2018-04-22 06:10 am UTC (link)
	Friendly competition, friend. Mostly to poke fun at a few friends. You teach Russian? I'm not an expert at it, but I'm passable. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

goldenhelm
2018-04-23 03:30 am UTC (link)

Naturally, and I am not afraid of friendly competition, but I am egotistical enough to prefer that I at least stand a slim chance of winning.

I do teach Russian, and it is a language I've learned only in the last few months, but I pick up languages very quickly. I do not yet know French, although I did manage to translate your friend's words up there using an online dictionary.

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	outlawthief 2018-04-23 06:13 pm UTC (link)
	If you ever feel like sitting in on a few classes, I would welcome it. It's not as difficult as some other languages could be, so if you could pick up Russian in some months, French should be of no issue. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	goldenhelm 2018-04-24 03:52 am UTC (link)
	I would love that, actually. I want to learn every language this world has to offer, although at some point it seems as though my mind might reach a point where it can't handle another. I have a lot of practice with learning languages, and it helps when I have a fluent teacher and a lover who is also learning and willing to speak it with me regularly. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	outlawthief 2018-04-24 03:05 pm UTC (link)
	How many languages do you already know? I'm happy to have him sit in as well. Though it's less sitting in and more traveling to French speaking areas to immerse in the language, with the occasional classroom setting. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	goldenhelm 2018-04-26 02:54 am UTC (link)
	I had eleven before coming here, of which the only one spoken here seems to be English, and have added passing fluency in Russian, and to a slightly lesser degree, ASL. So I suppose my total right now is thirteen, more or less. Traveling to French speaking areas is an excellent idea. Do you know of any Russian speaking areas nearby? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

outlawthief
2018-04-26 03:38 pm UTC (link)

I believe my student would learn through the auditory experience, like one of his other teachers pointed out, so why not immerse him in the language and culture? It's not a traditional way to teach, but who says we can't make it a little more interesting?

As far as I'm aware, most of the countries where Russian is the official language or widely spoken are over in Europe, across the ocean. But most major cities will probably have a community of some size where the residents speak Russian as their native tongue.

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	goldenhelm 2018-04-27 06:23 pm UTC (link)
	Immersion in the language certainly helps. I never had that advantage growing up, although I did have tutors who only spoke to me in the language they were teaching. I think your student will very likely benefit from it. I will look into that, perhaps for when we're a little further along. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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