http://cottrillcompass.com/blog/2008/100-done-language-study.html The personal blog of the Cottrill family, Canadians living in Mexico. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:38:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://cottrillcompass.com/blog/2008/100-done-language-study.html/comment-page-1#comment-41903 Johnny Brooks Sat, 23 Aug 2008 07:46:26 +0000 http://cottrillcompass.com/blog/?p=808#comment-41903 My brain also has a hard time with language. I have been living in Kenya for almost 4 years now and my Swahili is terrible. My wife on the other hand is great, and my kids pretty much fluent. My brain also has a hard time with language. I have been living in Kenya for almost 4 years now and my Swahili is terrible. My wife on the other hand is great, and my kids pretty much fluent.

]]> http://cottrillcompass.com/blog/2008/100-done-language-study.html/comment-page-1#comment-41897 Grandma C Sat, 23 Aug 2008 04:20:44 +0000 http://cottrillcompass.com/blog/?p=808#comment-41897 It's quite a lo-o-ng process, this business of really learning to be fluent in another language, and to be able to understand people in "real life." Wow! 5 years! And yet, from my limited experience with learning some French in High School I find I remember some of the vocabulary well, other words I forget. And, even trying to follow a speech in French, EVEN with a translator, is a huge challenge! I can see that language learning is a very big part of a missionary's transition to a new country, with its' culture differences as well. But, just as He's helped you this far, God will continue to do so until you are truly fluent and confident in Spanish in Mexico! So take heart! "You've come a long way baby!" It’s quite a lo-o-ng process, this business of really learning to be fluent in another language, and to be able to understand people in “real life.” Wow! 5 years! And yet, from my limited experience with learning some French in High School I find I remember some of the vocabulary well, other words I forget. And, even trying to follow a speech in French, EVEN with a translator, is a huge challenge! I can see that language learning is a very big part of a missionary’s transition to a new country, with its’ culture differences as well. But, just as He’s helped you this far, God will continue to do so until you are truly fluent and confident in Spanish in Mexico! So take heart! “You’ve come a long way baby!”

]]> http://cottrillcompass.com/blog/2008/100-done-language-study.html/comment-page-1#comment-41885 Ken Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:58:18 +0000 http://cottrillcompass.com/blog/?p=808#comment-41885 That was a great explaination of the language learning process. Thanks for the examples and painting a picture of the reality of it all. Ken That was a great explaination of the language learning process. Thanks for the examples and painting a picture of the reality of it all. Ken

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