Joke

I have a joke one of my classmate told me this morning and i thought it was quite funny and so i decided to put my reading aside for now and tell you this joke. SO here it goes you have two team preparing for a big soccer game.On one team you have a lion, a elephant etc.....(sorry i kind of forgot), and finally a Thousand feet ant (an insect with a lot of feet) . OK.Then the team start training hard for the upcoming game.On gameday they trained so hard that they really believed that they would crush the other team.But finally at the end of the game they lost and that is when they realize that a member of the team was missing. Which one was it. It was the thousand feet ant. So they were mad at him and asked what were he doing , because of him they lost the game. And he said "I was putting on my shoes".(got it)

I really think it is quite funny. What do you think?

Favourite activity in the second language learning unit

As we all know this week our unit is based on second language learning. How researchers have try to find a relation between caracteristics of a person and the learning of a second language. What sruck me as most interesting in this unit was how age could affect the learning process. My listen and retell assingnment being based on this particular topic i was able to amass quite a deal on information on the subject. The reason why i found this part of the unit interesting is that i was able to verify it myself.Age does affect ones learning of a second language. But let me try to explain you why as most researchers i came to the same conclusion.
I actually have three younger brothers and all of them are attending to an american school in my country called "American International School of Bamako" or "A.I.S.B".The older one have been attending school there since the age of seven (he is now ten years old) and the too other (who are twins and are now eight years old) began school at the same age. I am kind of ashamed to say that eventhough i can used more complex vocabulary and have been studying english for twice more time than them their english is far better than mine. They even talk with an american accent now it is that scary. This due of course to the fact that their classes are done in english so they have the advantage of age and environment as they only speak english at school.
So having experimnt it myself i can say that age does matter when learning a language surely because it is easier to learn hen you are young and your brain is fresh .

What make a good language learner

personally i think that what make a good language learner is motivation.This does not only apply to language learning but to learning in general, because mens have prove lot of times that if you put your heart to it nothing is impossible (with skyscrapers for examples, you see i am learning my lessons). So if someone have the love of the language he is learning then this person should be just fine. I also think that perfectionism is important to be a good language learner. You need to have that drive to correct your mistake and improve on your strength.I also think that being open is crucial because it is hard to learn a language if you do not speak it.So being shy is really not an option.

Plans for the week end

This week i am planning on going to Quebec city with some of my friends just to visit the city and may be party a little.But before that i am going to the movie probably after the class because i want to see a movie called fantastic four. this movie just seem to be great and i really do not want to miss it.Then may be later i will be going to a chalet,eat a little,drink a little even swim it should be a very exiting day.

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