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  Living in Mexico: The Guanajuato Shove

  
  by Douglas Bower - 2007-01-02
  Finally, some of our American expat friends are beginning to wake up to the ranting and raving I've been doing about living in Guanajuato. Now, if you've been reading my columns on a regular basis you...
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  Guanajuato: Mexican Free Zones

  
  by Douglas Bower - 2007-01-22
  Years ago when my wife and I pulled up roots in America and moved to Guanajuato, Mexico, I began telling everyone who would listen that San Miguel de Allende was well on its way to Guanajuato. Mexican...
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  Learning Spanish Part Eleven : Taking Classes In Spanish

  
  by - 2007-07-19
  If you have successfully completed at least The Learnables and The Pimsleur Spanish, Learning Spanish Like Crazy courses, you are ready for the formal study of Spanish (i.e., grammar). I know this is ...
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  Learning Spanish Part Sixteen: This Time Do It Right!

  
  by - 2007-07-19
  I've been thinking about this lady in San Miguel de Allende. I don't know her well. I've never met her, actually, but we have corresponded. She told me that she's tried learning Spanish. She's spent m...
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  Learning Spanish Part Twelve : Total Immersion Courses In Mexico?

  
  by - 2007-07-19
  Going to the host country of the target language has always taken on a sort of mythical quality. It has been believed that you could not learn a foreign language unless you went to the country associa...
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  Learning Spanish Part Nineteen: The Audiolingual Method

  
  by Douglas Bower - 2007-07-19
  This method of second language instruction was a further development or evolution of The Direct Method. World War II rose up and slapped the U.S. government in its linguistically challenged face, waki...
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  Learning Spanish Part Eighteen: The Direct Method Of Language Instruction

  
  by Douglas Bower - 2007-07-19
  Realizing that The Grammar Translation Method of second language instruction did not work to impart spoken proficiency in the target language, in the late 1800's, The Direct Method surfaced in languag...
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  Learning Spanish Part Seventeen: The Translation Method Of Language Instruction

  
  by Douglas Bower - 2007-07-20
  The grammar translation method of second language acquisition is virtually the only method used in most language courses taught in classrooms all over the world. It is also known as The Classical Meth...
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  Learning Spanish Part Twenty-Five: The Monitor Hypothesis

  
  by Douglas Bower - 2007-07-22
  Dr. Krashen explains that this idea, The Monitor Hypothesis, shows how language learning (grammar) affects language acquisition. This is, according to Krashen, the useful outcome of learning grammar. ...
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  Learning Spanish Part Twenty-four: The Acquisition-learning Hypothesis

  
  by Douglas Bower - 2007-07-22
  Dr. Stephen Krashen's foundational principle in his theory of Second Language Acquisition is called "The Acquisition-Learning hypothesis." In this idea, a distinction is made in that wonderfully excit...

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