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To: epicure who wrote (105053)	2/26/2009 7:18:20 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) of 542684

That sure looks like you are saying you can learn it with a dictionary, and half a brain. " I understand your interest in those whose first language is Spanish and whom you described as fluent but illiterate... It is a phonetic language. If you can speak it and have half a brain and a DICTIONARY, you can read and write it." If you are fluent in a language, that is, you can speak it easily, you have already learned the language. Presumably these kids learned it at mama's knee. They are past learning the language. What they are doing is increasing the sophistication with which they practice it. I have used a Swahili dictionary and a Mayan dictionary without previous knowledge of the language. I can't imagine learning the language that way. The best you can do is look up the occasional word or check spelling. And it sure doesn't help with grammar. I can't imagine doing that without a teacher. Just as English speakers do not understand (already) what would be taught in AP English. There's no point in taking the class if you already understand what is to be taught. This is way past silly.

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