■ Spanish Story-time: el día de los niños — Story-time Room at Bud Werner Memorial Library, 10:30 to 11 a.m.
The annual Children’s Day celebration emphasizes the importance of literacy for children of all linguistic and cultural backgrounds. Activities, giveaways and snacks. FREE.
■ Spanish Story-time: el día de los niños — Story-time Room at Bud Werner Memorial Library, 10:30 to 11 a.m.
Actividades, regalos y refrigerios. La celebración anual pone de relieve la importancia de la alfabetización para los niños de todos los orígenes lingüísticos y culturales. Es diversión para la familia libre para todas las edades.
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Scott_Wedel (Scott Wedel) says...
They are learning English. Just a chance for the kids to hear some Spanish in an entertaining and education forum.
The SB schools very much get the kids speaking and writing in English. There is no way a kid could progress through SB schools without being proficient in English.
October 10, 2011 at 6:45 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
sledneck (anonymous) says...
I used to read a magazine on flights to the east coast. It ran an article written in english on one page and the indetical article in spanish on the next.
I used it to become more proficient in spanish. It was great.
I wish the pilot would do something like that. It might be surprising how many hispanics (and americans too) would use it to improve their second language.
I am all for anything that improves communication, whether thats me knowing more of someone elses language or them knowing more of mine.
October 11, 2011 at 8 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
sledneck (anonymous) says...
I'm way ahead of you, YVB. I can fumble my way through the spanish speaking third of the world. I think thats an asset.
Any soldier worth his salt will tell you there are 3 essential things you must be able to do to prevail on the battlefield: Move, Shoot and Communicate. When you can no longer do those things you are ready to lose the battle. Speaking the other persons language (whether friend or foe) puts me at an advantage.
I do not advocate accomodating people who refuse to learn english but anything that lets us all communicate better is a good thing.
October 12, 2011 at 9:09 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
addlip2U (anonymous) says...
What about the other non-native English speakers living and visiting this county? I support teaching and practicing foreign languages, plural. The library and its staff should diversify and not cater to only one "nationality", after all it is our tax dollars supporting this program.
October 12, 2011 at 10:25 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
RWD (anonymous) says...
Sledneck, your suggestion about printing the newspaper in Spanish and English so Spanish speakers would have a good way to learn English is a really good idea.
It would have the added benefit of teaching English speakers some Spanish as well.
February 14, 2012 at 2:25 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
RWD (anonymous) says...
By the way, YVB, I have worked in a half dozen different countries, both for "the government" you dislike so much and for private companies as well.
English speakers were given passes on learning the language in most of those countries and locals usually accomodated them far beyond what was just "polite" by speaking English to them. I never saw an American told to "speak Romanian" or "speak Swahili" or "speak Chinese" or "speak Arabic" like I have seen Americans say to Spanish speakers.
If someone wants their kids read to in their own language, how is it hurting you? Isn't choosing the language you want to speak the definition of "Freedom" or do you just like freedom when it is for something you want.
February 14, 2012 at 2:36 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
hydrolife (anonymous) says...
YVB showing ignorance again, as usual... You do know that the U.S. does not have a national language, since it was founded by many different countries. "the United States has never had an official national language -- and throughout its history many languages have been spoken along with English." http://ask.yahoo.com/20011107.html
Most americans would be lost in non english speaking countries, and would probably just speak louder english to make them understand... yeah, that works!
February 14, 2012 at 8:18 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
hydrolife (anonymous) says...
I meant to say the U.S. was founded by people from many different countries who spoke many different languages.
February 14, 2012 at 8:20 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
sledneck (anonymous) says...
Addlips comment tells us why we are doomed.
Take a innocent idea and attach everyones "rights" to equal treatment under the law and you are left with two choices...
Force everyone to use english only or fund the tower of Babel.
February 14, 2012 at 9:03 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
jlc (jerry carlton) says...
RWD Were you there illegally, working illegally, smuggling drugs into the country and sending most of the money you made back to the United States? Were you asking for college tuition cheaper than some legal residents of the country? If you were doing these things I expect some of the residents of the countries you were in might have had a problem with you no matter what language you spoke.
February 14, 2012 at 9:25 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
RWD (anonymous) says...
Hey JLC, calm down. We're talking about story time for kids. What paranoid world do you live in? Just because someone who speaks Spanish smuggles drugs (for us gringos) doesn't mean these kids do.
February 14, 2012 at 10:27 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
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