March 01, 2006
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Fowl Words - 200 Words a Day! Newzine #27
March 01, 2006
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1. Fowl Words - Bird Flu Hits Europe
2. Can I get confused learning two languages at once?
3. 13 Things you can do to help remembering words that keep tripping you up
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1. Fowl Words - Bird Flu Hits Europe
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Avian Bird Flu H5N1 has been found in a dead turkey on a farm in France.
This foul finding has led to the demand of fowl dropping.
With a 30% drop in France, sales of poultry are paltry.
The Japanese have stopped these fowl imports to the Land of the Rising Sun.
Meanwhile French President Jacques Chirac assures us that French drumsticks are still fine and dandy to eat. (DINDE which sounds like DAND is the word for goose in French, so tuck that one away for another day).
This was a different tack to the French response to British mad cow disease....
In the meantime let's use the avian bird flu to our advantage and have a look at some of the many related words that you will find in the various 200 Words a Day! courses, that are used in accelerated foreign language learning..
Check out words related to bird flu in Spanish, French, German and Welsh language.
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2. Can I get confused learning two languages at once?
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This question is asked reasonably often. Check out the discussion on this question.
Can I get confused learning two languages? And what can be done?.
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3. 13 Things you can do to help remembering words that keep tripping you up
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There are lots of things you can do to remember those troublesome words or phrases that trip you up.
Check out the 13 Things you can do to help remembering words that keep tripping you up.
I am sure you can think of more. They just require a little effort.
Kind regards,
Kevin Crocombe
www.200words-a-day.com
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4. 200 Words a Day CD-Rom or e-Book to give away each month
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The w*inner of the monthly draw can select a CD-Rom or e-Book from our range:
200 Words a Day! LEARN SPANISH Course #1 CD-Rom - 1000+ words and common phrases
200 Words a Day! LEARN Spanish Course #1 e-Book
- - to accompany the Learn Spanish 200 Words a Day Course #1 CD-Rom or be used on its own. Over 150 pages of color, and with all the color pictures in the Spanish 200 Words a Day! Course #1 CD-Rom. Read it on the bus, train, plane or in the park on your lunch break. Use it as a learning consolidator or the sole source!
200 Words a Day! LEARN SPANISH Course #2 - 1000+ words and common phrases
200 Words a Day! LEARN SPANISH Grammar Course UNDERSTANDING POR and PARA
- - 600+ words and common phrases using POR and PARA. Lots of easy ways to REMEMBER when to use these tricky little words. Word-association cartoon pics will remind you of hundreds of real-life examples. Hundreds of sample sentences, using all the main tenses... so you get to simultaneously practice your verbs in the present, past, future, conditional, subjunctives, you name it. All voiced by native Spanish speakers (of course). A super-consolidation course with new learning, reinforcement of 'already-learned' material and superlearning pics.
LEARN 101 SPANISH PROVERBS - 101 Proverbs
All relate to the 200 Words a Day! courses, using the Memory Triggers for the main words, and allow you to put some of the vocab you have learned, into action. The pics in the 101 Spanish Proverbs Course all come from Course #1 or Course #2 Spanish, and if you click on them, they will take you to the ‘Memory Trigger’. A great tool for consolidation of your Spanish learning.
200 Words a Day! LEARN FRENCH Course #1 - 1000+ words and common phrases
200 Words a Day! LEARN FRENCH Course #2 - 1000+ words and common phrases
LEARN 101 FRENCH PROVERBS - 101 Proverbs
All proverbs have been selected to relate to the 200 Words a Day! French courses, using the Memory Triggers for the main words, and allow you to put some of the vocabulary you have learned, into action. The pictures in the 101 French Proverbs Course all come from Course #1 or Course #2 French, and if you click on the picture, you'll be taken to the original word's ‘Memory Trigger’. A great tool for consolidation of your French learning.
200 Words a Day! LEARN GERMAN Course #1 - 1000+ words and common phrases
200 Words a Day! LEARN GERMAN Course #2 - 1000+ words and common phrases
Just beta-testing this CD as we go to e-press.
LEARN 101 GERMAN PROVERBS - 101 Proverbs
All these German proverbs have been selected to relate to the 200 Words a Day! German courses, using the Memory Triggers for the main words in those courses, and allow you to put into action some of the vocabulary you have learned. The pictures in the 101 German Proverbs Course all come from Course #1 German, and if you click on the picture, you'll be taken to the original word's ‘Memory Trigger’. A great tool for consolidation of your German learning, and hearing German in action.
200 Words a Day! LEARN WELSH Course #1 - 1000+ words and common phrases
This month our victorious entrant is Simon Morris.
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5. Entering the Monthly CD-Rom or e-Book Draw
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To enter the monthly draw for a CD-Rom, or e-Book of your choice, click on the link Enter the Draw.
You'll need to answer some easy questions (we'll even give you the answers...!).
You can enter every month if you so wish!
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6. Plus some mini courses by email
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Don't forget to also enrol in our 7-part mini-courses. At present we have these available as mini-Spanish lessons, but we will have French 7-part mini-lessons also soon.
Spanish 7-part e-Courses
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7. Frequently Asked Questions and Tutorials
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Check out the Frequently Asked Questions online. It is on the 200words-a-day.com website marked FAQ on the Navbar (Navigation Bar) on the left side of the page.
If you have queries about anything, whether it be about the course or about postage you may find the answers on this page.
Common questions relate to the typing of the different foreign characters, e.g. upside-down question-marks, accents, apostrophes!
Sometimes users are not typing in a little accent or letter here or there, resulting in them dropping points in their tests.
Frequently Asked Questions about 200 Words a Day Accelerated Language Learning
There is also a great deal of help on the Tutorial Pages, which is of particular benefit to course users. If you have ordered the course and are awaiting its arrival in the post you can cover the Tutorials while you wait.
200 Words a Day! Excelerated Language Learning Tutorials - How to Use the Spanish, French, German and Welsh Language Courses
Don't forget there is also a Tutorial on the CD-Rom, which you really should do before starting the course!!
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8. Back Issues of these e-Zines
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All back issues of these ezines are available - gratis, non charge - at the link at the bottom of the newsletter.
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9. Contact Us
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Contact us at any time.
You might find the answers quicker on the FAQ or Tutorial pages as described above, but do feel free to hit us with any questions.
Contact Us
That's it for this newzine.
Don't forget if there is someone you know learning a language, this ezine might be of interest to them. Pass it on!
Adiós - au revoir - auf wiedersehen - hwyl fawr
Kevin Crocombe and the 200 Words a Day Team
200 Words a Day! Newzine #27 ©2006.
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