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Introduction 
Tongue-tied
There is that wonderful story of a Chinese girl who moves to the United Statesand goes to kindergarten for the first time in her new country. When it comestime for her turn to speak aloud in class, she freezes up, knowing that what littleEnglish she does know will sound very different to the ears of all those aroundher. Eventually, she finds some relief in reading exercises, because when readingaloud at least you don't have to make up what you're going to say. But even thatrelief is short-lived, for she has to stop for an awkward pause each time she seesthe pronoun 'I.' It makes no sense to her. She thinks, in Chinese, when you writethat first person pronoun, you have to use
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strokes. It's quite an intricateand important character. How come this 'I' only has three?The story is in a collection called 'Tongue Tied,' and it offers up an appropriatepoint of departure for those about to embark on a language learning journey orthose who have found themselves stuck somewhere along the way. Whetheryou're baffled by word order in Japanese or bemused by cases in German,whether the notion of Chinese tones strikes a chord of fear in you, or you recoilat the thought of the rolling Italian 'R,' you too may have found yourself tongue-tied when learning a second language.That might mean simply not understanding some new rule or convention in thelanguage that has no easy analogue in English, tripping up on occasion whenyou're trying to string new words together out loud, or maybe even being sogripped with nerves that you are unable to try out your new phrases out loud,out there, in the real world.http://www.rocketlanguages.com/spanish/ 
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cemflan

This has nothing to do with Spanish and is full of banalities obvious to the meanest of intelligence. Don't waste your time. Must be a record for the longest most tedious advertisement.

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