this post was submitted on 01 Aug 2024
96 points (99.0% liked)

askchapo

22692 readers
139 users here now

Ask Hexbear is the place to ask and answer ~~thought-provoking~~ questions.

Rules:

  1. Posts must ask a question.

  2. If the question asked is serious, answer seriously.

  3. Questions where you want to learn more about socialism are allowed, but questions in bad faith are not.

  4. Try !feedback@hexbear.net if you're having questions about regarding moderation, site policy, the site itself, development, volunteering or the mod team.

founded 4 years ago
MODERATORS
PorkrollPosadist@hexbear.net
quartz242@hexbear.net
replaceable@hexbear.net
VILenin@hexbear.net
blashork@hexbear.net
EmmaGoldman@hexbear.net
SexUnderSocialism@hexbear.net
ZoomeristLeninist@hexbear.net
InsidiousTrackers@hexbear.net
96
Did anyone else find their Spanish classes in High School entirely useless? (hexbear.net)
submitted 1 month ago by cosecantphi@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net
87 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

I took three years of Spanish and got an A every semester. Even when it was still fresh in my mind, I was nowhere near able to hold even a very simple conversation. And now just a few years later it's all totally gone from my brain.

My mother's native language is Spanish and she never taught me, which I resent her for. But I still find it incredible how shitty my public school education in Spanish was. We really should be teaching kids a second language from kindergarten up.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] RION@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

well it's certainly not "all over" if you don't learn a language young, but it's going to be more difficult to become bilingual from a developmental perspective (less neuroplasticity) and a practical perspective (typically less time to spend learning due to adult obligations)

[โ€“] simpletailor@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago

Language acquisition research on a "critical period" for language learning is inconclusive. Neuroplasticity may make it easier for a child to acquire/differentiate specific linguistic information (e.g. sounds that exist in one but not both of the languages) but being socialized into a second language discourse community /also/ means that they're getting far more time practicing the language.