Tuesday, October 21, 2008

CLASSES BEGIN THE WEEKS OF NOVEMBER 3RD AND 10TH!

Two start dates: One the week of Election day and the other the week after? Yep! Why?! We really don't know if people will be willing to start lessons the week of the 3rd. :-))

Already have students enrolled in Beginner Italian, Arabic, and Spanish.

We will keep you posted, of course!

Feel free to contact us at info@languageloopllc.com.

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Don Shutters said...

A language instructor was explaining to her class that in French, nouns, unlike their English counterparts, are grammatically designated as masculine or famine.

One puzzled student asked, "What gender is 'computer'?" The teacher did not know, and the word wasn't in her French dictionary. So for fun she split the class into two groups, appropriately enough, by gender and asked them to decide whether "computer" should be a masculine or feminine noun.

Both groups were required to give four reasons for their recommendation. The men's group decided that computers should definitely be of the feminine gender because:

1. No one but their creator understands their internal logic.

2. The native language they use to communicate with other computers is incomprehensible to every one else.

3. Even the smallest mistakes are stored in long-term memory for possible later retrieval.

4. As soon as you make a commitment to one,you find yourself spending half your pay check on accessories for it.

The womens group, however concluded that computers should be masculine, because:

1. In order to get their attention you have to turn them on.

2. They have a lot of data but they are still clueless.

3. They are supposed to help you solve problems, but half of the time they are the problem.

4. As soon as you commit to one, you realize that if you'd waited a little longer, you could have gotten a better model.

October 21, 2008 at 11:13 AM

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