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Me llamo Kathy Grbac. I received my order on December 24, 2007 (Feliz Navidad to me)and wanted to let you know how pleased I am. I am having so...much fun learning Spanish thanks to your product. I'm really very impressed with the articulate voice of Maria. She makes learning Spanish fun.

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The Official "Ask Dave" Section ----- Question Dave, What is the best way to converse with native Spanish speakers in public? Learning Spanish in school is different from speaking to a native Spanish speaker in public. The dialect differs or some use slang. I'm somewhat intimidate by the professional speakers. novice Spanish student, Fredell Answer Hola Fredell, What I recommend is going to your complete Visual Link Spanish™ course and practice a few greetings until you have them down pat. Then you can tell anyone "Soy estudiante de español, ¿Puede ayudarme con mi español?" [soy es-too-dyahn-teh deh es-pahn-yohl ¿Pweh-theh ah-you-thar-meh con me es-pahn-yohl?] (I'm a Spanish student, can you help me with my Spanish? Next, I would choose 3-4 questions from the course (For example - ¿Qué le gusta hacer? - What do you like to do?), then I would use the "Comprehending Native Speakers" section to help work through the answers they give you. Gracias, Dave Remember, if you want to be successful in Spanish and don't have the Complete Visual Link Spanish™ Course yet, click here to order it. Culture -- Don't Waste Your Food - All Parts of the Cow!!? In many of the lower-income pueblos in Latin America, resources to buy food can be scarce. Most of Latin America consists of developing or so called third-world countries. Because of their low economic resources, Latin people usually don't waste food. In-fact, many will go to extremes to eat a lot of interesting parts of the cow, pig and other animals that most Americans have never thought of eating. After living in Latin America for two years and becoming accustomed to their way of life, I was shocked when I returned to the U.S. and had dinner with my family the first night back. It was like reverse culture shock for me. I couldn't believe how much food they wasted. If they couldn't or didn't want to eat all of their food, they just left it on their plates and it all went down the hungry and ever-ready food disposal never to be seen again. The interesting thing is that I used to do the same thing at mealtime before spending two years of my life living among the Latin people. In Latin America, because of economic conditions and lifestyle, they usually eat every bit of their food. In a way, I wish everyone from more developed countries could have the chance to visit Latin America and live with the people of the poor pueblos. If they did, I believe we would have a changed world. I think people would be less greedy and appreciate what they have a lot more. I think people would also develop more compassion for the less-fortunate. The mentality of not wasting food has now become part of my life. Sometimes I'll be eating with my wife and when she is finished, there will still be some food left on her plate. I usually eat it for her because, after living in Latin America, it's hard for me to see food go to waste. (I have to exercise a lot to burn off all of the extra calories from eating her food as well as mine - I have an indoor bike I ride frequently.) In certain areas of Latin America, I saw little children crawling around on dirt floors, putting rocks and dirt in their mouths hoping it was food. I saw some literally starving to death. What a heart wrenching experience it is to see real people and little children dying because of the lack of food. I can't even explain what it does to you to see someone in that condition. My life has been changed forever after being with people living in this type of situation. When I was a little boy, my mom always told me to eat all of my food because there were children starving in China. I never realized the full extent of her seemingly "nagging" phrase until I actually saw children dying of starvation in third-world countries. Please give me feedback and let me know your thoughts. I may not be able to publish all of your responses, but I would love to hear from you. Write to dave@spanishprograms.com. Moral of the Story: What should we do? There are humanitarian aid programs we can donate to which help children who lack food to survive. Most of us have plenty, or we probably wouldn't be on the Internet reading this e-mail, and it can mean so much to give to those less-fortunate than us. I would love to hear from you if you decide to donate to a humanitarian aid organization or even your local food bank. If you need a suggestion of humanitarian aid associations, let me know and I can recommend one or two that give a very high percentage directly to those in need. Sneak peek at next week: "All Parts of the Cow!!? - Part II" ¡Hasta luego! ("Until later") David S. Clark -- President / Director Visual Link Spanish™ Fun, Interactive Spanish Courses http://www.spanishprograms.com dave_c@spanishprograms.com [Back to Top]

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Build your Spanish Vocabulary - Monthly Spanish Magazine! "Practice makes perfect!" Perfect your Spanish with THINK SPANISH! MAGAZINE - now available with Audio CD. Think Spanish! Magazine is the monthly publication designed to increase Spanish fluency, BUILD VOCABULARY and GRAMMAR and IMPROVE LISTENING COMPREHENSION while teaching you about life in Spanish-speaking countries. Now available with a monthly Audio CD - Think Spanish! Magazine will keep your Spanish strong all year long. Each issue includes dynamic articles about culture, travel, art, people and more and contains useful lessons and tutorials. Each month the dynamic articles in Think Spanish! Magazine are read by native Spanish speakers. Think Spanish Audio CDs increase listening comprehension and pr onunciation skills. For more info - Click Here! [Back to Top] Responses to Past Newsletters: Note: Any links recommended by newsletter subscribers are not necessarily endorsed by the U.S. Institute of Languages™ - use at your own risk. Formatting on responses may have been changed to fit your screen. Response #1 HI DAVE In Cameroon especially in the north west part of Cameroon, when someone sneezes, they say a love one or somebody he loves is thinking about him at that moment. We say to the person that sneezes,"may your wish be fulfilled". Jessica Response #2 Hi Dave, With regards to your sneezing, my mother's old time saying was, "one for a wish, two for a kiss, three for a letter, four for something better". Maybe that's why we with allergies have such good lives! Jo-Anne Ontario, Canada Response #3 ¡Hola! Dave, I am a regular reader of your Visual Link Spanish Learning Newsletter. I find your course of learning Spanish is well structured which makes first time learners like myself easy to follow. In this Newsletter-issue 16, it is interesting to learn that the Latin American Spanish is concerned of their health, money and love when someone sneezes. I am a British Chinese by the way. In our culture, when someone sneezes heavily, it is an indication that bad thing(s) is going to happen. We will just say "Bad things just go away; come with the blessing!". However, if you sneeze yourself, it indicates at this moment of time that someone is talking about you either good or bad depending on the severity of the sneeze - gently means good; heavy and prolong sneeze means bad! So you should try to sneeze gently and short for the good! ¡Hasta luego! Shek

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