Foreign language learning from the street
What do I mean by the street? I mean, learning expressions from a foreign language that native speakers use. “Off-the-cuff”, “no holds-barred” anger, joy and frustration that you never see or learn in a classroom.
These expressions are the lifeblood of any language and can spice up your conversations to any level you desire. Now, don’t get me wrong, I don’t mean to promote bad language (like cursing). That will also spice up your language but only within a small crowd.
I’m talking more about expressions like, ” I can’t believe…”, “there’s no way…”, Are you kidding me?”…those types of things that come up in conversations and really get a point across.
Where can you find these expressions? On the internet. In particular, new sites in the target language. Read an article and scroll down to the bottom where they ask for comments. That’s where you’ll find real-live expressions that are used daily to convey any and all emotions concerning the topic of the day.
It’s a goldmine of great vocabulary so go take a look now and see for yourself.
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November 21st, 2007 at 5:14 pm
I would like to learn some common street language via spanish. I heard of such a colloquial call spanglish, is there such a thing?
I would like to learn phrases like: ” I can’t believe…”, “there’s no way…”, Are you kidding me?”…