Visual Link Spanish(TM) Newsletter - Volume 6 Issue 30

Current # of Subscribers: 187,013

This issue:
1. Testimonial
2. Weekly Spanish Lesson - “Advanced”
3. Words of the Week
4. Ask Dave Section - “Dónde Vs. Adónde”
5. Culture Lesson - “Language Learning and the Brain”
6. Responses to Past Newsletters

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Visual Link Spanish(TM) Testimonial –
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Hi,

I started the level 1 around Sept., and the verb module just before
going to language school for two weeks in Puerto Rico in Dec. The
school was more academic than conversational, and while I was
studying there, it seemed as though I learned less and even forgot a
lot of what I learned. It took a few months for me to catch up and
now I seem to be progressing well through the Visual Link reflexive
verbs.

Even at 65 years old, I enjoy - and look forward - to playing the
review games!

Thanks for these helpful courses.

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Weekly Spanish Lesson—Advanced Lesson
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This week’s lesson comes from the complete Visual Link Spanish™
course. Click below for Part V of your fun, interactive lesson
Sentence Building Lessons.

To check it out, click here:
http://www.learnspanishtoday.com/learn/advanced.htm

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Words of the Week
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Taken from our complete CD-ROM course —–

Monday / No problem / No hay problema
Tuesday / Don’t Worry / No se preocupe
Wednesday / Be happy / Sea feliz
Thursday / I didn’t understand very well / No entendí bien
Friday / Can you speak a little slower? / ¿Me puede hablar un poco
más despacio?
Saturday / Slower (please) / Más despacio (por favor)
Sunday / What does _____ mean? / ¿Qué significa _____?

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The Official “Ask Dave” Section —–
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Question

Hola mi amigo !!

Could you pls tell me the difference between adonde and donde?

Could you pls tell me when to use adonde, and when to use donde?
Donde is almost easy enough, but I’m confused when to use adonde, as
apposed to using donde.

Thanks ever so much.

Tina

Answer

Hola Tina,

In Spanish, there are two ways to say “where”. The word “Dónde” means
“where” as in a set location. The word “Adónde” means “where to” or
“to where” as in “Where are you going (to)?”

If you want to review it, more information is given in your complete
Visual Link Spanish™ course in the 5th Interactive Lesson in Basic
Needs (within the first 2-3 minutes of the lesson).

Hopefully that answers your question.

Gracias,

Dave

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Culture —– Language Learning and the Brain
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A few weeks ago, my wife was reading the local paper and found a very
interesting article about language learning and the brain. The local
paper here quoted a story from the “Toronto Globe and Mail” written
by “Andre Picard.” I found it very interesting and wanted to pass it
on to you.

The title is: “Bilingual adults may stay sharper longer as they age”
New study links linguistic facility and health of brain

- Being fluently bilingual may help stave off the forgetfulness and
inattention associated with aging, according to a new study.

- Researchers at York University in Toronto found that older people
who had spoken two languages concurrently their whole lives fared
markedly better on tests that measure cognitive function.

- In particular, the bilinguals scored highest on measures of
so-called fluid intelligence–the ability to focus one’s attention
and to respond to rapidly changing tasks–said Ellen Bialystok, a
professor of psychology at York.

- The findings published in the Journal of Psychology and Aging,
suggest that being bilingual may offer some protection against
Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia.

- The research is the latest to make a link between linguistic
facility and the health of the brain.

- It also adds to a growing body of evidence on the physiological and
psychological benefits of bilingualism, though most of that research
has been done on children. The studies have shown that children who
speak two languages or more tend to be more creative, better at
problem-solving and score better on literacy tests.

- Bilingual children also tend to have an economic advantage as they
mature because they have better job prospects.

- Research has shown that, when bilingual children process
information, both languages remain active, even though they use one
language at a time. To ensure that the languages remain separate, the
brain develops mechanisms to allow the speaker to block out
instructions from the unwanted language.

- Bialystok’s new research suggests that this ability to
compartmentalize and focus carries over the other functions, and
that’s why bilinguals remain sharper as they age.

- The research involved a total of 154 bilingual and monolingual
adult university graduates living in Toronto and the Indian state of
Tamil Nadu. The bilingual participants all spoke Tamil and English
fluently and used both languages concurrently on a daily basis since
childhood.

- The subjects underwent a common psychological test known as the
Simon task. Using flashing squares on a computer screen, the test can
measure reaction time in a variety of ways.

- On the Simon test, the older bilingual adults (age 60-88) did far
better than their monolingual counterparts.

Moral of the Story: Learning Spanish not only gives you fulfillment,
personal enrichment and better job prospects, but according to this
research, it also will help keep your brain healthy later in life. I
had a grandfather who was an active learner his whole life; he was an
inspiration to me. At age 93, he wanted me to help him continue to
learn Spanish. His body was pretty worn out, but his mind was sharp
as a tack. He is one of the people who inspired me to develop and
create Spanish courses that are effective and help others to actually
learn to speak and communicate.

Sneak peek at next week: “Spanish Street Music!”

¡Hasta luego! (”Until later”)

David S. Clark — President / Director
Visual Link Spanish(TM)
Fun, Interactive Spanish Courses
http://www.learnspanishtoday.com
dave_c@learnspanishtoday.com

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Responses to Past Newsletters
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Response #1

On the subject of ‘te quiero’ and ‘te amo’ I had to learn the
difference the VERY HARD way, by mistakes. Very embarrassing mistakes
I might add, that I would advise to any student of the Spanish
language, to learn the cultural differences,that really do make a
differnce in your speech

Christa

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