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 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Learning a new language

BeeBallMom
Posted: 08 Oct 2011, 7:40 pm 

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kt24, thanks so much for sharing your story. that sounds a lot like me. it's extremely difficult for me to talk to people too, and i went through a phase like that when i was growing up. I only wish i could understand people as easily as you seem to be able to. I'll get there, it's just going to tak...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Learning a new language

BeeBallMom
Posted: 07 Oct 2011, 5:42 pm 

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also, i love the part where native spanish speakers who are learning english, ask about the meaning of a particularly challenging word. I love obsessiving over the perfect simple meaning for them to clarify it for them.

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Learning a new language

BeeBallMom
Posted: 07 Oct 2011, 5:39 pm 

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I'll also say that it means a lot to practice with people who know a little bit about my "issues".

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Learning a new language

BeeBallMom
Posted: 07 Oct 2011, 5:35 pm 

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That would be cool. I'm sick right now (a cold) and my brain has been too scattered to think...in any language. So I haven't been on in the last couple of days. I hope yall bare with me. I run hot and cold. I tend to overfocus on language and yall might see me a lot, and, i might get embarrassed (by...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Learning a new language

BeeBallMom
Posted: 07 Oct 2011, 11:48 am 

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thanks so much. :) Yes music helps me, and I have a small collection of spanish music on my youtube. Those songs you posted are easy to understand, and I'll add them.

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Learning a new language

BeeBallMom
Posted: 07 Oct 2011, 6:48 am 

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I have a strange love-hate relationship with foreign languages. I can't envisage ever becoming fluent in a foreign language - you have to be able to do it without really thinking about it, like riding a bike, and that's not how it is for me. I studied French at school, beyond the required level, an...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Learning a new language

BeeBallMom
Posted: 06 Oct 2011, 10:24 pm 

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hm, maybe sign language would be easier for me to learn. i tend to be sound-oriented, but only to music, not to language. sometimes even english washes over me, just sounds like a bunch of mumbo jumbo coming out of people's mouths if i'm not in the mood for listening. but i like pretty little tunes,...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Learning a new language

BeeBallMom
 Post subject: Learning a new language
Posted: 06 Oct 2011, 9:48 pm 

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I don't know if I have asperger's or not. my son was diagnosed with it by the school, and i notice similarities. what i do know is that i've been trying to learn spanish since i was in middle school. I'm 30 now. i been trying to get back into it, i have joined a couple language exhange groups and i ...
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