tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858828969874855814.post5545986670222204127..comments2023-11-21T03:24:50.235-05:00Comments on Here be Magic: Archive Post: Reading fantasy in other languagesJody W. and Meankittyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13733607365443126784noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858828969874855814.post-33322475933478016882014-01-14T17:08:12.685-05:002014-01-14T17:08:12.685-05:00Awesome! I've actually scarfed the first four ...Awesome! I've actually scarfed the first four Harry Potter books in French, too--got 'em last time I went to Canada, for much the same reason for doing The Hobbit. I.e., simpler language, probably easier for me to follow. And an excuse to re-read the series in general. ;)<br /><br />Good for your oldest! I'm doing double duty on French and German in an app called SuperMemo, on my phone. Daily vocab study, every morning, on my bus commute. Nice way to get to work.Angela Korra'tihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01714228621697705946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858828969874855814.post-91631155931346267672014-01-14T17:05:34.908-05:002014-01-14T17:05:34.908-05:00My oldest is reading Harry Potter in Spanish right...My oldest is reading Harry Potter in Spanish right now for a lot of the same reasons you mention. She can quote large passages by heart so she rarely gets stumped. She also loves duolingo...right now I think she's doing german and french.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12742618211008888625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858828969874855814.post-57504545389881913252014-01-14T15:52:30.518-05:002014-01-14T15:52:30.518-05:00My very beginner level skills are exactly why I wa...My very beginner level skills are exactly why I wanted to try reading the translation of The Hobbit first--so I'd have the English to compare against and try to learn vocab and grammar that way!<br /><br />Exciting that your kid's doing language study Immersion style. :D I tried to take a Russian class in college, and the professor was teaching it that way. I had to drop the class due to an overloaded schedule, but for the couple of days I was in it, I figured out FAST that I would have loved that class.Angela Korra'tihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01714228621697705946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858828969874855814.post-71207422871098983622014-01-14T15:48:26.311-05:002014-01-14T15:48:26.311-05:00Despite taking high school French, my French langu...Despite taking high school French, my French language reading skills are rusty. My youngest is in grade one French Immersion and the picture books she brings home can be challenging--I can't imagine attempting a novel myself. However, my oldest son, who's also in French Immersion, went through the Amos Daragon books (a YA fantasy series by Bryan Perro) a few years ago and quite enjoyed them.Nicole Luikenhttp://www.nicoleluiken.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858828969874855814.post-4854123966278522442014-01-14T13:30:45.588-05:002014-01-14T13:30:45.588-05:00Thank you!
I figure that all writers are going to...Thank you!<br /><br />I figure that all writers are going to have some level of knack for language--I mean, we gotta, to write books. I'm just expanding my love of how words fit together out into other languages besides the one I grew up speaking!<br /><br />And French is _totally_ sexy. Particularly in Quebecois traditional music, which is a big motivator for me improving my French right now. :DAngela Korra'tihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01714228621697705946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858828969874855814.post-21212814551181594222014-01-14T12:06:56.348-05:002014-01-14T12:06:56.348-05:00Hi Angela!
Amazing that you can have such a gift ...Hi Angela!<br /><br />Amazing that you can have such a gift for languages. I think French sounds sexy, though I've always done horribly learning language. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com