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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Rosina...I have been unable to open the
attachments to your e-mails...time permitting, would you contact me directly
(via e-mail and not through the Santiagobis Listserv). I will return my snail
mail address.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>thanks for your patience, understanding, and
certainly your kindness </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>tom</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=BlaroliaAOL.COM href="mailto:BlaroliaAOL.COM">Rosina Lila</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU
href="mailto:GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU">GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, October 11, 2004 11:45
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Camino words and music;
schools</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0
face="Palatino Linotype" size=2 FAMILY="SERIF" PTSIZE="10">Hola,<BR>Marie
Virginie Cambriels has published a book about her pilgrimage, from
DuPuy-en-Velay to Santiago, on foot accompanied only by a donkey. The book's
reviewers have unanimously praised it book calling it "very beautiful and
poetic".<BR>Since the author is a concert musician, she gave a serious of
Camino music concerts along the Camino, and a CD of such concerts comes with
the book.<BR>So far, the book is available only in French, but
translations are in the works. <BR>I've noticed quite a few Francophiles in
this list who, very likely, can read French. <BR>While I myself have not seen
the book yet, I plan to get a copy when I go to Santiago next month for
Thanksgiving. <BR><BR>The list of Spanish-for-foreigners schools in Salamanca
that I've sent you, was provided by the Salamanca Information office and
is composed of facilities wherein Spanish is taught through an
intensive, immersion, method, rather than the traditional University
way. Reportedly this intensive method has developed because those
offering the courses know that foreigners, as a rule, have a limited time for
their efforts. In the ancillary residences, as well, the student must
communicate in Spanish. Apparently these conditions are quite successful.<BR>I
learned Spanish at home (lucky me!) with my Granadine grandparents; and
only needed to expand my knowledge through forever ongoing reading and
grammar studies. For the other languages that I know I attended courses and
studied and completed exercise books like mad. But it wasn't really
until I was in the countries where those languages are spoken, and totally
away from tourist venues, that I actually learned the languages. It
appears that having no choice but to communicate in another language, slowly
but surely one loses the fear of the "language-unknown" which seems to
be the greatest handicap to learning it.<BR>How does one keep up with the
learned language back home so as not to forget it?<BR>In New York City we have
areas and places where those languages are spoken, and if we do not want to
leave the comfort of our homes, we have four 24/7 TV channels in
Spanish, and a generous offering of programs in French and Italian. While some
of the programs are not interesting, the news and discussions programs
certainly are, and then there are many magazines and newspapers and, of
course, the web.<BR>An old adage says: "Use it, or Lose it", in my
experience it applies with particular precision to the languages one has
learned. Fortunately, most fortunately, using them is not only fairly
easy but also immensely enjoyable.<BR>Warm regards,<BR>Rosina
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