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Editeur responsable:
Jean-Luc Godard,
55, Tonnelet, B-4900 Spa
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2000/2001
www.dialogue-languages.com
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ONE-TO-ONE COURSES WHERE THE LANGUAGE
IS SPOKEN
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Meilleurs Voeux
Seasons Greetings
¡Felices fiestas!
Die besten Wünsche
Beste wensen
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"DialoguE, one of the best
language programs"
[The Wall Street Journal]
Deutsch - English - Español - Français - Nederlands
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Two words to describe DialoguE: IT WORKS.
If you're really serious about improving your language ability
in the shortest amount of time possible, DialoguE is your best
choice. Here's why:
1. You learn at your own pace, not someone
else's. You address the issues that are relevant to you,
not someone else.
2. The DialoguE Method is extraordinary. DialoguE literally
opens your ears: you hear sounds and words that you could not
hear before.
3. You're inundated by the language. From the time you
wake up to the time you stumble into bed, you read, speak, think,
and eat in your new language. After that, it goes on: you start
dreaming in it.
4. The Method reinforces itself after the course ends. You
leave with notes and audio tapes that have been custom made for
your needs and your interests. I made more progress in my week
at DialoguE than I did over the course of a year studying at school.
Richard H. Zahm
(Other testimonials at www.dialogue-languages.com)
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DialoguE
: The Optimum Way
to Learn a Language
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French in Spa, Spanish in Barcelona, Dutch
in Knokke, and our recently added programs for German in Eupen and
English south of Brussels. In just a few years the DialoguE approach
has become the standard for communication in general and languages
in particular. Students avidly attest that a week at DialoguE is
the equivalent to a full year of old-style language training. The
Wall Street Journal in 1997 called DialoguE one of the best methods
on the market. DialoguE owes this success to its optimization of
the language learning process.
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De-schooling
In order to optimize language
training, you’ve got to break with tradition. The learner, not the
instructor, must function as the center of the process. True training
works by adapting to the learner, to his or her cognitive style,
priorities, needs, and centers of interest.
Failure is unacceptable and unjustifiable
When we optimize training, we also professionalize
it. The need to be productive demands maximum results with minimal
expenditure of time and energy. Failure is not even conceivable.
The trainer, aided by the learner, puts a winning strategy in place.
The learner strives to reach specific ambitious objectives, which
he or she often exceeds.
The self confidence to surpass all expectations
It’s hardly worth it to learn without
gaining confidence; actual performance will leave much to be desired.
Self confidence, the key to all learning, yields miracles, even
the seemingly impossible. De-schooling also calls for allowing the
learner to take errors in stride, without guilt. Trial and error
provides a tremendous learning opportunity.
An independent learner who gets things done is
a contented learner
Making learners masters of their
training and giving them the means to rapidly become independent
is one of the major priorities of the DialoguE trainer. To become
effective, one must rapidly learn to use linguistic tools without
help from the trainer. The DialoguE trainer guides and develops
potentialities. He helps the learner implement the learner’s own
strategies for learning, to make his or her own progress, and enjoy
the process.
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DialoguE’s De-schooled Method |
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Standard training methods
Failure is acceptable
Psychological aspects rarely considered
Little stress on productivity and real-world use of the language
Satisfaction with average results
Dictatorial system - instructions
The trainer makes the learner competent
The trainer tries to make the learner perfect
The learner must adjust to the trainer
The trainer fixes objectives and priorities
The trainer directs, prompts, demands
The trainer controls
Mistakes are negative, even "sins"
The trainer assigns too much material
The trainer defines the tasks to accomplish
The trainer develops what the learner should know
The trainer unconsciously renders the learner dependent on
the trainer and the training
The learner learns only during lessons
All too often, the trainer subverts the learner's efforts
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Training
is individualized and personalized
Failure is unacceptable and unjustifiable
Self confidence is a primary objective
Training at all times focuses on productivity and real-world
applications.
Maximum progress with minimal expenditure of time and energy
Participatory system - cooperation
The trainer makes the learner efficient
The trainer makes the learner effective
The trainer adjusts to the learner
The learner fixes objectives and priorities
The trainer guides, accompanies, facilitates
The learner learns to self-evaluate
Errors are seen as positive conditions to progress
The learner covers what he or she needs to know
The learner defines the tasks to accomplish
The trainer develops the learner's skills and confidence
The trainer gives autonomy to the learner and teaches the learner
how to use linguistic tools effectively
The learner learns constantly
The learner participates cooperatively in the experience |
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Universal
Spanish
At DialoguE |
At the beginning of the 21st century, nearly 400 million people
speak Spanish as their mother language. The expansion of the language
of Cervantes is particularly vigorous in the United States, where
the candidates for President in the recent elections have resorted
to speaking in Spanish to attract the Hispanic vote.
The form of Spanish which uses many words borrowed form English
is called Spanglish. An article in The New York Times described
Spanglish as the third language of New York, after English and
Spanish.
The use of English words in the following examples might sound
strange to you if you are not used to hearing them regularly.
A red traffic light is called redlighteo (instead of semáforo
en rojo), the roof of a building is el rufo (instead of
el techo), to park a car is parquear (instead of aparcar),
and to have lunch is lonchear (instead of comer).
The differences are mostly limited to vocabulary, but sometimes
they can affect the logic and syntactical structures of the language:
for example: te llamo para atrás (I'll call you
back) instead of te vuelvo a llamar. Its critics claim
that Spanglish is an invasion of Spanish by the English language.
Its defendants state that it reflects the reality of many Spanish
speakers in North America, living within two languages and two
cultures.
The people who choose DialoguE to learn or improve their Spanish
have a clear idea of what they are looking for. They are investing
their limited free time in acquiring the universal Spanish that
all Spanish speakers understand. The grammatical structures and
idiomatic constructions they learn are those which are used internationally
in any sort of conversation.
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