{"id":700,"date":"2014-03-26T18:14:21","date_gmt":"2014-03-26T17:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jesusromerotrillo.es\/?p=700"},"modified":"2014-03-26T18:14:21","modified_gmt":"2014-03-26T17:14:21","slug":"johnson-ok-computer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jesusromerotrillo.es\/?p=700","title":{"rendered":"Johnson: OK computer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-image-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/ift.tt\/1gCsSJ1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"  width=\"595\" height=\"335\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>JOHNSON\u2019s first foreign-language class was typical: a gaggle of 14-year olds, hormones raging, are gathered in a classroom when Se\u00f1ora White strolls in.&nbsp;<em>\u00a1<\/em><\/span><em>Hola y bienvenidos a la clase de espa\u00f1ol! <\/em><span>Puberty is a terrible time to begin a language. One\u2019s own parents are embarrassing enough. But&nbsp;to repeat nonsense words with strange gurgling and burbling sounds while the&nbsp;cute new classmate watches from the next desk can be mortifying. For many learners, the experience leaves lifelong scars.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Language is social. But it is not always best learned socially. Today, the first encounter with a foreign language can skip the public-shaming entirely. Digital programs get those first few stuttered words out in the privacy of one\u2019s one home. No over-cheerful teacher, no giggling classmates: whether one is 13 or 31, some things are best experienced alone before being tried with another. Language-learning may well be one.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Software programs like Rosetta Stone, Duolingo, Babbel and Mango offer what purport to be complete language courses. But it is a good idea to supplement&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/ift.tt\/1gCsQRA\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n<p>from Prospero http:\/\/ift.tt\/1gCsQRA<br \/>\nvia <a href=\"http:\/\/ift.tt\/1c4nCfM\">IFTTT<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JOHNSON\u2019s first foreign-language class was typical: a gaggle of 14-year olds, hormones raging, are gathered in a classroom when Se\u00f1ora White strolls in.&nbsp;\u00a1Hola y bienvenidos a la clase de espa\u00f1ol! Puberty is a terrible time to begin a language. One\u2019s own parents are embarrassing enough. But&nbsp;to repeat nonsense words with strange gurgling and burbling sounds [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[84],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jesusromerotrillo.es\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/700"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jesusromerotrillo.es\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jesusromerotrillo.es\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jesusromerotrillo.es\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jesusromerotrillo.es\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=700"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jesusromerotrillo.es\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/700\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jesusromerotrillo.es\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jesusromerotrillo.es\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jesusromerotrillo.es\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}