How to become bilingual

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Hey, does anyone know how to become certified bilingual?

How many semesters of spanish do you need before you can say your bilingual??

I want to be able to say Im bilingual on applications and such

And I'm happy to have you here, also.

Thank you :)

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If you can't use conversational Spanish, I wouldn't consider you Bi-lingual. Being able to pass a test and being able to USE your Spanish, I think, is two different things.

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It is a sad, but true fact that many people from foreign countries come here and just milk the system for all it is worth. Some change with the generations that follow, but many do not. No, you are not guilty of doing that.

Well, I guess I am one of the proud ones who work hard to learn and make something out of myself in the US other than skimming and scamming the system ;)
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It is a sad, but true fact that many people from foreign countries come here and just milk the system for all it is worth. Some change with the generations that follow, but many do not. No, you are not guilty of doing that.

....and I dished out lots of money to get the appropriate documents, ;)

Got a letter from the president of the United States, which was a nice gesture.

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If you needed medical care in my native country there would be a good chance that you would be spoken to in English. "Over there" higher education (including nursing) requires knowledge of one or more foreign languages and English is one of them where I grew up ;)

In Europe you would definitely get by with English pretty much everywhere you'd go, for example ticket counters, restaurants, banks, airlines, trains, city public transportation, businesses etc particularly in the larger cities. No need for taxpayer's money to pay translators ;)

That would depend on where you were in Europe...major cities...yes, but anywhere else, you have two options...speak the language or get good at charades :idea:

I say this only because I've played charades (with varying levels of success) in multiple Central European countries :confused:

Peace,

Cathie

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That would depend on where you were in Europe...major cities...yes, but anywhere else, you have two options...speak the language or get good at charades :idea:

I say this only because I've played charades (with varying levels of success) in multiple Central European countries :confused:

Peace,

Cathie

Well, that sounds just like it is here then...it's pretty much the same everywhere I take it. people are people, there are nice and not so nice everywhere all over the globe. I guess the solution is that if we are guests in foreign countries to make an effort to speak the languages and adjust to the culture of the country that we are visiting ;)

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I guess the solution is that if we are guests in foreign countries to make an effort to speak the languages and adjust to the culture of the country that we are visiting ;)

Exactly what I would do if I planned on moving to another country. I'd make sure that my family could speak/understand the language, especially if the plan to move was a long-time coming.

(Of course....this is getting into a whole other topic.)

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Exactly what I would do if I planned on moving to another country. I'd make sure that my family could speak/understand the language, especially if the plan to move was a long-time coming.

(Of course....this is getting into a whole other topic.)

Heyyyyy girl, how are you doing???? Long time no see!

I hope that things are going well for you ;)

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Heyyyyy girl, how are you doing???? Long time no see!

I hope that things are going well for you ;)

Crazy, but good here. :D

Hope things are well for you too! :balloons:

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Crazy, but good here. :D

Hope things are well for you too! :balloons:

I am steadily moving forward ;)

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