Hi
How would one access popular cartoons in Indonesian or Spanish…. for Freee.
Seven year old been taught Indonesian at school (very low key) and I was wondering if while watching say Power Rangers they could pick up the language??
Any ideas? We have Stan thru Optus
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Cartoons in Indonesian or Spanish
suchis on 09/10/2017 - 07:28
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both are easy to learn, if you're already familiar with the characters A -> Z
Indonesian is much easier to learn, because there's no gender, and gives you access to about ~ 300-million people in the world.
Whereas Spanish will give you access to pretty much entire Americas (except U.S./Canada & Brazil) which is about 400+ million, and Spanish will enable you to form the basis for learning Portuguese and Italian.
if your child is young, get them to learn both….and you can start off with Duolingo (on iPad),
or just expose them to Youtube videos (via Chromecast).i wouldn't say Indo' is useless, because future business transactions will be more and more with Asia,
so your child will be better poised for Asia and may find more opportunities there.(e.g. the big real estate developer in AU - CROWN GROUP - is headed by an Indo )
Duolingo is great and is free, is a bit like a cartoon, Spanish would help in USA too there are more native Spanish speakers there than in Spain.
Will give that a go. Especially good if cartoon based
YouTube has plenty of Spanish cartoons you need to change your location in settings then search in Spanish, “los Simpsons” etc cartoons will often have a different name completely, I’d google the Spanish name first, it’s worth pointing out that the accent will change considerably depending which country the cartoon is made for. Los pitufos, los picapiedra
Also on dvds you can often change the language
Buy some Indo dvds in Bali
Don’t know Stan, but Netflix has Spanish programs
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=e0ku2L7F9mE
Dora the Explorer?
Maybe piano and cello lessons next?
Funny you say that…
I just figure if watching Tv anyway… well why not give him the option of learning a second language for little effort. I wish I had that skill… instead of getting equal last in French!
Indonesians talk very fast on TV, just watch any of the news shows in the language.
Also, i agree - i don't see the point in studying it really. And i studied it until Year 12!
Having read comments
1. Why did I not think of YouTube? Blooming good idea, thanks.
2. Indo may be'useless' but if it's easy to learn then that's great. A little easy success is a great start to a wider world.
3. Spanish is my preferred choice. But not sure if any high schools will be offering it?
4. As a complete failure in any second language I realise I am living my life through my kids!!We kind of had a topic on this recently before:
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/332802If all things being equal, I recommend people should learn multiple languages.
Firstly, of course: English.
Secondly, most useful international business-wise: Mandarin.
Third, most diverse countries effect: Spanish.Forth, best Euro-asian support: Russian.
Fifth, best Afro-Middle-Eastern support: Arabic.
Sixth, second-best Asian support: Hindi.
Seventh, second-best Afro-European support: French.
Eighth, third-best Afro-European support: German.
Nineth, forth-best asian business support: Japanese.
Tenth, fifth-best European and Brazil support: Portuguese.Speaking multiple tongues is very useful in both day-to-day lives, travel, and in career.
Especially when most people (>90%) barely speak one language.
Whereas, there are still many (>9%) who can speak two languages very fluently (mostly migrant families).
Whilst there are some (>1%) whom can speak three languages fluently, they usually live from bilingual families and in areas of influence by several countries (eg Swiss, Borders of India, Caucas, etc).
People who can speak four or more languages (<1%) are people that actively sought to learn another language.
Four is usually the limit for most people, however, there are some who can happily learn 8.
And of course there's the autistic and gifted people that can learn in excess of 40 languages.**With that all said, I think after English, there is actually a more influential language than Mandarin which people should strive to teach their children.
And that language is Coding, in particular; Java, JavaScript, and Python. Learn one of those, or all, and you get a pretty good step-up over the rest of the human populous.Thinking out side the box.
Will coding be around in 20 years with Artifical Intelligence or is that off topic?It will be even bigger, with more devices and services phased to it.
More and more "people-jobs" will be stopped in favour of cheaper, faster, and more accurate Automation.So they will need IT professionals to be able to diagnose the hardware, but much much more importantly the software of these systems. So forget the cello lessons, and forget Indonesian… try and teach your progeny coding as well and as early as possible. However, I should note the Languages you learn are just as important, if we were to rank these it would be:
Java = English, its the common international computer language
JavaScript = Mandarin, its increasingly becoming more and more important (mostly HTML5/Internet)
Python = Spanish, its quite spread-outHowever, do note that other languages like Objective-Swift ("Russian") are becoming important in the future due to increased iWatch, iPod, iPhone, iPad, iMACommunist influence. And of course languages like C#-Java ("German") will always be important due to Microsoft's continued capitalist hold over the industry. And lastly there is C++ ("French") which used to be the old "I'm everywhere language" but has been surpassed by Python and Java…… just like how the French language used to be the most important language to learn centuries ago and was surpassed by Spanish and English which hold greater users/influences now.
Cartoons are tricky in second languages because they don’t always include body language clues, or have been dubbed from other languages. That’s why Sesame St is a mix of characters and RL people (Jalan Sesama is the Indonesian version).
“Garuda di Dadaku” is a good Indonesian movie (about soccer) suitable for kids. There’s a few others around but aimed a bit older.
I teach high school kids so most of my playlist is aimed at their warped sense of humour ;) but I’ll ask colleagues for you. You’re on the right track - viewing is the most effective way to support language learning at home.
Here Upin Ipin Indonesian version - Upin ipin terbaru 2016 bahasa indonesia full movie: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLs45xyUMgLN8-aPt9k8hR…
Don't discount getting picture books in Spanish or Indonesian. When my daughter started Spanish at high school, I bought her a "For Better of for Worse" (great comic strip) book that teaches Spanish. She's also got a couple of middle grade books now, too. The teacher said they don't need to know every word to pick it up, much like when we learn to read in English - we work it our based on what we do know.
The Book Depository is a great source for them and no postage fees.
Indo is a fairly useless language.
I'd be beating him with espanol. Much easier to pick up and much more useful.