<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590522746760788388</id><updated>2011-04-21T20:56:07.186-07:00</updated><category term='second'/><category term='discussion corner'/><category term='pros'/><category term='iwrite'/><category term='language'/><category term='brief 2'/><title type='text'>iWrite Brief 2 Blog 1</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iwritebrief2blog1.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7590522746760788388/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iwritebrief2blog1.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>NiouJas</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06644433007602723571</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1qa9Q4TMDpo/ScGj7GU8NCI/AAAAAAAAABM/Gj4kHdTw86Q/S220/16396767.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>5</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590522746760788388.post-7663639465795399818</id><published>2009-05-13T19:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-20T19:37:24.926-07:00</updated><title type='text'>My Reference List</title><content type='html'>Here is a complete list of websites from my delicious&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://web.uvic.ca/ling/research/chinese.htm"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://web.uvic.ca/ling/research/chinese.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.easyspanishforkids.com/the-values-and-benefits-of-learning-a-second-language/"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://www.easyspanishforkids.com/the-values-and-benefits-of-learning-a-second-language/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.buzzle.com/articles/benefits-of-learning-a-second-language.html"&gt;http://www.buzzle.com/articles/benefits-of-learning-a-second-language.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://listverse.com/miscellaneous/top-10-most-spoken-languages-in-the-world/"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://listverse.com/miscellaneous/top-10-most-spoken-languages-in-the-world/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/most_spoken_languages.htm"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/most_spoken_languages.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0775272.html"&gt;http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0775272.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www2.ignatius.edu/faculty/turner/languages.htm"&gt;http://www2.ignatius.edu/faculty/turner/languages.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.yourdictionary.com/esl/Importance-of-Learning-a-Second-Language.html"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://www.yourdictionary.com/esl/Importance-of-Learning-a-Second-Language.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.andaman.org/BOOK/reprints/weber/rep-weber.htm"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://www.andaman.org/BOOK/reprints/weber/rep-weber.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7590522746760788388-7663639465795399818?l=iwritebrief2blog1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iwritebrief2blog1.blogspot.com/feeds/7663639465795399818/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://iwritebrief2blog1.blogspot.com/2009/05/my-reference-list.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7590522746760788388/posts/default/7663639465795399818'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7590522746760788388/posts/default/7663639465795399818'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iwritebrief2blog1.blogspot.com/2009/05/my-reference-list.html' title='My Reference List'/><author><name>NiouJas</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06644433007602723571</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1qa9Q4TMDpo/ScGj7GU8NCI/AAAAAAAAABM/Gj4kHdTw86Q/S220/16396767.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590522746760788388.post-3508916544241216782</id><published>2009-05-08T22:28:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-08T22:31:19.002-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Cons</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1qa9Q4TMDpo/SgUU0k5M5mI/AAAAAAAAACQ/llBR-rU6NYQ/s1600-h/Kamio+angry+(edited).bmp"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333692227179570786" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 288px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 228px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1qa9Q4TMDpo/SgUU0k5M5mI/AAAAAAAAACQ/llBR-rU6NYQ/s320/Kamio+angry+(edited).bmp" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Post anything you disliek about learnign a second language here :P&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ehehehe please don't mnd the pic. It was somethign I found that kinda matched this particular post ^__^&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7590522746760788388-3508916544241216782?l=iwritebrief2blog1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iwritebrief2blog1.blogspot.com/feeds/3508916544241216782/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://iwritebrief2blog1.blogspot.com/2009/05/cons.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7590522746760788388/posts/default/3508916544241216782'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7590522746760788388/posts/default/3508916544241216782'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iwritebrief2blog1.blogspot.com/2009/05/cons.html' title='The Cons'/><author><name>NiouJas</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06644433007602723571</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1qa9Q4TMDpo/ScGj7GU8NCI/AAAAAAAAABM/Gj4kHdTw86Q/S220/16396767.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1qa9Q4TMDpo/SgUU0k5M5mI/AAAAAAAAACQ/llBR-rU6NYQ/s72-c/Kamio+angry+(edited).bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590522746760788388.post-1063427726789601038</id><published>2009-04-29T19:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-29T21:22:37.373-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Learning a Second Language</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1qa9Q4TMDpo/SfkeRirsiVI/AAAAAAAAACA/aA1dpDuZ80o/s1600-h/16396767.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 100px; height: 100px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1qa9Q4TMDpo/SfkeRirsiVI/AAAAAAAAACA/aA1dpDuZ80o/s320/16396767.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330324920686381394" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In today's modern world there are a lot more people than can speak a secondary language compared to about 20 years ago. There are so many languages to choose from it's kind of hard to decide where to start from. Currently one of the most widely spoken languages in the world is Chinese but more people seem to rather learn Japanese as a second language compared to Chinese. Learning a second language takes a great deal of time and effort but in the long run it pays off.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today some of the most widely spoken languages are listed &lt;a href="http://listverse.com/miscellaneous/top-10-most-spoken-languages-in-the-world/"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. They may vary from websites to websites like &lt;a href="http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/most_spoken_languages.htm"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; it tells you some of the most spoken and &lt;a href="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0775272.html"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; it tells you the most popular languages here.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I personally think learning one of two languages might help in today's world. I speak English as a second language here and studying a third language at University.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The sad thing about learning a second language or a third one in my case is that it's time consuming and you have to practice using that language as well. Lack of practice means you would forget the language you learn and it would've been a total waste of time.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7590522746760788388-1063427726789601038?l=iwritebrief2blog1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iwritebrief2blog1.blogspot.com/feeds/1063427726789601038/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://iwritebrief2blog1.blogspot.com/2009/04/learning-second-language.html#comment-form' title='16 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7590522746760788388/posts/default/1063427726789601038'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7590522746760788388/posts/default/1063427726789601038'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iwritebrief2blog1.blogspot.com/2009/04/learning-second-language.html' title='Learning a Second Language'/><author><name>NiouJas</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06644433007602723571</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1qa9Q4TMDpo/ScGj7GU8NCI/AAAAAAAAABM/Gj4kHdTw86Q/S220/16396767.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1qa9Q4TMDpo/SfkeRirsiVI/AAAAAAAAACA/aA1dpDuZ80o/s72-c/16396767.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>16</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590522746760788388.post-6631538609519904218</id><published>2009-04-08T19:54:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-08T19:55:18.997-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pros'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='second'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='language'/><title type='text'>The PROS</title><content type='html'>Can you please post ALL the good things about learnign a second language here =)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7590522746760788388-6631538609519904218?l=iwritebrief2blog1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iwritebrief2blog1.blogspot.com/feeds/6631538609519904218/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://iwritebrief2blog1.blogspot.com/2009/04/pros.html#comment-form' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7590522746760788388/posts/default/6631538609519904218'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7590522746760788388/posts/default/6631538609519904218'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iwritebrief2blog1.blogspot.com/2009/04/pros.html' title='The PROS'/><author><name>NiouJas</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06644433007602723571</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1qa9Q4TMDpo/ScGj7GU8NCI/AAAAAAAAABM/Gj4kHdTw86Q/S220/16396767.gif'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590522746760788388.post-5673315695669989789</id><published>2009-04-01T18:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-01T18:59:46.147-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='iwrite'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='discussion corner'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='brief 2'/><title type='text'>NiouJas' Corner</title><content type='html'>Hi there and welcome to my corner =D&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Over the next few weeks I will be updating this space with my social and political topics etc..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[WATCH     THIS     SPACE!!!]&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7590522746760788388-5673315695669989789?l=iwritebrief2blog1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iwritebrief2blog1.blogspot.com/feeds/5673315695669989789/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://iwritebrief2blog1.blogspot.com/2009/04/nioujas-corner.html#comment-form' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7590522746760788388/posts/default/5673315695669989789'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7590522746760788388/posts/default/5673315695669989789'/><link rel='alternate' 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