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L O W L A N D S - L - 23 February 2011 - Volume 01<br>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">From:
<span class="gd"><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 28);">Roger Thijs, Euro-Support, Inc.</span></span><span class="gi"> </span><span class="go"><<a href="mailto:roger.thijs@euro-support.be">roger.thijs@euro-support.be</a>></span><br>
Subject: <span class="gi">LL-L Language proficiency</span></p>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">Some people are reluctant to
make the step from passive knowledge of a language to actively using it. I
guess they are too much afraid of making mistakes. However this step in
behaviour is necessary </p>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">A case:<br>
<a href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/judicial/supremecourtjustices/2011-02-23-RWthomas22_ST_N.htm" target="_blank">http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/judicial/supremecourtjustices/2011-02-23-RWthomas22_ST_N.htm</a></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">Supreme Court Justice
Clarence Thomas hit a milestone Tuesday by not asking a single question during
the morning's oral arguments. It has been five years since Thomas uttered a
question to a lawyer arguing a case.</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">.. Thomas, 62, has
given many explanations through the years for his unwillingness to speak up
during the hour-long sessions that supplement the written briefs submitted in a
case.</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">"I had grown up
speaking a kind of dialect," Thomas, who was born in Pin
Point, Ga., and raised by his
grandparents in nearby Savannah,
told a group of students in 2000. Classmates "used to make fun of us. ...
I just started developing the habit of listening. ... I didn't ask questions in
college or law school. I could learn better just listening."</p>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">Regards,</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">Roger</p>
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