European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 17, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 scene s Yah 8 and stripes june 200 books foreign language through fairy tales Slang Man works other languages into text of familiar stories o 1 co g 0 cd David whose grandparents on both sides were multilingual grew up hearing seven languages spoken at he studied French intensively and majored in it in College but when he went travelling he Learned an important lesson about i went to France thinking i was but i want because i didst know he so he decided to write books to help foreign language students learn Slang in German and but when he approached his publisher about writing a Book of american Slang for those learning the publisher want Burke wrote the Book published it himself and picked up the nickname Burke has combined his knowledge of foreign languages and his interest in teaching everyday words into a series of books for children called Slang Man kids learn language through fairy the which Tell familiar fairy tales in an abridged and relaxed work foreign words into the the first Book in each language begins in English and introduces 20 foreign the English word is circled and its counterpart in the foreign language is placed in the the foreign word is then used in the next for the rest of the the foreign word is used in place of the English with each successive words from previous books Are repeated and 20 others Are the goal is that by the end of the the Story will be written mostly in the foreign books Are available with japanese or Spanish characters Are drawn with disproportionate body types and exaggerated facial expressions that Are today cartoon the by Miguel appear to make a Point of exaggerating emotions and target for in level Goldilocks not Only finds mama bears chair and bed too she literally sinks into and the hot porridge gives her Rouge a red Eye and steam blasting out of her the goal is to make learning a new language fun for Burke he apparently met that goal at a san Diego elementary school where he recently promoted his the kids loved they were screaming the words Back to me in Span it was Vivian Kloppel teaches first Grade at Ramstein ele and with wave of iwo can Derfla want wearing most Etc Feied she was now a Michael the Slang Man kids fairy tale books gradually work foreign words into familiar fairy the books Are available with words in japanese and they should be available in army and air Force Exchange service stores in coming cafes a spokesman for the army and air Force Exchange service said that the services Book distributor for overseas locations has ordered copies of Slang Man kids fairy tales for stores in Europe and the books Are expected to be in Europe exchanges in Early August and in the Pacific later that Larry a Public affairs officer with the armed forces radio and television said a ser vice representative met with David Burke to discuss Slang ans world and is excited about the project and anxious to see the first american forces network Waits to see a shows ratings in the states before deciding to add it to the an sched stars and stripes Centary school in Germany and is part of the depart ment or defense dependents schools foreign Lan Guage in elementary school her class participates in partial foreign language we spend fifty percent of our class time teaching in German and the other half in she Kloppel agrees with Burke that language learning for children must be her favorite learning tech Nique total physical i begin by telling a i might even draw Pic Tures on the White she every piece of the Story requires a response from the i ask is the elephant big Little what is his name the children provide All the then we get can our elephant Fly every time we say Trie word the students Flap their the children Are learning and speaking in the new but also they Are having a lot of the More ridiculous the Story the More fun they while combining English and German is off limits in Kloppelt she is aware of books that have a Story in dual languages or Combine language like the Slang Man and i think they Are just children will appreciate that Slang Man kids took the time to give each fairy tale a slightly new cinderellas for Doest change Back to it disappears and Goldilocks int frightened away so she jumps on baby bears bed when the bears Wake her teachers looking for classroom materials should review the series in their language All fairy tales feature caucasian the Chi Nese fairy tales Lack tone Burke plans to take teaching foreign language beyond fairy he will introduce comic books written entirely in foreign languages every All fairy tale books and comic books will come with an audio cd to help children with he also has an upcoming to show called Slang mans world that will feature Burke As the Only human interacting with a variety of puppets and car Toons introducing children to the languages and Cul Tures of the for More about Slang Man publishing and its 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