Dumkoff!
AY-nol’ should read more.
(06-14) 16:29 PDT San Jose, Calif. (AP) —
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger told a gathering of Hispanic journalists that immigrants should avoid Spanish-language media if they want to learn English quickly.
“You’ve got to turn off the Spanish television set” and avoid Spanish-language television, books and newspapers, the Republican governor said Wednesday night at the annual convention of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists.
“You’re just forced to speak English, and that just makes you learn the language faster,” Schwarzenegger said.
“I know this sounds odd and this is the politically incorrect thing to say, and I’m going to get myself in trouble,” he said, noting that he rarely spoke German and was forced to learn English when he emigrated from Austria.
Schwarzenegger was responding to a question about how Hispanic students can improve academically. Many journalists for Spanish-language organizations in the audience were surprised by the remarks.
What a sissy-man. He should learn some manners.
mexfiles.net 
This is actually kind of hilarious. 🙂
Sort of like the time Vicente Fox addressed an adult literacy class, and told an illiterate woman she was probably happier not reading the news.
I learned Spanish by doing the opposite: I would watch the international news first in English, then in Spanish. Since I already knew what the main stories were about, that helped me understand unfamiliar Spanish words.
I learned from telenovelas… the story line isn’t that different from one to another, and the gestures and music helped with understanding the context.