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oceansoul
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29th Sep 09 at 18:37   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Has anyone gone out and learnt a second language?
How did you go about doing it, Internet? Books? Audio Tapes (CD)?
How long did it take you to get semi decent?
How old when you started?

Ive heard that the older you are the harder it is to learn, im 23 btw
Reecemac
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29th Sep 09 at 21:18   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Ive heard that the older you are the harder it is to learn, im 23 btw

Think thats only when your really young. Iv heard the Rosetta stone program is quite good but never tried myself, its available in loads of languages and you can get hold of it from a few online "shops".
AlunJ
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29th Sep 09 at 21:27   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i've tried learning a few languages, I've never suceeded really, but I think that's because I can't motivate myself. I want to learn spanish
DaveyLC
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29th Sep 09 at 21:30   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I speak reasonable German.. I fancy learning Japanese, its supposed to be quite simplistic.
J da Silva
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I've had to learn English, but many countries are really big on teaching it anyway so I had a basic knowledge already, think I actually started really early but I was maybe aged 4 or 5, so much so that when I'm in the house with my girlfriend (I live in UK) we speak English without thinking.

I am fluent in Spanish as I lived there too.

I have lived in Tokyo aswell and had lessons for Japanese but really struggled so just found that nodding and 'hmmming' and saying "AAAHHH" did the trick.

[Edited on 29-09-2009 by J da Silva]
Cosmo
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29th Sep 09 at 21:32   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Rosetta Stone audio books I have heard great things about.

They are NOT available free via torrents
Robbo
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29th Sep 09 at 21:42   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
aye rosetta stone

OR living in the country
Nath
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29th Sep 09 at 21:46   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I want to learn Swiss German so I can have an advantage over my colleagues.
Nath
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quote:
Originally posted by Robbo
aye rosetta stone

OR living in the country

To be sure?
drunkenfool
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29th Sep 09 at 22:23   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I started learning Spanish when I was 14, I'm now 24 and just completed a Single Honours degree in Spanish and won the departmental prize for getting the highest mark in the year Ive heard good things about Rosetta Stone, but to be honest the only way to learn a language is to practice all of the skills as much as you can.
drunkenfool
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29th Sep 09 at 22:24   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
and yes, living in the country is an amazing way of learning but you do need some knowledge before you go otherwise the learning curve is just too steep and people give up.
Ian
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29th Sep 09 at 22:47   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I'm currently doing AS level Spanish. Did the GCSE last year. Its evening classes so you need to put in extra work outside the class but its more structured than private study.
Muzzy@VauxhallScotland
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29th Sep 09 at 23:35   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I've always wanted to learn a foreign language. All i know is the basic French from school
Conway563
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30th Sep 09 at 07:50   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
As said Rosetta Stone is really good or I've used Pimsleur stuff for when I've been on holday which is good too
Sam
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30th Sep 09 at 08:09   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I speak a bit of French and Arabic, my mum speaks it too so I think it helped being around someone that spoke the languages on a regular basis.

Myself and my other half want to learn Spanish though. Considering evening classes as there's a place down the road from us where we could go.
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30th Sep 09 at 08:55   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I've done the first French Rosetta Stone, think there are higher levels though. Tempted to go to the language classes at uni though.

 
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