has anyone tried to learn another language online?

Philippines
June 14, 2012 7:02pm CST
hi there mylotters! i want to learn french. This is my new goal. But then it is kind of expensive if I enroll myself to a class and also I dont have that much time. I am planning to scout websites to help me speak french, has anyone tried to do this? or learn another language perhaps? how was it? help me please guys!. thanks
8 responses
• United States
15 Jun 12
I wanted to learn spanish and I went to the local library and got rosetta stone... it is amazing and you can learn at your own pace. It comes with a pc cd and book to follow along with. It is self explanitory and easy to use!!! It helped me greatly before we went to mexico. Now I can say I am pretty darn good at speaking spanish. I loved it so much I just went to the library last week and picked up the german version
• United States
15 Jun 12
i have actually heard about this on the tv. i have been woundering about it since then and thought they were just pulling our leg to get money. how expensive is it? what all does it consist of? (like what kind of tools does it use to teach you?
• Philippines
20 Jun 12
what is rosetta stone? we don't have that in our library or maybe I should check out other libraries for that. I am glad that it helped you out a lot and made you learn spanish at your own pace. thank you for that input and happy mylotting!
• United States
20 Jun 12
well rosetta stone here we have to call like an 800 number on the tv to get it so it may be diffrent other places but i am sure that you can type it into the search on the internet and find it. it may be possible to order it online if that is something that you dont mind doing. other than that i do not know much about it but i will try and look it up for you when i get some time but until i hit 500 posts i am unable to post links to it lol
• United States
15 Jun 12
i took french in high school because i was dating someone who was fluent in the laungue but then i was stuck to do it on my own. i am not very good at it now tho. about 6 months ago i wanted to do the same by learning it online. all i did was type in "free english to french translation" once i did that i was given a whole list of options. find the one that best helps you but there are some really good ones on there. also there is a way to listen to them say it also. i know that probably isnt much help but i thought i would try. you can type anything into the translation box and it will translate it the best it can. i will tell you tho that some of it is not 100% because i was talking to that friend again and he had to correct some things but he said it was close enough that he knew what i was saying.
• Philippines
20 Jun 12
so how was the guy you were dating? did you last? that is so sweet for you to try and learn french for the guy. thank you for teaching me what to type and for the options that can work for me. thank you and happy mylotting!
• Philippines
20 Jun 12
i think everything will work together for good. I am excited to learn french and who knows what opportunities it will bring me. thank you for wishing me luck!
• United States
20 Jun 12
well we actually got engaged but after a while we broke up but i have married a really great man and had 2 kids so i guess it was all for the best :) french is a very fun launguage to learn no matter what it is for. i now look it up sometimes just for fun :) your welcome and i hope it helped you out some. good luck on the learning french :)
@chenee08 (591)
• Philippines
16 Jun 12
Ever since i was a kid I wanted to learn how to speak japanese. With the help of the internet and for watching anime I was able to learn basic japanese. Then i begun searching for a free website that offers free training. I don't know if there are still website that offers free basic tutorials.
• Philippines
20 Jun 12
yes there are websites still that offer free basic tutorials. it is amazing how love of anime can let you learn about things! that is super nice. now you are able to understand some words in anime. I admire and want to be like you. I will start studying french now
• Italy
15 Jun 12
I never tried to do that on line but I tried to learn Spanish as self-taught and at the beginning it was not so bad. Anyway I found that without a native language teacher is very difficult to learn something else than the simple grammar. Even the pronunciation would be approximate. Would this class be interactive? I mean would be there a teacher in person on video or listening to which you can learn or better if you can ask him/her any of your doubt? When I was studying Spanish I had a lot of doubts and I could not ask anyone, it was frustrating.
• Philippines
20 Jun 12
there is a website that I found that has this audio thing and when I wanted to hear how it is spoken I would just press a button. but i also do think it is really nice and different and more interactive if there is a teacher but then it is also expensive.
@ARIES1973 (11426)
• Legaspi, Philippines
15 Jun 12
I don't have a time to try it out yet but I know that with the technology that we have, everything is possible online. I would like to try this out too.
• Philippines
20 Jun 12
hey there aries! let us go ahead and try it out so that we can see what would be the results! I am super excited to learn and who knows what opportunities it will bring us soon! happy mylotting
• India
20 Jun 12
Hi friend, learning a new language always gives fun and enjoyment. Once i tried to learn Hindi from an online site, but the course is not going well, it is boring and i discontinued it. In my opinion learning a language from a direct person is better than online learning
• Philippines
20 Jun 12
yes you are correct, learning from a direct person is more effective but my problem is that I dont have the money to enrol in a school or hire a tutor so I have to make do with what i have and can afford.
@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
15 Jun 12
I am learning Russian online. At first I was going to take an offline class, because I thought that would be the best way to learn it, but when I discovered the prices of those classes I changed my mind. It is too expensive for me to take an offline class, so I study online instead. I found a free programme that I was able to download, and it is a great way to learn the language. There are different levels to choose from. I am still a beginner, so at the moment I stick to the multiple choice questions, but when I get better I am going to use the other questions. Some time ago I started a discussion about the best ways to learn a language online and I also got some useful links from other members. I combine those links with the programme that I have downloaded. Good luck with your French studies
• Philippines
20 Jun 12
hi there porcospino. yes, I learned from my roomate who was studying the Norwegian language. she has to pay at least 30thousand to be able to study for about 3 months and I dont have that kind of money and so maybe I will stick to learning in the internet.
@hestylim (1210)
• Indonesia
15 Jun 12
I am using internet to practice my English. I don't learn any other language using internet anymore.. :)
• Philippines
20 Jun 12
yes the internet is great tool in helping people learn english well. I do think that mylot is also a great opportunity to learn how to write and understand english. you are a witty one. thank you and happy mylotting!