Have you been learning foreign languages ?

My native language is Romanian, a Latin language that is totally different from English. I started to learn it back in school but back then I wasn't too interested in learning foreign languages. I also learned some French in school but I wouldn't say I know too much of it. Bonjour! and Merci! and Comment t'appele toi? Je m'appele Octav. are the few French sentences I know. But with English things were different. I started to learn it when I finished school and I think I've learned it pretty well. I still have much to learn but I am satisfied with the results. What foreign language (s?) do you speak?

I am fluent in both writing, reading and speaking Spanish, although it is because I am Puerto Rican. However, I was not fluent at all as a child and made it a point to self learn. I find it helpful here in the US as it is used quite often here. The best way I went about learning and perfecting my Spanish language was really researching certain words I was completely oblivious about and also using on a consistent basis. When my children were born I only spoke to them in Spanish and made it a point for them to only speak it while very little. In fact when they started school neither of my children spoke English. I knew that once they were in school they would pick up English quite easily. Both of my children are also very fluent now in both English and Spanish and once again it is because I made it point to assure they used it consistently, so they would not forget.

I can understand enough Spanish to follow a Telenovella, a soap opera.And very lottle Hebrew and some French and American Sign Language. The best way to learn is to Hear And read it about 1-2 hours a day.

I first learned German as a catering student and went from zero knowledge to a "Workplace Fluent" certificate in about 6 months..In the classroom,our tutors would explain EVERYTHING in German,starting from the basics and building on that. We were encouraged NOT to fall back on dictionaries,but to examine an unfamiliar word in its context to understand its meaning..There's still words and concepts in my head that I can only process in German,and My training was now 25 Years ago.. The best way to learn,IMO,is to get an opportunity to immerse yourself in the Language.For Me,that was a German Only classroom Environment for 3 months,and a further 3 months at a Language school in Germany,then a Year working in the Country. Now,With the internet,(I Feel like an old Fart saying We didn't HAVE the internet back then!) You can stream TV,radio,and download language podcasts to improve your understanding,as well as the conventional educational programmes and books. I'm now trying to improve My French and Spanish...

I have learned 3 different languages at school: English, German and French. I learned Italian when I was living in Italy and I learned some Japanese when I went to a Danish/Japanese school. At the moment I am learning Russian. I can't afford to study Russian at a school, so I study by myself. I have downloaded a programme that I use and I also use some of the online language sites that I have found. Some time ago I started a discussion about languages and I got some very useful links from other members of MyLot I especially like the sites where I am able to listen to the pronounciation while I am reading the words.

Great timing! I actually just had a conversation about this same topic with my aunt and a friend. They say that if you want to be globally competitive, there are three languages that you have to learn. (English, Spanish and Chinese) We were rushing and had to separate from each other at that time and so I didn't get to know the reason why it should be these languages? I can understand English because it's the world's social language, but why Spanish and Chinese? LOL! I threw another question in here. I hope that I get some answers from mylotters!

yes of course i like to learn foreign languages. i studied japaness, french and turkish. but i just can say a few words from those languages. if you like to learn foreign languages just practise to communicate using it. because practice makes perfect. nice discussion..