How I did it: Well I was never taught any foreign language in school.Have been speaking English and Hindi since childhood.Decided to learn multitudes of foreign languages in order to differentiate myself from the common lot :p . Started with spanish.Devoted myself completely.learnt the basic phrases,verbs,all kinds of tenses and developed a large vocab  in around a month's time..And I have been trying to improve myself everyday..Started listening to podcasts,chatting(voice) with native speakers to achieve fluency and now I can talk to them easily...Have started learning Italian as well,and the progress has been good..Can converse with and understand a native Italian and Spaniard now :) ...Wow...I can speak 4 languages now !! French is the next target :)

Lessons & tips: Try to learn up all kinds of tenses,although start with the basic ones first.learn the basic verbs,vocabulary and start chatting..Also podcasts might help as they give you a real time experience of the language as it is spoken by a native person. keep yourself motivated,look at the positives of learning a new language and so on..Review everything you have learnt once in a while ..Hope this helps :)

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Aug 03, 2009, 07:02AM PDT | 0 comments | 2 cheers