learn a new language

I would really like to learn Italian and then go to Italy and live there during the summer. It is such a delicious language to listen to.
However, as luck would have it, an elderly couple has bought the house across the street and they speak French. So, perhaps I will take the opportunity this summer and ask them to help me learn French. It’s not italian, but it is an easy alternative 1 month ago

I definitely still want to do but i need to focus on things 1st. 4 months ago

1. Spanish
2. Latin
3. French
4. German
5. Italian
6. American Sign Language

Other Options:

7. Norwegian
8. Danish
9. Swedish
10. Russian 4 months ago

I speak English and some German, but spend a lot of time in Greece during the summer and would love to be able to speak Greek with some of the locals who don’t speak English. As I have been going there for a long time, I feel it is about time I made the effort! 5 months ago

Since my return from my trip to Central America, sadly, I haven’t pursued ways to put into practice what I learned, as I intended. Overall it was a good experience but I felt learning in a group setting had its pros and cons. The main downside for me what that I wanted to progress further but was somewhat limited due to the pace of the group. I knew it was a short time to really learn much, and in the end, I wish I had had more oppotunity to practice somehow. I think this was what I felt was missing the most. My first week was probably the most productive; I was taking in the language, thinking in the language and possibly even dreaming in the language. Although the remainder of the course slowed down, I still must have absorbed things because I will sometimes hear something or think of something and realize I understand or know more than I did before the course. When I went, my knowledge was close to zero.

A few months ago at work, there was a document in Spanish and a few employees were sharing their knowledge of the language. That, and watching a video in Spanish and understanding more than I wouild have before, left me wishing I knew more. I didn’t want to let the experience and what I did acquire go to waste. I think the difficult part for me is not having a concrete reason to learn it. Of course, it’s great to know more languages – it broadens things and relationships – but I just wish I could be learning it with a goal in mind.

Recently I discovered the Fluenz language program and tested the demo. It was fun to practice and I felt comfortable. There are many programs out there, many ways to learn a new language. I believe I came across this one after reading that it had a better rating than Rosetta Stone. With the little bit I saw of it, I was happy and would have liked to learn more with it.

In the end, I’m still far from being fluent but I suppose I did retain some of what I learned and could improve upon this. 5 months ago

I completed my first lesson in German and it was really fun. Took me longer than I wanted, almost 2 hours , but I took a lot of notes and repeated a lot of things to be sure that it would stick with me. 5 months ago

I enrolled myself in several online language courses today. I am starting with Spanish and Greek I think. I may change my mind about the language choices but not about learning a new language. So many I want to learn it is hard to choose. When I last tested for occupational profiles, translator and foreign languages were very high on my list of career suggestions. Let’s see if they were right! 5 months ago

The Netherlands and Ireland are on my list of places I hope to visit at least once each in my lifetime. It would be great to have a working understanding of the languages when I go. 5 months ago

I am already fluent in Filipino Sign Language, which is a visual language, and am currently considered to be at a level of proficiency where I can do interpreting work.

Now I want to learn a new spoken language. I can speak Tagalog, some Ilonggo, some Cebuano, (these are all Filipino languages) and English. I wonder what would be a good language to learn?

Japanese seems interesting. Spanish would be easier and more useful since I have relatives who speak Spanish fluently. I took basic German in College.

I’ll figure it out first before looking into lessons. :) 6 months ago

It’s a great privilege to be able to communicate with people in their languages! :) 6 months ago