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Finally doing something about this goal 1 week ago

I’m halfway through beginner classes in Irish-Gaelic (or Irish as my teacher calls it). So far so good. I would like to take Irish 2 in the spring, but I’m not sure if time will allow. I guess we’ll see!



francais? 3 weeks ago

Probably will try to learn french for numerous reasons.. moms first language is french, so it would be easy to have her help me with it, i already have up to grade ten core french in the bag, and since my plans are to join the RCMP, it will open up many more oportunities for me to speak canadas second language:D



French 1 month ago

Working on my French. Finally got into a class, so things a really speedy now. Looking forward to putting the skill to use!



although i'm undecided about which i should try... 2 months ago

I was thinking perhaps French, as a convenience for when my husband and i finally get to paris… it sounds lovely and romantic…
although, on the flip side, i think i would really enjoy travelly through Russia as well, so they’re probably my two favourite options…



Untitled 2 months ago

I took three years of Italian as a child when I lived in Italy. When I moved to Spain, I forgot it and instead picked up Spanish. Total, I’ve taken about 8 years of Spanish plus I lived in El Puerto de Santa Maria. But, unfortunately, being forced to move to a very uncultured conservative town in the middle of nowhere, USA as a teen, I lost it all. I had spoken pretty fluently.

I do still have a large Spanish vocabulary but I’ve lost my conversational skills. I certainly don’t feel confident enough with it to speak to someone. I hope to either brush back up on my Spanish or learn French or German. I’ve also always been interested in learning a dying language. We will see.



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Untitled 3 months ago

hopefully latin,sweden,or italian and french mabye



punkrocknerd13 is wanting more from life ~always!~

maybe! 3 months ago

so yeah just moved to cali and the traffic is INSANE! seriously i waste up to 4 HOURS a DAY just sitting in my car losing precious brain cells and even more precious time. then i had a stroke of genius. language cds! so i had my sissy find some and im now the proud owner of spanish and french lessons via my car stero! no more wasting my life away in traffic yey!! lol. i will start them next week. fun!



Untitled 3 months ago

I have learned English at my own, by playing video games and using the Internet in English since I was a child, and began to speak fluently, I have 14 years.



On my way 4 months ago

I’m doing pretty well on this one. I decided on French for work purposes, although Swahili may turn out to be the more practical one. I’m in Level 2 of my computer course and looking into an intensive for the fall. Feel like I’m making regular progress and hope I can become more comfortable soon.



I "give up" 6 months ago

Well, not really, but I realized the goal is too vague. There’s no way to know when I’ve completed the goal (in fact I don’t think it would ever be “complete” as language learning can potentially be infinite). Gave up on this in favor of smaller, achievable learning goals that would fall under this heading.



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