How do you get on with foreign languages?

I really want to learn Italian - everytime I visit I try a ew words but, I am struggling to pick it up and retain it whcihc I think is because I don't get enough time to actually do any real studying!!

I wish I could speak other languages, but I don't seem to have an ear for them.

I don't know ANY foreign language and have always wanted to learn one, but I've discovered I have a language learning disability that has even made English, my native tongue, hard for me. I do sign a little, because I worked with some deaf ladies for a while.

It's a public problem,i learn German now.and it's really hard for me to learn that.IT has some same words but different meaning to English.

hi maximax8, how are you? at this moment, i learning english, and i live in uruguay, so i speak spanish. i have never traveled outside latin america, so, the places that i went, i didnt have problems with the speaking. good luck!!

I know Russia, German (studied at school), English, Italian. My mother language is Latvian. When i go to antoher country i try to learn some words from the local lnaguage in this country. I respect another cultures, and it is good way to show people that i respect his culture. When i was in Turkey i tried to learn some words from Turkish language. Of course, the best way to learn language is live in that concrete country. But not always it is possible.:)

I have problem with foreign languages. If I go somewhere where English is not their language, it would be so problematic for me. I understand few words in Spanish language, but that would not be comfortable at all to go to a Spanish speaking country. Do you know any good free website where someone can learn Spanish or French. If you do please give me the link. Thanks!

Schools usually start learning a language with the alphabet. Children start learning a language just by listening and speaking. English, Spanish, Portuguese, Latin, Italian, French, German, Russian, Greek, and Hindi are all classified under the Indo-European language family and thus have many similarities. The English vocabulary is 40% French, 28% Latin, 25% German.

hi maximax, congratulations that you have learned already French,you know English from the beginning itself once again you are learning Spanish ,where is the possibility to me to learn a foreign language,that is too late to me to learn a foreign language,wish you all the best in learning new languages,have a nice day

Well, sadly enough, I've never been out of the country..Except once to Canada, where they speak English. So I haven't had any experience in that field, unfortunately. But even living in the US, where the native language is English (or supposed to be, anyway) - I seem to run into communication barriers often - especially at work. Many people come in who don't exactly know how to speak English, and can't communicate with me very well. I do the best I can, though. Sometimes I draw pictures, sometimes while trying to help someone, I look up translations on the internet (via Babel Fish). lol. Whatever it takes, right? I know a VERY minimal amount of Spanish from having a few best buds from Ecuador, and I know quite a bit of Japanese from taking it in school. Besides that, though, I'm pretty much in the dark as far as foreign languages go.

I am a terrible foreign language speaker! I have been learning English for more than 12 years but I seldom use it, so I am not be able to speak this popular language flyently. How embarrassing it is! Untill recently I took an IELST test and am contacting a foreign professor to find an opportunity of studying abroad, I begin using it more frequently. Now I am preparing for an online interview, to be honest I am pretty nervous. I am a little worried that I couldn't behave well, especially on oral English. In future I definitly need to grasp every chance to prsctise speaking English.

Well, apart from English I can speak Spanish and Japanese, and I tried to learn German and Chinese, but I gave up soon. Too difficult Learning languages is really funny, and useful when you travel. We all know that "English can be used anywhere" is completely fake, and is very likely not to find English speakers in most of the places -non anglosaxon countries, I mean- you will travel to, so is better to be prepared

I studied French for three years in high school, but have not studied a foreign language since. I haven't been out of the country, so I have never had a chance to speak the language, but I think I would try to learn their language. I know a lot of people who come to the USA try to speak English so that we understand them, so I would try to return the favor. Have you had any countries that have been particularly hard to speak in? I know you said Eastern Europe, but any specific area? The accents probably play a factor into the problem.