Learning a language.

I would not call myself fluent but I do speak Spanish. I learned from some people I met at work. I just thought of it as adding words to my vocabulary. I still have trouble with my verb placement sometimes but I can get my point across..lol...I think it is great that you are wanting to learn a new language. I have heard that the Rosetta stone that another responder mentioned is very good. I have thought about getting it myself.

I am also a language enthusiast and I have learned German as my third language though it has been a long time since I never speak the language I already forgot most of the vocabulary. I also learned french but after level 4 I found it difficult to learn two languages at the same time, so I stopped and concentrated on German. I was able to use German language to earn a living as I became fluent speaker after three trimesters attending classes. When I went to Germany, the more i enhanced my German language skills as my host were native Germans who do not speak English at all. I learned Arabic when I was in Dubai. I was able to speak, read and write basic conversations. Based on my experiences in language learning, I learned better attending a formal class where I could practice it with the teacher and my classmates. With the arabic language, I wasn't able to continue anymore as there was no more classes offered after the basic course I took due to the unavailability of the professor. I am right now in the gulf and everyday I interact with the locals who's arabic is their native language. I was in three countries here in the Gulf, Qatar, Emirates and now in Oman. Arabic language varies, they have their own versions but there is still the standard one. Egypt has their own version as well. Although they have different versions, when they talk they would still understand each other. If you are really determined to learn a language, I suggest you go to that country where you would have the opportunity to interact with the locals as there are words that you would learn by hearing from people. In language learning practice is the best teacher. Once you stopped using it, you will forget what you have learned,

The best part of high school for me was learning a foreign language. i enjoyed learning French and i can still hang on to it. Some may see learning a foreign language as a waste of time or a chore. It was never that way for me.

I am fluent in Spanish and find that unless you practice it daily it will be difficult to grasp. It is like driving and riding a bike once you know it you know for life, however you will need to get back on to relearn. So unless you utilize it frequently learning a secondary language will be twice as difficult. Not impossible depending on the persistence.

for arabic langude i am here :) just start to study and come to my yahoo messanger or send my private message in mylot with your yahoo email messanger and after that feel free to speak arabic with me Note: that's for eveyone in mylot also :) now you have a best education system on the world LOL you need to find another mylotters speak the other languges :)

Ah, we are in the same boat. I want to learn other languages as well. When I was little I was fluent in french but thats because we lived in Nigeria which is close to Cote d'lvoire, a french speaking country. We moved to the United States when I was nine and over the years my ability to speak it slowly dwindled. Now I can only speak a few words, but it would be nice to learn to be fluent again. The tools I've heard a lot about is Rosetta, I heard it was really effective. Only downside is that it's very expensive unless you have some money to spare. I'm sure there are other useful tools out there, it just requires some thorough research. I wish you the best on your quest to learning a new language!

Better to go first the country you want and you reached that country that's the time you start learning. The best thing is to used the international language. I am here in Saudi Arabia although in the beginning it's hard to understand but later on you learned one by one and used it more often so that you will not forget any of those words.

You can go to a local bookstore and they have c.d.'s, d.v.d.'s and the books that go along with the videos and tapes and things like that or try a small community college for about a $100.00? Hope this helps! Have a good day!

I heard good stories about pimsleur. Pimsleur is even recommended by CIA and FBI. I tried programs like rosetta stone and some others before and I didn't like them too much.

all think that learning a language is so easy in month or year,it is no true,to learn a language we should start from basics alphabets & words there meaning that is vacabulory,next is sentence formation,next comes the discussion with the person fluent in that language.this process takes atleast 2-3years of time.

i guess that is quite impossible ,only going to a country and then practicing it makes a man perfect,so books are just a basic eye opener

The Rosetta Stone software is supposed to be awesome and really work. I've know people who have had success with the Rosetta Stone Spanish. I also know a family who used Rosetta Stone English as a speech development tool for their autistic child. The downside to the program is that it is very expensive. Those of us who merely quest for knowledge may not be able to afford the program for each language we would like to learn. I believe you can load the software on 2 computers though; so you may be able to find someone else to split the cost with you. Though software piracy is illegal and I don't wish to encourage or promote it, I've heard that there are bootleg versions that really work around (often available on eBay). Good luck on you ambitious endeavor. I'd love to hear how it turns out.