Help Please. How to learn language ?

@easy888 (10405)
Australia
February 28, 2007 8:03pm CST
I would like to learn a new language, but i do not have ways to do it. I cannot afford the time to go to study language course. I can only study by myself. Do anyone have any suggestion on how to learn a language effectively. thank you..
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23 responses
• China
1 Mar 07
you can learn it through languages sites which are available on net.you can download basics of that languages. and study. you can make friends of that perticular language to communicate with them. then you will learn more quickely. tell me which language you want to learn. may be i will help you about that language. because i am also interesting to learn language and now a days i am learning chinese. thanks for your this disscussion. your sincerely Usman
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@easy888 (10405)
• Australia
1 Mar 07
i am interested in german.so what is the website /?
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• China
2 Mar 07
i am comn from china,chinese is my mother language.i am poor in ehglish,i want to learn english very much,and i hope to make friends here,i help you to learn chinese, and you help me to learn english,ok?
• United States
1 Mar 07
Wal*Mart has these cds that are around $10.00 for two discs. It's called "World Talk" and it comes in different languages. They say on the package that you will learn no matter what- I've used them and they do work.
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@easy888 (10405)
• Australia
1 Mar 07
but unfortualey i am not living in the states..lol.
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@lpipe0240 (1161)
• United States
1 Mar 07
Check out www.walmart.com You can usally purchase anything on-line that you can at the store.
@pravda1 (288)
• United States
2 Mar 07
I'm learning Russian and I purchased a study book on eBay that helps with the phonics of the language. Once I learned some basic words, I then found something I use everyday...numbers! So now I am in the process of converting english to russian when I use numbers. I want to be as fast as my native english. Next will be common phrases. I hope this has helped!
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@easy888 (10405)
• Australia
2 Mar 07
i reckon it is good to learn language when one is young ,as when we get older, we need to work and get less time to learn langauge , all we can dois learn it bit by bit..and we can see a slight improvement as times go by
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@bluewings (3857)
14 Mar 07
For learning any new language listening to the diction and pronunciation matters a lot.When trying a foreign language that's popular ,it's best to turn to movies with subtitles in your own language.That way, to understand the story you can read the exact subtitles and hear the words pronounced simultaneously. One of my friend used to watch cartoons and read comic books of a foreign language because they are simple to understand and remember.Once the basic vocabulary is built,you could use the advanced books and news channel to improve on what you have already learnt.
@easy888 (10405)
• Australia
16 Mar 07
thx for your comment
@liranlgo (5752)
• Israel
16 Mar 07
well the best thing is to go to te the country the language is spoken:) but if you can not do that the next best thing is to find some people that spaeak the language you want to learn on daily basis so you can learn from them if not just sign yourself to a course of that language i know that here the embasys of the other countries have a teaching school so try that. if not..you can take lessons online and buy books and tapes:)
@easy888 (10405)
• Australia
19 Mar 07
In fact I should have a lot of chances to meet people from different countries in australia..and learn different languages
@Slashher (117)
• Denmark
10 Mar 07
I can help you with german or spanish :P XD however! You have to be motivated to learn german! It's not as hard as they say, but it's not a walk in the park especially if it's gonna be the first language you will learn :P My french teacher told me once Chinese was the hardest language, followed by jap, and then by german :P Oh as for recommendations, there's this course called Pimsleur which seems to be effective and my personal suggestion and method, is music and stuff that you like.. You'll learn 9 times faster if you do it while listening to stuff you like or reading something you're actually interested in
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@easy888 (10405)
• Australia
10 Mar 07
I will try to pay more effort in learning new languages. May be you can be my tutor..lol... If there is german version of mylot,,probably i can learn easily in short time..lol
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@ondo1015 (1884)
• Philippines
20 Mar 07
In website I think there are site like teachiung language. Even piano lesson is in website like Piano.com. Cooking lesson , everything is in web.
@lucalucky (1839)
• Italy
4 Mar 07
The best and easy way to learn a new language is... have agirlfriend/boyfriend from that country. He/She has not to teach to you but just talk in his/her language. I am sure that in few month you can speak enough of the new language. Le t me know if you are trying this way.
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• United States
3 Mar 07
There is a program called the Rosetta Stone. It is suppose to be a great program for learning new languages. I haven't tried it yet. But plan to in a few months.
@easy888 (10405)
• Australia
3 Mar 07
What is the program about ?
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• Italy
4 Mar 07
Is this software a translator?
@santuccie (3384)
• United States
19 Mar 07
I've heard of the Rosetta Stone before, but never really checked it out. It is supposedly used by NASA and other government agencies. It looks really good! $200 sounds expensive, but I've been spending more than that. I'm currently taking American Sign Language at Delta College. If you ever get the time to invest, I would highly recommend it. The interaction is great; it really goes a long way.
@Bhuadi (97)
• India
2 Mar 07
One good way top learn a lanuage is read books related to that language.
@easy888 (10405)
• Australia
2 Mar 07
but how can i read the books whit language that i cannot understand?
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@lyndee22 (1210)
• Philippines
16 Mar 07
buy a dictionary with translation of other languages.
• Pakistan
6 Mar 07
here is a website hope it could help you to do what you are trying to ,By the way which language do you want to learn? www.unforgetablelanguages.com
@easy888 (10405)
• Australia
6 Mar 07
i want to learn german and chinese...too greedy..lol...?
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@mssnow (9484)
• United States
20 Mar 07
There are plenty of web sites that reach languages. You can learn about any language you like even sign language. I have taken a few course myself in Spanish but i give up easily. I would love to learn Spanish though. Try going to one of the free web sites. They even have the sounds.
• India
3 Mar 07
well its not too difficult to learn,if you have intrest on that. you can get lots of study metrial, use library and all, but th emain thing that you have to do hard work on that. i am sure if you have interest on any language you will learn easle. also one main thing that speak laudly as much as possible on that language
@easy888 (10405)
• Australia
3 Mar 07
if you are interested in something ,you have higher chance to be successful for it, but language is really hard to learn under many limitations. For example, we get limited time everyday, so what we can do is learn it bit by bit. Anyway I will work hard ...
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• United States
1 Mar 07
i live in the states and worked with a lot of hispanics. i ordered a CD on how to speak spanish. Plus i was freinds with some of them and they would teach me. they would speak spanish sometimes and look at me and laugh. They would tell me what they said. But check into getting CDs.....
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@wmg2006 (5381)
• United States
14 Mar 07
I am learning dutch via the internet. I searched free dutch language and found many sites that offer all kinds of different language study free. Do a search with the word free in the search and see what comes up. I can not speak the language well but I will be able to understand it when others speak it and I have only been studying a little bit.
@unisis (1673)
• Indonesia
20 Mar 07
I think it is not too difficult to learn,if you have interest on that,you can get lots of study material, use library and all, but the main thing that you have to do hard work on that,i am sure if you have interest on any language you will learn easily,also one main thing that speak laudly as much as possible on that language. and purchased a study book that helps with the phonics of the language and learned some basic words, then found something we use everyday as like numbers.
@elginkoh (89)
• Singapore
14 Mar 07
Learning languages is not that hard, if you have the will to learn,you'll catch it up one day.To my thinking, there are 2 ways to learn them: 1) Get contact with their native people, lay a good friendship relation with them and learn from them and brave enough to communicate with their language, don't be afraid to make mistake and their laughter, through them you'll catch up very fast. 2) Listen to radio broadcasting on foreign languages or get some foreign language CD to play on but most important thing you must have some body to talk with so as to gain fast improvement.Hoping that my suggestion will be adopted by you.
@hcromer (2710)
• United States
14 Mar 07
Back in August I know that Rosettastone.com was having a special where they were giving away some instructional language disks... You might want to check that out.
• United States
20 Mar 07
I speak 3 languages and understand 4: English, Spanish, French, and Latin (Latin is the one I understand). English is the language I grew up speaking, and then I learned French (to a point). Since French, Spanish, and Latin are all Romance languages, the roots are similar. That really helped, especially when reading the languages. I understand better than I speak. One thing you have to understand when speaking another language: you cannot think in one language and speak in another. When you're thinking in Spanish, Spanish comes out. This helps with your understanding of that language. It took me forever to figure that out, but once I did, it helped me soooo much. I learned all of my languages in school. When my little sister and brother were really little, though, we used to put them to sleep with these CDs that had lullabyes in different languages. Scientifically and psychologically, this is supposed to make learning languages later in life easier. My advice? There are lots of chances online, or at a library or school in the area, where you can learn a language. There are DVDs and VHSs that are made for teaching people how to speak that language. The main thing you need to do is go get a CD (or several lol) and listen to it every night while you sleep. This is very effective. When you're asleep, your mind is relaxed, and so it soaks in more. I have this instrumental CD that I listened to every night for a week while I slept. Then, when I listened to it when I was awake, I ended up humming along, even though I didn't even know I had heard the song. It really works, even if it doesn't seem like it right away. Or you could always meet someone from that country and ask them to teach you. There are always foreign exchange students at my school every year. Last year this guy from Saxony, Germany came. Just listening to him speak German was awesome, and he even taught me a few phrases. So, that is always an option...
@pelo26 (1552)
• Philippines
14 Mar 07
I can't think of any other way than having someone to teach you. Learning to speak a foreign language is almost impossible to self teach.., specially if your not familiar with its alphabet. By the way, what languages are you interested in?