Learning a language
@jollyjeangiant (219)
United States
March 25, 2007 3:01pm CST
Hey, so I took some French in high school, and was never very good at it (vocabulary is easy, but the grammar drove me batty until I just started trying Yoda grammar, and it usually worked but I still didn't know the rules). Anyways, I'd like to see if I could pick some of it up again, and I was wondering what you guys have had luck with, in terms of picking up a foreign language? Is it Rosetta Stone all the way, have you found you needed a teacher or a group to work with, are you all about workbooks? What works for you?
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@myklaire (437)
• Philippines
25 Mar 07
I worked in Tawain for three years. When I got there for the first, I didn't know a single chinese word. I couldn't even read since they write differently. I couldn't buy a book and study on my own. So, what I did, I always listen to their conversations and asked a Chinese friend who knows a little English. When I learned something, I always used them. I think I'm a fast learner coz in 6 months time, I was able to engage in converstions.
@Transformed (1259)
• United States
25 Mar 07
I need a group and sometimes tapes to help me. I took French when I was coming up and loved it a lot, but I noticed when I had kind and helpful teachers who used the language in a number of ways (speaking exercises, one-on-one interviews, group activities) that it helped me a whole lot more in terms of my progression.
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