learning languages

hey kiddies..

im looking to learn some non-english languages, and wa slooking for some advice..

of course, just moving to a different county would be best, but i'm not ready for that.

i know some spanish, so i figured that might be a good place to start.

do those tapes work at all?

any books/sites worth checking out?

im not gonna pay for a class

i pay ten beans per 3hr lesson not including books/dictionarys. it's a home class that i attend with 9 other people. it centers on both verbal and written lesson plans.

Who says you have to pay? Just go and sit in on classes at the closest college.....

i thought about that.. but it ain't like sitting in on a 200+ lecture... from what i gather, they meet every day, and the classes aren't very large.

if you already have a basic understanding of spanish and conjugations and whatnot, build your vocabulary with those cheesy flash card sets you can buy in college bookstores and watch the spanish channel all the time. when i had this big presentation in my spanish class, i watched telemundo and listened to spanish radio for three days straight. it fucking works, you even start thinking in spanish after a while.

no cable... and my city doesn't have a large enough hispanic population to warrent a radio station... the cards might be a good idea though

I've been listening to my Lebanese buddies arabic tapes. They are very good. I find it's faster to learn in phrases rather than words at a time.

i started learning japanese years ago w/audio learning cds and books. then moved up to (best decision i ever made) college textbooks that the japanese class uses. i just recently bought the jap IV book plus a new kanji book at a used college book store for 75$. its worth it.

i learned korean by living there for 2 years, which is the BEST way to learn ANY language

should have taken spanish in highschool

You can learn any language in High School but the only thing is that you have to have a good teacher......I had a old ass white guy for my spanish teacher and all he did was pass out work sheets.....Needless to say i never learned but in summer school i learned mad spanish.....I only have problems forming complete sentences.......

As for the teacher, he was arrested the following year on sexual abuse charges with a freshman..........

I struggle with russian and the tapes didn't work for me. Flash cards are pretty good.

There's always something missing from them that I need though.

Classes never did much for me. I think tapes are a better idea. I remember in 2nd grade they tried to teach my class English with those Muzzy videos. I actually learned English by watching a lot of cartoons.

ok, so far... all the advice i've gotten contradicts other advice

find yourself a spanish girl.

cooking me tacos ain't gonna help me learn anything ;)

i got it.

library.

hahahah cookin me tacos !!! hahahaha

After you turned 8-years-old, the window for learning new languages have closed. Therefore, no matter what you learn, you will most likely have a funny American accent to go along with it, especially if English is the only language you speak.

Getting a spanish girl is a great idea. My best-friend has been dating an Italian guy for over 2 years, and now she speaks fluent (no not just some cute words or sentences) I mean FLUENT Italian.

^^ nah thats bullshit, you can learn a language with no accent after 8 yeas old, Ive met people

finding yourself a girl who speaks a language you want to learn is a good idea. i lived with my ex at her parents house (filipino household) for a long time and could understand almost everything that was said in tagalog (even though her parents didn't think so) without making a real effort to 'learn' the language.

nah, you gotta be interested in a girl for that

flash cards. stick with flash cards. and if there is some word you need to know, a spanish to english dictionary will be your friend.

id like to know some spanish so i could understand what these fuckers are talking about in my neighborhood.

maybe i'd dig her more if i couldn't understand her ;)