I was wondering what the easiest way to learn a new language was. while im not travelling for the winter I thought it would be useful to be able to speak another language. But theres many ways i can do this. like a internet program or a book. or a class(wich i wouldnt do). so what do you guys think the best one to learn from would be? Thank you for your help. And one more question, what do you think the most universal second language would be? I want to travel pretty much all over so whatevers most used. I want to learn Latin but thats like one of the least used languages
googling answers, chinese and english are the most prevalent. idk if thats right, but the third most common is spanish, then french. i'd suggest french because you live in canada, and once you know either french or spanish its pretty easy to learn the other one because they follow that latin structure. and i automatically ruled out chinese cuz it'd be much more difficult to learn than spanish or french. different sentence structure, different written characters, and complex characters at that and i find taking a class in school for a language helps the best, cuz it keeps you on track with learning it, but you definitely don't need that. i'd go for an internet/computer thing. books don't help that much in performing conversation and such, and it costs money. there is a good amount of free language learning on the net.
ya I will probably go with Spanish. Chinese would be really cool to know but would be extremely hard to learn and time consuming. Will probably go with learning on a computer too. thanks for the advice
The Rosetta Stone is supposed to be wonderful..I think thats what all government agencies use to learn new languages. I think spanish would probably be the best language to learn. Its very prevalent in south america, central america, mexico, and the United States. also spain, obviously. German is great if you're business minded. I dont know if its just specific to the area I live in, but there are a ridiculous amount of german businesses that relocate their plants here.
It helps to watch videos and movies in the language your learning. Start with children's shows that use simple language.
Always easiest way is to spend some time, maybe one month at proper country...that's the easiest way!
More people speak Chinese than any other language, but most of them live in China or countries nearby. If you go to Europe or Latin America, Chinese won't get you very far. Besides, it's a very difficult language for English-speaking people. French is spoken in many places all around the world including some islands with beautiful weather in the Caribbean and South Pacific. Spanish is spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries. What do you want to do? Where exactly do you want to go? The answers to those questions will do a lot to help you decide which language to learn.
if its only a damn copy on a book/ cd.dvd, then why is it so much Money?... its #1 bullshit. If you want to learn a new language you got to a college. Secondly have media of the language you wish to learn. For instance. Watch televison of in the language you want to learn, while learning it. There you can pick it up faster. Much the rosetta stone is designed around words you will use. When I was in Iraq I could understand Arabic much more than I can now. Its only been 6yrs, but I dont even remember much words outside prayers now, cause I dont hear people using them with emotions or in everyday conversations. I am currently watching Expedic'ion Global its in Spanish..
Best things I can recommend - 1. Is to go to classes or get a tutor to begin with. Computer is okay...but just that...okay. A computer can't correct your pronunciation or show you what to do with your mouth to produce sounds that don't exist in your native language. 2. PRACTICE everyday!! This is where most language learners go wrong. You must review new vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation every day if you want it to stick and you want to learn quickly. This is unfortunately boring and hard to stick to (hell, I'm guilty of it, too!), but it's so, so important. 3. Watch media in the target language. This is the fun part. Pick out the words you know, see if you can figure out what is going on. 4. Make friends with native speakers of the language - practice with them, ask them about their culture, get them to help you have a natural, relaxed form of the language that you generally don't get from lessons. 5. Eventually you will need to go to the country where the language is spoken. This is really the only way to get really fluent. You will need to stay for 6 months to a year at least. 6. Bypass all this and fall in love with a native speaker of the language. Seriously.
if you learn the latin language . and you already know the english language . trust me it will be very easy for you to learn most of europian language except slavic countries .
