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shafnutz05 wrote:I'll be honest, the cost is the only thing that has kept me from trying it in the past
Bioshock wrote:shafnutz05 wrote:I'll be honest, the cost is the only thing that has kept me from trying it in the past
That seems to be the number one complaint i hear. For what it's worth, shelling out 400 dollars doesn't seem too bad to me. But that's just my opinion.
shafnutz05 wrote:Bioshock wrote:shafnutz05 wrote:I'll be honest, the cost is the only thing that has kept me from trying it in the past
That seems to be the number one complaint i hear. For what it's worth, shelling out 400 dollars doesn't seem too bad to me. But that's just my opinion.
I completely agree...my biggest regret is for all of the Spanish I learned throughout high school and college, I remember so little.
DelPen wrote:So if cost wasn't an issue, cough cough, does this thing actually work?
Tomas wrote:Recently, one awesome poster suggested to try "Mango Languages" (http://www.mangolanguages.com/ ) when I inquired about resources to learn Spanish. I found that program very useful. It looks like many universities AND many public libraries (http://findmango.com/) utilize this program - which means you can get all the electronic resources for free (40 different languages, several levels of difficulty, possibility to learn from the computer or an iPhone/Android phone).
In case of my university, I just needed to long into the library website to obtain the username/password - and then indeed all the resources can be obtained for a total price of $0.00 .
columbia wrote:Once you have the basics down, the best way seems to be to find someone who speaks that language and have lunch together a few times a week.
I worked with a German woman and my vague command of the language disappeared when she took another job.
It's all about use it or lose it, from my experience.
Spangler wrote:From my experience with language in school, most teachers were not good at teaching language.
I've only had one good French teacher, but I only had her for 1 year in middle school. She was tough, but she made you constantly repeat words and phrases over and over again. I learned more from her in half a year, than I did with 2 additional years of French, and 6 years of Spanish.
Teachers were more concerned with covering all the material, and that didn't work for me or nearly everyone else.
Tico Rick wrote:Teachers spend too much time in teaching grammar, and not enough time on speaking the language. The goal is not to perfectly understand the rules of the language, but be able to communicate with someone.
The best way to learn a language is to get a girlfriend who doesn't speak English.
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