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I would rather not do that. The number of languages you want to learn can generally increase and decrease over time, depending on your current mood. At least, that's in my case. Sometimes I'm in the mood to learn as many languages as possible and sometimes I think like I would never learn a new language any more. As for finding time for languages, I am experimenting with a nice trick lately: wake up at 5 AM. Sounds crazy, but it actually works really well. You simply wake up at 5 AM and immediately take a shower, breakfast, etc. Then at approximately 6 AM, you start learning the language on your own for max. 1 hour. Then after work (if scheduled) I talk with my language teacher over Skype for 30-45 minutes. At 18:30 I just review what I have learnt throughout the day and then I relax with music (and if possible, TV) in the language I'm learning. At 21:00 I go to sleep again. And throughout the day I always fill up empty spots of about 2 minutes each with flash cards, apps or other quick resources.

Of course it's possible to get at least B2 for 7 languages. I personally speak 5 languages and I'll be learning 4 more in the coming 2 years. After that I will either learn more languages, or improve what I already know. And of course: welcome.

Another Floridian (: I'm not too sure about movies, but I also think that telenovelas would be a good way to supplement your Spanish lessons. In my experiences, a telenovela is a bit shorter than the average soap opera, but could still go up to a year. I occasionally listen to Spanish music on the radio as well. Once you get to know the lyrics, it's always interesting picking out the words you know and looking up the meaning for others. Personally, I find it easier to learn new words through music because I can just sing a small portion of the song whenever I can't remember it.

Pictorial teaching is very helpful for beginners as well as those who are only starting to learn the language being taught. Children are taught using various aids and methods to help them. With repeated usage of pictorial teaching, children will eventually develop their language skills over the years until they move on to the next level where they will be introduced to more complex words as well as reading plain text. Of course, mentors will still guide their students, but the latter will have to swim or sink on their own.

Precisely. Our teacher imparted onto us everything we need to know about the language. There were some students who dropped from her class because of personal reasons. Those of us who remained stayed through to the end, though there were others who had to leave for Japan during the middle of the semester. I wouldn't be too complacent on my Elementary 1 though. Though I got a high mark, I honestly think I could have done better.

Concuerdo contigo amigo, a mi la verdad ni la música en español ni la música en inglés modernas me gustan. En mi opinión la escena musical actual es aun peor caundo hablamos de la musica en ingles, especialmente el mercado americano. Es terrible, la misma musica reciclada una y otra vez... es dificil distinguir un artista de otro en la radio. No es como en ls 90's Antes los videos de musica eran sper originales, ya no mas. Por eso tambien prefiero las viejitas Que suerte haber crecido en los 90's!

You were close to correct @czarina84 The right way to say "I ate pizza and chips for supper" is this; Comí pizza y papas en la cena. In Spanish is not necessary to add the article "las" before papas (potatoes) and while in English we use "for supper," in Spanish the right word is "en" (in) Moreover, it's more common talk about last night supper this way; "Anoche cené (dined) pizza y papas" which translates as "last night I dined pizza and potatoes" One more insight; most Spanish countries have adopted a mix of English vocabulary into its context to when you refer to have eaten potatoes, you are not specifying which type of preparation. For chips, you may probably say to have eaten chips without need to translate this specific item because people already knows what kind of potatoes you got

@AExAVF....what a fantastic teacher! This is exactly what I mean; a passionate teacher 'radiates' that sort of eagerness onto their students and the whole learning process becomes smoother, in my opinion. Isn't it lovely that she also taught you about the Japanese culture? I bet your Japanese is fantastic, too. I have always said that if the learning process is made fun as well as interesting, the success rate is likely to shoot through the roof. It works like that for me, anyway.

Haha, I don't know! He taught me some basic stuff, mostly vocabulary. He really liked to annoy me by talking in Portuguese, I was young and got mad easily so he got to laugh and enjoy himself a lot. In the end it motivated me, so I started to learn the language to "teach grandpa a lesson", I guess, and ended enjoying it a lot. Don't get much chance to use it, though.

I think that conversation with someone who speaks the language that you are trying to study is crucial. I too have heard the same thing about Rosetta Stone. To help you learn the language I would suggest turning to your local Spanish channel such as Univision or Telemundo and watching Soap Operas (Novelas). No offense to those who watch Soap Operas but the topic is usually the same. It should be easy to follow along versus a movie.

I would like to say yes. I have seen a keyboard that has both the English letters as they are on most Western keyboards as well as Japanese letters. For example, there is a key for 'G', but there is also a Japanese character on that key so it could be used for either language.

I will just be providing some usual nicknames in the Philippines as we people in here had now been influenced with lots of foreign sounding names: Female: Nene, Inday, Baby Male: Totoy, Pogi, Junior, Dodong, Boy, The fun part is we usually pick one syllable of a name and double it to form a nickname like: TengTeng, KangKang, JackJack, Lulu, DonDon, DingDong, JingJing, BengBeng, BongBong, LynLyn, and so on The other way to form a nickname is by using initials like : JR, RJ. KC, JC, CJ, TJ, MJ, and so on

Cet été je suis allé au pays étranger: le Philippines. Ma famille y habite et je les vois rarement parce que j'habite aux États-Unis. Quand j'étais là, j'ai visité beaucoup de lieus célébré comme le centre commércial d'Asie. Aussi, j'ai rencontré la plupart de ma famille qui je ne connaissais pas avant. Mais maintenant, nous nous entendons bien et nous parlons souvent.

I always loved Chinese and Japanese script, and was always fascinated with it. Arabic is also very cool, as is Sanskrit, in my opinion.

Nice poll. Tibetan for me.

I'm with you there, Sidney I would rather tell my teacher about my appreciation of his/her help, or get them a thank you card. I agree too that if you can spare the money and you had a fantastic teacher, that your idea wouldn't be a bad one.

When we completed our Elementary Nihongo 1 class, our professor treated us to some snacks. My classmates contributed some foodstuffs for us to eat, while I had to purchase two large bottles of soda. I should have bought just one. We really enjoyed our class sessions, and this weekend we will be having an Open House. I miss seeing my teachers too, thanking them for their efforts in teaching me the language.

That's a really good idea, thanks!

Oh, I remember posts about the recent Teacher's day that happened in our country. Anyway, I think it's a great idea to thank our teachers. After all, they don't get paid well enough for all the stress, problems and efforts that they put into teaching. Same goes for any virtual teachers. Even a simple thank you will sure to make them smile. I remember back then that we used to write letters to our teachers in elementary and I remember the smile on their faces upon receiving it. We also give them flowers during Valentine's day and gifts on Christmas. But what better gift is it for them if we study hard and give them good grades? I'm sure that will boost their confidence in their teaching ability!

What if your language teacher is a virtual one? What kind of gift is fit for the set up. Maybe an online gift card that could be used anywhere in the world. An ebook perhaps that he or she might appreciate. You can still send gifts but that may take time to ship and could be costly.

I also don't live in the US, but I really think it's a great idea to reward the teachers for their hard work and determination to educate young minds. Well, we are now celebrating Teacher's Day here in the Philippines, and I have now been seeing a lot of students giving warm greetings to their teachers. I believe even just a simple appreciation for them would make them feel happy and fulfilled.

I'm glad it is only opinions that we are exchanging. I fully agree that poetry in particular is difficult to translate. There are so many layers, even besides rhythm, tone, and rhyme. I think the most important is trying to preserve the sentiment, the picture it is trying to paint. Even specific words, I do not think is particularly important because different culture treat words differently (like connotation). I think, instead of finding the correct words to simply translate the original text it should be finding the best words to translate the meaning/purpose to a different culture.

I have seen only a few Cici's Pizza restaurants around my area but I have never heard of this amazing deal! Granted, it is a bit too late to do it now, but if they end up doing this yearly, I think that it would be a wonderful outing. I have had quite a bit of influential teachers this year that I would definitely love to do something special for them. Usually I write them a lovely letter bought from papyrus thanking them for a wonderful semester. Thanks for letting me (and everyone else) know about this idea!

I do not live in the US, but I'm sure that those who do will definitely grab the opportunity to avail of this offer. Aside from that, I think a simple thank you card would be enough to warm their heart.

I keep seeing situations like these in comedies but when it happens in real life it's never as clever or funny. The closest I've come was when my brother accidentally spilled some lemonade and I said "You know life worked real hard to get us those lemons!" Badum-tss! KimJongIllest, folks, I'll be here all week!