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I wanted to learn Finnish when I was younger, but it was just a fad. I didn't get too far with this to be honest. Ididnt think it was too hard, for me dutch is harder to learn, but I guess that's because I liked the idea of learning dutch.

I really think you should pursue your dream. But if there is another degree you could benefit from and you are interested in as well, then take it. If not, then this degree might be the answer.

Hi there! It seems you are one of the few folks on here who share the same (as me) opinion on the French language. I just don't understand what the big fuss is, most people seem so fascinated by it. I guess it just isn't my thing. Btw, kudos on learning Korean!

Sorry, but that's not the case with everyone. Most people I know have noticed their ability to speak, write or understand their mother language has deteriorated after years of not using it. It happened to me. If you don't use it you lose it. That's the reality in most cases. Of course, you might be an exception and I'm sure there might be many others, but I'd not go as far as saying that a language can stay fresh in your memory even if you don't practice it at all. It happens if you have been living abroad for years, like I have and that's why I'm trying to practice. Just an observation. As I said this has been my experience, yours might vary a lot.

Learning a language as a child is the ideal. I honestly believe that. When you are a child you can learn languages more easily, it's up to the parents to keep that alive and kicking by practicing! As it is with everything, or almost everything: use it or lose it.

Well well! Immersion doesn't imply you go completely textbook free! You need to actually use a tool or invest in a good vocabulary book. I'm doing that and has helped me tremendously. I recommend you to do the same thing. Try to create your own material! I loved to create my own cards that had the picture or drawing plus the word written in the native language.

Hebrew, Aramaic, Russian, assyrian Kurdish, etc. Yeah, many languages use different directions. In my opinion hebrew isn't so hard to learn, specially for me, but languages like Chinese would be a different story. Same with Korean. A friend of mine is married to a south Korean, she is only 20 and got married recently. I don't envy her at all! They are living in Korea and she is trying to learn Korean!

Never heard of this before. I must say it's amazing! is it offered only to Brazilian kids? or also kids from other countries? I'd love it if my nieces had access to this as well, it sounds like an amazing way to meet some nice people and practice their English!

Not sure, Ray, have you tried the Babel one? Google Translate is the best app I have tried so far, sadly it's really hard to find a free translation app capable to offer better translations. They all have their limits, but in my opinion the Google one is one of the best out there.

I have heard about it, it seems like a really fun to play game, but I haven't tried it. I think I should tho, since I really need to grow my English vocabulary and the idea behind this game sounds quite fun! We need more games like this; that teach you something while you have fun or you're just trying to pass the time.

Have you tried to see if Babel has an app for Korean? They usually offer great language courses and their apps are of a really good quality, so I really think it'd not hurt to look and see if they have something to offer in this department.

I tried the one for learning dutch, but I didn't use it so much, because you had to pay in order to have access to most of the lessons. Right now I can't afford to pay for an app I'm not so sure of, but it looks like a good app. I'm guessing the one to learn Indonesian is as good.

You mean when you live in a foreign country? Because moving to a country where they speak the language you want to learn is more like a really good way to learn a language, but not a motivator, but if you move to a country you weren't even planing to and you find yourself having a hard time because you can't speak the language, then that's what i call a hell of a great motivator to learn!

Oh yeah! If I had a really good monetary motivator... I'm sure I'd be learning the language I'm supposed to learn faster, lol. I'm still stuck, but if there was the chance I knew for sure that after mastering or learning x language I'd have a nice job, then I'd surely do it! Huge motivator!

In my opinion there will always be someone telling you the good and bad things of something, so if I were you... I'd really go for it if you really feel like it's something you truly want to do. For real, if you feel like you want to go for it and you don't really have a better prospect, then I'd advice you to go for it

Hey there! I like Pimsleur too! Amazing method if you want to get to speak a language asap, if only they could include a transcription of all the conversations, as well as a list with the vocabulary they used in every lesson. Sadly that will never happen. That being said... I recommend you to really look for a course like ''Russian for dummies''. I like it, I took a look the other day and it looks like a good course... has audio too.

I tried it once, I'd not dare to say I was in love, but just attracted to the person. It didn't get so far tho because we didn't speak the same language and he was damn slow so other forms of communication failed miserably. I did learn some french just to communicate with him to a very basic level, lol. But it was so hard, you are never sure you have gotten everything they said right or visce versa.

OMG!!!! I really liked Norwegian when I was younger, I still like it and prefer it over the language I'm currently studying! What a beautiful language! So beautiful and so easy to learn, sadly is only spoken in Norway, unlike English. Same with Swedish. Despite that fact I really wanted to learn it when I was younger, I'd not right now since I hardly have any time to learn the language i need to learn.

Finally I read someone here who doesn't like french, lol. You really like Esperanto? I have a friend who speaks it fluently! I tried it when i was younger, but never found the motivation to learn it. Do you speak it fluently? I also thought this language was a great idea, but I think its use has stalled, don't you think? I heard more about it when I was a teen, now it seems to be almost forgotten. A lot sites that were trying to spread the word are gone Really depressing if I think about it.

I took a small course some years ago, I was reviewing my English and was also trying to learn how to teach the language. It cost me around $100 a month. I regret taking it, btw, it confused me even more, lol. I didn't learn that much and I never saw my diploma, they ran off. It turned out to be one of those fake schools.

Well, this might be boring, but mastering the English sounds is the key. I never did, btw, hence my accent is far from being perfect. This is a sure way to improve your accent, but is kinda tedious, well most of the materials available out there are tedious. But if you really want to do it, then get a good book on phonetics. I wish I had done it when I had just started learning it.

I got an experience to share, but isn't mine is from a friend who had just started learning English and decided to make use of it while in the states. He went to one of those nice cafeterias, an African American waiter was supposed to take his order. Now, bear in mind my friend's English wasn't so good and he was still clueless about word order and stuff. My friend places his order: two eggs and a coffee black! So, lol, the waiter got kinda mad! My friend couldn't really get why, until later.

Oh my!!!!!! Really??? I tried learning Finnish once, not as hard as it seems, the only problem is spelling it right and speaking it, lol. Best of luck, learning Finnish isn't so easy and is even harder to find people to practice it with, unless you are living in Finland. Btw, why are you learning it?!

I got my first job as a freelance writer thank to the fact I'm bilingual. All it took was an interview and for me to show the guy my writing skills. After that he agreed to hire me, we set a date and we finally met face to face. I signed the contract and all went smoothly. So yeah, it was that easy for me, but that doesn't mean it is like that for most people. It really depends on the nature of the job, but hopefully this will give you and idea.

Has anyone tried this course? I found this course on sale, it's really old... I think 20 years old or so, lol. But it seems to be really good, it comes with audio cassettes, which I was able to extract the audio from and burn into CDs. I haven't used it yet, but it looks quite good. It seems to be well organized, it comes with the transcription booklet plus the course in itself, which is supposed to be used along with the audio. I'll use it once I'm done with this course, or at least once I get to lesson 15.