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I went to an immersion school and we did a lot of stuff by just listening. I think it helps quite a bit as your ears will get used to the "authentic" accent of the language. In a way, it's training your ears I guess. Obviously, we did more than just listening to people talk but I found it very useful.

I'm not a great speaker myself (even in my native tongue!). I find writing easier as it's easier for me to express what I want to say. Obviously for some it's the opposite. As for foreign languages, it depends on what kind of language it is. For example, I probably wouldn't be able to write Arabic as well as I speak if I were to learn it for the first time. If the alphabet is similar to English (like French or Spanish), then it will be a bit easier to write than to talk (from personal experience).

As a native English speaker, this is actually pretty neat. I'll definitely keep this in mind when I want to write . Thanks for sharing.

In the place where I live we just say "Hello" or "Nice to meet you" and other generic greetings. We are not that polite here so the most common greeting is a simple "Hi". I wish my area was more polite though; I always do my best to be polite to everyone.

Yes, sort of. I can understand most words and I can connect with the singer. Of course, it is tough at first but when I listen to to them multiple times I suddenly get this special connection.

I would start teaching them once they start speaking the native language (for instance, mine would be English. For some it might be Spanish, French, etc...). It's hard to teach a child a foreign language if they can't even speak their native language!

Yes, I will definitely teach my kids a second language, or a language that I am already accustomed to. Probably not he ones I am still struggling with for obvious reasons. I wouldn't want to give my child a hard time too! :tongue:

I have a few favorite words: pompous exceptional supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

Here's some of mine meat - meet beat - beet doe - dough go - goal (not sure about this one, but I think it works!)

A great poem to read when you are feeling down. Thanks for sharing and I'll definitely put this on my bookmark so I won't forget it

Romaji is excellent when you are just starting to learn Japanese (assuming the person learning knows the latin alphabet pretty well). I've used it to learn for the first time and it definitely accelerated my learning just a little bit.

There is nothing wrong with swear words. They are just words, correct? Words such as "stupid" or "idiot" are not considered as "swear words" but it may hurt the feeling of some people. For some, the "F" word or the "B" word may not be harmful to them. All in all, it all really comes down to the tone of the voice as well as the context.

Pretty different. My native language is in French and in English, there is no feminine or masculine words. So when writing in English, it's strange because I am so used to associating the words to the verb, etc...

Memes have definitely changed the way we express not only on the internet but even in real life! It's kind of ridiculous to be honest but it's true. I know some people who uses memes all the time (when appropriate) in real life. It makes me go insane!

I never have, but I think I will soon. It is good to read in a different language since it helps you learn a lot of new words.

For me it's English. I think it's pretty straightforward. The most difficult for me is any language that doesn't use the alphabet (a,b,c... etc).

I find them difficult at times especially when they talk fast. I am not used to those accents and it can really throw me off. I think it's a good learning tool though. You can learn a lot by listening to people with those accents.

Yes. When you say something that have multiple meanings to someone, they might interpret it wrong. Learning them can be difficult as well.

I think learning easy phrases is the best. While learning easy phrases, you learn new words, thus expanding your vocabulary.

It's different for everyone in my opinion. Some might say French, some might say Italian. I believe it's whatever language you speak with your lover, which is English for me .

I don't think it's too hard. There are many similarities and if you can find them, they will make learning languages easier. That is just my opinion. Other people might be different.

A fine language that has been extinct for a while. It's such a cool language... but it seems as though no one wants to "continue" it.

Once you are exposed to enough languages, you start to realise what language they are speaking. Pretty crazy . I know I am that person. I've been exposed to many languages and I can usually figure out what language they are speaking.

When I was learning Chinese, I always dreamt in Chinese. It's weird but it actually helped me learn Chinese. Take full advantage of your dreams!

I don't really like the word alas. I think many people misuse it and it annoys me greatly. People may think I'm crazy, but hey. That's me.