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I love Rammstein's songs, so I can't really single out a certain song from them, because I have so many favorites! I'm not really a fan of Asian music like K-Pop, but when it comes to English songs I also have sooo many favorites it's hard to name one! But to answer your question, I think I won't get tired listening to "Mehr" by Rammstein.

I agree, if you like what you're doing, then it won't seem like work at all, so you should just continue to pursue your course. And you can definitely use the added knowledge when you apply for a teaching job, right?

English in the Philippines is technically a foreign language, but it is so widely used over here that it's not considered foreign anymore. I actually managed to land a job in the human resource department before and I think me being fluent and articulate during the interview helped me land the job.

I'm not really sure because I would also have to look at the cultural differences too before pursuing a foreigner, but as far as language is concerned, I think I would give it a shot, but once I find it too hard or taxing, then I would have to say that I just might stop seeing that person, since learning a language can take years, who knows if we will only be dating for a month right?

I think we were taught about basic letters first before words. I remember memorizing the vowels and consonants when I was in pre-school. Then I think we were taught how to write our name first and foremost. So the first words that we learn are our names.

I never even knew that those words existed. I don't really know any new Tagalog words, but "pook-sapot" sounds ridiculous. It's like they literally translated it and it did not turn out nice at all, similar to Google Translate doing very literal translations. Anyway, here's a link that can add to your list of unheard of Tagalog words: www.filipiknow.net/rare-tagalog-words/

Well I got to learn English when I was in pre-school, and I did not remember that I struggled with it at all, in fact I never had any difficulty with it, mainly because English is widely spoken here in my country. I guess immersion really is the number one factor and age too when it comes to the easiest ways and circumstances in how to learn a new language as effortlessly as possible.

I have learned English already since I was a kid because it is a mainstream language in my country, but I agree that watching movies with the foreign language that you intend to learn as the subtitle of the movie is one great way to speed up your learning and familiarization process. You can also learn how to pronounce the word correctly just by doing that.

I prefer to learn a new language one on one with a tutor, because I think I could use the specialized attention to focus more. I noticed that I learn a subject easily like Math if a person teaches me one on one as compared to listening in class as a group.

I am not sure how English is used in your country, but in my case, it is a very mainstream language, and you can't help but not hear it when you go out, like you see most of the signs and buildings have English words and phrases, when you watch tv there are a ton of English programs being shown, when you go to school it is the same, you have an English class, so over here no one really takes English lessons, maybe unless they were a foreigner like a Korean for example. Because I noticed that along with Filipino, I naturally learned it too without being taught at all.

I just wanted to understand what the people are saying in Spanish, since that language is widely used in many countries. As for learning German, I just got curious because Rammstein is my favorite foreign band, so I feel the need to understand what they are saying because the beat of their songs is awesome.

I would like to think so, because I speak Tagalog, and only people from the Philippines speak that kind of language. I think if only 1 country or residents only of a certain province/place in a country speak a certain dialect,then it is already considered rare in my book.

Aside from reading the English-Spanish dictionary and Google Translate, then no. I think you have to be fluent enough in that language that you are trying to learn to be able to read any text in that language with ease. Reading also doesn't do much to help you with your self-studying, unless they are subtitles of a foreign film.

Yes it is indeed quite useful info. Most Filipino's are really not aware of that, and it was not even taught in schools, so no wonder a lot of us have no idea that they have to be used under "proper circumstances". Do you happen to be a Filipino teacher?

I never knew that there was a proper usage for those 2 words. I thought that you can use either one of them when speaking. And I swear that was never thought to us in our Filipino subject the whole time that I was in school. Well, now at least I know the difference of those 2 words.

The lack of dash in some words don't seem to bother me as much as the invented words as "kila" and "tiga". I hear that occasionally, and I think that it is quite odd that those wrong and invented words have made their way into mainstream language.

I'm not sure how different they are from each other, but I think "may" is the shortened version of "mayroon". Like if you use it in a sentence, you say, "May kotse ka ba?" as compared to "Mayroon ka bang kotse?"

Both sound and mean the same right? The only difference is that "may" is the shortened version of "mayroon".

I also think the immersion technique works the fastest. How else were we able to learn the language that we know now if we were not immersed in it after we were born right? Also, hiring a tutor is also the most effective way to learn a new language.

I think that hiring a tutor is definitely more effective because you have someone to teach and correct you on your mistakes when you make one as compared to just learning via self-study where no one corrects you if you've made a mistake. So I definitely think that the added expense is worth it.

I think I would be biased and I would say that the language that I like the most would be English and Tagalog because those are the languages that I'm fluent in. I also like Spanish because you can use it in several countries that speak it. I don't like those languages that have characters in them like Japanese, Chinese, Thai, Russian, etc because I think it would be hard to learn them, it's like deciphering drawings.

I noticed the differences in the accents of Americans, Australians, Scottish, and British people, and I think that the accent of British people are my favorite ones. They sound sexy and appealing. I have never tried changing my accent though because that would probably look unnatural and "trying hard".

You know what, to be able to make you feel more confident and not insecure of "failing" in the future, then why don't you try to learn a new language with a tutor? If you can afford it, hiring a language tutor will definitely speed up your leaning process and make you more fluent as compared to just studying on your own. Plus when it comes to pronunciations, you can never go wrong with a tutor helping you.

I never thought that I would need to use it very much but lately it has come up a lot.  I regret not having learned it on those moments, even just the basics would have helped me.

So if you think that you really would need to learn it, then why not start learning it right now right? Why hesitate when you can definitely benefit from the added knowledge?

I'm bilingual, and I guess as long as you grew up or lived in the country that speaks the language then it is quite easy to learn the language since you get immersed in the whole culture and the people that speak the language. I have faced no problems being bilingual because both languages are widely used in my country, but if I were to learn another language then for sure I would start from scratch all over again.

I'm also confused regarding the correct spelling of the word, but I guess "every time" is the correct word, but I see most songs use the word "everytime", so I initially thought that it was the right one, although like what the other members have said, the spell checker says otherwise.