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It actually reminds me of the word "conversate". It is not a proper English word, the proper word is "converse", but for some reason it has become mainstream and used frequently enough to be considered as a "legitimate" word. I always hear that word in songs too! The word "registeration" seems like a dumb person wrote it, lol. I hope those people can be corrected as soon as possible! They are "murdering" the English language!

I haven't gotten to that point yet where I write the language that I'm learning in any correspondence, but for sure I will do it once I'm fluent already. As for now I'm just concentrating in learning how to speak the language fluently.

When I was a kid, my relatives always laugh at me when I say something that has an "r" in it because according to them, I can't properly pronounce the "r" part. I was 7 yrs. old, and that time I really didn't know what they're talking about. But luckily, as I grew up, I was able to improve that "speech impediment" without really doing anything. But in your case, since you're already an adult, I guess you should watch Spanish programs, the way they pronounce their r's is really emphasized, you just have to listen carefully and imitate how they say it.

Actually, I think English is the easiest language ever, because it only uses basic A, B, C, 1, 2, 3 characters, unlike other languages like Russian, Chinese, Thai, etc. It's like deciphering a drawing, you know? And the pronounciation is easy too, as compared to other languages. No wonder it's the universal language that we have now, it won't reach that status for no good reason.

I also tend to imagine what I read, only if what I'm reading is descriptive or it narrates a scenario. But not all the time though, only if it's engrossing enough for my taste. As for what someone else says, then it's a 100% yes. I always tend to imagine what was being narrated to me.

Yeah I agree. I would actually be more inclined to be irritated hearing a certain tone or pitch of voice, as to just hearing a specific word.

I really couldn't care less about how other people speak, whether they use internet terms or not. I hear those terms that were mentioned here all the time, and I'm not affected at all when I hear it. Live and let live.

I think nothing really beats immersion, because you will be surrounded by people that speak the language fluently, so aside from learning the language much quickly, you will also pick up the correct pronounciation in no time. I think it's just the same way that we have learned how to speak our native language, because we are surrounded by people who speak them when we were young.

I think that to be really fluent in learning a language, you have to just concentrate on learning just 1 language at a time. But if you're not really concerned with being fluent and you only want to learn general words and sentences just to help you get by when you're in another country, then I think it's ok to learn multiple languages at the same time.

I'm not really around foreigners enough to observe if they can guess where I'm from based on my accent, but I guess if they're around Filipinos most of the time, then they would notice that our accent is quite neutral when speaking in English.

If the person is a close friend of mine or we sort of developed a bond already, then I would just say it gently that his pronunciation is wrong and tell him how it's supposed to be pronounced. If the person and I aren't very close then I would just say nothing if it's a casual conversation. But if he's asking me to teach him a certain language, then I have no choice but to correct him. After all, isn't that what teachers do? They correct mistakes right?

Freedom of expression simply means that no one will censor your views just because they don't agree with it, which can be the case for some countries and even in my own country when Martial Law was in effect. Everyone should have the right to air out their opinion.

If it's done through text then not really, but if it's done through email, then I would be puzzled as to why they type in text speak, but I won't really get annoyed by it. I don't get annoyed that easily.

That's quite a tough situation. I think I would last for only a week if I were to loiter in the streets. No dictionary is quite cruel though, so yeah, I'd probably be arrested for vagrancy anyway. So maybe less than a week.

I'm very fluent in speaking English, but I don't think I could teach it because I have to study the whole English curriculum, and it's really not the line of work that I want to do. But if you mean teaching in the sense of teaching someone how to write or speak English properly, then I can easily do that.

Yeah I think that's a good and easy way to learn a new language, by turning the subtitle on. I'm already fluent in English, but I actually prefer to watch movies and tv shows with the subtitle on, because I get to see the words clearly when the actor whispers, and during that time I can't really understand what they're saying if they speak in low or muffled voices

No, I haven't done that and I don't think that I will ever do that. I only make up my own words to be used as passwords, but to actually use them in a conversation sounds absurd to me.

I think you can't really be fluent in 1 language if you study more than 1 language simultaneously, so I think it would be best to just concentrate on studying 1 language until you become fluent in it before moving on to another language. However, you can look up individual words and their meanings in as many languages as you want, but if you want to be a fluent speaker, just concentrate on 1 language only.

I think you should curb your desire to learn more than one language at a time, because you will only get distracted and you will fail to fully focus your attention in one language. It's like multi-tasking, you know, your attention is divided, so it would be hard to be fluent if you study many languages at a time.

Yes it is possible, especially if you're around people who speak the same accent, or if the accent was specifically taught to you, like in those call center companies over here where the employees undergo an American or British accent training.

No, I don't think so, if there is one language that Westerners should learn, that's Spanish. After all, Latin America is a huge chunk of the population, not to mention other Spanish speaking countries.

When learning a new language, it's important to be genuinely interested in the language that you want to study, so if the interest isn't there, then you will not really be motivated to absorb any new information. I would suggest putting off your studying until you are really genuinely interested again to learn it.

In general, pictures will appeal more to kids as compared to words, but when they grow up, words will appeal just as much pictures. I think in your case, you are more of a visual type of learner. As for me I don't think I depended on pictures when I was trying to learn the alphabet until now.

No, not really. I'm not interested in learning uncommon languages because I'm more drawn to the more popular ones like Spanish, because I will get to understand and speak with the Latin population if ever I get fluent in it, and that's quite a lot of people!

Your suggestion is a good one. But I think the simplest way of overcoming language barriers is to strive to be fluent in that language that you are trying to learn, so eventually the barrier will be broken.