deathbyprayer

Yes it's pretty much true for some but not for me. If you really understand and rally lived the language you once studied it won't go away from your tongue and take it from my personal experience. If you just skim the surface of the language you studied then there's a huge chance that you will forget it if you don't use it often.

I'm of Japanese decent so it's really hard for to flip my tongue when it comes to my accent. But I think I'm doing pretty well with my American accent but sometime I just slip back to my native accent which kind of ruins it for me. I really want to be able to speak smoothly without any ticks on my accent, any tips for perfecting it?

I was once hired, well not really hired because I'm already hired, by my boss to accompany him to meetings with his Japanese business partners since I know Japanese and I'm half Japanese. It was really cool since I get paid extra whenever I have some translating to do for my boss.

I haven't been in any formal classes before nor am I planning to but as far as I know enrolling in such classes can be really expensive. I would suggest just learn the basics on your own, use the internet. There are a lot of free sources out there.

I came across this site the other day and I have to say it's pretty sweet. Think of it as a free version of Rosetta Stone. I tried it once and I love it, it even has an app so you can study on the go. If you're looking for a language trainer then you should try Duolingo out.

I've used the software before and I have to say it's a pretty good starting platform for beginners wanting to learn a new language. As for the Chinese though, I've never really dabbled with it but I did start my Japanese lessons there and it wet pretty well for me so I guess a language as complicated as Chinese will be handled quite well. I suggest you find online reviews if there is any.

I think Japanese is one of the hardest languages to learn. But yes, I do find reading Japanese manga's has helped me understand a few Japanese words. But for the most part, when I was a kid, my aunt who lives in Italy would bring us some Italian Disney workbooks on which she taught us language with.

I'm not one for books. I think it's hard to learn a language in book form since you'll be reading it with your own tongue by default and getting the pronunciations right is out of the question. In learning language I prefer using tapes or videos since I can hear and see how the words are written and spoken which is really important when it comes to the part of imitating accents.

Of course its cool to learn another language but what really made you push though into learning a new one? Most of us might say that "Oh I studied Italian because I'm going to Italy soon" but other than that, what lead you into thinking that "Hey, I really want to learn how to write and speak this language"?

I've learned more about language at home than in school to be honest. It's a good thing that I have an internet connection, but for the most part I start to build interest in language when watching foreign films and shows, I even got to learning Italian by playing a video game. It's nice to learn by yourself but it also pays to have a formal training.