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  1. Are they any people out there that are multilingual? If you are I wanted to find out do you face any challenges unbalancing the various languages that you speak. I tend to find myself losing the clarity on certain words within the different languages that I speak as I wanted to find out if this was a common thing amongst people who speak multiple languages.
  2. I'd say that for a lot of guys the female would be a very good motivator. Usually when you have a great looking female teacher teaching a particular language you tend to pay a lot more attention. I remember when I was in high school I had a beautiful female teacher and in a lot of the subjects that I was failing that same teacher was able to help me get better grades. And I wouldn't say that it was because I paid more attention to the subjects, I think I paid more attention to the female teacher and I had a desire to impress her. So I would say that this is a good motivator for young men.
  3. A weird tip that I could recommend to people would be to watch TV. Especially for those that are trying to learn the more common and popular languages such as English or Spanish. Any language which has a TV show links to it then I would say that you be able to grasp some concepts of the language by watching the TV show. There would be a lot of words that you could pick up and also being able to see the actions as well as the words at the same time you'd be able to pick up a lot of the language. TV really helped me grasp a lot of the English language so I would recommend it to a lot of people.
  4. I have once before try to learn sign language and I found it very good and very interesting. It's good to be able to communicate with people in a different level. Unfortunately for me I moved out of the city that I was in where I was learning sign language. The new place that I'm in doesn't have a place where I can study sign language and so it's a bit tricky for me and it's a bit of a challenge to be able to continue learning sign language without a teacher or community in which I can learn the language and develop.
  5. I love the different accents in English and I think that they make the language very exciting and very interesting. One thing I do have though is the challenge of understanding different dialects in different slings or parts of the culture within the English language. One of the most challenging accent for me to understand is the Scottish accent. The Scottish accent is a very deep and very rooted in the way they pronounce English words almost sounds like another language entirely and so for me that's one of the hardest accents to get but overall I find the various accents very interesting.
  6. I'm not prepared to spend money on learning a language for one major reason. This reason is, when I was learning how to speak my first language nobody taught me. I pretty much learned how to speak by listening to others and replicate. So for some reason in my mind this has not changed. If I were to learn another language, my thoughts would be that I would pick it up and eventually be able to speak it. And so I would not see the need to spend money on learning another language. And I'm sure I'm not the only one has these values edged deep in their subconscious.
  7. When I was younger I used to being shaped by the different languages. If there was a language that I didn't know being spoken around me, I would really want to learn it and I would find it very exciting. Through school I got to learn and experience what other languages like. I love the link that a language can bring you to another culture. Essentially over time my passion for languages dropped. The main reason for me was I was not able to apply my knowledge very well. This led me to the conclusion that I learned languages primarily for communication. So if I'm not in a position to communicate with the specific language might interest will not be there. So my reasons for seeking to learn a foreign language will be solely to communicate.
  8. I have noticed that a lot of people for bilingual tend to struggle with this. Some languages treat l's and r's exactly the same. So for them they tend to lean to the side of the letter l. The only way to be able to change and adapt from this way of life is firstly to understand the difference between the two letters. Once you are able to determine which led to sounds which way, then you will be able to progress. You need to be able to get your tongue to learn how to shape certain and then from there it's a really about practice and awareness. Practice makes perfect
  9. I personally have never thought about it like that. I never really been able to give current furniture any specific rules when referring to it. I'm positive that furniture does not have any rules but you have me thinking. I think that it is a common trend in a lot of languages that once you get a basic understanding of the language you tend to figure out your own variance and understanding of how something should be said. So as for me I think the rules you are mentioning or gathered by sheer experience of command in the English language.
  10. She sells seashells by the seashore is the only tongue twister that I can remember off by heart. I can say this once really slow, but if I tried to speed it up in any way my tongue gets really messed up.
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