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I like Italian the most. I think it's a beautiful language. Of course, having a lot of beautiful women associate with the language doesn't hurt either. As far as my least favorite, I'm not sure I have one. I guess if I had to pick I'd say German. No real reason other than the fact that it doesn't seem to be romanticized as much as other languages such as Spanish, French, and Italian. Seems kind of a boring language to learn.

Thanks for the link. I've heard a lot of good things about the website. I don't usually use "flash cards" to study, but I'll give it a try. I like more in depth learning. But if it helps, I'm all for it. We'll see how I like it. I'll try to keep an open mind.

This is a long way off from happening, but I'd really like to study and learn Chinese writing. It's such a cool looking way to write. I'm curious as if it's really as hard as it looks or if it's just me being negative.

I'd like to see a study on how well young kids pick up new languages. And whether or not learning it at a young age gives them an advantage of people who learn when they are in middle and high school. I'd be interested to see the results of a study like that.

I think it's important to stay well practiced when you're learning a new language. If you don't really practice it every day it is very easy to forget material you just learned. You need to continually go over it. So yes, if you don't use it you probably will lose it. Unless you have an excellent memory and learn a lot easier than a lot of folks do.

To me, it seems like French and Chinese would be hard languages to learn. Chinese in particular seems really daunting and difficult at first glance. I get discouraged just looking at Chinese writing. Seems really hard to pick up and there a lot of odd symbols.

No, I've never failed to get a job due to language barriers. None of my jobs have required that I know another language. But I have seen some job openings that interest me that require languages other than English. So learning a new language definitely opens up your opportunities.

I can't see myself learning a language by watching movies. To me that would be a bit too difficult to do. I personally prefer learning through audio cd's and book work. Just the way I learn best. Nothing against those who do so through video assistance and movies.

I'm very much of in favor of it. Not only is it stimulating to learn new languages when you travel, knowing the native language of whatever country you are traveling to comes in handy. It's very useful. Plus, you'll be able to communicate with locals and that'll make for a much more pleasurable trip.

Really I think the desire to learn is the most important motivator, for me personally. Obviously you want to learn a language for a reason, whether it's for travel purposes, or giving you a leg up on finding a new job. But at the end of the day you have to motivate yourself to learn it.

I think any language can be easy if you put enough effort into learning it. It just takes some patience, and you need to get the basics down first. I find that once you really put your focus into it becomes easier and easier to learn new things and pick up on the nuances of the languages.

I started studying Spanish when I was 15. In high school. Of course we studied it lightly in elementary school, but it wasn't very in depth. Most of the stuff we studied in high school was fairly complex and required some studying, at least. Beyond the basics.

Never tried it personally but I've heard good things about it. Might give it a shot in a couple of weeks. I just need a little bit more time to dedicate to it so I know whether it's worth it or not. But from the reviews here it does seem like it's a good use of time.

I don't know that I have a favorite song in another language. I would like to hear more music in other languages, but I need to be able to understand the lyrics and the message of the song before I can really enjoy it. Hopefully I can get into some Spanish music as I learn more words in the future.

Probably just a couple of random moments of getting called out by my Spanish teacher in high school. I didn't really take the class seriously so there were times I didn't know the information as well as I should have. So I didn't know some answers when my teacher called on me. Found it to be pretty embarassing, honestly.

I haven't had much of a problem picking up humor in other languages. I think for the most part it's easy to tell when people are trying to be funny. By their body language and how they say things. It's pretty say to pick up on in my opinion. A sense of humor is pretty universal.

No, you can't learn a foreign language while you sleep. If anyone ever told you that they're probably trying to scam you. When you're asleep your brain is at rest. That's the whole purpose of sleep. To given our mind and body a rest. Listening to audio tapes isn't going to allow your brain to rest properly and you're not going to learn anyway.

I think Australians have fantastic accents. As well as the British. Those two accents are just great to me. I find them sophisticated and at times funny. I'm from the Southern United States and a lot of people down here certainly have accents that stick out. Most people seem to have a love hate relationship with the southern accent. I personally don't have much of one, but I don't mind them overall.

I have never fallen in love with someone who speaks a foreign language. To be honest I'm not sure if I ever could. I think being able to communicate well with someone is one of the most important aspects of being in a relationship or in love with someone. While I've certainly found people from other countries attractive, I just haven't been able to really connect with someone on that level with whom speaks another language.

At this point the only language I really write in, is the language that I most proficient in, which is English. I can also write somewhat competently in Spanish. As I learn more, and progress with learning the language I'm sure I will be able to write just as well in it as I do currently in English. It's just a really slow process. Certainly doesn't happen over night. But I'm really making strides.

Learn something new everyday. I definitely thought sign language was universal and the same throughout every country in the world. I didn't know every country had slightly different versions of it. I think it would be better if it was the same for every country. Makes logical sense and would just make things easier on deaf people in general. Not sure what use it is to have different signs for a lot of different countries. Not practical at all.

Being a native speaker of English, I find it pretty hard to gauge how hard the language is to learn for people from other countries and those who speak different languages. For me it was pretty easy to pick up and that seems to be the case for most people. I think if you just study hard and actively practice speaking the language you won't have much of a problem learning it. I don't think it's very hard to learn in comparison to other languages, so I wouldn't worry too much about it.

What's happening to you is what I want to happen to me eventually. I want to become so good and used to speaking Spanish that it becomes almost second nature to me. Although I'll probably always enjoy speaking English more than any other language, I really enjoy speaking Spanish and as I expand my vocabulary within that language I'm sure I'll be speaking it more and more. I'm sure that'll annoying my friends to no end, though.

I'm not taking any online classes that cost money but I do have my former teacher of Spanish come and give me lessons at my home. I find them pretty productive and the rate is about $10 per hour. Not a lot of money for a very useful thing. I know tutors that charge a lot more than that so I'm pretty happy with the deal I'm getting.

Definitely plan on subscribing to your channel. I've very interested in learning Spanish, in depth. I've got a basic idea of the language as I took it in high school, but I'm interested in getting deeper into the language. Hopefully your videos will help me do that. I haven't checked out your videos yet, but I definitely plan on doing so when I get some more spare time.