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I never consider myself to be done. The moment I stop striving to get better is the moment I get worse. Even my own native language takes a lot of effort and energy in order to keep up to date with. We are ever evolving and ever learning. So in learning a foreign language I can never really say I've completed that task. It is possible however to reach a master level.

I believe it is the cultural difference that will make the difference in my marriage. We would always be learning something new from each other and the spark would not go out. Our children will be born until a melting pot of cultures therefore.

That's very funny. Buying a language in order to meet love.... If that were possible... Only if...

I've always dreamed of falling in love with a Spanish speaker. This was partly due to the lovely lady that taught me Spanish in high school. But all is not lost. It just hasn't happened as yet.

Being able to speak is linked back with your ability to hear. When you are a quick learner in terms of hearing then you would also be able to speak properly. At least that's just my theory. So those who are able to write are actually good at reading.

Russia is a big Country and to have the Russian language etched in your brain is an asset. But like you said, you can always learn it sometime in the future. As long as there is life there is hope.

My native language is English and even that language has quite a lot about it that you have to learn. I'm very passionate about English language and I want to be able to express myself in any situation to any specific group of people. You have to appeal both to the intellectual as well as to the naive. In Spanish I was doing the best in my classes from seventh grade to when I left high school. I remember getting a lot of 100%s my exams. I never gave up ever.

As a Caribbean native I speak Creole. English language is also a major language in my country. I remember in my mid teenage years I would force myself to learn a lot of words in my language. I read extensively and I realized the impact it had on my brain. I was sharper and more alert than the other persons within my class when it came on to the English language. So yes I am able to understand most words in the language of English and whatever words I'm not familiar with I can always use contextual clues to understand them.

I do think that whatever language you dream in doesn't really matter. The fact is that we all will understand what we are dreaming about no matter what language we're dreaming in. It's amazing how creative our mind spaces are though... I've learned so much from my dreams and I've even gotten information about people in my dreams.

I've dreamt of scenarios in which I spoke Spanish. Those dreams were the best and they especially kept flooding in when I was studying for my major Spanish exams. The dreams were so vivid and real and I felt as though I understood everything that was being discussed in the Spanish dialect. When I woke up I was so disappointed because I felt as though I wanted to stay in the dream in order to continue to build my Spanish knowledge.

Thank you for that information. You saved me the time and effort of getting the dictionary. So catsup is the same as ketchup in English.

I was wondering if you were talking about "catchup" as in when you try to get up to speed and in progress with what ever your focus is. Its my first time seeing the word catsup. Thanks for sharing.

I really don't know why the English language has to be so complicated. We don't even get to pronounce the words the way they are spelled. As an English learner you have to ensure that you listen a lot. Reading and doing your own interpretation can be very dangerous to learning.

This is a very simple word but sometimes we put 1 h instead of two: Withhold.

No doubt that the American accent and language is well sought after by many third world countries. I was grown in the Queen's English environment however So I most definitely am used to standard English and the British accent. The accent has a commanding presence about it.

Well it's quite commendable that you are at a stage in which you are able to understand what you are hearing. Expressing a response may be difficult for you at the moment but I am sure that you will improve. I realize that hearing and speaking go hand in hand just as how reading and writing go hand in hand. I'm able to read quite well in my foreign language and so writing the language isn't a problem for me. I am not quite advanced in listening the language which I am studying however and so speaking it is also a challenge. But you are on the better track seeing that you are able to hear and understand the language.

Watching movies with subtitles can be effective but you have to be fluent in your own native language in order to read the subtitles quickly enough and apply your understanding. The fact that you are watching and listening to the movie it's helping to develop the listening aspect of your foreign language neurons. Watching the action as the excitement builds also gives you an idea of what is being said in the audio that you're listening to.

Learning language through music is a very very effective methodology. This practice is very ancient and old and never seems to lose its taste. I must say though that this music must be very much well Grammatically structured because there are a lot of rubbish being published out there on the radio today. Learning language through music is very helpful because It is even through music that we learn to love or even to say our alphabet.

Thanks for mentioning this game. Even though it does not teach you sentence structure, learning words is a basic start for any language learner. This game is therefore still invaluable.

With modern technological advances you can begin to learn a foreign language and master it within a few months. What you really need is a lot of interaction with native speakers of the language that you plan on learning and you can do a lot of this through social media and listening/watching audio visual media. I am very glad for the hours that I invested in learning Spanish while I was in high school. It was for this very reason that I was hired by Amazon to be a consultant. I got my certification in the language and so I would advise you that even if you do not see the immediate benefit of learning the language that you are interested in, it is still a good idea to put some time into studying it..

Very interesting and very helpful. It sounds like a very creative way to learn a language. I have never tried it before but I thought about it before. I think I should actually give it a try. I think the words stick because they have a certain melody to them. Our brains tend to not forget melodies that are good.

Hello my Egyptian friend. No need to be sorry about your pronunciation. In joining this forum we came on with an understanding that we would have these circumstances. But we are here to help one another nevertheless. Listening to an audio can be a challenge if one is not already familiar with the words and phrases of the language. The best way to become familiar with words and phrases is to read a lot and in reading wide. Actually for me, listening is secondary, reading is first.

For me I don't seem to care what people think once I know I'm not doing something that is illegal or wrong. I do have the heart to make adjustments yes, but at the same time I do believe that people themselves can also adjust. They can also get used to me and give me the time and the grace period to adopt their dialect. Yes and it is true that there are not only variations in writing but also in speaking.

For me I don't seem to care what people think once I know I'm not doing something that is illegal or wrong. I do have the heart to make adjustments yes, but at the same time I do believe that people themselves can also adjust. They can also get used to me and give me the time and the grace period to adopt their dialect. Yes and it is true that there are not only variations in writing but also in speaking.

I can absolutely relate to what you are saying. I used to have this issue in my writing while I was in high school. There was also the issue of typing articles using Microsoft Word. The computer always seemed to default the language to American English instead of the International English. Most times I would just stick with this default but I've come to understand that the British English is the one that is internationally recognized. As a consequence of this, I started to make sure that everything that I wrote or typed was done in British English and today I have no struggles in differentiating words of either dialect.