Hedonologist Posted January 13, 2014 Report Share Posted January 13, 2014 How much are you willing to spend on each language that you learn?I'm on quite a limited budget at the moment so I've only ever consider going up to around £60. With that I can usually get a good dictionary for £10, an Audio course for £15 and then spend the remainder on coursebooks, grammars and readers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linguaholic Posted January 13, 2014 Report Share Posted January 13, 2014 Hmm, that is not an easy question. I spent hundreds of dollars for Chinese, whereas I only spent a few bucks for French and English. However, I am actually willing to spend quite a lot of money for learning languages if necessary, as studying languages has always been a priority for me. At this day and age, however, you can find a massive amount of information on the internet about almost any language and it is not really necessary anymore to spend a lot of money for language learning tools.I really like to buy Flashcards for all the languages that I am learning. Digital Flashcards are nice as well, but I really prefer printed flash cards. It's nice to have something in your hands while doing flashcards :grin: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
True2marie Posted January 14, 2014 Report Share Posted January 14, 2014 I never thought about how much I'd be willing to spend to learn a new language. Mostly, my training has always been free through school. So, I guess my range would be withing $50 and $100, an amount that wouldn't break my budget. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheStoryteller1 Posted January 14, 2014 Report Share Posted January 14, 2014 Honestly, I moved to another country months back, and there are still huge moving/visa/etc. expenses, so my budget for languages is about 0, however big priority they are.Thankfully internet is filled with free resources, and I've borrowed some textbooks from friends as well. I also have from before Rosetta Stone, which is a really good thing to have when you can't afford even buying a dictionary (I could technically afford it, but any money I get need to go into a whole list of things the moment I receive them). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristinaw Posted January 14, 2014 Report Share Posted January 14, 2014 I really don't even have a budget for learning a new language. I learn everything from having real life conversations with the locals where I live now. I also use the internet if I have to. :kiss: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caparica007 Posted January 14, 2014 Report Share Posted January 14, 2014 On 1/13/2014 at 8:23 PM, Hedonologist said: How much are you willing to spend on each language that you learn?I'm on quite a limited budget at the moment so I've only ever consider going up to around £60. With that I can usually get a good dictionary for £10, an Audio course for £15 and then spend the remainder on coursebooks, grammars and readers.This was exactly what I did when I was studying most of my languages, I visited amazon and I bough dictionaries, book, grammar and audio tapes, I was set to go. I can't recall how much all that cost me, but it didn't reach £60. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marmunmrhundun Posted January 18, 2014 Report Share Posted January 18, 2014 I don't really have a budget but if I did it would probably be around $100. I am not going over that, as the only thing I could see myself doing is purchasing a tutor. However I try to keep from spending money at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trellum Posted January 18, 2014 Report Share Posted January 18, 2014 I spent a lot cash in the past, mostly on language learning books and courses. I lost the count of how much I spent on those books and courses to be honest. I might be spending a lot money in the future to learn dutch, my boyfriend told me we might buy a special dutch course or sign me up for a dutch language course. So we might spend quite a bit in the future. I don't plan to spend more cash in other languages tho, for now dutch is good. Plus I'm on a budget, so spending more money on language materials isn't the best idea right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miya Posted January 18, 2014 Report Share Posted January 18, 2014 Well, this is an interesting question. I guess it depends on what language I'm studying. If I'm studying for fun, then I try to use free internet resources whenever possible. If I'm studying because I want to go to the country and find a job there in the future, then I don't mind taking courses and buying books/materials to study the language. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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