Has anyone successfully learnt a language later in life?

[Saddleworth2]

Non.

 

[Blue Mist]

Non.

French, pretty good

 

[Corky]

Supposed to have learning 10k words, but it probably took a lot longer than when younger. Takes a few years to get any good.

 

[Tuearts right boot]

Find someone to practise it with.

You can find people offering services through Skype etc online.

Consume media in Spanish language.

When we lived over there the clued up Catalans watched the BBC news, programmes and English films, the guy in the local iron mongers even used to watch speeches on youtube by Tony Blair as he thought he sounded the most English....

 

[5 Hit Gibbon]

My missus is a Geordie so I had to learn that. Had to watch videos of Auf Wiedersehen Pet and listen to Crocodile Shoes by Jimmy Nail on repeat to pick up the lingo.

Still have no clue what they are saying half of the time.

 

[BimboBob]

I did do basic French at school, and suprise myself that I do recall more than I expected to. And as planning to go to France next summer (avec un chiens) was thinking about trying to learn more to help the holiday along ...

Good luck taking chickens with you.

 

[manimanc]

Spanish is such an easy language to learn.

 

[Barcon]

Not by choice but I'm starting to learn how to speak twitter and young ****.
I have learned, woke, pivot and literally.

 

[PragueBlue]

Takes a few years to get any good.

Depends on what you define as good and the language. Some are much easier than others. I think if you put the effort in, you can get to a decent communicative level (though not fluent) within 6 months.

 

[Corky]

Depends on what you define as good and the language. Some are much easier than others. I think if you put the effort in, you can get to a decent communicative level (though not fluent) within 6 months.

If you immerse yourself in another country no doubt it will be quicker, and other Germanic languages will be easier, but I was going off the 10k words barometer to be fluent.

I used to hear people who went on construction jobs in the Netherlands who claimed to learn the language in 6 weeks an knew it was bollocks,