Learning another Language

[King Of The Kippax]

I'm just wondering if anyone speaks any other language fluently and if there are any tips for a a beginner?

I'm wanting to learn Spanish as I'm planning to travel to South America in the next few years.

Would be interesting to know if anyone has any hidden talents & also can offer any advice....?

Gracias

 

[aguero93:20]

Scouse is very hard;)
I speak passable german from my school days and a bit of portuguese from going out with a brazilian girl for a few years, spanish it's meant to be one of the easier ones and I found portuguese to be alright.
Oh, try not to learn from books, find someone who can speak the language and practise.

 

[Damocles]

<a class="postlink" href="https://www.duolingo.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">https://www.duolingo.com/</a>

It's free and it actually works.

 

[BoyBlue_1985]

I start learning spanish today. I will let you know how shit I am tomorrow

 

[Tourist since 1971]

I'm just wondering if anyone speaks any other language fluently and if there are any tips for a a beginner?

I'm wanting to learn Spanish as I'm planning to travel to South America in the next few years.

Would be interesting to know if anyone has any hidden talents & also can offer any advice....?

Gracias

Not telling, they're hidden

 

[pee dubya]

I started Spanish from absolute scratch with Michel Thomas, the accent and pronunciation is a bit dodgy, but for learning the core stucture of the language, i found it really helpful and effective. Gives you a limited vocabulary but teaches you the framework if you want to learn to speak well, rather than just get by with words and phrases.

 

[peoffrey]

How about a part time evening class? I'm taught creative writing for two hours a week and we workshop all our pieces as a group. The tutoring, group support and homework is invaluable as I'd never have managed this on my own.

Me llamo Peoffrey y tengo trece anos.

 

[Blueband Brother]

https://www.duolingo.com/

It's free and it actually works.

This.

 

[roaminblue]

Oh, try not to learn from books, find someone who can speak the language and practise.

Key, I'd say. Someone who is willing to just talk the language with you.

I can speak French, and when I was always found actually going out and speaking it a lot more helpful than just learning in the classroom/from books.

You get a much better feel for how the language is structured in sentences, plus pronunciation

 

[Damocles]

On that duolingo site, you have "exchanges" where you will get a Spanish speaker trying to learn English whilst you are trying to learn Spanish. You send your pronunciation stuff to them and they check it (and vice versa).

It's a very, very good website.