Learnng a foreign langauge

[notorious]

I am seeking input on what would be the best way to learn a foreign language, in my case Spanish.

I listen to the radio all day while working, and I figure I might as well make that time productive in another way.

I would also love an interactive app or entire program that will work over an Ipad, computer, etc.

In addition, I plan to attend local classes for direct interaction.


Any input is welcome. Gracias.

[BlackHelicopters]

Originally Posted by notorious

A hot one would be best.

This axiom applies to most situations. Get a hot one. Except beer.

[eDave]

Date a Latina. You'll know all the cuss words real quick.

[Buehler445]

yo pongo la madera

That is "I lay wood".

What else do you need in your case?

[Bewbies]

Duolingo. Free app. Awesome.

[RealSNR]

I dated a girl from Helsinki once.

It didn't work out. She did this weird thing when we had sex where she'd sternly scream at me, "I'M FINNISH! I'M FINNISH!"

Some kind of translation problem, maybe?

[BlackHelicopters]

Learned a lot of Spanish in hs. Senor even taught us the cuss words. I’m 52. Still fluent enough for most conversations.

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

Get the google translate app on your smart phone.

My brother always used Rosetta stone for whatever country he was being deployed to and really liked it.

[threebag]

Originally Posted by notorious

A hot one would be best.

I didn't think of anything less

[Al Bundy]

I learned Icelandic, wasn't easy. I used some of Rosetta Stone and my girlfriend is Icelandic.

[TLO]

Originally Posted by Bewbies

Duolingo. Free app. Awesome.

I'm playing on it now. I now know the Spanish word for Apples and for bread.

Thanks Obama!

[eDave]

Originally Posted by TLO

I'm playing on it now. I now know the Spanish word for Apples and for bread.

Gracias Obama!

FYP

[mdchiefsfan]

Originally Posted by notorious

I am seeking input on what would be the best way to learn a foreign language, in my case Spanish.

I listen to the radio all day while working, and I figure I might as well make that time productive in another way.

I would also love an interactive app or entire program that will work over an Ipad, computer, etc.

In addition, I plan to attend local classes for direct interaction.


Any input is welcome. Gracias.

I was a Russian linguist in the Army, and was fluent in 47 weeks. Immersion is key to learning a language. We were unable to speak English after 26 weeks. That is really difficult to accomplish, unless you have someone learning with you.

Listening/reading news teaches you how to identify key words, and piece the unknown information together. You wouldn’t think it, but newscasters are some of the fastest talkers. Adjust to them, and you will certainly pick up your average speaker.

Another excercise that really assisted in understanding the language was to define unknown words with the words I knew. We would have to describe an angel, without knowing the word “angel” to the best of our abilities. This is vital because, even though we are fluent in English, we don’t know every word. We just utilize the words we know to describe what we are experiencing. Keep this in mind when learning try your best to incorporate it as diversely as possible.

[mdchiefsfan]

Originally Posted by Al Bundy

I learned Icelandic, wasn't easy. I used some of Rosetta Stone and my girlfriend is Icelandic.

We used Rosetta Stone as well. The ads stating used by the military... completely true.

[Prison Bitch]

I taught myself how to read anther language at a 3rd grade level. Took online test to determine this.

Key: memorize the top 1000 words. They comprise 65% of the words spoken (by frequency). While the avg American knows 50-70K words, even we use the Top 1000 about 2/3 of all words we speak.

Know them cold.

[AMDChief]