This is a departure from the norm, but I didn't think anyone would mind if I asked a few questions to satisfy my own curiosity. Why are you a linguaphile? How many languages do you speak fluently, which are you learning, and why did you choose to learn them? On a related note, I feel that a major problem in many American high schools is that they
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I'm the same way with Korean and Spanish! I figure that since I already have a foot in the door I might as well go all the way, right? Best of luck to you with your language studies! :-)
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Read the article muckefuck linked to: languages are learned when there is a pressing need, ( ... )
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Ah, that's a really interesting and valid point, even if it's not really viable (in my opinion, at least). But still, thank you for educating me.
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I (native English speaker) find subtitles incredibly useful when learning new languages, though they become distracting when I'm fairly proficient in the language. Americans aren't really big fans of non-English movies in general, though Pan's Labyrinth did fairly well.
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I'm sort of trying to learn German, I'm not very good at sticking to my lessons though, I wish I had more motivation. I just think it's a lovely language, it would be incredibly useful, and I hope to travel in some German-speaking areas.
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I'm learning German too, and I agree that it's a lovely language! It sounds very intense.
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However as a consequence my speaking is very abysmal , and so is the ability to write a text in french , but I can read a french newspaper without much trouble. (reading vernacular however especially on facebook is not that easy) So I have got all the passive knowledge in my head , but not that much active one (and I still struggle to not confuse the conditionel with the and futur. or was it imparfait?(there you see I am crap xD) )
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