Foreign Languages

Euronymous

Euronymous

Senior Jockey
Joined
Jan 6, 2005
Messages
19,120
Location
Leyland
Any foreign language speakers?If so how did you learn,and are there any decent websites where i can purchase courses that work?
 
Indeed, Euro, there are many of us on here (like myself) who are fluent in both English and Rubbish.

No idea about webbos, but I'm sure Mr. Google will be of great help.
 
Those courses don't work. They are limited to the commitment of those following them.

Only extremely motivated people can learn from tapes/discs, etc., although having a tape playing in the car as you drive about can help you learn subliminally.

Start off by going to classes at your local college or school and get to the country of the language you're learning as often as possible. Tune your radio to the foreign country (preferably not a music channel) and if you can, watch satellite TV from there.
 
I was waiting to see if either of the forum French teachers was going to admit to it.... :lol:

I can get by (kind of!!) in Spanish - I went to classes for a while which were good for learning the basics but I've learnt far more through being immersed in it & picking up bits I hear spoken around me. I ride my boss's horses - his grooms are all Spanish & don't speak English so I pick up a lot from them, mainly through trial & error!
 
I spent 2 years in France and learned more there than in the pevious 11 years. Linguaphone and the likes of courses such as that are a waste of money. You don't learn, merely remember.
 
You don't learn, merely remember.
Click to expand...

And unfortunately that's what the so-called experts have been trying to make us get kids do for the last 20 years.

It's only now they're realising the damage they've done and they're urging us to get back into grammar (mind you, I never abandoned it in the first place!)
 
Well i think it is possible to learn from tapes etc,particulary as i`m gonna try Norwegian which as a Germanic rather than Romantic language will be more straightforward anyway.
 
Sjurli jur nurtt srijus, Jyuro? I'd have thought quite the opposite - after all, we have enough Latin roots in English to help us through.
 
I found tapes were useful in the early stages of learning a language for pronunciation and getting the sounds of the language on your ear.
 
I have recently done a Mandarin course, as I will be spending nearly two months in China. The teacher was an absolute ride, which made concentrating on what she was saying very difficult.

Having met Mo, I'd imagine that his Robert Redford-like looks make it difficult for his female students to concentrate.
 
I found having a small Italian waiter as my paramour immensely helpful in getting authentic sounds in my ear, too.

Oh, is Maurice teaching the over-60s now, Bar?
 
Originally posted by krizon@Feb 8 2005, 12:57 AM
I found having a small Italian waiter as my paramour immensely helpful in getting authentic sounds in my ear, too.
Click to expand...
You're not Frankie's real mother, are you?
 
Back
Top