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Old Jul 27, 2005 | 02:27 AM
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Question Best way to learn a second language?

I know due to brain development after like 16 it becomes somewhat diffcult to learn a second language. I was wondering does anyone know any particular software or books that work well to help learn a second language?
Old Jul 27, 2005 | 03:07 AM
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What language did you want to learn?
Old Jul 27, 2005 | 03:30 AM
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hang out in Atlanta, you can learn spanish, and a few asian languages pretty quick
Old Jul 27, 2005 | 03:42 AM
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What language did you want to learn?
Something along the lines of German, Japanese or Chinese. Something less common then say Spanish or French.
Old Jul 27, 2005 | 04:16 AM
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I have no idea about books or tapes.. If I had the choice to learning a language id have to take a class because I wouldnt have the patients to learn from a book because you wouldnt know how to pronounce the stuff. A tape might be more helpful but still I wouldnt have any hands on experience and if you had a question you would have no one to ask. Also, a class would make you set a part of your day out for learning it unlike a nook or tape when you would easily loose intrest and say **** it im going to watch tv... But yeah it would be sweet to learn German and go flying around the Autobahn. I took spanish in highschool and I hated it. I wish I would have taken German.
Old Jul 27, 2005 | 04:23 AM
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What sucks is that McNeese State offers a very small language program.
Old Jul 27, 2005 | 04:32 AM
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Um try looking in the paper or something for people who offer small classes or something of that nature.
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Try these links. I took german in high school and I loved it. I would have also taken italian, but my school didn't offer it. These sites were very helpful in learning and brushing up on languages.
free lessons
BBC-Learn German
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German's not a bad language to learn, Russian is a little bit of a pain. Some places offer classes and things, plus some people say if you listen to the tapes while you are asleep it aids in the learning.
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Originally Posted by archemedes
hang out in Atlanta, you can learn spanish, and a few asian languages pretty quick
here in texas to.
Old Jul 27, 2005 | 08:48 PM
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German had it for 5 years 4thgrade - 9th and i know very little... i wanna learn italian
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Originally Posted by 97z2801ss
German had it for 5 years 4thgrade - 9th and i know very little... i wanna learn italian
that bbc site that I posted teaches italian too. you should check it out. it really helps.
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german isnt hard to learn, they teach it at my old high school, i took the class 1 semester and dropped it because i didnt need it
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