languages?

Question

which one should i learn? what language is easiest to learn? what is the easiest way to learn a language BESIDES moving to that country?

Answer 1

It depends. If you live in US, I think you should learn Spanish, since it is "unofficially" the second language in the country.
If you live in Canada, a proficiency in both English and French must be of your advantage, especially for employment.
If you look for a job and you compete with other candidate(s)
who speak only English, but you are bilingual. Chances are they will hire you, if they are really fair.
There are several good ways to learn a language beside moving to that country.
1) Make reading your habit, start reading children books in that language. why ? Because they always use the simplest words.
2) BUild your vocabulary. always try to find new word(s),. the meaning and how to use them every day. Sometimes, there are similar words,e.g in English: rush, hurry (up), put down, write down, jot down, take down,etc,etc. The same thing is true for other language. Example: Spanish: oir, escuchar, both means to listen.
3) If you make progress and already know a lot words. It is a lot better to use one language dictionary. Don't use English-Spanish or English-French, but use Spanish-Spanish or French-French dictionary.
4) Put down the new words,the meaning, the utilization in index cards that you can carry everywhere, read them on the bus, car while waiting in line
5) Try to find a native speaker. Practice,practice and practice that language. Avoid speaking English, if it is possible.
6) Listen to the radio in that language
7)Watch a movie in that language. or
8) Watch a movie in English with a subtittle in that language. It is good
9) If it is possible, spend vacation where they speak the language, if you are in Canada and learn French, go to Quebec and practice the language there, so you know the culture. Culture is related to language, if you are in US, you can spend vacation in one of Latin American countries,Mexico, Guatemala,etc,etc

Answer 2

I speak English, Esperanto, Spanish, and German. Esperanto was far easier to learn than any of the others, and it opened the world to me. I've had conversations with people from every continent, and every country, read novels and folklore from around the world, listened to all kinds of music from many different cultures, and I only had to learn the easiest language on earth to do so.

You might ask, why is Esperanto easier to learn than any of the other languages? It's because it is a language designed to be easier to learn than any national language. Most of the time spent studying a foreign language is spent learning the irregularities and rule exceptions ("I before E except after C", " 'sheep' is both singular and plural", etc). Esperanto has only 16 gramatical rules, and no exceptions to any of the rules.

There is no easy way to learn a language, all languages have their difficulties, even one as easy as Esperanto. The fastest way to learn a language is total immersion, but it's not really easy. Here are some tips I've learned in my language learning:

1. Look at people's reviews on Amazon to determine what are some of the best courses. Go to the library and check out (audition) different types of courses, and see what works for you best. The correct answer for you may not be one course, but a combination.

3. Put aside 30 - 60 minutes per day and study some each day.

4. If you get discouraged, take a couple of days off, but set your next time to study and stick to it. If you go too long (say a week) between study sessions, you'll start forgetting.

5. Go into the experience realizing that you'll make lots of mistakes, everybody makes mistakes, don't worry about them and keep going. In other words, don't let your mistakes discourage you, everyone makes them, you're no different.

6. Try to find someone better than you in the language to speak with. You can't learn to speak a language without speaking it. If you're trying to learn with someone else who is also learning, you'll lead each other into learning errors.

Answer 3

All languages have some difficulties. There is no such thing as a totally easy language. A lot of it depends on what your native language is too. If your native language is English, I think some of the easier languages to learn would be Spanish, French, Afrikaans (a simplified form of Dutch), Modern Norwegian and some of the artificial (or constructed ) languages like Esperanto, Novial and Interlingua:

Me prisa li redi e gelbi folies del Autumne. Les es tre beli.
(Novial)

Mi sxatas la rugxaj kaj flavaj foliojn de Autuno. Ili estas tre belaj.
(Esperanto)

Io amo le folios rubie e jalne del Autumno. Illes es bellissime.
(Interlingua)

"I like the red and yellow leaves of Fall. They are very beautiful."

All of these are easy comparatively speaking. What's more, a good grounding in an artificial language can actually improve your ability to study a natural foreign languages. It can even improve a person's writing and composition in English.

Answer 4

Learn a language that is going to be the most useful for you in life! I would suggest Spanish, not only is it very widely used in our country and elsewhere, it's also very nice to learn! It flows much better then English and the rules make more sense (though it's that way with all the romantic languages)


Find some Spanish speaking friends who have it as their first language! That's the best way to learn it right, if you aren't going to be living in the country!

Answer 5

Spanish is fairly easy to learn and it is very practical, you can communicate with hundreds of millions of people all over the world, from Spain to Tierra del Fuego to many big American cities. Easiest way to learn it is to take a class in school and if you want to make it even easier, listen to language tapes in your spare time and watch a little Spanish TV or listen to Spanish stations on radio. It is a vibrant, expansive, interesting, friendly, and passionate culture, growing more important every day.

Answer 6

Well the best thing to do is go by the area you live in if your thinking of monetary gain. In California that would be spanish or Hmong. I don't know about where you live at. I think French is beautiful and Spanish (Spain).

Have a Great Saturday!
'-)

Answer 7

Learn Italian its far more beautiful than Spanish . If only Italy had colonized Mexico!!!

Answer 8

spanish is one of the easiest....
but if u want something a little more challenging, pick french.... its pretty easy but the pronouncation for me is sorta difficult.... try it for a year and if u dont like it switch to spanish....

Answer 9

French is a good option.Attending a regular language class is the wisest thing you can do.

Answer 10

i take french, i think its really easy...u could buy a language kit to help u learn, but u have to stick with it! its kind of hard for me, but im learning french in school, im trying to teach myself italian.