Have you learnt to speak a foreign language?

Question

Which language? How did you learn it? How long did it take you get fluent in the language? Thanks....!

Answer 1

i speak. Portuguese, Spanish, English and French... my native language is Portuguese. I learned Spanish quite easily as it is very close to the Portuguese language.. I learned French in School, as I live in Canada and French is part of the curriculum in Canada...

It took my along time to learn French and I am still learning... Spanish and English came easily for me... I learned those two languages in less than a year. I also dabble a bit in Italian, however I am not fluent,

Answer 2

Although I'm not actually fluent in Spanish, I'm considered good enough to be a tutor. Here are my tips: 1) If you don't already know a lot about the language, get Rosetta Stone. I concur that it is really expensive, but if you're sure that you really want to learn the language, it'll be helpful in getting down the basics. 2) After you've learned some from the Rosetta Stone, enroll in some community college classes in that language if possible. Get good reference books, and try to learn as much as you can. 3) By the time you get to the end of the 200 level in college classes (and if you really tried hard), you should be able to read the language pretty well. At this point, I'd have to recommend a trip to the country that speaks your language of choice. And I'm not talking about a two-day stay in Mexico city.... I mean a few months of immersing yourself in the language and culture. That's my approach; I've more or less followed the pattern through the beginning of step 3. You may have totally different learning style; I would recommend exploring and seeing what works best for you. Good luck!

Answer 3

I speak Spanish. I learned English, French and Italian. . I've been studying English since I was 6, I'm 23 now and I speak it fluently. It took me a year and a half to learn Italian, but I haven't practiced in a while so I don't think I'm fluent enough. Same thing with French. I love to learn new languages!

Answer 4

I started to learn English when I was in the 4-th grade, then kept studying it at the University as my major and only living in a country where English is a spoken language (in my case it's USA) for a year and being able to speak my native language completely improved my skills. I am fluent in it now and work as a freelance translator.

Answer 5

English... took about 8 years to be fluent, Italian took 2 years but I'm not fluent enough. I need practice! I can speak turkish cuz I'm turkish:P ermm... And little bit Russian... took lessons for 3 months but not enought to speak or understand.
Now I wanna learn latin cuz it's like a key to learn so many languages!!!

Answer 6

I learned to speak Spanish in college while "hanging out" with Latinos from all over Latin America. They let me borrow books, with which I began to read the language. I lived in Mexico for a year after that and "perfected" my skills. Now I can read, write, speak, and understand Spanish fluently. I write better than most Native Speakers. I taught Spanish for 5 years and bilingual education for six. All of my students were Native Spanish Speakers. It took about three years to become fluent.

Answer 7

i speak 7 languages 2 of them at home 1 more at school and 4 with the full immersion into the culture and it took me about 2 years or so for each one including English. I traveled a lot.

Answer 8

I'm Macedonian so ...
we know by default to speak Serbian, Bulgarian, Croatian..
We can learn to speak Russian, Ukrainian, Slovenian, Czech
for about 6 months fluently
hardest is Polish (all of these are Slavic languages) for about a year...
I've learned German at University ..
I speak English by default (i started learning from 4 years).
it's the main language in the world..
Spain, Italian & Portugal from soup movies ...
but believed or not i can undestend every single word..
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also i've learnd pair of frases in every world language(25 including Franch, Chineese, Japan, Zulu)

Answer 9

I grew up in a bilingual household where french and English were both spoken equally...
To this day, depending on who we are speaking to we still talk both .. its quite a scene when we all get together..
I personally think its much easier when you are young but time, patience and attitude about wanting to learn will get you there.... Get a good tape, CD, book..... watch tv in that language if you can and get a good bilingual dictionary ...
Also check out your local college for courses in that language....
Here is a great link for finding out how to write things in different languages..
http://world.altavista.com/tr

Answer 10

Yes. I learned English when I came to the USA. It took me 1.5 years. I did it through school and total immersion. I also learned French in high school and college. I'm not as fluent in French, since I wasn't able to immerse myself in the language and rarely use it.