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| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5334 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes  Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 17 of 21 28 April 2010 at 8:56am | IP Logged |
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Mine was : All of the above. If there is a way to learn languages I will explore it.
The ways I have learned the individual languages are as follows: English: School, self study, university studies work, travelling Spanish: Living in the country, university studies French: Living in the country, university studies, self study Italian: Self study, travelling, evening clases German: School, evening classes, self study Russian: Evening classes, self study - and since I am struggeling so hard with this one, and it is a language that you are not really exposed to, I am using every possible way I can find as far as self study goes. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| rebrafi Pentaglot Newbie Brazil Joined 5329 days ago 18 posts - 23 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, Spanish, Esperanto, French, English Studies: Italian | Message 18 of 21 28 April 2010 at 2:21pm | IP Logged |
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it looks like that self-study is a general opinion here, I also love to learn by sel study, but I think that some languages should be learnt specificaly in a language course, with a teacher; languages with complex grammar and/or writtin system and/or pronounciation.
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| ReneeMona Diglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 5335 days ago 864 posts - 1274 votes Speaks: Dutch*, EnglishC2 Studies: French | Message 19 of 21 28 April 2010 at 3:45pm | IP Logged |
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I learnt English unconsciously through exposure (and a bit in school) but French is a more conscious process. I took a course in it when I was 12 and studied it for six years in school but now it's all self-study. It's mostly random though. I watch films and listen to music and look up words I don't know, translate French songs into English, read French online and write on lang-8 every now and then. At this point, I feel like I know the basics and I should just keep exposing myself to the language and pick things up as I go. Edited by ReneeMona on 13 May 2010 at 9:12pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| s_allard Triglot Senior Member Canada Joined 5430 days ago 2704 posts - 5425 votes Speaks: French*, English, Spanish Studies: Polish | Message 20 of 21 29 April 2010 at 4:37am | IP Logged |
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No surprise. Self study all the way. I've never found a self study course that I really liked. One thing that I think should be explored is how the Internet has revolutionized self study. By the way, I dislike the term "self study". I prefer "independent learning". But I won't fight over it.
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| stout Senior Member Ireland Joined 5371 days ago 108 posts - 140 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 21 of 21 30 April 2010 at 3:38pm | IP Logged |
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I am learning French at present and I do have some knowledge of the language.
Self-study:French Linguaphone Plus course and Hugo's French in Three Months. I do an hour to an hour and-a-half of self-studying every day. Living in the country:I had previously lived in France for 5-6 months.I wanted to stay in the country longer,but the economic downturn and family sentiments made me return home.Returning to France to live is not an option at the current moment,not in the next few years at least.This is because as I said before due the economic downturn and family sentiments. Language classes:I had done language classes while I was living in France and in my experience and opinion it was a hit and miss affair.I was either being held back by slower and less motivated learners or there was too much homework and French teachers were a mixed bag,one was very good,a couple were so-so and there was one I could not stand,she was full of herself. So language classes if you have a very good teacher are very benefical,if you have a bad teacher then language classes are complete waste of time.Like I said language classes are a hit and miss affair. Online language learning:This a new way of learning languages.I was planning on doing French evening classes with the Alliance Francaise in Cork this September coming,however it takes an hour and-a-quarter from where I live to the AF in Cork and the same amount of time when returning home.Two and-a-half hours in total. However when I browsing on the internet I heard about learning foreign languages online.I came across a website called Learn French Forum.com and it's run by a Belgian lady who's living in the South of France who teaches French online.I was browsing through LFF.com and I admit I was interested.The rates are pretty value. The advantages of learning a foreign language online with a teacher is that it's one to one tuition,you are not being held back by slow learners or less motivated students nor are you being left standing by the class genius.Also you can learn it in the comfort of your own home,no commuting from home to the language school and also it's pretty inexpensive since it direct between the student and the teacher,cutting out the middleman:i.e the language school. So I will commence with my French online lessons this September.I think that online language learning is a new and revolutionary way of learning a foreign language and in a recession online language learning will be popular due it's low cost. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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