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| Lightning Groupie United Kingdom livelanguagelove.bloRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5119 days ago 58 posts - 70 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese | Message 137 of 204 29 December 2010 at 5:18pm | IP Logged | ||
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17 years old. (18 in April 2011)
Japanese - Intermediate. Began learning when I was 11 and it was mainly to learn the script. Turned 13 realised I really enjoyed being able to read/write a foreign language and so got very into it. 4 years later I've never looked back. Though I really should so I can work out why I've studied for so long (albeit on and off) and am only scraping intermediate. Korean - Beginner. On and off for years. Mandarin - Beginner. Same as Korean. By 20 I would love to be proficient in Japanese, advanced in Korean and conversational in Mandarin and to be working on other languages. :) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| thistledown Newbie United Kingdom Joined 4945 days ago 14 posts - 38 votes Speaks: English* | Message 138 of 204 30 December 2010 at 1:02pm | IP Logged | ||
Ha! I'm 62, so you're a mere youngster ;) Schoolgirl Latin Russian learnt in response to Cuban Missile Crisis (and promptly forgotten again once the Russians failed to invade our small English village). French 7 years at school and 2 at Uni Anglo Saxon at Uni Italian at Uni Holiday German Now learning Dutch as I am about to have a grandchild who will be raised bilingual English and Dutch. The only real problem I'm having (which probably is age-related) is the difficulty in pronouncing Dutch correctly at speed. If I slow down to articulate each word separately I have a good accent. To pronounce it at speed I need to train the muscles in my mouth to perform oral gymnastics. At the moment I have to choose between correct articulation at half-speed or slurred articulation to maintain the rythm of normal speech. I guess if I compare it to learning to play an instrument or a learning to type (training my fingers instead of my mouth) I would opt for accuracy over speed. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
 Fasulye Heptaglot Winner TAC 2012 Moderator Germany fasulyespolyglotblog Joined 5628 days ago 5460 posts - 6006 votes 1 sounds Speaks: German*, DutchC1, EnglishB2, French, Italian, Spanish, Esperanto Studies: Latin, Danish, Norwegian, Turkish Personal Language Map | Message 139 of 204 30 December 2010 at 8:01pm | IP Logged | ||
Meanwhile I am 49. Danish: I started learning Danish at age 42 at the adult education centre and restarted learning Danish by doing self-study at age 48. Fasulye 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| sjheiss Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5465 days ago 100 posts - 174 votes Speaks: English*, Basque | Message 140 of 204 31 December 2010 at 5:00am | IP Logged | ||
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I'm 17 (well, in 15 days).
English: Native language, learned in Washington state, USA. German: This was the first language I ever started learning, back in April 2008. I used to like it a lot, and could've been fluent in it by now if I had wanted to, and had known better how to learn languages, but I lost all interest I had in Germany, so now I can only understand it at about a B1-2 level. I still like the language, but I won't learn it any more. Basque: First got interested in it in probably Fall of 2008, but never started learning it. Started learning it in May 2009, but didn't make it far, because of a lack of knowledge of how I learn languages, and a lack of materials. I restarted it in September of this year, and am now learning it seriously and actively, and it's my favorite language. :) Latin: Started in the beginning of November of this year I believe. As you can see, I haven't been into languages for very long, and it took me over two years of dabbling with probably 30+ languages to finally find ones I really want to learn. ;) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| FVerschoor Bilingual Diglot Groupie United States Joined 6130 days ago 44 posts - 44 votes Speaks: English*, Dutch* Studies: Spanish, Russian | Message 141 of 204 31 December 2010 at 9:06am | IP Logged | ||
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Age - 19
Dutch - native English - native Spanish - throughout high school, some college - still a beginner, because I let it slide. Russian - two years and counting in college - my favorite by far, I'd say I'm at an intermediate level. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| zamie Groupie Australia Joined 5034 days ago 83 posts - 126 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Modern Hebrew | Message 142 of 204 31 December 2010 at 10:16am | IP Logged | ||
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Age: 16
Language: I started learning German about 9 months ago, and since then have come quite far. Once I am happy with German I might begin learning French. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| RealJames Diglot Newbie Japan realizeenglish.com/ Joined 4905 days ago 37 posts - 42 votes Speaks: French, English* Studies: Japanese | Message 143 of 204 31 December 2010 at 11:16am | IP Logged | ||
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I'm 26
Born In the French Caribbean to English Parents, English at home, French everywhere else. English: Native French: Native Creol: Native - mostly forgotten Japanese: Started 24, fully immersed in Japan with no English speaking friends. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| gerry Triglot Newbie United States Joined 5031 days ago 22 posts - 23 votes Speaks: English*, French, Italian Studies: Spanish, Latin, German | Message 144 of 204 31 December 2010 at 11:30am | IP Logged | ||
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Age: 23
English: Native French: Advanced, started when I was 14 but took breaks while learning. Italian: Intermediate, started a few years back. German: Beginner, started last year. Latin: Beginner, started last year as well. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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