[FloydRix]

(Original post by Catherine.)
Oooh, this is fabulous. I'm currently self-teaching German. I'm going to Sainsbury's now to get a notebook

If anyone wants any French or Spanish help, gimme a shout

*subscribes*

why are you happy

your just wasting money buying it from sainsburies

lmao

w/e

[sugar-plum-fairy]

(Original post by constantmeowage)
I say go for Russian, despite the fact that it is very different to Spanish and being harder (although this statement is subjective). If you have the drive, the motivation, and the passion for Russian, then I don't see why you can't do it. However, you need the drive and passion - if it's just a fling, then it might leave you disillusioned. Nevertheless you have an A Level in Spanish, so your degree in language must be substantial enough to be passionate enough to study any language that interests you! ^.^

Good luck!


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Thank you!

I started going over the cyrillic alphabet in november but then didn't go over it regularly enough. Tried ussing busuu.com but chatting on I used phrases i had learn't on there on the chat function and the person I was speaking too thought I had been using google translate, which is notoriously bad, so am a bit weary of using free sites and don't really want to pay, making progress limited!

[kaygee]

I have been learning Korean for a while now, i stopped for a while so now i'm going to continue with Korean throughout summer.

Is there anyone interested in learning korean aswell?

[TotallyJustMe]

I think I want to learn Italian and Swedish in the future, but it's probably best for me to improve on my French first over the summer...we do French in school (it's compulsory for everyone where I go) but it's only recently that I've become obsessed!

Over the past few months, I've pretty much learnt how to get the gist of newspapers and understand French films if French subtitles are on, but I'm useless at speaking/listening because I've got no one to talk to ...no one in my family speaks French and it would be weird if I tried talking to my teacher in French all of a sudden...

[thatitootoo]

I've just started learning German and I'm loving it. Anyone who has done German for A-level / is proficient, please PM me, bitte please I also have a reasonably good knowledge of Dutch, if one needs help with that...

[False Utopia]

I want to learn Japanese in my gap year, I'm going to start tomorrow after my final exam Already downloaded resources.

[ShyGirl95]

I can only speak English and Urdu fluently and i've literally fallen in love with languages, going to be continuing with German at A Level, i really enjoyed studying German in High school and want to become fluent in it.

But i really want to learn Arabic and Korean- I don't know if i can cover both of them over Summer, but i really want to start with Korean (yep another kpop fan right here) but the language is really interesting and it will be a challenge to learn but i hope i can master the basics

[TheMJCG]

(Original post by Miracle Day)
If I got decide what language we'd learn tbh it would be German.

I see Hitler in movies and I want to be able to shout in German like he does >.>

I have always wanted to do the same

[TheMJCG]

Its really nice to see so many people determined to learn languages by themselves. I would suggest we learn German as there are a lot of people here that can help out and there is less unfamiliar sounds to us, compared to Spanish, in German. Considering Languages outside Europe is not a good idea, as they differ significantly to English and typing would be problem. Other than that I want to add Esperanto on the list. Its very easy, easiest language there is accually, and we would feel very speacial since only a certain amount of very clever people speak it

[cgraham15]

I can speak Spanish reasonably, and I would love to try French, Dutch, and Polish

[Purple Giraffe]

(Original post by TheMJCG)
Other than that I want to add Esperanto on the list. Its very easy, easiest language there is accually, and we would feel very speacial since only a certain amount of very clever people speak it

Without putting Esperanto down at all, wouldn't it be more useful to learn German, Spanish or French (or another traditional European language)? Just thinking, people usually want to learn a language to look good on their CV or to use abroad, would Esperanto really be worth it?

[TotallyJustMe]

(Original post by Purple Giraffe)
Without putting Esperanto down at all, wouldn't it be more useful to learn German, Spanish or French (or another traditional European language)? Just thinking, people usually want to learn a language to look good on their CV or to use abroad, would Esperanto really be worth it?

I agree with you here. As much as it is nice to learn a language like Esperanto, I find it quite weird to learn a language that cannot be used to communicate with people in a country/region. I was looking into it but for me it's probably more useful to spend time on an actual language.

[TheMJCG]

(Original post by Purple Giraffe)
Without putting Esperanto down at all, wouldn't it be more useful to learn German, Spanish or French (or another traditional European language)? Just thinking, people usually want to learn a language to look good on their CV or to use abroad, would Esperanto really be worth it?

You make a very good point, and thats the reason I never invested my time in Esperanto before but rather learnt another language. However for a project like this I think we cant choose a very hard language with very complex grammar. This is why I suggested Esperanto. People do speak the language, in every big city there is a club for esperanto speakers and that could be your way of making new friends in a foreign country. But yes it will not help you in business with a foreign firm. About it looking good on your CV, we can argue about that

[constantmeowage]

(Original post by Purple Giraffe)
Without putting Esperanto down at all, wouldn't it be more useful to learn German, Spanish or French (or another traditional European language)? Just thinking, people usually want to learn a language to look good on their CV or to use abroad, would Esperanto really be worth it?

People do learn languages other than for just business reasons, you know...


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[gagaslilmonsteruk]

Well I've just bought my first Portuguese beginners book. I've done French for 8 years, did German for 5, now it's time for language number 3

[FuzzySheep]

Just started learning German, it's great fun so far! I'm using Duolingo and the Oxford "Take off in German" pack to help, and they're good resources to begin with. I recommend going to your libraries and seeing what you can find

[gagaslilmonsteruk]

(Original post by FuzzySheep)
Just started learning German, it's great fun so far! I'm using Duolingo and the Oxford "Take off in German" pack to help, and they're good resources to begin with. I recommend going to your libraries and seeing what you can find

If you want some great resources - not too sure on prices though

The Lernpunkt Deutsch books 1-3 are great for Introduction/GCSE level, and Zeitgeist 1&2 are excellent for A Level. Obviously you will have to buy listening CDs and Grammar books too though from them.

[FuzzySheep]

(Original post by gagaslilmonsteruk)
If you want some great resources - not too sure on prices though

The Lernpunkt Deutsch books 1-3 are great for Introduction/GCSE level, and Zeitgeist 1&2 are excellent for A Level. Obviously you will have to buy listening CDs and Grammar books too though from them.

Thank you for your suggestions, I am going to invest in some good textbooks so will look those up

[Karisliana]

If Spanish is the final chosen language and you guys want to learn it I was born in Spain and am preety fluent in it so if anyone wants any help or whatever you know where I am

[constantmeowage]

Is this even happening anymore? o.O


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