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Post by Stonewall Jackson on Sept 23, 2016 1:34:46 GMT
Not sure if there is already a thread on this, but just curious. Can you speak any foreign languages (outside your native tongue)? And, if so, what are they? I speak English, (Main Language) and i'm currently in the process of learning German.
Also if you have learned another language, what made you interested in learning it and what tools/resources did you use to help you learn it?
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Post by Jean-Luc Picard on Sept 23, 2016 1:41:48 GMT
I speak Hebrew (native), English (moved to the USA in 5th grade), French (kinda, took in HS).
The way to learn a language is to be totally immersed in it. When everything is in the language, you are forced to learn fast.
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Post by Quintus Fabius on Sept 23, 2016 1:47:38 GMT
English (Australian), Chinese.
Both main.
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Post by Stonewall Jackson on Sept 23, 2016 1:49:47 GMT
I speak Hebrew (native), English (moved to the USA in 5th grade), French (kinda, took in HS). The way to learn a language is to be totally immersed in it. When everything is in the language, you are forced to learn fast. I have lived in the USA my whole life, so i don't have the experience of being fully emerged into an unfamiliar culture. Did you have prior knowledge of the English language before moving here? Or did you just adapt? I mean i don't really know how much knowledge one person can have of another language being in the 5th grade, which is still young. |
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Post by Jean-Luc Picard on Sept 23, 2016 1:54:13 GMT
I speak Hebrew (native), English (moved to the USA in 5th grade), French (kinda, took in HS). The way to learn a language is to be totally immersed in it. When everything is in the language, you are forced to learn fast. I have lived in the USA my whole life, so i don't have the experience of being fully emerged into an unfamiliar culture. Did you have prior knowledge of the English language before moving here? Or did you just adapt? I mean i don't really know how much knowledge one person can have of another language being in the 5th grade, which is still young. Practically no knowledge. 30 words, maybe. The Israeli system for teaching English is awful at the High School level, so what would you expect at the Elementary school level? |
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Post by Stonewall Jackson on Sept 23, 2016 2:02:47 GMT
I have lived in the USA my whole life, so i don't have the experience of being fully emerged into an unfamiliar culture. Did you have prior knowledge of the English language before moving here? Or did you just adapt? I mean i don't really know how much knowledge one person can have of another language being in the 5th grade, which is still young. Practically no knowledge. 30 words, maybe. The Israeli system for teaching English is awful at the High School level, so what would you expect at the Elementary school level? I see. By what time would you say you became fluent? I mean the education system in Ohio requires us a maximum foreign language of three years, or two years of two languages. My high school (yes i'm still in high school haha) only offers Spanish, French, German, and Latin (Spanish and French easily the most popular). |
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Post by Bismarck Jr on Sept 23, 2016 2:03:41 GMT
Hessian German as my native, English, and kindof Welsh. My Welsh is disgustingly horrible but I can consider myself near fluent.
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Post by Jean-Luc Picard on Sept 23, 2016 2:05:36 GMT
Practically no knowledge. 30 words, maybe. The Israeli system for teaching English is awful at the High School level, so what would you expect at the Elementary school level? I see. By what time would you say you became fluent? I mean the education system in Ohio requires us a maximum foreign language of three years, or two years of two languages. My high school (yes i'm still in high school haha) only offers Spanish, French, German, and Latin (Spanish and French easily the most popular). Within a year, I was fluent. I still have the Israeli accent now, after all these years (I legit don't care to try to change it) |
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Post by Bismarck Jr on Sept 23, 2016 2:08:45 GMT
I see. By what time would you say you became fluent? I mean the education system in Ohio requires us a maximum foreign language of three years, or two years of two languages. My high school (yes i'm still in high school haha) only offers Spanish, French, German, and Latin (Spanish and French easily the most popular). Within a year, I was fluent. I still have the Israeli accent now, after all these years (I legit don't care to try to change it) Accents are a tough thing to break. I've learnt English alongside German and I still have a bit of an accent. It takes about 15 years of living in another culture to develop noticeable traits in your accent, 30 to gain a new one completely. Interestingly enough, some cultures lose and gain accents much more often, and some can absorb others faster as well. |
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Post by Stonewall Jackson on Sept 23, 2016 2:11:25 GMT
Within a year, I was fluent. I still have the Israeli accent now, after all these years (I legit don't care to try to change it) Accents are a tough thing to break. I've learnt English alongside German and I still have a bit of an accent. It takes about 15 years of living in another culture to develop noticeable traits in your accent, 30 to gain a new one completely. Interestingly enough, some cultures lose and gain accents much more often, and some can absorb others faster as well. Interesting. "The more you know"  |
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Post by Stonewall Jackson on Sept 23, 2016 2:15:18 GMT
Within a year, I was fluent. I still have the Israeli accent now, after all these years (I legit don't care to try to change it) Accents are a tough thing to break. I've learnt English alongside German and I still have a bit of an accent. It takes about 15 years of living in another culture to develop noticeable traits in your accent, 30 to gain a new one completely. Interestingly enough, some cultures lose and gain accents much more often, and some can absorb others faster as well. You ever heard of the app "Duolingo?" |
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Post by Yi Sun Sin on Sept 23, 2016 2:40:06 GMT
English and Korean. (I am fluent in both)
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Post by Yi Sun Sin on Sept 23, 2016 2:43:14 GMT
I see. By what time would you say you became fluent? I mean the education system in Ohio requires us a maximum foreign language of three years, or two years of two languages. My high school (yes i'm still in high school haha) only offers Spanish, French, German, and Latin (Spanish and French easily the most popular). That's quite a lot of choices. My school only offers Spanish, German and Te Reo (Maori). |
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Post by Napoleon Bonaparte on Sept 23, 2016 2:58:37 GMT
Accents are a tough thing to break. I've learnt English alongside German and I still have a bit of an accent. It takes about 15 years of living in another culture to develop noticeable traits in your accent, 30 to gain a new one completely. Interestingly enough, some cultures lose and gain accents much more often, and some can absorb others faster as well. You ever heard of the app "Duolingo?" I'm learning German from it. I can till now only speak two languages, Urdu (the one I speak 24/7) and English. |
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Post by Mountbatten on Sept 23, 2016 3:03:35 GMT
I spoke only Spanish until I was about 7 which is when I moved to the US from Cuba. I don't really speak it fluently anymore. Which is dissappointing. But if I made an attempt to relearn it I would be able to pick it back up.
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