A question for people who learned a new language as an adult.?
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Yes, but also chatting online, reading as much as you can, language software, all that.
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Learn the language.  This is a repeat question.
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I am learning Chinese (Mandarin). I have already studied for five years, with about half of that time spent in Taiwan or China. I enjoy it a lot!
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cool, a whole new language!!
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listen to someone else speak it, buy a tape, find a station or movie in french... something that really helped me was watching subtitled movies.  i had a hard time learning french too, and the best way to learn is to always hear it and try to understand what your hearing.  even if at first you only understand a word or two, or just pick out something and are like, hey! i know that word!  the rest tends to fall into place.  as for things like learning to conjugate verbs and what not... i'm afraid my dear, you might just have to study ;)  haha.. but yeah, subtitled movies!!  i highly recommend!  good luck!
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I think only in siblings that it's most common. Kids have the ability to learn a seperate language so quickly when exposed to it like they are with siblings. I remember my older brother and I translating for my youngest brother to my mom, and I think it was only because we all lived together and still had our innate ability to learn a new language quickly.
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Look online for a program that has you read it, hear it spoken (like a CD rom or regular CD for your car) and also, if possible, one that can hear you say the words and correct your pronunciation. I've found the best way to learn a language is to have one that you can just listen to in the car that says it in English and then in the foreign language and you can repeat along. Makes car trips go so much faster and you can repeat the "lessons" as many times as you need to. You could always enroll in a community college course, but I haven't heard of Greek being offered really, so I'd look for a CD program.
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First, I'm a U.S. Citizen from birth, English is my first language.  I also speak Esperanto, Spanish, and German. \n\nPros:  \n\nLazy people don't have to make the effort to learn a second language.\n\nCons:\n\nEnglish is a difficult language to learn as a second language because of the excessive number of gramatical rules, and the massive number of exceptions to those rules.  It would take someone years to become fluent in English unless they are  extremely talented at learning languages.
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Language Acquisition is not an easy process. Learning a new language is easy if the new language is from the same linguistic family, but learning English is going to be difficult if the first language of the speaker is Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Hindi or even Arabic. But if the learner is introduced to a new language in the childhood then things are better, you won't be able to learn a language in 2 months, learning a language is not a joke. You might be able understand and speak few words but proficiency is not possible.
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Well, I wait a few moments to listen and figure how great their grasp on my language really is.  Appearances may deceive.\nYes, I'll speak slower (since I go fast easily) and more deliberate, and definitely use proper English (no slang, sometimes no contractions, and generic terms).  \nI might ask them to teach me something from their language (thank you, or hello, or some blessing).\nSounds like your husband provides a little entertainment!
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My first and only fluent language is English.  I used to speak Spanish very well thanks to 5 years study in school, but it gets rusty when I don't use it.\n\nI'm learning French right now.  My boyfriend is French Canadian and while he is fluently bilingual, I think it's respectful to learn his mother tongue.  The "how" on this is very amusing.  I do have a cheapy computer program and audio program which I use from time to time.  They mostly help with pronounciation and vocabulary.  I bought a Canadian French workbook that was created for adult Anglophones who want to learn French.  THAT has been very useful.  \n\nThe bulk of my "teaching" comes from my boyfriend himself.  He gives me words and phrases that come up in regular conversation or that are relevant to something going on at that time.  The fun (although sometimes maddening) part is that he teaches me all sorts of stuff that one does not say in polite company.  I'm scared to death that someday one of these words will be too close to the word I really want to use and will slip out in front of some Franophones.
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I used to think that about myself.  As a matter of fact, I tried learning Spanish in High School when I was 16.  I failed first-year Spanish.  I thought I was not capable of learning a foreign language until I was about 40, and my oldest daughter began taking Spanish in High School.  At that time I realized that I still remembered quite a bit of Spanish, even though I failed the course, and there were 24 years between the two events.  \n\nI tried an experiment.  I began teaching myself Esperanto (I had heard it was the easiest language on earth to learn).  I'm now fluent in Esperanto, and have gone back and studied Spanish and German to the point of being, more-or-less conversational.\n\nAnyone can learn a foreign language, some just learn faster than others.  Different methods work with different people.  You may be someone who can only learn through immersion.  Keep looking at different course methods.  Go to your local public library and try out different types of courses.  You may find one that works for you.\n\nIf you "really want to learn French" don't give up.
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Actually the key to your question is over "many."\nI have spent many years of my life learning Spanish, Japanese and Chinese. (I have also learned how to read a few other languages, have taken a year of Arabic, learned basic turkish grammar etc.) However, what I have learned is that your career prospects are largely the same for knowing two languages as knowing 300. Knowing another language is very useful as it allows you to act as an in-between.\n\nHowever, in general you can only act as one "in-between" at a time - and so you will rarely have need of more than one language in a job. Knowing multiple languages is very useful for research (can read most sources) and travel (nothing enhances travel like knowing the language).
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Teach English first and foremost. Then expose your child to Pimsleur's learn and speak audio series (teaches an English speaking person a different language including Spanish, German, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, French, and Italian). Even as an adult, I've learned a bit from these language audio-books.
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You are never to old to learn something new!!!! \nGo to the sites I have provided.  I hope this is helpful to you! Good Luck
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There are very few people who learn new languages who ever reach the point where they are essentially indistinguishable from native speakers of the new language.  I work with a number of people whose English grammar is excellent and very near-native, but who speak with accents that make it obvious that they are not native speakers.  That's just how second language acquisition works.  I'd say don't worry about it, and give yourself a break.
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I found it easier to learn Spanish (not my native tongue) by continuously having Spanish language radio and TV on in the background.  Even if I did not understand individual words, the rhythm and sounds of the language became familiar.\n\nLook for recordings of songs and poems - especially children's songs - again what you need is exposure to sounds and rhythms.\n\nThink about how babies learn language - they don't study books, they rely on repetition.\n\nIt sounds silly, but it works - and I don't mind taking baby steps - I couldn't have serious conversations at first, but slowly the skills build - and I still remember how to sing nursery rhymes years later.\n\nHave fun with it - and remember people in England speak differently than people in New York, which is different than English spoken in Texas or English spoken in New Zealand.