Thread: Learning a language

Then: my first question: which languages do you speak? ^.^

i would love to learn Japanese but i know my self that i probably not find much use for it seeing i don't really go aboard.

I did start to learn spanish at my school and even went on a trip to the south of spain. But seeing as it was a course at school we had to do a speaking exam and i don't know if i could have coped with that so i didn't following on.

Originally Posted by Cidaria

Then: my first question: which languages do you speak? ^.^

Japanese. But it's not which language you are learning as all languages will go rusty on you if you don't keep it up.

That´s right ^.^ But never the less I wanted to know which languages you speak
And Japanese is indeed a difficult language for my sister is studying japanologie and what I see ...scares me I´m happy that I don´t have to learn it ^.^

I think the best way to learn a language is being in a place where they actually speak it.
I learn a language for 13 hours a week on university level and I still royally suck ass at it.

It's always easier to learn when you're younger I heard.

Originally Posted by pyoro-pyoro

It's always easier to learn when you're younger I heard.

That's true. Because as an infant and adolescent, your mind as well as your body is still in a pre-mature stage (obviously). Thus, it has less "walls" to allow for children to just take in information.

Think about it like this, trying to teach a teenager a new language is problematic. Why? Well, do they want to learn? Are they willing to work for it? Which language do they want to learn? Will they focus throughout their whole period of learning, or get bored. Teenagers and those older have opinions and thoughts and an already matured mind that doesn't allow for complete, "open" thinking.

Why do you think monks train their children from an extremely young age? That is when they are most innocent, most un-biased, and most willing and open to learn new things.