Foreign Languages

[wanderingcherie]

Outside of a traditional college/university setting, do you have any experience with learning a foreign language? If so, what was the method of your learning, and how effective was it?

Comments

[chromeangel]

it all depends on how you learn though. I know people who swear by pimsleur.

[mercury_ca]

I did okay learning french on Live Mocha.
I also learned Russian from a native speaker (and kept it up for years with books).

[guaparella]

Married to a Fernando and lived in Spain for three years. I understand a lot of Spanish and can speak some and make myself understood.
I do get too shy to speak it, though.

[mojrim]

Defense Language Institute, about 50% immersion, results far surpass academic classroom methods. That said, the senior ranking student spoke five languages already and learned them all in bars.

[riggedxploadie]

I've heard good things of Rosetta Stone, but haven't made time to mess with it. Maybe after I graduate my Electrician's Apprenticeship. (I need to see if learning Spanish counts towards my mandatory continuing education... if it doesn't, that's just sad)