Poll: A Second Language
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I was born in Ukraine, so Russian is my native language. Fluent in English, as well, since I did all of my schooling here. Also fluent in Japanese and Mandarin, and pretty proficient (able to do business in) French and Spanish. I think having to learn a language as an immigrant definitely improves your facility to pick up other languages later, but as with everything, constant practice makes perfect.
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Native tongue is Swedish, but I've been learning English in school since I was around six years old. Believe most kids start their English classes at the age of eight. Our teacher wanted us to have a head start. Have also studied Spanish for four years, though I can hardly remember anything at all.
My tip is to remember to use your newly learned language once in a while. The reason I forgot all Spanish is because there's not much chance for practise around here.
Also considering to learn German.
Native tongue is Swedish, but I've been learning English in school since I was around six years old. Believe most kids start their English classes at the age of eight. Our teacher wanted us to have a head start. Have also studied Spanish for four years, though I can hardly remember anything at all.
My tip is to remember to use your newly learned language once in a while. The reason I forgot all Spanish is because there's not much chance for practise around here.
Also considering to learn German.
I know Polish (native), English, German.
I learnt German for total of 6 years at school, but started over in the middle because when I went to high-school they only had beginners course and I didn't want to start learning another one,the classes sucked anyway and teacher war away for more than half a year without replacement (we know the principal falsified grades later), so I know some vocabulary, grammar and maybe understand simple text but I couldn't hold a conversation.
Was going to start learning Japanese (damn lack of export and waiting for subs), but now I can't decide between it and Cantonese (I always go abut how I'm going to emigrate to Hong Kong) and I don't rally want to learn both at once.
Planning to learn Spanish and/or Portuguese but never really do anything about that.
If I manage to make any progress on this list I will take Russian too.
For now it's just great plans and I'm left with 2 foreign languages one of witch I can't really speak.
I learnt German for total of 6 years at school, but started over in the middle because when I went to high-school they only had beginners course and I didn't want to start learning another one,the classes sucked anyway and teacher war away for more than half a year without replacement (we know the principal falsified grades later), so I know some vocabulary, grammar and maybe understand simple text but I couldn't hold a conversation.
Was going to start learning Japanese (damn lack of export and waiting for subs), but now I can't decide between it and Cantonese (I always go abut how I'm going to emigrate to Hong Kong) and I don't rally want to learn both at once.
Planning to learn Spanish and/or Portuguese but never really do anything about that.
If I manage to make any progress on this list I will take Russian too.
For now it's just great plans and I'm left with 2 foreign languages one of witch I can't really speak.
I speak Russian, Hebrew and English fluently. I know a biiiit in French, but I last studied long ago, so I probably don't remember most of it. I decided that the next language I learn will be something new, since I know 2 Alphabet languages and an Abjad, so I am currently checking out the basics of Japanese.
English would count as my second language, but since I read mainly English literature and ya'know movies, music and the internet, it could just as well count as first along side my native Icelandic. I was also supposed to have learned Danish and German throughout school but if I would say I can speak either it would make me a bigger liar than company mascots.