I speak English (native) and Swedish. I studied it when I was like 10, and also again in 7th grade. How difficult would it be to teach myself (via websites, ect) the language? Thanks. I'm 13.
Spanish is pretty simple, and since you know another language, then it will be easy for you to pick it up. I teach ESL and I studied linguistics. You are right at the age where if you want to speak it fluently and sound native like (or almost), then you need to do it now. Best of luck!
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Spanish is pretty simple, and since you know another language, then it will be easy for you to pick it up. I teach ESL and I studied linguistics. You are right at the age where if you want to speak it fluently and sound native like (or almost), then you need to do it now. Best of luck!
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It is so easy, people say it is easier to learn than English. That is why suddenly the second leading language in the United States is Spanish.
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Spanish is basically English, just with an -o added onto every word.
Go for Japanese. It's harder.
EDIT: For those of you who gave me thumbs down, I realize now that I didn't give any information regarding self-education through the Internet.
I will remedy that, if you would not mind removing your thumbs downs.
It's fairly simple if you use some sort of program like Rosetta Stone, which teaches you the basics of the language as if you were a child (the most EFFECTIVE way to learn, but not the FASTEST). If you plan on learning Spanish, then begin by learning simple lists, like numbers or colors or household items. Then learn simple phrases and basic verbs. I recommend Studyspanish.com if you want to use the Internet for this.
Oh, and I wasn't joking about Spanish being the same as English.
I AM a native speaker, and other than a few words that are completely different from their English counterparts, Spanish words ARE JUST ENGLISH WORDS WITH AN -O OR -A ENDING.
This is because the words share the same etymological source - Latin (for many words, but not for every one).
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http://www.studyspanish.com/tutorial.htm
You need some native input, as well. There are some places on the internet where you can actually converse and hear and imitate. I don't know any, but you can search around and try to find some. Also, any input you can get face to face with speakers of the language…clubs, neighborhoods, and, best: travel to where you MUST speak the language to survive (best ever: live there)
but, if you really work at it, you can learn independently, and supplement with those ideas and variations of them, to get the speaking piece.
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spanish is really easy
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Try some of the free Spanish language resources with audio and video at:
http://www.mindzeit.com/learnspeakspanishlanguageonline.php
…they may help you decide!!!
Kay
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