steve alfred asked:


Learning how to speak French clearly has to be one of the more difficult languages to learn in amoungst the many other european languages.Although in general, I suppose any language is difficult to learn.Having said this, you have probably heard most people tell you that it requires much dedication and perseverence to learn a language, and that only people who have “photographic” memories will succeed in being being able to fluently speak a foreign language.Some will go on and say that the only way to learn a language is to travel to another country and hear the language spoken in conversation.Although this is very helpful,it is not entirely necessary. At the end of the day it is the people who are truly passionate and determined to speak a foreign language who will put in the required effort whether or not they have good memory abilities or the “natural Talent”.It’s all about having the end picture in mind and using the right techniques to learn the language.But then how does one go about learning a foreign language? Well, most people including myself will go out and purchase these “language phrase” books which teach you the most common phrases spoken by your desired language.These books are great,however they do not give you the comprehensive understanding of how and why those sentence phrases are constructed,as well as the meaning of the individual words which make up the sentence.You clearly have to start off learning the basics in understanding grammar,words,tenses, use of verbs and the list goes on.So now you have the different options? You can either go and attend lectures given by an expert in that language, or you can do it yourself in the comfort of your own home. I take myself for example. I tried to learn Spanish, so I started out with these “phrase books” and they were great because I could learn the sentences like a parrot, but soon found myself asking the who,how,what and why questions about the sentence structures and other complex issues.Now there are many different ways to go about learning foreign languages, but I made use of “Rocket Spanish” course.If you want an in depth and comprehensive language learning package, this is the one for you.Please check out my homepage below for more information on this Foreign language course

Shareen Aguilar asked:


Have you ever thought of learning Spanish but never had the time and right opportunity to do it? You don’t need to worry about “how” to actually do it but what you want to think about twice is if you really have the dedication and interest to learn the Spanish language.

Learning for adults does not come easy any longer compared to how children and teenagers learn. This is true because there is a certain point and range of interest and learning skills each age group has and as a person gets older, the ability to learn depreciates. Think about young children, learning a different language to them is easy as learning A,B,C’s.

Now the next question comes into mind…how do I learn a foreign language fast? We all know that it takes a while to learn new things. It also takes great enthusiasm and interest over something to be able to learn it well and apply it to normal day to day activities. Also, a good memory is built from a vivid event. Findings show that we tend to store in events or images that has a strong impact towards the senses in our memory. This is also why it’s recommended to imagine silly and outrageous images in learning foreign languages because the words can be easily remembered this way. A human brain can certainly not erase these images.

By now you should be able to realize that whatever you have seen ever since you were small is all still registered in your brain. So the next time you see something familiar, be aware that you haven’t completely forgotten what it is or what it is for but just that the image might have not been too interesting at the moment you saw it and in turn, didn’t alert your attention as you were absorbing it to your brain.

So to give you an example how pictures can create an impact in learning a foreign language, we’ll take the English word morning and mañana in Spanish as an example. Imagine this sentence as it happens: Every morning, the postman delivers mails and packages to houses with family names of Manny in a successive order. By associating the words in a scenario as you imagine it happening makes it a lot easier and fun to learn the Spanish language.

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