i'm a native english speaker and i know a little spanish. i've been learning spanish since year 7 (just finished year 11) and i'm finding it hard to really get good. i know it takes time but apart from the 5 people in my class i don't know anyone who can talk with me and help out of class. it's not like i can just jump on a plane and go to spain so i'm looking for ways to assist my class work here.

another question, what's a good language to learn by myself? i love languages and i'm just looking for another one not to become fluent in but i just like studying them. i did a bit of mandarin in primary school, probably not looking for an asian language or one similar to spanish like french. so what would be a good useful to learn? i'm planning to travel around europe in my gap year so maybe one i could use a bit of over there? i don't know. any suggestions would be awesome!

I am already learning Spanish. I want to be a interpreter or a translator, and I want to be fluent in at least 2 other languages:English,Spanish,etc.etc. I am thinking about learning Hindi or Thai or Hebrew or something really foreign. Can anyone help me?

I speak 5 languages, but I am an Undocumented Immigrant.
What can I do to get a degree?

I'm latino as well, I live here in Los Angeles, Ca.........But unfortanetly my mother never taught me spanish (although she is bilingual in both languages). So I grew up never learning the language in school or at home. Here's my thing that gets on my nevers sooooooo F'in bad! A lot of people will come up to me asking questions in spanish and I will polietly respond and say "I'm sorry I don't know how to speak spanish"...........are you ready for it?<--------and they actually have the never to ask "WHY?"............so to me i'm thinking but I don't say it outloud (well except for a couple of times with really rude people) "ummm, this is the United States of American and english is the dominat language.......so if your going to be living here then you should learn to speak english and not expect everyone to speak tortia language" I never bothered to learn the language...........well simply becaue it was of no use to me! I'm a grown man now and why should I waste my time learning spanish for a few dumb latinos who don't want to learn the countrys language they live in? This is a major reason why I have grown and learn to hate my own kind. Through out the years of growing up, I was always tormented and messed by my own kind because of this and other reasons they would pick on me. Yea, some people call me white-wash, but hey, white, blacks and asians never gave me as much problems as my own kind so I can honestly say I don't regreat at all turning in a few latino people to the immigration services that pissed me off............LOL! (it was in high school and college when I did it,.......I just watch them get taken away with a big smile on my face). So tell me......WHAT THE HELL IS THE BIG DEAL ABOUT A LATINO NOT KNOWING HOW TO SPEAK SPANISH IN AMERICA!>?????

I know 2 languages already, English (obv) and Cherokee. I was considering learning a third. Is it hard to learn? Should I get a spanish penpal or just learn from books and stuff? Any link is much appreciated.

We live in a large Hispanic populated state and we are told my kids have to learn Spanish, yet this is America and we speak English, we were born English/ German/ Indian/ Hungarian/ basically. I am a Heinz 57 (which means many nationalities) honestly none in Spanish. We teach our kids sign language because of family and German because I lived there at one time and have German aunt. But we are told we have to teach them Spanish. We are also followers of Christ and teach them Hebrew, yet none of what we teach them is considered a 2nd language that can be used in the work place. Where is that right either. i shouldn't have to learn Spanish either just to understand what my children are learning in school and speaking with their Spanish- English speaking friends in my presents, where is that fair for the parents either. When I lived in Germany in the military we had to learn German. Why should we as Americans have to learn Spanish to live in our own state?
That word bilingual, my kids speak other languages. To the state being bilingual is Spanish-and English. But they speak Hebrew and German too, but that’s not bilingual by the states definition. I called that being selective to what they claim as bilingual. I call that racist to only claim Spanish as the only bilingual language for a job. Where is that fair either. I have Spanish friends who agree with me. I also have an Italian friend who was forced to learn English to even get any help from the state, so why should that be any different from the Spanish issue. Schools don’t offer as many language classes as they used too. My brother, a teacher doesn't think its fair to only have limited language classes to offer. My oldest speaks and understands some Spanish by choice, but I have a younger child who is mentally handicap where communication is a hard thing to do. She is also the reason we had to learn sign language. Spanish makes it harder on her own mind.

I would like to learn a couple languages, starting off with Japanese. I watch a lot of anime and would like to understand it without subtitles. Then I would like to learn Spanish, and eventually German. I would like something with sound and pictures. Like if it's going to tell me how to say dog, I would like to hear how to say it and see what exactly I'm saying. What's the best program I could get to start learning?

Why do we treat spanish-speaking people as an ethnic group when there are dozens of other languages that dont get equal treatment..

Should all people who speak German be an ethnic group or all people who speak Japanese be an ethnic group?
Danny, so a black person of Nigerian decent is considered ethnic german if they speak German.

I heard him verbatim today on news. I mean, what's with that?! Sure, it is definitely good to learn SECOND language by CHOICE! But I have to wonder, if it were the Iranians or perhaps any other country crossing our border in droves, would he expect us to learn that language as well?

I THOUGHT IT WAS "OUT OF MANY.... ONE?"
Doesn't he understand that a nations LANGUAGE is VITAL to a nation's communication, cohesion, and identify?

And for believers, it was God who instituted languages which He did for a reason.

Please, before you comment, see link below.

http://www.heritage.org/Press/Commentary/ed080207e.cfm?RenderforPrint=1

Hiyah Vince,
I used to be a teacher; LOL! Don't fee that line of crap!
WDPLM?2: So true. I used to be a teacher public schools. In order to conference with my spanish-speaking students' parents, my students had to interpret (how lame is that)?

Now I am employed at a hospital and the Ukranians and Russians coming are excelling in English and making tremendous effort to assimilate.

I have to take one of these languages for high-school, and I don't know which is easier to learn and closer to english. Experiences from people who's natural tongue is not Spanish or German, but learnt from school would be appreciated. Thanks!

What web site can i learn Spanish and other languages for free and easy?

I have always wanted to learn spanish. Does rosetta stone really help people learn new languages and cultures of different countries? I never got to take a foreign language in high school. How much
does Rosetta Stone cost if it helps with learning a new language?

is American Language still main one in America? or there is two languages now spanish and american?

Well, like I said, I already speak two languages and I think I want to learn another one. Maybe italian or Japanese or somthing.

But would there be any benifits in learning a third language?

im from spain if you want you can talk with me by messenger or email and so we can learn languages together, i´d better my english and you´d better your spanish, this is my email: ifyouwanttobesomebody@hotmail.com

im from spain if you want you can talk with me by messenger or email and so we can learn languages together, i´d better my english and you´d better your spanish, this is my email: ifyouwanttobesomebody@hotmail.com

I want to learn Spanish but I reside in Pakistan where languages like Spanish, French and Italian are not spoken.

Are there tha many people visiting from Europe or other countries?
Say for example, In highschool i studied french. Never see any french tourists or people in my life. Well maybe just a few at random, but it's not like a sizeable group. So how in the world can we use such languages.

Ok and i know there's other communities besides Spanish speaking ones. But are they big at all? Doesn' seem like it. OR if there are any, they would be part of the rich class. My mother is a house cleaning lady and one of her bosses was married to a french guy .They lived in a commnunity where rich people live here close to my city.

Im going to be in my third year of french, and well, I was hoping to expand the languages I learn. Can you help me find a another language? I think something hard like Arabic would be cool, but I don't think I will give it a try. Oh, and I really DO NOT want to learn Spanish. No offense I just hear it all the time and I really don't want to learn it.

I'm pretty good with languages. Plus I took Spanish in high school (not so long ago). I just want to learn to speak more fluently. I also DON'T want to pay a fortune to learn it!!! Any advice for me???

I posted this in the language section and really didn't get any good answers SO
I was wondering if i play my how to learn Spanish CD at night that i will be able to learn the language better is this true? If not can someone give me some good tips on how to remember and speak languages better?

I was wondering if i play my how to learn Spanish CD at night that i will be able to learn the language better is this true? If not can someone give me some good tips on how to remember and speak languages better?
EDIT: Yeah but im also really nervous to talk to people who speak the language because i feel like i either A) Have a thick accent or B) Might be saying the wrong words and get laughed at
Is there any way to over come this fear as well?

Honestly, I have no idea myself. It is my goal in life to be fluent in at least 5 languages. I can somewhat speak French (still learning) but I want to learn Spanish and Italian too. That's one of many.

I have always wanted to learn new languages. I have the idiots guide to learn spanish and a spanish-english dictionary too. But I want more quality material.(for both french and spanish) What are your recommendations?

languages. How many students are in the school?

I am thinking about learning French next, but I would like to try the easier languages before the harder ones. Is French the right one? Also, I would like to get a book or kindle book to learn the language with.

I'm wondering what language I should focus on learning. I'm open to most languages that aren't too terribly complicated.
Ones I won't learn are German and Spanish, or Arabic. German because I'm already taking classes for it, Spanish because I don't want to learn a language everyone else is, that's no fun, and Arabic because the writing system will make my head explode.

I'm just wondering what language everyone thinks I should learn. Languages I've dabbled in are:
Finnish (very lightly)
Russian (somewhat more)
Swedish (some)
Norwegian (little, about as much as Russian)
Danish (hardly at all)
Icelandic (little)
French (some)
Korean (barely)
Japanese (little)

I'm sure there are other languages I shortly dabbled in because I was bored and curious.
Now, how I would like this formatted (if you'd like to, it'd make me happy, but you are the answerer )
Language
Why?
Diff on scale 1-10. 1 - hardest
Availability of learning mats. 1-10
Use in real life 1-10
And links to any sites or such that you know of, if you don't mind.

e.g.
German
Because it's the second most used language on the internet (include other reasons if you like)
7
8
6-7

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/German

Something like that. You don't have to use the template if you don't wish to, you could just write an explanation why I should learn this or that, like most top contributors do.
I know it's a lot, but I'd really appreciate it.
ALSO! Don't be shy to put more than one language.

I'm going to be in the IB program starting next year, and need 4 years of the same language. I know that more people speak Spanish, but what about in Europe? I'm not very interested in going to South America. I plan on going to Europe to countries like Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands...western countries. Which of the two languages is more used there?

I Just wanted to know. I mean, I know in the U.S learning Spanish isn't mandatory, but it might as well be. America has to always print everything thats in English, in Spanish also. I Just want to know why we virtually have to comply to Hispanic needs. They want us to learn to speak Spanish, but do they realize that they are in America? Why shouldn't they be the ones to learn our language because they are in your country. A lot of jobs here in California want you to be bi-lingual just to be hired. If the U.S is going to virtually force us to learn other languages to keep up with the other countries (gosh, how to say this; other countries' schools make it mandatory that students
have to learn more than one language, and the U.S doesn't, so they are trying to "make us smarter" by forcing another language upon us.)
Why should we adhere to Hispanic needs? If they're going to make us learn more languages, we need to lean French, Spanish and other languages too. Not just Spanish. I feel this way because I feel that some immigrants (some illegal) feel that we Americans need to learn to speak Spanish. So, my question is, why should be adhere and comply to what they want, when they should be the ones learning the English language since they're not in their home country? I have made it a goal of mine to learn Spanish just so I have a better chance of getting a job. I mean, its just, I feel almost forced to learn Spanish or else I am not likely to get a job. I plan on going to Mexico to learn Spanish fluently, but I wouldn't go over there in a mindset that the Hispanic in Mexico need to learn English! Thats disrespectful to go to another countries and force your wants upon its people.

So, tell me your thoughts on this....

And no, NOT ALL Hispanics feel this way, and I didn't say that all of
them did. If you read the question carefully, it says SOME.