'I can teach you how to speak my language - Rosetta Stone'

[Skola]

If anyones got a working link for spanish help a brudda out.

[Guest M12]

ladklajklsdkalsaa

Skola.

[Supermalt]

Title makes me cringe every time I see it

[Skola]

ladklajklsdkalsaa

Skola.

mate

what can i say

nah im thinkin about travelling more next year... maybe work the summer in spain then the winter in canada

[Kurtis]

[Skola]

trust me

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worst thing is i drew one ok looking spanish girl some time last summer (in glasgow)...then got fed up with her broken english - im talking below feet finger paint level - for some reason thought it was a good idea to delete her number. the face palm i gave myself yesterday when i went to look for her in my phone

[Kurtis]

i do that everytime i get MoC (which is like 95% of the time)

i feel fucked then delete numbers, couple days later im roasting and trawling facebook for the number, get a new sim and say i lost my phone

[Soca Junkie]

Talking to people definitely helps... something my cousin did when she was learning French

[Captain Planet]

Ça va?

[Captain Planet]

Quelle est votre numero?

[Soca Junkie]

Je ne sais pas

[Captain Planet]

Merde

Lé PMs

[Em Dott]

I have almost finished all 3 levels of Brazilian Portuguese and can say anyone who thinks they can learn an entire language off it solely is going to be disappointed. There needs to be additional learning through reading, conversing and learning about grammar and culture. I haven't used Rosetta stone for a while and still learnt a considerable amount through my own individual learning.

[Flojo]

Anyone learning Spanish should check out the Coffee Break Spanish podcasts.

[MARVELL]

dont bother learning a language if you havent or dont plan to go the country on a regs

the way ive heard people talk about learning spanish and french over the last 5 years

knowing theyve only been to said country 2x for 3 days. kmt

if thats why you're buying roessta stone dont blame them.

[Kurtis]

just get a translator app lol

[Skola]

yeah i had full conversations using the google translate app with a couple of people in france

then i realised how bait it was that it had saved all this sh*t of me and this kid talking about getting weed

[dub]

Downloading the German + Swahili.

German for the career + Swahili for the hell of it. Plus these are the only two languages I could have communication with friends/family often in - other than Yoruba or them Indian languages.

[Em Dott]

Translate app is kinda sh*t because context will affect the way words and sentences are constructed.

[dub]

Feelin this Duolingo app still. Always use it on the commute. Would definitely recommend. http://www.duolingo.com/

[Mame Biram Diouf]

Looking to finally learn something now

 

Tired of only being able to speak one language

 

But still deciding which one before I dedicate hours and months/years to it

 

Probably be out of

 

Spanish

German 

French

 

So far I am thinking Germany due to money reasons but always had a thing for the Spanish language and French being widely spoken to 

 

Hmmm

[Badman]

Looking to finally learn something now

 

Tired of only being able to speak one language

 

But still deciding which one before I dedicate hours and months/years to it

 

Probably be out of

 

Spanish

German 

French

 

So far I am thinking Germany due to money reasons but always had a thing for the Spanish language and French being widely spoken to 

 

Hmmm

Fam!

[Adotbiz]

I need to learn turkish! My misses is turkish all her fam speak it, I sit there like a lemon when in Cyprus and they are all speaking.

[YFSD]

Looking to finally learn something now

Tired of only being able to speak one language

But still deciding which one before I dedicate hours and months/years to it

Probably be out of

Spanish

German

French

So far I am thinking Germany due to money reasons but always had a thing for the Spanish language and French being widely spoken to

Hmmm

I'm starting up Spanish soon. If I master that then I will move onto French.

[Yuri]

I speak a few languages now cos of work (at different levels of fluency)

Rosetta Stone has a few pros and cons

You really have to be consistent with it and put in the hours though otherwise you won't remember anything.

It's good for hearing the language in terms of how to pronounce things/intonation/accent etc and gives you exposure on actually hearing the language which prepares you for speaking with people - for me it's always harder at first to understand what people are saying than for me to get them to understand me

Gives a decent range of vocabulary (some languages go further than others, although I never actually finished a program)

Problem is because there's no formal teaching method or focus on grammar it is a bit out of context. You kind of learn set phrases and sentences but if you don't have a solid understanding of the rules of a language you'll never be able to improvise and improve once you actually get to using it (in my experience anyway). Eg RS never actually explains how to use the past/future/etc tenses, it just kind of shows you. IMO you need to have a grammar book as well to drill that stuff so that you have a solid base

It doesn't really prepare you for speaking with native speakers - people don't speak their languages "correctly" a lot of the time and it's difficult to understand different people's voices (hard to explain what I mean).

Obviously there's no substitute for actually being in a country and being exposed to the language and being around native speakers. That's the only real way to improve and get fluent - to see how other people speak and learn from mistakes and get confidence speaking. RS def gives a good base though and is worth the time IMO. I got a solid grip on Spanish before spending time working in Spanish speaking environments and I know for a fact it helped (although I was also using books)