You Can Learn a Language Today!

February 6th, 2010 | by admin |

“I have a tin ear. I have never been any good at languages.”

You throw the dictionary on your deck chair in despair, wondering how you are going to order tropical drinks on your next vacation to Mexico. Don’t worry – the waiter speaks English.

But you still wanted to learn a language because you always thought it would be fun to communicate with someone in a language other than English. You believe that you can’t because:

1. You never learned it as a child and you have heard that only children can learn languages well.

2. Your Spanish teacher threw an eraser at you and called you “tonto” in front of the class.

3. You can’t even remember all the words to your favorite song, never mind whole strings of words in a new language!

Don’t worry! There’s hope yet!

Current research shows that adults learn languages just fine. Children do pick up a more authentic accent, but adults can get everything needed to express themselves in a new language. Besides, that cute little accent will make you sexier and more exotic!

So go online and buy yourself that C.D. program you heard advertized. Listen to the drills in your car back and forth to work. When you come home, watch a movie in the language you are trying to learn – without the subtitles – so you can get the hang of how it all sounds in real life. And finally, make a friend or buddy who speaks the language you are trying to learn. Maybe you can teach them English or trade something else they need. It’s fun and free! In the end, nothing can stop you from learning the language of your dreams!

So go ahead, do it and when you do, take your new language skills to a place around the corner or around the world. You’ll be glad that you did!

Maryann Woods-Murphy
http://www.articlesbase.com/languages-articles/you-can-learn-a-language-today-216073.html

  1. 10 Responses to “You Can Learn a Language Today!”

  2. By Sushi on Feb 6, 2010 | Reply

    What is the best/most useful language to learn today?
    I want to learn a new language but im not sure which one. French, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese, and Hindi are the ones im thinking about. Which do you think would be the best in the world today?

  3. By Belie on Feb 6, 2010 | Reply

    Are you in the United States and plan to always be there?
    Then Spanish.
    Are you planning on entering a business or technological career?
    Then Chinese or Japanese.
    Are you planning on going to France or do you live [or want to live] in Quebec, Canada?
    Then French.
    Do you like languages you probably won’t use all that often but damned if it won’t make you stick out in a crowd?
    Then Hindi.
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  4. By itswhatumakeit on Feb 6, 2010 | Reply

    Spanish!
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  5. By chaaimaninja =] on Feb 6, 2010 | Reply

    probably chinese because they "are going to be the next economic superpower" idk what that means but thats what someone told me. =]
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  6. By kawaiihime on Feb 6, 2010 | Reply

    chinese and japanese are good if you plan on going into a business field. spanish is good if you plan to do something else that’s within the states.
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  7. By Anna B on Feb 6, 2010 | Reply

    Most useful – Spanish
    Most pretty and beautiful – French (and its faily easy)

    Japanese was incredibly hard for me due to the different alphabet on top of the other laguage and ahhhhhh just thinkin about that class again is making me wanna hide! lol
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  8. By miss.karaa elizabeth. on Feb 6, 2010 | Reply

    They say China is growing so fast and populating soo large that everything in the world is soon going to be connected to it somehow. So if your thinking about something along those lines i would say Chinese. BUT if your just doing to learn a new language for fun i’d say Spanish !
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  9. By 2cre8tive on Feb 6, 2010 | Reply

    Well, Spanish is spoken a lot so you could really use that. If you are American, well, you don’t see many people going around speaking Chinese and Japanese, but they’re still cool. I would pick Spanish or French. Have you considered Latin? It is a dead language (not spoken anymore) but very many of the words in English and in other languages like Spanish are rooted from Latin so it can really help with learning other languages, increasing your vocabulary, and critical thinking skills.
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  10. By behappee08 on Feb 6, 2010 | Reply

    Chinese & Spanish are the most useful languages.
    But French is nice (:

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  11. By Robert S on Feb 6, 2010 | Reply

    The best option is Chinese Language as it spoken by people of a country having largest population. Also it is largely used in corporate sectors as well as socially. http://www.chinesesphere.com/corporation.php
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