OFFICIAL Language Learning Crew (LLC)

[ramsgoldberg61]

***OFFICIAL LANGUAGE LEARNING CREW***

This is a thread dedicated to ALL the Miscers who want to learn a language, learning a language, or speak multiple languages.

The goal of this thread is to help Miscers explore the opportunity of learning a language, and REACH OUT to other Miscers who are learning the same language as you, so that you have someone to practice and learn with.

To join, simply:

-Introduce yourself
-Your native language
-Languages you have learned (if applicable)
-Languages you want to learn
-(optional) sources you have used to learn a language


Here are several basic sources to use to get started learning a language FREE!

ANY Language:
http://www.learnalanguage.com/
http://www.livemocha.com
http://how-to-learn-any-language.com/e/index.html
http://www.omniglot.com/language/index.htm
http://www.101languages.net/
http://www.mylanguage.org/

A few basic focus sites

Spanish - http://www.studyspanish.com/
Portuguese - http://www.easyportuguese.com/
German - http://www.http://deutsch-lernen.com/
Chinese (various dialects) http://www.clearchinese.com/learn-chinese/index.htm
Italian - http://www.ielanguages.com/italian1.html
French - http://www.bonjour.com/
Norwegian - http://www.101languages.net/norwegian/



FEEL FREE TO SHARE WHAT'S WORKED FOR YOU!!!

Creators:
ramsgoldberg61
sourman
Kilorai
surf junkie

[surf junkie]

Currently learning Mandarin, got to re-learn French and Spanish.

Want to be fluent in Mandarin/French/Spanish/English.


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[cgrimaldo]

awesome idea for a thread

[Albert_Cerda]

This seems pretty cool.

Well I'm Albert. My native language is Spanish and I recently started to really focus on learning Italian. I am semi fluent in it as it is really easy to pick up and will be doing my second course of it at my university this upcoming semester. I tried to learn Japanese but the program that I took went way too fast for me so I didn't really pick much up.

Languages I want to eventually be Fluent in are Italian, Portuguese and French. Seeing as I already know Spanish and English that would make me fluent in 5 languages. Hope to get to know you guys better!

[Sourman]

Welcome aboard! My name is Sourman, I am a lebanese brah. I speak english and Arabic, have been teaching myself Korean for the past year now. I have been set on learning the language for a while now, and plan to live in Korea in the near future. I am going to be majoring in International business in college and am in love with Korean culture. I'm only 17, but i have goals hahaha.

[Skinkboy]

Native Language: English

Learning: Mandarin (feck it I want to learn French, Russian, Korean, Japanese, and a bunch more too)

Learn Mandarin

Here are some of my favorite links with a brief description of each. PM with any questions!

Chinese Pod http://chinesepod.com/index2?utm_expid=2973900-2

I only give this link to show you what I am talking about. I would highly suggest putting on your eyepatch and peg leg to download this for a 100% discount. Included are informational podcasts and a followup discussion, as well as transcripts for each podcast.

Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Courses http://gloss.dliflc.edu/Default.aspx

From their website: lessons are developed for independent learners to provide them with the learning/teaching tools for improving their foreign language skills. Reading and listening lessons are based on authentic materials (articles, TV reports, radio broadcasts, etc.) and consist of 4 to 6 activities.

University of Iowa Chinese Reading Material http://collections.uiowa.edu/chinese/index.html

One of my personal favorites. Tons of sample reading materials in levels ranging from very basic to very advanced. Awesome chit.

Mandarin Word of the Day http://www.transparent.com/wotd/today/chinese.html

Who says you have to do everything at once? Learn a new vocab word every day. Simple way to expand your knowledge.

FSI Language Courses (Mandarin) http://www.fsi-language-courses.org/Content.php

From their website: This course is designed to give a practical command of spoken Standard Chinese. Nine situational modules form the core of the course. Each core module consists of tapes, a student textbook, and a workbook. In addition to the core modules, there is a resource module and eight optional modules.

Very comprehensive, an entire course covered on almost every end. Haven't really used this myself, as it looks kind of dull. Still very good as an allover standalone course.

YellowBridge Flashcards http://www.yellowbridge.com/chinese/flashcards.php

Shit load of awesome, relevant flashcards. They come from popular textbooks, which just makes it all the more helpful.

Learn Chinese Songs http://www.chinese-tools.com/songs

Sing along with popular Chinese songs, the lyrics are displayed in pinyin, characters, and if you hover over them, a comprehensible English translation.

Online Language Exchange http://www.mylanguageexchange.com/

Find yourself a language partner! I found one from somewhere in China, and we both sent emails and corrected each other (he corrected my Mandarin, I corrected his English!) Was pretty fun.

Character Input by Drawing http://www.chinese-tools.com/tools/mouse.html

You don't know what a character is? Just use your mouse to draw it, and boom.

Chinese Talk Radio http://tunein.com/search/?id=g337&filter=&so=0

Listen to some Chinese radio straight from China. Quality input = quality output.

[ramsgoldberg61]

My name is Alex

My native language is English.

My father taught me Portuguese and Spanish when I was young.

I am currently studying German and Italian.

My goal is to speak 7 languages fluently by the time I'm 25, and 10 by the time I'm 30.

Looking forward to meeting everyone!

[ramsgoldberg61]

Currently learning Mandarin, got to re-learn French and Spanish.

Want to be fluent in Mandarin/French/Spanish/English.


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[X.RicardoC.X]

Nice idea for a thread! In on this.

My name is Ricardo.

My native language is Spanish, but I'm actually better in English, and I also know French. I'm fluent in all three and I've tried learning Japanese and German with RosettaStone but both times I stopped early on since I simply had no time.

My main focus right now is to learn Italian and then I'll move onto learning Portuguese.

[Sourman]

Native Language: English

Learning: Mandarin (feck it I want to learn French, Russian, Korean, Japanese, and a bunch more too)

I have a chit load of amazing links I will update this with later. Good idea for a thread.

SNSD crew<3

[YesWayNoWeigh]

in, only know english but im half spanish.. just started michel thomas spanish.. shiits really good

[Sourman]

Really good way i have been learning languages is by torrenting books from piratebay and pimsleur

inb4 FBI

[Greg14]

well, i speak english, and a little bit of spanish, and this thread is quite inspiring. will be following this and see if it's something i'll want to focus on over the summer, learning an entire language (most likely spanish)

[Ashton117]

Native Language: English
Learning: Korean

Studying abroad in Korea should be fun. I like Korean culture just wish I was better at the language

[Sourman]

Native Language: English
Learning: Korean

Studying abroad in Korea should be fun. I like Korean culture just wish I was better at the language

I Want to study abroad at 연세대학교 my third year of college. can you read btw?

[X.RicardoC.X]

This seems pretty cool.

Well I'm Albert. My native language is Spanish and I recently started to really focus on learning Italian. I am semi fluent in it as it is really easy to pick up and will be doing my second course of it at my university this upcoming semester. I tried to learn Japanese but the program that I took went way too fast for me so I didn't really pick much up.

Languages I want to eventually be Fluent in are Italian, Portuguese and French. Seeing as I already know Spanish and English that would make me fluent in 5 languages. Hope to get to know you guys better!

Looks like we have the same goals. How are you learning Italian? Online?

[ramsgoldberg61]

If you guys know any Polyglot Miscers, tell them to GTFIH!!!

[Phal4nx]

I'm an Aussie brah. My native language is English.
I'm currently learning Japanese.

I have been to Japan 3 times now. I am self taught. I learn the spoken language mostly through listening to podcasts, youtube videos, and Japanese anime and movies. The written language I am hopeless with.

I only speak enough to get me through basic conversation. (Ie: asking for directions, and then understanding said directions. ordering things at a restaurant, etc)

[Ashton117]

I Want to study abroad at 연세대학교 my third year of college. can you read btw?

I can read but I have a very limited vocabulary. I'm going to Yonsei it should be fun

[KillahJon]

Just poppin in to see what's up. Rosetta stone worked for the little amount of time i used it lol.

[Skinkboy]

Everyone in here should also check out this thread: http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...hp?t=129983633


Rep that man. He helped me a lot when I was just starting.

[ramsgoldberg61]

I'm an Aussie brah. My native language is English.
I'm currently learning Japanese.

I have been to Japan 3 times now. I am self taught. I learn the spoken language mostly through listening to podcasts, youtube videos, and Japanese anime and movies. The written language I am hopeless with.

I only speak enough to get me through basic conversation. (Ie: asking for directions, and then understanding said directions. ordering things at a restaurant, etc)

Impressive, I'm impressed of non-asian folks who pick up the asian languages. You guys must be truly disciplined.

[Cone1]

My first language (and only language really) is English. I'm trying to learn Italian. Used Rosetta stone for a while but i've lost touch, gunna hopefully start up again soon

[Pheint]

Aussie brah here, native language is English. Know some basic Japanese, but that's about it. Really keen to learn both Russian and German.

[Albert_Cerda]

Looks like we have the same goals. How are you learning Italian? Online?

Sort of. My class uses this textbook called "Prego!" and it has an online lab and workbook that you can go over. Each lesson takes forever to do but it's great. I'm really picking up on it very easily

[AirWrecked]

In! My name's Marco.

My native language is English and I've been learning Italian for the last four or so years.
Want to be fluent badly, wanna go study over there and try find work maybe (although I know the situation for work isn't very good over there at the moment).

Good site I just got onto is www.italki.com, I've found a stack of pen-pals that I write to in Italian, they correct my mistakes, then they write to me in English and I correct theirs. Great way to learn.

Also I downloaded the TuneIn app for my iPhone and have been listening to a stack of italian talk-shows almost all day, it's helping a lot so far

If any miscers are struggling to stay motivated to learn their language, I'd suggest a short trip to wherever that language is spoken fluently. Went to Italy two years ago and since then theirs been no looking back

[Sourman]

Learn Korean

Korean Learning pack

http://thepiratebay.se/torrent/6208988

-the best book in this package is the Colloquial Korean PDF
-i have gained the most from that file


Korean Pimsleur

http://thepiratebay.se/torrent/49610..._Korean_I___II

-probably the most effective way to learn phrases and learn how to have basic conversations.


Learning the Alphabet





I would recommend against using Rosetta Stone. It is the biggest hock of sht.

[Sourman]

My goal is to speak 7 languages fluently by the time I'm 25, and 10 by the time I'm 30.

Looking forward to meeting everyone!

Strong goals haha. if you're speaking 10 languages by the time you are 30...brb working for the government making $$$

[GliAzzuri]

lol phuck you OP, I started a thread like this a while back but it died after a page or something. (but not srs bro, sick thread)

English is my native language, but I speak French and Italian. When I get back from my travels this summer I plan on learning another language. Not sure which one yet.

[ramsgoldberg61]

I'm noticing Korean and Italian are the two big languages people are learning ITT so far