Learning a second language

[Usarka]

Help!

Any one got any good practical tips for learning another language, stat. Ie. within 2 weeks.....?????

Got a book and a cd and all I still can't get passed my prior knowledge of:

One beer please.

and

Where is the chicken?

Practical suggestions will be mucho por favor'd.

[mowgli]

• Practise charades
• Practise pictionary
• Practise smiling and laughing at yourself

You'll be fine

[McJim]

Which lingo boyo?

[PirateJafa]

One plane ticket and you'll be set.

Total immersion is definitely the most effective method.

(Although admittedly it hasn't worked for many Kiwis.)

[Mom]

Help if we know what language....Spanish perchance?

[alanzs]

Help!

Any one got any good practical tips for learning another language, stat. Ie. within 2 weeks.....?????

Got a book and a cd and all I still can't get passed my prior knowledge of:

One beer please.

and

Where is the chicken?

Practical suggestions will be mucho por favor'd.

Hablamos Espanol.
Read it, hear it, say it, write it. As an adult (you are?) you need to use as many senses as possible, so read it, hear it, say it, write it, underline it in the book, and then repeat it as often as you can. Then, practice more. Put stickers on everything you want to learn how to say. Then, practice more. It's like sex, you had to practice all the time to get it right.
Buen suerte mi amigo, y vaya con dios... Tiene un bien viaje tambien...

[icekiwi]

Go there...Stay away from Tourists...get in with the locals....
Nothing like jumping in at the deep end..
Managed to learn Neplalese pretty good in 4 wks during a stint in the mountains thoseparts

[Usarka]

Yep Spanish! (latin american spanish to be precise)

After a 67billion hour travel time I'm planning to do a course at cuzco before starting with the most touristy attraction in the southern hemisphere before buggering off to god knows where.

Hopefully that will help with the sink in, but I a) want a bit of a foundation, and b) want to be able to negotiate customs and the (very many) hours of transit waiting in between flights in the mean time.

Hablamos Espanol.
Read it, hear it, say it, write it. As an adult (you are?) you need to use as many senses as possible, so read it, hear it, say it, write it, underline it in the book, and then repeat it as often as you can. Then, practice more. Put stickers on everything you want to learn how to say. Then, practice more. It's like sex, you had to practice all the time to get it right.
Buen suerte mi amigo, y vaya con dios... Tiene un bien viaje tambien...

Not sure about the adult part, but yeah someone told me talking and listening was the best way, but i'm not sure that i'm not the sort of person to learn more from reading. Will try to add more of that into the mix.

Buenos Nachos?.... Mmmm nachos.

ps - i'm about to neck back some booze put on the headphones and pass out. Hopefully some assimilation might take place

[TOTO]

Here are the three phrases you need to learn and nothing else :

"I'm from new Zealand"

"I own a Hotel"

"My room number is *** "

[Usarka]

"My room number is *** "

habatacion?

something has sunk in!

[McJim]

Spanish? Pah, that's Greek to me.

[Ragingrob]

Haha que vaya bien mi amigo! Tenes que leer los libros y hablar con muchas personas del pais!

[alanzs]

Haha que vaya bien mi amigo! Tenes que leer los libros y hablar con muchas personas del pais!

Eggzactamento!

[Gubb]

Yo Quiero Taco Bell.

[alanzs]

Yep Spanish! (latin american spanish to be precise)

After a 67billion hour travel time I'm planning to do a course at cuzco before starting with the most touristy attraction in the southern hemisphere before buggering off to god knows where.

Hopefully that will help with the sink in, but I a) want a bit of a foundation, and b) want to be able to negotiate customs and the (very many) hours of transit waiting in between flights in the mean time.



Not sure about the adult part, but yeah someone told me talking and listening was the best way, but i'm not sure that i'm not the sort of person to learn more from reading. Will try to add more of that into the mix.

Buenos Nachos?.... Mmmm nachos.

ps - i'm about to neck back some booze put on the headphones and pass out. Hopefully some assimilation might take place

Donde esta la mota y la coca? (Where is the grass and the coke?)
Chumpa mi vega (suck my dick)
Cuanto questa? (How much)
Puede un cuarto? (Do you have a room)
Un otra vez (Another time)
Muy caro (Very expensive)
Mas barato (Cheaper)
What else could you possibly need to say?