Discussion Question for Non-native English speakers

[Deleted member 18655]

I'm curious how many here are communicating in their 2nd/3rd language.

I need motivation to "re-bilingualise" myself. I'm so rusty and don't like my second language but I'm behind by not using it where I live.
I learned French from Kindergarten/KG. I've picked up other languages but I *was* fluent in French before I started working in other countries.

 

[Mila]

I'm curious how many here are communicating in their 2nd/3rd language.

I need motivation to "re-bilingualise" myself. I'm so rusty and don't like my second language but I'm behind by not using it where I live.
I learned French from Kindergarten/KG. I've picked up other languages but I *was* fluent in French before I started working in other countries.

I can only select 2! Sorry

 

[Deleted member 18655]

I can only select 2! Sorry

First poll. Thanks - I fixed it

 

[Mila]

Mumtiple

First poll. Thanks - I fixed it

Done!

 

[Deleted member 18655]

Mumtiple


Done!

Which language(s)?

 

[Mila]

Which language(s)?

English. I understand Portuguese and Italian but can hardly speak. I tried Mandarin but gave up. I was about to start French but ctb got on the way.

 

[Deleted member 18655]

English. I understand Portuguese and Italian but can hardly speak. I tried Mandarin but gave up. I was about to start French but ctb got on the way.

Your English is near perfect! This is why I made this post. I need to get back to this level in French. ASAP.

 

[Mila]

Your English is near perfect! This is why I made this post. I need to get back to this level in French. ASAP.

Thank you. I love English language and had the chance to learn it in every possible way. French is so sweet; just my thought. Go for it!

 

[Nymph]

I started learning English since kindergarten and I watched a lot of English videos when I was small and later I started watching cartoons/movies and shows in English and also English speaking youtubers. I had English through all through kindergarten to now (still studying) so yeah, I've always been interested in getting better in my English

 

[catsarecool]

I mostly learned through anime/manga/tv shows and playing videogames when I was younger. Also what really helped later on was finding friends online to talk with on voice calls.

 

[KleinerWolf]

As a Chinaman, I learnt English in school for a little bit.
However most of my English had been self-taught through watching youtube for the past 10 years,
also because I study/work in English speaking countries so I guess that helps too.

I'm learning German. :P
And I'll most likely be learning French after that.

Never too late to start.

Honestly the more languages you know, the more friends & opportunities you will have.
I think it does give you an edge. It's also really fun.

 

[Pupuce]

I'm french, and learned english mainly through YouTube, and I managed to be 1 mistake away from full marks in the toeic, which was quite frustrating.

 

[KleinerWolf]

I'm french, and learned english mainly through YouTube, and I managed to be 1 mistake away from full marks in the toeic, which was quite frustrating.

YouTube Army Unites!

 

[141592653]

I'm curious how many here are communicating in their 2nd/3rd language.

I need motivation to "re-bilingualise" myself. I'm so rusty and don't like my second language but I'm behind by not using it where I live.
I learned French from Kindergarten/KG. I've picked up other languages but I *was* fluent in French before I started working in other countries.

I'm french and best ways for me to learn english was to :
1 - Go to England and see english friends there
2 - English-speaking movies or TV shows (without subtitles or with english subtitles but NEVER french subtitles). There are tons of really good french movies and TV shows that I can recommend. Youtube videos, tutos webzine...
3 - Social networks

We can speak in private in french that's already a step if you wish, I don't consider my conversation boring. But that's for you to decide.

 

[RicRac]

I'm French, I spent two years in London, that helps.

 

[Eren]

I learned at school. But my English is very basic and I use the translator constantly.

 

[Deleted member 18655]

I'm french and best ways for me to learn english was to :
1 - Go to England and see english friends there
2 - English-speaking movies or TV shows (without subtitles or with english subtitles but NEVER french subtitles). There are tons of really good french movies and TV shows that I can recommend. Youtube videos, tutos webzine...
3 - Social network

D'accord.
Je dois m'immerger dans la langue et je dois pratiquer! Je dois penser en francais encore.
-Je vis a une ville bilingue et il y a des groupes pour conversation.
-Je ne cherchais pas des groupes a Internet! Merci pour les suggestions.

Je vais chercher des groupes a Internet aujourd'hui.
Mille mercis

 

[141592653]

D'accord.
Je dois m'immerger dans la langue et je dois pratiquer! Je dois penser en francais encore.
-Je vis a une ville bilingue et il y a des groupes pour conversation.
-Je ne cherchais pas des groupes a Internet! Merci pour les suggestions.

Je vais chercher des groupes a Internet aujourd'hui.
Mille mercis

En vrai si t'es dans une ville où il y a des groupes de gens qui parlent français c'est le mieux. Dans mon université, il y a beaucoup d'étrangers et ils se regroupent souvent entre eux parce qu'ils ne parlent pas français. Comme tout le monde trouve que je suis bizarre, je vais avec les étrangers, ils m'acceptent mieux. Donc tout le monde parle anglais. Alors par contre j'ai un accent anglais déplorable du coup, parce que je parle pas avec des natifs. Mais je m'en fous pas mal ^^

 

[Deleted member 18655]

I learned at school. But my English is very basic and I use the translator constantly.

I'm still writing everything in reverso.net to check my French grammar.

je suis bizarre, je vais avec les étrangers, ils m'acceptent mieux. Donc tout le monde parle anglais. Alors par contre j'ai un accent anglais déplorable du coup, parce que je parle pas avec des natifs. Mais je m'en fous pas mal ^^

Moi ausai!
Quand je vivais aux autres pays, je n'etais pas avec les autres anglos. Mes amis étaient les gens du pays natifs.

 

[Sensei]

I think that for most of us, it's a little bit of all. We learn the basics of English in school and then, for the better or the worse, get exposed to English in a variety of contexts. We refine our English by writing and through interaction, e.g. in communities like this one. I didn't really care about English when I went to school, but I taught myself, because there were too many interesting books, movies, games, and forums in English only.

 

[leiche]

i'm russian, we study english at school. i also listened to an english music a lot and played games with no russian supported, that really helped me, so english was never a hard subject for me, but i still do a lot of stupid mistakes....

 

[icanhasnick]

Took classes as a child/teen (long ago, I'm 31 now), but I'd say that for the most part I learnt it from the interwebz, as an adult, from reading it all day every day.

Also, I'm generally a great lover of languages, they are likely what has given me the most pleasure in this life. And I kinda regret that if i ctb now, that means I won't ever get to know new languages, nor perfect those I already more or less know. My mother tongue is Spanish. I speak English and German rather well, and French rather poorly. I also read some Romanian. They are the coolest shit ever, somehow they feel like both fucking and travelling at once.

 

[overcomingfear]

I did learn it in school but i didn't choose it in the poll cuz i don't think it helped me learn that much. Also took tutoring because mama said "u gotta learn son" it was not effective too i think.As someone already said video games helped a lot, figuring out games in a foreign language at like 5 years old helps tremendously. In my teen years i learned from youtube, watching English vids almost exclusively since.
Spanish and French look super easy but I'm too unmotivated to learn

 

[Deleted member 18655]

Took classes as a child/teen (long ago, I'm 31 now), but I'd say that for the most part I learnt it from the interwebz, as an adult, from reading it all day every day.

This is what I'm missing - the "every day" piece. I'm a glottophile too. I just don't like my second language (perhaps because it's a political issue in my country) and any other language can have my time and attention, happily. But French is a chore for me. A chore I need to get going on. I potentially have a job, working in French, in just a few weeks. I'm so rusty, and lazy! My hope is that my bus will come before I have to face this.

 

[death137]

I'm a native Amharic speaker. I learned English by d/t ways but mostly through school