Being in Canada we gotta learn french. i hated the language and my teacher with a passion. if i had the choice i would of much rather learn to speak spanish or portuguese then damn french. was so happy when i passed that class in gr.9 and never had to speak another word in that language in my life.
I was forced to take two years of Spanish. Which I did not like. I would have prefered being given the choice of the language, in which case, I'd choose German.
I hate learning languages in school. The only thing you learn from it is how to fill in the blanks, but you never hardly learn how to actually use the language. You'll never be fluent with the school method, and it focuses too much on learning rules.
I like to learn languages by myself at my own pace without someone in the class slowing me down. But that doesn't beat immersion, which is the best way to learn a language.
:D I'm bilingual since birth so i had no problem with my french ! Plus i live in quebec so I speak it regularly what I have to learn in school is english... THAT IS DULL ... I have boring english clases were we learn are FN Colours!!! Now ow a bout that huh?
My french teacher was so bad, and sucked so much at managing classes, that from grade 3 through grade 8, it was basically grade 4 french over and over again. Highly frustrating and depressing that she couldn't stand up to a bunch of pre-teens.
I'll probably learn French in the future, because I wanted to know it when I was younger, but wasn't really given much opportunity.
Both French and Welsh are compulsory in my school. Two years ago I had a choice to drop French (Welsh was compulsory; this year was the last year of it though), but I took it for another two years and passed the exam with an A this Summer. :) I'll be taken a French A-Level course over the next two years aswell... I passed Welsh with a C, just so you know; I hated the damn subject and the teacher was awful, despite being a nice person...
I had to take German back in school, and I hated it. It was just useless for me. I can understand the appeal of learning a foreign language, but it's just not for me.
Even though I was good at it, I hated learning French with a passion. My teachers always used to give us so much HW, papers, and tests. Language classes are just too time consuming IMO.
I love learning languages, and I love my Deutschlehrer, but my class is what makes not learn anything. I take German because I live in a German family and history, and wish to live there someday. Half my class takes German because they know they can act up in it, not be productive, and get away with it because my teacher isn't stict enough. Hence why after two years I still barely have a grasp on German and why I'm going to have to spend $500 on Rosetta stone.
Absolutely. I learned enough Spanish in high school to get by and now that I'm in college I'm taking Japanese. Hopefully I'l be able to learn enough through the class and my own independent study to take a semester abroad next year.
If it wasn't for my english teachers, I wouldn't be able to post here, besides my engish teacher was my grandma, so if I needed help with my homework I would call her :P
I don't mind learning Spanish that much, it is just that my teacher is terrible. She goes on and on about the importance of speaking spanish in class, then gives instructions in English...
In my country, dutch, english, german and french are obligatory at highschool. But the only thing that stuck is english hehe... well kind of. Especially my german and french have faded away over the years because I never use those languages anymore. At least these forums keep my english somewhat up to date ;)
I don't mind learning Spanish that much, it is just that my teacher is terrible. She goes on and on about the importance of speaking spanish in class, then gives instructions in English...Cube_of_MooN
Be careful, I have two aunts. They are Castilian teachers, so you might be speaking of one of them. :P
What I find really helpfull to learn a language is watching a lot of tv in that particular language with subtitles. You automatically start to link the words you hear to the text you read. It's really helpfull that a lot of tv programs in Holland are english with dutch subtitles. That's why I don't get that the germans for example dub their tv shows in german. First of all, it's very irritating and you don't learn another language that way.
I would like to learn other languages, especially German but I hate the actual learning of it, there is nothing interesting about learning a bunch of words, it's not like science or something where you feel you have actually learnt something interesting, it's just words, more words, and some grammar.
I would like to learn other languages, especially German but I hate the actual learning of it, there is nothing interesting about learning a bunch of words, it's not like science or something where you feel you have actually learnt something interesting, it's just words, more words, and some grammar.rb2610
In case of german......lots and lots and lots of grammar! ;)
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