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Message started by old_rider on 11/13/13 at 10:30:37

Title: Language programs.... which to use to learn
Post by old_rider on 11/13/13 at 10:30:37

Thinking of buying Rosetta Stone to learn a new language, probably Spanish/Mexican or possibly Phillipino/Tagali . I currently cannot work with my health issues, but have been improving enough to know that with my health curve increasing I will most likely be back to work next year, although at a lesser paying job.

I've heard that Rosetta although expensive is the best way....anyone else experience an easier one? or one that a 54 year old with short term memory issues might learn with tons of repetitive listening?

I would like to be able to put "speaks more than one language" on my next job app in hopes that maybe, just maybe, I will get a little better pay.

I am also playing with Linux a little to try to improve my computer skills area, if I learn to use it, maybe it also will help.

Title: Re: Language programs.... which to use to learn
Post by PerrydaSavage on 11/14/13 at 00:11:48

Guten morgan! Ma nom ist Brad! ;D ;)

Title: Re: Language programs.... which to use to learn
Post by arteacher on 11/14/13 at 06:25:30

http://learn-spanish-software-review.toptenreviews.com/
I too am looking to learn another language- Italian. In my research I found this site. I checked out Spanish for you.

Title: Re: Language programs.... which to use to learn
Post by engineer on 11/14/13 at 07:00:42

If I wanted to learn a language for a better resume then Spanish would be my choice. There are plenty of Spanish speaking people being serviced by medical facilities and various government offices.

People who know about language training software tell me that Rosetta Stone is the way to go.

Title: Re: Language programs.... which to use to learn
Post by mpescatori on 11/15/13 at 01:24:53

Anywhere you live in the US (short of New England, I assume) Spanish will get you a long way. Florida has been "essentially spanish" since its discovery.

Once you learn Spanish, Italian and Portuguese are little more than a fancy holiday read ;).

All three languages provide tons of interesting, amusing, fun literature.
Also, these three languages evolved into their modern form centuries before English, so that reading a novel in the "original 1680 text" is actually quite simple.

French is also related, but grammar and pronounciation are much more sophisticated (= unnecessarily tweaky :D )
Moreover, Victor Hugo's "Les Miserables" will enlighten you no better than Charles Dickens' novels... :-[

PS If you want to study Spanish, please be aware that true Spanish is called "Castellano" and that pronounciation is a bit more sophisticated than tex-mex "Chicano" ;)

Claro che si !!! ;D