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Help me devise a plan to acheive my resolution
I want to become tri lingual.
I took 7 years of french starting in JR high and going through AP french in HS, and want to get better, as well as learn Spanish.
Any suggestions ? I know I could do classes at a JC, but I really don't feel that's the best way to learn.
Anyone else proficient in another language ? How did you learn ?
Any suggestions on if I should concentrate on one at a time, or just kinda split my time between the two ?
Any thoughts/ comments stories are welcome.
yes, I know this can't really be acheived in one year, but it is my resolution to work on it this year. 
and hopefully be able to hold lenghty conversations in maybe 2 years.
Re: Help me devise a plan to acheive my resolution
I think this a great resolution!
I have heard great things about Rosetta Stone. I know it can be expensive. It might be worth a shot.
For the French I would look for a group like anneg said and maybe look into taking an advanced converstaional class. Too bad you don't live in the north bay, its my H's first language.
As for Rosetta Stone, we had an older version that wasn't all that great IMO but the newer ones seem to be pretty fabulous.
Everyone's just a rebel on this board today, aren't they?!
I've been trying to figure this out myself. Although, I just want to become bilingual for now. I can't even decide which language to learn. The practical side of me wants to learn Spanish. The fun side German. I've had classes in both in high school and college.
Have you heard about livemocha.com? From what I understand, it matches you up with a native speaker of whatever language you want to learn. Part of me thinks that with all the internet resources, it should be possible to learn a bit online. I've thought about watching youtube video where the person is discussing whatever topic in their native language, reading online articles, listening to streaming music. Then maybe something like livemocha.com would come in handy after I feel I had a better grasp of the language.
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Practice, practice, and practice
Just keep speaking the language with a group of persons, watch the Spanish TV channels, and watch movies, listen to music, or read books/blogs in those languages.
I grew up speaking fluently three languages (French is one of them) at home and outside, and learnt two more in high school. Nowadays, because of a lack of practice, I've lost some of the vocabulary. But I'm sure that once backhome and forced to speak the language, it'd come back slowly. I'm also into Korean dramas, and although I don't know the language, I picked up a few words just by watching Korean shows and reading blogs/forums about them.
GL !
There are free language podcasts you can get online.
Just download some and put them on your ipod and listen during your commute. That's what I used to do
wow, you and I are very similar. I took a lot of French, but I am rusty now and Have been trying to learn Spanish for years. I totally agree that the best thing is the conversation classes but you also have to learn the grammar and Spanish to me is very difficult. I also hired a private tutor once and was meeting her weekly at a cafe. That was helpful but I was not diligent enough in studying so I stopped because it was a waste if I was not going to practice on my own.
I've been considering the Rosetta Stone for a long time, but never spoke to anyone that really used it. Let's keep up with each other and try to make a plan and encourage each other to do it. I have taken adult ed classes etc but I am so tired these days, no time really. I think the main thing is just setting aside the time to really study the grammar and vocabulary, like we did when we were in school.