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Trying to self-teach a language
I discovered duolingo online and was happy that they had Irish as one of the languages that you can learn. It has a bit of a personal connection for me because I come from a family of Irish-Appalachians. It's challenging, but I'm slowly making progress!
i have self taught myself a lot of languages. english is not my first language but i learnt it. i want to work on my japanese but i am busy（/TДT)/ reply
im latina but never learned spanish (thanks dad) and im trying to learn spanish through exposure and soon lessons! My true dream is to learn quechua, the native language of the people of the andes in south america, but to do that i need to know spanish first. reply
I am also self learning using Duolingo. I'm Filipino and my dialect's Bisaya. I learned English first before Tagalog at school. I moved to the US and now I'm learning Spanish cuz it's required and at the same time learning and practicing my Korean with Duolingo and Korean dramas. 1 reply
Since I go to a high school/secondary school in Ireland, I have to learn English, Irish and a common European language- I chose French, so I already have a lot on my plate but I am doing very well at learning them and can speak fluent conversations using them. Despite learning all those languages already, I like challenging myself. So, I'm teaching...... reply
English and JSL! Im trying to learn all the basics by myself before going to school and getting serious about it. Its kind of hard thats why I encourage myself to start reading manga and sign up here to practice English. I need to lose my fear of practicing. Im learning just with a bunch of books that I ask my friend in the U.S. to send me to learn...... reply
I speak English although it isn't my first language. My first language is Cantonese although over the years I've become terrible at it. It's hard to self study Cantonese. I do a bit of French and I want to learn Vietnamese, Korean, Japanese, Malay and seriously practice my Cantonese but no one I know speaks it besides my family and I doubt they wou...... reply
I started self learning German for a few weeks but I found nothing was getting through to my brain. I didn't like German that much so I decided to switch to something I'm more interested in, so I chose Japanese, its not easy but, I'm getting good every day! I have learned katakana and hiragana now I just have a few kanji to learn off. Yay reply
To be honest, self learning is not a very good method. I can speak more than 5 languages and I found that the most difficult part of each language is their structure. The second or third language that you learn might have an entirely different structure and sometimes when translated it does not carry 100% of the original meaning. This can be very m...... reply
