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[quote=Anonymous]It helps if you already know some foreign languages, just so you get the idea of what you need to know for a language.

I'm studying what will be the 5th foreign language I know (Mandarin Chinese), so I pretty much approach it now with an understanding of linguistics. The first things I try to understand are how verbs are handled (are they declined? how is past and future tense formed, if it exists? do perfect tenses exist?), if gender is used, etc. Then I learn 20 verbs, the basic numbers, the question words (who, what, where...) and start making sentences from that.

What I'm doing this time around is I have class once a week, but it's not focused exactly on my needs (I travel for business) so I also meet with a native speaker student at a university twice a week for a 1-hour study session. That works well for my learning style. I've never used programs like Rosetta since I just don't have the discipline to stop work and focus on it. Classes and tutoring force me out of the house and to actually study.

I'd say as long as you can spend some time studying, and you know what study methods work best for you, you'll be fine.[/quote]

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