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Shimmer Mint said:
Living in Canada, you're taught French in school starting at grade 4 all the way until grade 9. Then after that, it's your choice if you want to continue.

I know some French but not a lot of it. I'm better at reading French and understanding it than coming up with my own words. xD
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Wait, really? That's kinda awesome, but also sucks. D=

Or maybe I'm just saying that cause holy hell, Spanish was a pain in the ass.
 
I studies French literally two hours every single day, and I scraped by with a C. Anyone that says that anyone can learn it, hasn't met me.

Everyone says that I should have taken German. It wasn't that it was easier, but the teacher was a lot better.
 
Shimmer Mint said:
you're taught French in school starting at grade 4 all the way until grade 9. Then after that, it's your choice if you want to continue.
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Kinda the same here except I go until grade 10.
And French is my country's 2nd language. I remember the days when I couldn't understand a word in English and now I can even use it decently online. Ha progress is nice! :D
 
JNathan said:
Kinda the same here except I go until grade 10.
And French is my country's 2nd language. I remember the days when I couldn't understand a word in English and now I can even use it decently online. Ha progress is nice! :D
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Oh man, the fact that it's not your first isn't even noticeable. I'd definitely say that's great progress. =D
 
I'm really curious to see the difficulty of beginning to learn a new language from scratch at an age like mine.. because I've heard all over from bilingual people (mostly Hispanic) that the earlier you begin to learn a language, the easier it will be to be fluent in that language (and in their case, English being the language they learned)
 
In Korea learning English was mandatory in school starting from 3rd grade, though by the time that happened I was already being tutored in English. When I arrived at U.S. permanently in March 2005 it was a very daunting experience not even being able to communicate with anybody effectively but starting around sophomore year I got used to it and here I am now.
 
Sometimes when I talk, my words get jumbled up and no one can understand what I'm saying. That's kind of a new language. Right? I think I'll call it Slayrniese.
 
You're not the only one, Slayr. Same thing happens to me when I talk, especially when I'm in a hurry. I think I should try talking a little slower, but I'm not exactly sure if that would actually help. I hope it does, though.

Other than English, I'm not fluent in any other language, unfortunately. My mom and dad like speaking to each other in Spanish from time to time, so I can understand the language a bit. I cannot speak it, though. The only Spanish words that I'm able to clearly pronounce are uno, dos, tres, adios, and gracias. That's about it. xD I could try taking some Spanish lessons from either of my parents, but they rarely have any time on their hands. They're extremely busy people. If my grandma was still alive, then she would have thought me how to speak Spanish for sure, but she had passed away only when I was six.
 
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You'll have a super-fun time listening to me on a low-quality audio call. Accents galore!
 
No one would want to listen to me on any type of video call, haha. I have never been a huge fan of my voice and my accent is much stronger than I would like it to be :[
 
I hate video calls too - it's less that I hate my voice and more that I'm just shy, it's the same with real phones :(

I suppose I'll have to learn to like it eventually, as I seem to have bad preference in languages - Try practicing Russian in Ottawa :(
 
I, honestly, don't like video calling at all. :( It's one thing to talk with someone over phone, but when you're talking to a person via video chat, you constantly get distracted by all the things that are going around the person, which makes it easy to lose track of the chat's topic. Video calls are great for people who are required to stay at home for most part of their day, though—it gives them the chance to stay socialized with their friends, relatives, and other people that they'd like to keep in touch with.
 
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