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There are some interesting foreign language threads popping up lately, so here is another...

You know what language(s) you want to learn so now it's time to work.

State your 90-day language goal, and we can use this thread to share tips and language-learning resources.

We can check back in 90 days to see where we are at.

Here is a good place to start (sort of the RFV of languages):

http://how-to-learn-any-language.com/e/index.html

Post: #2

Wait a throw down the gauntlet ! A second or third language is essential , not only to having a solid international game, but also to have continued life-long learning. Bear in mind the 90 day challenge will, at best, provide a solid framework and, at a minimum a thirst for more study - that can only be quenched by an extended immersion programme abroad. Best wishes on your new and exciting journey

Post: #3

Challenge accepted.

I let my Spanish slip from reading children's novels like Goosebumps to practically nothing. Like, literally struggling to put sentences together. Ninety days from now I will have it back to where I was before or better, and will finally tackle Harry Potter y la piedra filosofal.

Post: #4

Brazilian Portuguese.

Bought the Pimsleurs a long time ago but never finished.

Post: #5

(03-29-2014 12:24 AM)buja Wrote:  Brazilian Portuguese.

Bought the Pimsleurs a long time ago but never finished.

BBC also has some good language resources, for example videos/radio:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/portuguese/

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(03-28-2014 08:08 PM)Osiris Wrote:  Challenge accepted.

I let my Spanish slip from reading children's novels like Goosebumps to practically nothing. Like, literally struggling to put sentences together. Ninety days from now I will have it back to where I was before or better, and will finally tackle Harry Potter y la piedra filosofal.

Good vocab resource:

http://www.spanicity.com/spanish-vocabulary.htm

Post: #7

I am in!

Mandarin

Post: #8

I'm trying to finish the Pimsleur Spanish Course. Anyone knows a good red pill spanish TV show (even animated) to learn Spanish?

Post: #9

I want to start learning spanish. I took 2 years in high school, but i don't remember most of it. Any good websites out there?

Post: #10

I'm in! Spanish... I used the first 5 or 6 Pimsleur Spanish units in the past and did maybe the first level of Rosetta Stone. That was a few years ago and I don't really remember much of it.

So the tools I will be using for this challenge is Pimsleur, Rosetta Stone, and other random things I can do. I hear watching a movie you know well in Spanish can really help. I also paid for 6 months of LatinAmericanCupid so maybe I will find some Spanish speaking broads to conversate with as well.

90 days gentleman.... we can do this!

Post: #11

(03-30-2014 02:49 AM)FunctionalPsycho Wrote:  I'm trying to finish the Pimsleur Spanish Course. Anyone knows a good red pill spanish TV show (even animated) to learn Spanish?

Post: #12

French for me. I've been using http://www.sharedtalk.com/ to talk with other native French speakers, and have some penpals from France and Belgium. I've also been using Michel Thomas course and Duolingo primarily. Going to integrate watching TinTin and reading children's books pretty soon, as well as listen to RFI Monde.

Post: #13

(03-30-2014 09:50 AM)Osiris Wrote:  

(03-30-2014 02:49 AM)FunctionalPsycho Wrote:  I'm trying to finish the Pimsleur Spanish Course. Anyone knows a good red pill spanish TV show (even animated) to learn Spanish?

Is it bad that seeing Dora the Explora tied to a chair gives me a chubby?

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(03-30-2014 01:49 PM)Cr33pin Wrote:  Is it bad that seeing Dora the Explora tied to a chair gives me a chubby?

Yes. Mostly because she's 15.

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(03-29-2014 07:54 PM)calwinston Wrote:  I am in!

Mandarin

Have you already checked out this one?

http://www.learnchineseez.com/fsi/mandarin/

Post: #17

(03-30-2014 07:05 PM)The_CEO Wrote:  

(03-29-2014 07:54 PM)calwinston Wrote:  I am in!

Mandarin

Have you already checked out this one?

http://www.learnchineseez.com/fsi/mandarin/

No I haven't tried it! Thanks man. Will start on it today.

Post: #18

Website only has 21 languages there.

Anyone got any good information on learning Polish?

Post: #19

(03-30-2014 09:18 AM)Cr33pin Wrote:  I'm in! Spanish... I used the first 5 or 6 Pimsleur Spanish units in the past and did maybe the first level of Rosetta Stone. That was a few years ago and I don't really remember much of it.

So the tools I will be using for this challenge is Pimsleur, Rosetta Stone, and other random things I can do. I hear watching a movie you know well in Spanish can really help. I also paid for 6 months of LatinAmericanCupid so maybe I will find some Spanish speaking broads to conversate with as well.

90 days gentleman.... we can do this!

I'll tell you I've been learning Spanish for the past 90 days

I used Coffee Break Spanish+duo lingo/vocab books to get the basics down
Then I listen to Notes in Spanish/other podcast to listen to conversations.

Post: #20

I need to get back in the Russian groove. I finished the beginner's/advanced Michel Thomas last year, now I need to go through them again and memorize before I hit the vocab. Got 6 CDs into Pimsleur but found it way too slow, might give them another go. Also a beginner's grammar I'm 60 pages into. Gotta go back, redo the exercises, then move forward.

(04-01-2014 06:36 AM)spalex Wrote:  Website only has 21 languages there.

Anyone got any good information on learning Polish?

There's a Michel Thomas/Pimsleur for Polish. I prefer Michel Thomas audio as it flows more easily.

Also: http://www.skwierzyna.net/polishgrammar.pdf

Post: #21

Having a proper conversation in Russian by the end of July sounds like a good goal, I guess. Spanish, too

Post: #22

(04-01-2014 08:27 PM)unbowed Wrote:  I need to get back in the Russian groove. I finished the beginner's/advanced Michel Thomas last year, now I need to go through them again and memorize before I hit the vocab. Got 6 CDs into Pimsleur but found it way too slow, might give them another go. Also a beginner's grammar I'm 60 pages into. Gotta go back, redo the exercises, then move forward.

(04-01-2014 06:36 AM)spalex Wrote:  Website only has 21 languages there.

Anyone got any good information on learning Polish?

There's a Michel Thomas/Pimsleur for Polish. I prefer Michel Thomas audio as it flows more easily.

Also: http://www.skwierzyna.net/polishgrammar.pdf

This link is fucking great!
76 pages of very useful information.

Thanks a lot for that!

Post: #23

Went and saw Cesar Chavez today, good movie. Helped jog my memory a little bit with Spanish.

Slowly but surely.

Post: #24

I am also learning Mandarin. Currently using BBC website, but if you have any other resources that would help me, I would be very grateful.

PS That "Its a trap" meme kills me every time

Post: #25

I'd like to be in, I want to tighten my French but Spanish is more important where I'm at. I need a language partner to speak with regarding French and/or Spanish, maybe via skype..are you guys on that?