Hardest thing for you learning a new language?

[irmamar]

I find listening the most difficult thing when learning English. When I study Italian, the worse thing is writing, because they use a lot of doubled consonants, and Spanish doesn't. Maybe it depends on the language you're learning

I think I had to say "the Spanish" instead "Spanish", I wanted to say "los españoles". . Anyway the sentence is not very clear, I think, since I say "they" but I didn't say "the Italian". Sorry.

[CrOtALiTo]

Escrito originalmente por irmamar

I find listening the most difficult thing when learning English. When I study Italian, the worse thing is writing, because they use a lot of doubled consonants, and Spanish doesn't. Maybe it depends on the language you're learning

I think I had to say "the Spanish" instead "Spanish", I wanted to say "los españoles". . Anyway the sentence is not very clear, I think, since I say "they" but I didn't say "the Italian". Sorry.

Yes, you are right in the leaning of the languages most Chinese or Russian they are most hard to learn sometimes for the people, in my case is most prone when I'm speaking English with someone, still I can't to talk with someone or more well, I'm not able to have a conversation with somebody at English first one because I haven't with who to practice the English to oral way, and second one because sometimes the words leave my head in both cases my hand forget some words and when I'm speaking with someone the word that learnt before in that moment I don't remember.

jijij.

[Jessica]

Most Americans have trouble speaking Chinese correctly and getting the right tones.

[chileno]

Escrito originalmente por jchen

Most Americans have trouble speaking Chinese correctly and getting the right tones.

Intonation is most everything in a language. It tells where the person comes from.

[irmamar]

Escrito originalmente por jchen

Most Americans have trouble speaking Chinese correctly and getting the right tones.

I think that everything is difficult when learning Chinese: listening, speaking, writing, reading... and the tones. One friend of mine lived with a Chinese who changed her name to a Spanish name because nobody here could say correctly her name and she didn't understand when someone pronounced it.

[Jessica]

Escrito originalmente por irmamar

I think that everything is difficult when learning Chinese: listening, speaking, writing, reading... and the tones. One friend of mine lived with a Chinese who changed her name to a Spanish name because nobody here could say correctly her name and she didn't understand when someone pronounced it.

that's true.

there are some Chinese characters that are pretty easy to write and some pin yin that are easy to pronounce

[Tomisimo]

The hardest thing about learning language is reaching functional fluency-- meaning the ability to express most things you want or need to say.

[CrOtALiTo]

Escrito originalmente por Tomisimo

The hardest thing about learning language is reaching functional fluency-- meaning the ability to express most things you want or need to say.

It's true when you try to have a language fluency.

[chileno]

Escrito originalmente por Tomisimo

The hardest thing about learning language is reaching functional fluency-- meaning the ability to express most things you want or need to say.

Yes, but realize that if you have fluence in one language, there is no reason why you shouldn't have it in another. So it comes back to your mind being your worst enemy.

Until then, you're slave of your own mind.

Oh, I can't such and such.
It's hard for me, because...
I don't have time...

etc.

[CrOtALiTo]

Escrito originalmente por chileno

Yes, but realize that if you have fluence in one language, there is no reason why you shouldn't have it in another. So it comes back to your mind being your worst enemy.

Until then, you're slave of your own mind.

Oh, I can't such and such.
It's hard for me, because...
I don't have time...

etc.

The times is one of the worse element in the learning of some language.