<p>Pretty self explanatory. I hate to admit it but I love to show off or not really show off, but I like knowing a lot of things and being smart. I want to learn spanish between now and the last week of august when school begins. I will be a sophomore and at my school, you cannot take a foreign language until ELEVENTH GRADE! how stupid?
Sooo I was thinking "why don't I just learn spanish on my own?!" Then I will come in as a sophomore fluent (or very proficient) in the language. I will work 1-2 hours a day maybe more on lazy days.
Question 1: Do you think it is possible for me to learn (most of) it in 5 months?
Question 2: If I do learn it, should I take spanish 1 once it is time for me to pick a language, or go onto something like mandarin or something?</p>
<p>Just curious…how do you plan on studying Spanish?</p>
<p>You seem like the type of person I would not enjoy associating with.</p>
<p>Are you learning Spanish for the heck of it then?</p>
<p>No. I also like showing off, and I can do so with Spanish around people who don’t know Spanish, which for me means people who think they know Spanish after taking a few years of it in high school. Languages do not have a high return on investment when it comes to showing off because you have to know them rather than just knowing about them. To show off, you want to know about many things at a superficial level, so find some interesting books on topics such as behavioral economics, (I’d recommend Thinking, Fast and Slow) which can be brought up in every day conversations. One more thing, the level of Spanish you could learn by yourself in such a short time, I would find physically painful to listen to.</p>
<p>If you actually read this, I corrected myself and said I do not like showing off, but I like knowing a lot.
I am not learning spanish for the heck of it. Being fluent in any language is always beneficial in this world more jobs, more money, more people to meet etc.
I plan on studying it by rosetta stone and an hour and a half private session taught by my moms best friend who is fluent in 5 languages.</p>
<p>Yucky what a snob.</p>
<p>Intelligence/ self motivation = snob?</p>
<p>“I love to show off” = snob. Learn yo algebra.</p>
<p>Learning Spanish because you love the language or culture and speaking it will give you a sense of fulfillment for the sake of fulfillment is good, but learning it just to impress others is not, especially when all native Spanish speakers who all speak English will always speak it better than you anyway, as well as all those that have been learning it longer.</p>
<p>Sure, why not? Of, course you can learn Spanish if you wanted to in 5 months. I mean, look at Timothy Doner…</p>
<p>Hmm, seems to me that you are a strong willed, and very, very successful individual. The people posting on hear are clearly envious of the love you have to challenge yourself. I believe this is possible but ask yourself if it is realistic. I am sure a talented person like you has many other activities and pursuits so challenge, but do not overwork.</p>
<p>@CSIHSIS Learn your proper English. While yo is a word, you have not used it in applicable context.</p>
<p>I use yo as a half joke one time, and lol.</p>
<p>Once a snob always a snob.</p>
<p>Also Rosetta Stone sucks horribly, don’t bother.</p>
<p>LOL, CSIHSIS probably has a better grip on the english language than all of you. Based on the rest of his/her post, it can be inferred that CSIHSIS wasn’t being serious when he/she wrote “yo”, which all of you failed to understand.</p>
<p>Can we all stop fighting? This is totally uncalled for.</p>
<p>Also, Rosetta Stone isn’t all that bad. I became fluent in Japanese with its partial help. It is good for memory and vocab.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t recommend it. I tried learning Korean on my own… It didn’t work so well. Why rush? I prefer a language to taught by a teacher so I can keep up with the curriculum and not slack off. You have many years ahead of you, waiting isn’t always a bad thing.</p>
<p>I see. I think I will try and get the basics (numbers, alphabet, conversational words) at least and see where it goes from there.</p>
<p>Yeah good idea. Learning the basics are very important. Spanish I & II according from my brother are full of conversational and polite sentences, phrases, and common words. The sentence structure isn’t that tough either. Spanish III & IV at my school are killer lol. When I was learning Korean, I had the basic conversational phrases down, then I started to watch a lot of Korean drama and listen to music to pick up on the slang and other good stuff.</p>
<p>Did watching the Korean videos help?</p>
<p>Yeah a little bit. A lot of the drama used informal phrases, new and useful vocabulary.</p>