<p>anyone here self teach themselves a language during high school? if so, what language, and how did you do it? What program do you recommend for someone interested in doing this?</p>
<p>I kinda taught myself chinese.
i already spoke it but taught myself to read characters.
just get textbooks and magazines in that language</p>
<p>To an extent, my senior year in high school I taught myself Italian using a variety of online resources and a friend who was relatively able (but not fluent) in it. I tried Rosetta Stone and found it to be pretty useless, at least for me. On the other hand, I have a friend who’s managed to teach herself decent Italian using the exact same program. A combination of a textbook, online resources (both grammatical resources and songs in the language), and Rosetta Stone would probably be best, but that comes to be very expensive very quickly. Having someone you can talk to/write to helps immensely, as otherwise you’re not truly learning the language. [English</a> to French, Italian, German & Spanish Dictionary - WordReference.com](<a href=“http://www.wordreference.com%5DEnglish”>http://www.wordreference.com) is a good online dictionary for many of the more common languages, and [Learn</a> language faster!](<a href=“http://www.wordchamp.com%5DLearn”>http://www.wordchamp.com) is a good place to learn vocabulary. Even with this, though, it’s unlikely you’ll have as strong a background as someone who took a course conducted in the language (I ended up taking introductory Italian my first year of college, and while I knew all the grammar, my vocabulary, aural, and oral skills improved immensely).</p>
<p>Try:
[Learn</a> Spanish, French, German, Italian and over 70 languages with Byki software.](<a href=“http://byki.com%5DLearn”>http://byki.com)
[Language</a> Learning with Livemocha | Learn a Language Online - Free!](<a href=“http://livemocha.com%5DLanguage”>http://livemocha.com)
Download Pimsleur (can’t post the link, sorry.)</p>
<p>–depending on the exact language:
[Learn</a> Chinese - Audio and video Chinese podcasts - ChinesePod](<a href=“http://chinesepod.com%5DLearn”>http://chinesepod.com)
[Learn</a> Spanish - Audio and video spanish podcasts - SpanishPod](<a href=“http://spanishpod.com%5DLearn”>http://spanishpod.com)
[Learn</a> Italian - Audio and video italian podcasts - ItalianPod](<a href=“http://italianpod.com%5DLearn”>http://italianpod.com)
[Learn</a> French - Audio and video french podcasts - FrenchPod](<a href=“http://frenchpod.com%5DLearn”>http://frenchpod.com)</p>
<p>Those are just some of the sites I used to study a new language. They’re all free. The last set of sites will you give free full access for 7-days, after that, just keep making new accounts to keep getting access.</p>
<p>thanks a lot guys! also, do you guys have any suggestions as to which language i should learn? I already know spanish pretty decently. For reference, i want to major in business and will probably be staying in southern california, if that has any impact!</p>
<p>Japanese and Chinese are growing in importance, though their differences from English may come as a shock at first. Italian, French, and Portuguese are all similar to Spanish, as well. It really comes down to personal preference, though.</p>
<p>i pretty much self taught myself spanish (mostly grammar and vocab…not really conversational speaking though) and i’m teaching myself french right now</p>
<p>Java is a pretty easy language to learn.</p>
<p>Lol, I can’t even fathom how a person could learn an entire language by him or herself.</p>
<p>get the harry potter version in that language; it helps a lot if you want up your vocab and review your verb tenses</p>
<p>I taught myself Chinese. I used a self-help book and a website. You can do it if you have the time. it’s easy.</p>
<p>Hjwuan, that’s what I’m doing for French! I find it helps a lot, even though I’m not self-teaching; I study it in school. Regardless, I’m sure something like that would help.</p>