Kenneth Porter wrote: >the classes dragged so incredibly slowly that I learned just a little >vocabulary and the most basic of grammar, and still led the class. I >usually finished my physics homework in that class while waiting for >everyone to catch up. > >As a programmer I envy my professional peers who can speak Japanese and >other non-European languages. My interest in programming languages extends >to natural languages, and I find their differences fascinating. > >To those of you who've successfully learned 2nd and 3rd languages as an >adult, what do you recommend for accomplishing that? > > > Same here. I took a couple years of high school Spanish in California and
Comic books. Or "bande dessinee" as it's called in French. The story lines are often simple, and the pictures give a lot of context to what is being talked about. -Philip
