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Old 06-22-2009, 11:30 AM   #56
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Have you tried to learn a modern language recently? Modern teaching methods are completely different from those that used to be employed in schools, and are extremely effective. I really do not believe that there is anybody who genuinely "cannot" learn a foreign language if they really set their mind to it! You need a genuine motivation, though, and the opportunity to use it "for real". The only way to make language "stick" is to use it.

I haven't tried in years...while I haven't any plans to travel in the near future, I'd love to try to learn, even if just to claim that language gene that seems embedded in most of my family!

Do you have any specific suggestions towards the newer methodsd? I'd greatly appreciate it!
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